The 'ackbar' loses me

Ackbar could have been inspired by "Akbar the Great".

Ak·bar ( P )Pronunciation Key (kbär), Known as “the Great.” 1542-1605.

Mogul emperor of India (1556-1605) who conquered most of northern India and exercised religious tolerance.

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Ackbar looks like a porcine piscine to me, Father Steve.