Rebels’ new mascot: Admiral Ackbar?

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From the please-God-let-this-happen files: after ditching Colonel Reb, some students at the University of Mississippi (a.k.a. Ole Miss) want Return of the Jedi‘s Admiral Ackbar — of “IT’S A TRAP!” fame — to be their school’s new mascot.

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I guess it would be a natural step for Ackbar, a member of the Rebel Alliance, to join the Ole Miss Rebels. And apparently Lucasfilm is “flattered.” Does that mean they’ll allow it?

Out: “The SEC: it’s a WAR!” … In: “The SEC: it’s a TRAP!”