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| {{disline|For information on the [[Re-imagined Series]] counterpart to this character, see [[Richard Adar]].}}
| | [[Image:Adar.jpg|thumb|President Adar talks to Commander Adama.]] |
| {{Character Data
| | Name: Adar |
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| |title=Adar
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| |seen=Saga of a Star World
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| |rank=Commander, battlestar ''{{TOS|Atlantia|Atlantia}}
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| |role=President of the {{TOS|Twelve Colonies|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 {{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}}''.
| | Rank: Commander (Military) / President (Civilian) |
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| {{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.
| | Position: President of the [[Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies of Mankind]] (deceased); Commander, ''[[Battlestar (TOS)|Battlestar]] [[Atlantia]]'' |
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| 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}}.
| | Portrayed By: [http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Lew+Ayres Lew Ayres] |
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| == Notes == | | == Biography == |
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| *The word "Adar" comes from the [[Wikipedia:adar|name of the 12th month]] of the Hebrew year.
| | Leader of the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Quorum]] at the time of the decimation of the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|12 Colonies of Mankind]], as well as commander of [[Battlestar (TOS)|Battlestar]] ''[[Atlantia]]''. [[Baltar (TOS)|Lord Baltar]] deceives him, and he is maneuvered into embracing the façade of a forthcoming peace with the [[Cylon Empire]]. Adar holds back on suggestions from [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] concerning precautionary measures, which might have saved additional lives and military assets. However, Adar laments upon the horrific discovery that the peace effort was all a front for the Cylon's final strike against Humanity. Adar perishes when [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] [[Cylon Raider (TOS)|raiders]] manage to take ''Atlantia'' by surprise at [[Cimtar (TOS)|Cimtar]], thus heralding its destruction ([[Saga of a Star World]]). |
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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 {{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 {{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.
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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 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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| == References ==
| | Lew Ayres was a [[Wikipedia:pacifist|pacifist]] who refused to be a soldier in the U.S. Military during World War II, but did partake in the war effort by saving lives as a medic. Also, Ayres' controversial ideas made some people (and companies) boycott his productions, i.e. ''Doctor Kildare''. |
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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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| | His [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|re-imagining series]] analog is President [[Richard Adar]]. |
| {{succession box|before=unknown|title=The Leader of the ''{{TOS|Quorum of Twelve|Quorum}}''|after={{TOS|Adama|Commander Adama}} }}
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