Jubnuk/Legends

Jubnuk was one of Jabba Desilijic Tiure's nine Gamorrean guards.

Biography


When Luke Skywalker Force pulled a blaster from Nizuc Bek's holster, in his loyalty to the Hutt and in an attempt to protect his master, Jubnuk ran at Luke as Jabba hit the trapdoor button. When Jabba opened the trapdoor under Luke and dropped him into the rancor's pit, Jubnuk fell in also.

As the gate opened, Jubnuk squealed in horror and tried to climb back up the trapdoor's steep slide, but the rancor headed for him first. As his two fellow Gamorreans laughed at the poor hog, Jubnuk was bitten into, then chomped down by the rancor as Luke looked in surprise.

He was the last meal for the ill-fated rancor monster, though he was later cut out of the stomach of the rancor, still alive due to the lucky talisman he found inside the stomach.

Behind the scenes
A scene was written (but cut out of the next draft) where Jabba the Hutt named Jubnuk his champion guard and all the other Gamorreans admired him. So when the scene with him in the Rancor pit came it would do three things 1) Show the cruelty of Jabba The Hutt and his company who all laughed at this once greatly admired creature, 2) Show how much of a feared monster the Rancor was and 3) Pay tribute to Doctor Who which in 1974 had a serial (The Monster of Peladon) which ended on a cliffhanger of the Queen's Champion Guard being devoured while the hero (The Doctor) was watching.

Another scene that was cut was Jubnuk (but more focusing on Luke Skywalker) sliding down the steep slide into the pit, but was cut for timing.

Appearances

 * ''A Boy and His Monster: The Rancor Keeper's Tale
 * Taster's Choice: The Tale of Jabba's Chef
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi novelization
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Jabba's Palace Pop-up Book
 * LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

Notes and references
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