Sarlacc

"In its belly, you will find a new definition of pain and suffering as you are slowly digested over a&hellip;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.

The sarlacc was mentioned on a bill seen in the Power Sliders diner.

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.

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.

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 Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi