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| :''For information on the [[Re-imagined Series]] counterpart to this character, see [[Richard Adar]].''
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| {{Character Data
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| |photo=Adar.jpg
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| |seen=Saga of a Star World
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| |rank=Commander, battlestar ''[[Atlantia (TOS)|Atlantia]]
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| |role=President of the [[Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies of Man]]
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| |death=Aboard ''Atlantia'' during the [[Battle of Cimtar]]
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| |actor=[[Lew Ayres]]
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| '''Adar''' is President of the Colonies, leader of the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Quorum]] at the time of the decimation of the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies of Man]], as well as commander of the [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]] ''[[Atlantia (TOS)|Atlantia]]''.
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| [[Baltar (TOS)|Lord Baltar]] deceives him into embracing the façade of a forthcoming peace with the [[Cylon Empire]]. Adar holds back his guard despite repeated warnings from Commander [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] on ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'', who warns of possible Cylon treachery. As a result, only ''Galactica'' is prepared sufficiently to fight off a massive Cylon Raider force that attacks the unprepared Colonial fleet. Adar laments, too late, on the horrific discovery that the peace effort was all a front for the Cylon's final strike against humanity.
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| Adar perishes when [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] [[Cylon Raider (TOS)|Raiders]] attack the unprepared ''Atlantia'' at [[Cimtar (TOS)|Cimtar]], destroying battlestar ''Atlantia'' and all other battlestars, save ''Galactica'' ([[Saga of a Star World]]).
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| == Notes ==
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| *The word "Adar" comes from the [[Wikipedia:adar|name of the sixth month]] of the Hebrew year.
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| *Unlike Adar's [[Re-imagined Series]] [[Richard Adar|counterpart]], Adar's role as President of the Colonies is not refilled upon his death by any character in the [[Original Series]], at least technically. The vacuum left by Adar's death, however, has been filled by [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]], who leads the Fleet under martial law.
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| * ''According to ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]'', a non-canonical piece of merchandise published in 1979:''
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| : Adar was born to a peasant family from [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Virgon]], he is described as a "brilliant child" who "took First Honors from the Institute of Diplomacy". After graduating, Adar initially sought to organize the colonies into a more effective political body, and so became a staff assistant to the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Quorum of Twelve]]. He became disillusioned by the "internal bickering that characterized the Council at the time", prompting his return to Virgon to enter politics there, becoming the leader of the Pan-Colonial Unification Movement after several yahren of involvement with this party. The Unification Movement sought to create a central government for the Colonies and a negotiated settlement of the [[Thousand-Yahren War]]. It succeeded in doing so, resulting in Colonial victories over the Cylons, which itself lead way to the Colonials believing more in the efficacy of a peace accord with their enemies.
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| : During his life, he is described as a "selfless, ascetic, driven man" living "only for his work", and as such never married and "indifferent to all recreational pleasures", including [[Ambrosa]].
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| : At the time of his death at the [[Battle of Cimtar]], he was 202 yahren-old.<ref>{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=12}}</ref>
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