I know a lot of my creatures stem from Star Wars, but they are so creative and memorable they deserve attention and love. I don’t think anyone will argue the creepy Rancor lingering underneath Jabba’s gangster palace that he sent dancers or even Jedi that angered him to face their doom with through a concealed trap door. The giant monster had slimy skin, and horrid claws, and even though it feels like Luke may be less of a whining bitch at this point, it’s still a very tense early scene in the movie. Even his keeper Malakili loved him in spite of his monstrous activities. The creativity of it’s death is probably what really adds the wow factor to the film and as a kid was one of the things that made “ROTJ” my favorite movie.
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I love the Rancor! Have you ever seen the Galactic Heroes toys with the Rancor in it? He was so friggin cute that I had to buy it for my son and you can fit all the other figures right in his mouth and down into his belly. Of course you have to open his butt to get them out but it seemed like a good representation of the digestive system at work! HAHA!
I have to make sure to keep those toys when my son is ‘too big’ for them. Like you can ever be too big for toys!
I want one I want one I want one! I’d make him eat all my Luke Skywalker figurines. I’ve actually demonstrated how my Tauntan would kill Luke many times when I’ve had parties and too much sauce.
Do you know how many times I had to pull some small figure out of his butt because the kids couldn’t get it out? Seriously, do you know because I lost count after the 76th time I heard Daaaaddddyyyyyy, can you get (random figure name here) out of the Star Wars monster guy.
I have done the exact same thing… haha!
Wait, you have to walk around pulling toys out of other toys butts? And here I thought I was the only one!
If I had a nickel for every time!
Again, I HAVE to get this toy! I’d send it to school with my oldest son for sharing days.
I’d like to hear the stories about what happens.
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If you ever read “The Courtship of Princess Leia” (which I did in junior high school because I was a dork) there’s a side story where they fly to a planet only to find “Force witches” who ride around on full size Rancors. Apparently the one in Jedi (as far as the book goes) was just a baby…now how do you feel Skywalker?:P
I’ve read many Star Wars novels, but never this. I have to ask my Dad about it because he’s read every (and also owns) Star Wars novel ever written. Star Wars was the closest thing we had to religion growing up.
So that Rancor was a baby? Force Witches? I’ve got to read this!
That’s the kind of baby only a mother could love. I need some sort of scale comparing a baby Rancor to a gull grown one. Just what kind of nomming power would a full size one have? I don’t think one of those gaurds would be satisfying enough!
I loved “The Courtship of Princess Leia”. I was just watching the Return of the Jedi and was thinking I should reread it.
I think that Marc has uber-geek midi-chlorians enriched blood…..
You are allowed to feast on rancor and ton ton meat, and flowing fortified bantha milk,
If Rancor’s are that big we could feast on one for months! World hunger: solved. We just have to master the force now.
Don’t get me started on midi-chlorians…I wrote a rambling post about how dumb they were…wanna read it? Have at it:
http://goseetalk.com/2009/11/17/random-film-thought-of-the-day%E2%80%A611-17-09/
There’s a line in Pineapple Express at the end where I think Craig Robinson drags James Franco out of the basement from the bad guy hideout and Franco drops a line about there being “a Rancor down there” or something. I laughed my ass off. Good stuff and solid addition to the list.
Awesome, absolutely awesome.
I’m also a fan of the Wampa but the Rancor makes more sense for this list… he’s just badass… as was Marc’s musing above… I love that kind of shit… why not shimmy some full grown Rancors into Phantom Menace? Or in place of the Attack of the Clones love story?
Oh I’m nowhere near done highlighting the Star Wars universe. Look through my whole Monster Madness list. I think I’ve clearly focused far too much on Star Wars.
I just scrolled thru and only other one I saw is Jabba. But if you’re going to do Star Wars monsters you have to do the sand vagina that I always talk about on my site… the one that ate Boba. I don’t know that there’s much to write there but it’s fun to call it a sand vagina monster!
How about the Ranky rating higher than his master Jabby?
The Rancor has gotta be higher than Jabba, Jabba does nothing. Am I the only one who thinks Jabba looked better as a giant, slimy puppet than that crappy looking CG thing they added in?
And do you think that the movie Teeth is a strange homage to the ‘sand vagina’ of Star Wars?
For you Kai, I will do the Sand Vagina.
@ Heather: YAY!!!
@ Film Reel: Absolutely!
Always loved the Rancor monster. As a child it was a great conclusion to the opening segment of Jedi and I could never fathom how Luke could survive such a beasty. But then again, he was a Jedi! As an adult I do feel sorry for the Rancor’s saddened handler…poor guy!
Yes…… he lost a very special part of his fam.
Who do you think was his tailor? I’m looking for an gigantic utility belt/leather cod piece
That actually made me laugh out loud Ruben.
I was just working on a post and had a Monster suggestion Heather:
Audrey 2 from Little Shop of Horrors
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