13. Admiral Ackbar
The rebel alliance's most successful general and later Supreme Commander of the New Republic military for two decades, Ackbar helped design the B-Wing star fighter and was instrumental in the Mon Calamari joining the Alliance, where their cruisers proved critical at the Battle of Endor and numerous other engagements. He led the campaigns that recaptured most of the galaxy from the Empire and retired after the Galactic Civil War, although he came back to lead one of the most decisive victories in the Yuuzhan Vong War shortly before he died of old age. Ackbar was one of the greatest tactical minds in the galaxy and he is the only non-human commanding officer seen in the original Star Wars trilogy. He went head to head with the best minds of the Imperial military and, with the exception of Grand Admiral Thrawn, he more than held his own. Of course, the best part about his character is that he definitely knows when its a trap.