Rancor/Legends

Rancors are five meter tall monsters with large teeth and claws and armored skin that can absorb blaster bolts. They originate from the planet of Dathomir. Jabba the Hutt kept one as a pet in a pit beneath his palace courts, dropping victims in to feed it.

The animal handler Malakili was hired by Jabba as the rancor's keeper, and grew quite fond of the beast.