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| {{disline|For information on the [[Re-imagined Series]] counterpart to this character, see [[Richard Adar]].}}
| | Name: Adar |
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| |title=Adar
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| |photo=Adar.jpg
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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, <i>[[Battlestar (TOS)|Battlestar]] [[Atlantia (TOS)|Atlantia]]</i> |
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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: 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 [[Twelve Colonies (TOS)|12 Colonies of Mankind]], as well as commander of the <i>[[Battlestar (TOS)|Battlestar]] [[Atlantia (TOS)|Atlantia]]</i>. Deceived by [[Baltar (TOS)|Lord Baltar]], he was maneuvered into embracing the façade of a forthcoming peace with the [[Cylon Empire]], as was everyone else. Adar held back on suggestions from [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] concerning precautionary measures, which would have, at the very least, saved additional lives and military assets. However, Adar lamented upon the horrific discovery that the peace effort was all an affront to the Cylon's final strike against Humanity. Adar perished when [[Cylon (TOS)|Cylon]] [[Cylon Raider (TOS)|raiders]] managed to take the <i>Atlantia</i> 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:''
| | 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. <i>Doctor Kildare</i>. |
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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.
| | The word "Adar" comes from the [[Wikipedia:adar|name of the sixth month]] of the Hebrew year. |
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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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