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'''Erik Boauersfield''' is a voice-actor who played [[Admiral]] [[Gial Ackbar|Ackbar]] and [[Bib Fortuna]] in ''[[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi]]''. He later went on to reprise his role as Ackbar in the [[Video game|computer game]] ''[[Star Wars: X-wing]]''.
 
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{{Quote|The fans who write say they'll never forget 'It's a trap!' I don't even remember how I said it.|Erik Bauersfeld|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Erik-Bauersfeld-a-force-in-Star-Wars-cosmos-2308872.php}}
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'''Erik Bauersfeld''' (born on [[June 28]], [[1920s|1922]] in [[Wikipedia:Brooklyn|Brooklyn]], [[Wikipedia:New York City|New York City]]) voiced [[Admiral]] [[Gial Ackbar|Ackbar]] and [[Bib Fortuna]] in ''[[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi]]''. It only took one hour for Bauersfeld to read Ackbar's lines and thirty minutes for Fortuna's. He also read for the part of [[Yoda]], but lost the role to [[Frank Oz]].<ref>{{Cite web|publisher=SFGate|title=Erik Bauersfeld a force in 'Star Wars' cosmos
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|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Erik-Bauersfeld-a-force-in-Star-Wars-cosmos-2308872.php|accessdate=June 5, 2013}}</ref> He later went on to reprise his role as Ackbar in the [[Video game|computer game]] ''[[Star Wars: X-wing]]'', for which he was credited as "Erik Boauersfield".
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Bauersfeld also voiced the character of the Gardener in the [[2001]] film ''[[Wikipedia:A.I. Artificial Intelligence|A.I. Artificial Intelligence]]''.
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*[http://blog.sfgate.com/thebigevent/2012/02/21/being-admiral-ackbar-berkeley-man-reflects-on-brush-with-star-wars/ "Being Admiral Ackbar: Berkeley man reflects on brush with ''Star Wars''"]
 
*[http://blog.sfgate.com/thebigevent/2012/02/21/being-admiral-ackbar-berkeley-man-reflects-on-brush-with-star-wars/ "Being Admiral Ackbar: Berkeley man reflects on brush with ''Star Wars''"]
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"The fans who write say they'll never forget 'It's a trap!' I don't even remember how I said it."
―Erik Bauersfeld[src]

Erik Bauersfeld (born on June 28, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York City) voiced Admiral Ackbar and Bib Fortuna in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. It only took one hour for Bauersfeld to read Ackbar's lines and thirty minutes for Fortuna's. He also read for the part of Yoda, but lost the role to Frank Oz.[1] He later went on to reprise his role as Ackbar in the computer game Star Wars: X-wing, for which he was credited as "Erik Boauersfield".

Bauersfeld also voiced the character of the Gardener in the 2001 film A.I. Artificial Intelligence.

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