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Jabba's rancor
Biographical information
Died	4 ABY (39:3:4 GrS), Tatooine
Physical description
Species	Rancor
Gender	Male
Height	5 meters[1]
Mass	1,650 kilograms[1]
Hair color	None
Eye color	Black
Skin color	Brown
Chronological and political information
Era(s)	Rebellion era
Affiliation	Jabba Desilijic Tiure's criminal empire
Known caretakers	Jabba Desilijic Tiure Malakili

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Jabba's rancor was a rancor given to Jabba Desilijic Tiure kept beneath a trapdoor in his chamber. He was fond of dropping people into the rancor's pit and watching them be eaten.

BiographyEdit

The rancor was being transported from the Tarsunt system by Grizzid for a Bothan merchant named Grendu, when it broke out, killing Grizzid and his crew, and causing the ship to crash on Tatooine. A Jawa Sandcrawler captain named Tteel Kkak discovered the wreckage and informed Jabba's servants Bib Fortuna and Bidlo Kwerve. They presented it to Jabba as a birthday present. Fortuna was rewarded by being made Jabba's Majordomo, while Kwerve was fed to the rancor.

Malakili was bought from the Circus Horrificus in order to care for the rancor. He became very emotionally attached to it. While he took the rancor for a walk in the desert, it saved him from a small gang of Sand people. Jabba enjoyed pitting the rancor against other exotic monsters for his amusement. It always won, but was seriously wounded by three Caridan combat arachnids. When Malakili discovered that Jabba planned to pit the rancor against a krayt dragon, which would surely kill it, he made plans to betray Jabba to Lady Valarian and escape Tatooine with the rancor.

Jabba frequently used his rancor as an amusing form of execution. Oola the Twi'lek dancing girl was dropped in for resisting Jabba. Later, Jabba used it against Luke Skywalker, accidentally dropping a Gamorrean guard named Jubnuk in as well. The rancor ate Jubnuk, but Skywalker tricked him and crushed him under a heavy portcullis, piercing and crushing its skull, killing it.

Jubnuk was later cut out of the rancor's stomach, still alive due to the lucky talisman he found inside the stomach.^[2]

Later, Luke stated that he had another reason for killing him, other than defending himself. The rancor was so abused and mistreated that rehabilitation for him would have been impossible, and Luke believed that it would be best to put the poor creature out of his misery.

Even two decades after the fact, Luke expressed that it was an unfortunate shame that he had to kill the rancor. He felt that as a species, they were such fine creatures.^[3]

Behind the scenesEdit

An image often mistaken to be the rancor battling a krayt dragon is, in reality, a joke from the crew of ILM. They placed a model of one of the dragons from the film Dragonslayer in the arms of the model of the rancor and took a picture. The picture was included in the book Star Wars: Chronicles. A creature based on the appearance of this dragon appears in one of Jabba's monster pens in Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy.

The rancor was originally supposed to be a man in a suit, but the results weren't satisfyingly realistic, so it was filmed in the form of a puppet.

During his fight with Luke Skywalker in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, the rancor appeared to have an earring in his right ear.

The rancor is a mini boss in Lord Starkiller's Mission To Tatooine.

AppearancesEdit

The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: Crisis on Coruscant We Don't Do Weddings: The Band's Tale (Mentioned only) Nightlily: The Lovers' Tale (Mentioned only) Nightlily: The Lovers' Tale audio drama (Mentioned only) A Boy and His Monster: The Rancor Keeper's Tale  Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided A Bad Feeling: The Tale of EV-9D9 (Mentioned only) Payback: The Tale of Dengar Of Possible Futures: The Tale of Zuckuss and 4-LOM (Mentioned only) Star Wars: Demolition Shadows of the Empire comic (Mentioned only) And the Band Played On: The Band's Tale (Mentioned only) "The One That Got Away"—Star Wars Tales 8 Of the Day's Annoyances: Bib Fortuna's Tale That's Entertainment: The Tale of Salacious Crumb Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi novel (First appearance) Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi junior novel Sleight of Hand: The Tale of Mara Jade Out of the Closet: The Assassin's Tale (Mentioned only) Taster's Choice: The Tale of Jabba's Chef A Time to Mourn, a Time to Dance: Oola's Tale (Mentioned only) Goatgrass: The Tale of Ree-Yees Let Us Prey: The Whiphid's Tale A Free Quarren in the Palace: Tessek's Tale Old Friends: Ephant Mon's Tale (Mentioned only) Shaara and the Sarlacc: The Skiff Guard's Tale (Mentioned only) A Barve Like That: The Tale of Boba Fett (Mentioned only) Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 2: The Emperor Commands The Mandalorian Armor (Appears in hologram) Slave Ship (Mentioned only) Hard Merchandise (Mentioned only) Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Han Solo's Rescue Jabba's Palace Pop-up Book The Truce at Bakura (Mentioned only) Heir to the Empire (Mentioned only) Dark Force Rising (Mentioned only) Jedi Search (Mentioned only) Young Jedi Knights: Diversity Alliance (Mentioned only) Young Jedi Knights: Jedi Bounty (Mentioned only) Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse (Mentioned only)

Non-canon appearancesEdit

• LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
• Star Wars: Battlefront (patch only)
• Star Wars: Battlefront II
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed video game — Ultimate Sith Edition
• LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

SourcesEdit

• The Illustrated Star Wars Universe
• Star Wars: The Art of the Brothers Hildebrandt (Picture only)
• Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy
• Star Wars: Head-to-Head Tag Teams
•  Rancor in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
• Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side
• Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded
• The Essential Reader's Companion

Notes and referencesEdit