- "I thought they were bred just to fight."
"They're powerful fighters, so that is what most know. But they form strong bonds with their owners. It is said that the Witches of Dathomir even rode them through the forest and fens." - ―Boba Fett and his new rancor keeper
Rancor keeper[3] was a beastmaster[4] profession related specifically to someone tasked with the the exhaustive upbringing, training, and care[3] of a semi-sentient[5] reptilian[6] rancor. Commonly employed by members of the Hutt Clan,[1] these skilled keepers would develop strong bonds with their rancors,[7] oftentimes from a young age.[4] Rancors raised by keepers were considered easier to contain and control,[8] harkening back to their original domestication and bonds with the Witches of Dathomir.[9][8]
Rancor keeper Malakili weeps at Pateesa's demise.
Some time prior to 0 BBY,[10] the Human slave Malakili became a beastmaster and rancor keeper for Jabba the Hutt's criminal empire,[7] taking care of Jabba's pet rancor[11] Pateesa[4] under the Hutt's palace on Tatooine until Luke Skywalker killed Pateesa[2] in 4 ABY.[12]
In 9 ABY,[13] the Ugnaught Hunter Dizzy,[14] one half of Team Slingshot,[15] owned a rancor keeper costume that he could don for the Hunters of the Outer Rim competition on Vespaara.[16] That same year,[17] a rancor and its keeper were gifted to the newly established Daimyo Boba Fett by the Hutts known as the Twins.[1]
Dizzy's rancor keeper costume.
Appearances
- Star Wars: Galactic Defense
- Bounty Hunt (Picture only)
- Star Wars (2015) 73 (Variant cover only)
- Choose Your Destiny: An Escape Mission (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars Outlaws
- Star Wars (2020) 39
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (First appearance)
- Star Wars: Return of the Jedi junior novelization
- Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side! (and audiobook)
- Return of the Jedi – Jabba's Palace 1 (In flashback(s))
- "The Plan" — From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (and audiobook)
- Aftermath: Life Debt (and audiobook)
- Aftermath: Empire's End (and audiobook)
- Star Wars: Hunters (Costume only)
- The Book of Boba Fett Junior Novel
Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 3: The Streets of Mos Espa"- The Legends of Luke Skywalker (and audiobook) (Appears in a story)
- "The Tale of Lugubrious Mote" — The Legends of Luke Skywalker—The Manga
Non-canon appearances
Sources
Non-canon sources
- LEGO Star Wars: Choose Your Side: Doodle Activity Book (Picture only)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4
Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 3: The Streets of Mos Espa"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2
Rancor Keeper in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Aftermath: Life Debt
- ↑ Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑
rancor in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- ↑ Star Wars: The Dark Side
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the events of both Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which depicts the completion of the Death Star's superlaser, and Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which depicts the Death Star's destruction at the Battle of Yavin, to 0 BBY. Given that the Death Star's superlaser is fully operational in Bounty Hunt, that story can therefore also be dated to 0 BBY.
- ↑ Malakili in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
- ↑ Hunters Goes Galactic! on Arena News (original site is defunct) establishes that Star Wars: Hunters begins when the Grand Arena partnered with the Outer Rim Sports Network, dated to 9 ABY in Star Wars: Timelines.
- ↑ Main page on Star Wars: Hunters' official website (original site is defunct)
- ↑ SWCA 2022: 7 Things We Learned from the Star Wars: Hunters Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Hunters
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines
External links
- Let's Draw Star Wars: How to Draw a Rancor on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (original link is obsolete)