Sarlacc/Legends

The sarlacc was an ancient, omnivorous, and immobile beast, found on several planets. The largest known member of the species resided in the Great Pit of Carkoon beneath the sands of the Dune Sea on the planet of Tatooine. It was said that one was slowly digested for 1,000 years, kept alive in agony by the sarlacc's juices. Xenobiologists were unsure as to whether the sarlacc was animal or plant; as it possessed characteristics of both species.

Jabba the Hutt ordered Luke Skywalker into the beast's mouth, however he was able to reclaim his lightsaber from R2-D2 and begin a battle. During the fray, Han Solo knocked the notorious bounty hunter Boba Fett into the Great Pit with a force pike, although he was able to escape&mdash;which, despite the sarlacc's prowess, is not surprising considering Fett's amazing tenacity and sheer will to live.

Senior Anthropologist Mammon Hoole reportedly discovered, while watching a video recording made by Boba Fett's camera while he was in the sarlacc of the Great Pit of Carkoon, that the monster telepathically tortures its stomach contents. In this recording, Fett appeared to be reacting to stimuli that were not there, suggesting that the sarlacc are capable of telepathy, and apparently of being malevolent.

Behind the scenes
The sarlacc went through a series of changes when George Lucas rereleased the original trilogy as the special edition on VHS in 1997. Several additional tentacles and an extension with a mouth and beak was added, giving the sarlacc extra terror.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Battlefront
 * Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
 * Fortune, Fate, and the Natural History of the Sarlacc
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Tales From Jabba's Palace