Pateesa

Pateesa (Huttese for "friend") was a male rancor owned by the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure after his majordomo Bib Fortuna gave it to him as a birthday gift. He was kept as Jabba's pet in a shadowy chamber beneath the Hutt's throne room in his palace on the desert planet Tatooine, where the rancor was cared for by the human keeper Malakili. Jabba used Pateesa to feast on the gangster's enemies, most notably the Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker during a mission to rescue his friend and fellow Rebel Han Solo. Through a trap door, the Hutt laughed and dispensed the young Jedi into the underground dungeon and unleashed the massive rancor. But to the shock of Jabba and his thugs, Luke was able to kill the beast, leading the outraged gangster to order the public execution of the Jedi and his friends.

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