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- "In its belly, you will find a new definition of pain and suffering as you are slowly digested over a…thousand years."
- ―C-3PO translating for Jabba the Hutt
The sarlacc was a dangerous, carnivorous creature that inhabited the Great Pit of Carkoon in the Dune Sea of Tatooine. Towering at a hundred meters in height, its entire body was buried in sand, save its massive mouth and beaked tongue.[2] The sarlacc had several appendages that branched off from it's buried body, and many stomachs.[3]
The sarlacc was mentioned on a bill seen in the Power Sliders diner.[4]
After Luke Skywalker killed Jabba's rancor as part of his rescue of Leia Organa, Han Solo and Chewbacca, Jabba became outraged and ordered that they all be fed to the sarlacc. Luke described this as being the last mistake that he would ever make, but Jabba was unimpressed and had the group escorted out. Upon arrival at the Great Pit, Skywalker, using his recently developed skills as a Jedi Knight, effected the group's rescue and a number of Jabba's guards ended up becoming victims of the sarlacc instead. The bounty hunter Boba Fett was also knocked into the mouth of the sarlacc by Han Solo.[5]
Behind the scenes
The sound of the sarlacc in Return of the Jedi was created from sounds of alligator hisses, as well as the sounds of some of the Jedi crew's stomachs after eating pizza.[6]
In the re-release of Return of the Jedi, the sarlacc in the Pit of Carkoon was revised to include a beak-like tongue and extra tentacles. According to Lucas, this was done because he never felt the creature seemed alive in the original film.
Appearances
- Star Wars: Galactic Defense
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Missing in Action" (Mentioned on poster only)
- Tarkin (Mentioned only)
- A New Dawn (Mentioned only)
- The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (First appearance)
Sources
- Sarlacc in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Ultimate Factivity Collection: Star Wars
- Star Wars in 100 Scenes
Notes and references
- ↑ Sarlacc in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sarlacc in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Ultimate Factivity Collection: Star Wars
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Missing in Action"
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
- ↑ "from the Present: Familiar Creatures in a Galaxy Far, Far Away {{{3}}}" — {{{4}}} — [[{{{5}}}|{{{5}}}'s]] StarWars.com Blog (from the Present: Familiar Creatures in a Galaxy Far, Far Away backup link (2013/08/15/drawing-from-the-present-familiar-creatures-in-a-galaxy-far-far-away//Drawing from the Present: Familiar Creatures in a Galaxy Far, Far Away) not verified!)