Editing Adar (TOS)

{{disline|For information on the [[Re-imagined Series]] counterpart to this character, see [[Richard Adar]].}}


{{Character Data
|series=TOS
|title=Adar
|photo=Adar.jpg
|seen=Saga of a Star World
|rank=Commander, battlestar ''{{TOS|Atlantia|Atlantia}}
|role=President of the {{TOS|Twelve Colonies|Twelve Colonies of Man}}
|death=Aboard ''Atlantia'' during the [[Battle of Cimtar]]
|actor=[[Lew Ayres]]
|sepcon=Y
}}

'''Adar''' is President of the Colonies, leader of the {{TOS|Quorum of Twelve|Quorum}} at the time of the decimation of the [[Twelve Colonies of Man]], as well as commander of the {{TOS|battlestar}} ''{{TOS|Atlantia|Atlantia}}''.

{{TOS|Baltar|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 {{TOS|Adama}} on ''{{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.

Adar perishes when {{TOS|Cylons|Cylon}} {{TOS|Cylon Raider|Raiders}} attack the unprepared ''Atlantia'' at {{TOS|Cimtar|Cimtar}}, destroying all other battlestars at the conference, save ''Galactica'' {{OS|Saga of a Star World}}.

== Notes ==

*The word "Adar" comes from the [[Wikipedia:adar|name of the 12th month]] of the Hebrew year.

*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 {{TOS|Adama}}, who leads the Fleet under martial law.

* ''According to ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]'', a non-canonical piece of merchandise published in 1979:''

: Adar was born to a peasant family from {{TOS|The Twelve Colonies|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 {{TOS|Quorum of Twelve|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.

: 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]]. 

: At the time of his death at the [[Battle of Cimtar]], he was 202 yahrens-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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