Jabba's rancor

Jabba's rancor was a rancor Jabba the Hutt kept beneath a trapdoor in his chamber. He was fond of dropping people into the rancor's pit and watching them be eaten. It was cared for by Malakili

The rancor was being transported from the Tarsunt system by Grizzid for a Bothan merchant named Grendu. It broke out, killing Grizzit and his crew, and the ship crashed 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 Tusken Raiders. 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, 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 fighting back against him. Later, Jabba used it against Luke Skywalker, accidentally dropping a Gamorrean guard named Jubnuk in as well. The rancor ate Jubnuk, but Luke tricked it and trapped it under a huge gate, killing it.