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Sarlacc

Canon Legends version → Linked from 306 articles

Sarlaccs were dangerous, carnivorous creatures located on Tatooine and several other planets throughout the galaxy. It shared common ancestry with other species, including the rathtar, blixus, and vixus. One sarlacc identified as the "almighty Sarlacc" lived in the Great Pit of Carkoon, a depression of sand within Tatooine's Dune Sea, and served as one of Jabba the Hutt's favorite pets and a means of execution.

Text and facts from the “Sarlacc” article on Wookieepedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Modified for this site.

Facts

Designation
Sentient
Height
3 meters (10 feet) wide
Length
100 meters (328 feet)
Skin colors
Tan (of tentacles)
Distinctions
Tentacles
Beak
Diet
Carnivorous
Language
Sarlacc language

Appearances

82 works, in story order
  1. Star Wars: Galactic Defense
  2. The High Republic: Out of the Shadows (mentioned only)
  3. The High Republic: Tempest Runner (mentioned only, in a flashback)
  4. The High Republic: The Fallen Star (mentioned only)
  5. Tales from the Occlusion Zone: Survivors (mentioned only)
  6. The High Republic: Beware the Nameless (mentioned only)
  7. Star Wars Battlefront II
  8. Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss (mentioned only)
  9. Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade (mentioned only)
  10. Hyperspace Stories 6 (mentioned only)
  11. Missing in Action
  12. Tarkin (mentioned only)
  13. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (mentioned only)
  14. A New Dawn (mentioned only)
  15. Everyone's a Critic
  16. Lost Stars (mentioned only)
  17. The Hoojib Menace (mentioned only)
  18. Paid on Delivery
  19. Battle to the End (mentioned only)
  20. Tales of Villainy: Grave Digger (mentioned only)
  21. Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle 3 (in a flashback)
  22. Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle 5 (as a hologram)
  23. Stolen Valor (mentioned only)
  24. The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight
  25. Star Wars Battlefront
  26. Rites (mentioned only)
  27. Chewbacca (2015) 3 (mentioned only)
  28. Star Wars (2015) 4 (mentioned only)
  29. Doctor Aphra (2016) 1 (mentioned only)
  30. Doctor Aphra Annual 1 (in a flashback)
  31. Boba Fett - The Bounty Hunter
  32. Star Wars (2020) 11
  33. War of the Bounty Hunters – Jabba the Hutt 1 (mentioned only, in a flashback)
  34. War of the Bounty Hunters 1 (mentioned only)
  35. War of the Bounty Hunters 5 (mentioned only)
  36. Bounty Hunters 21 (mentioned only)
  37. Star Wars Outlaws
  38. Galactic Tales: Valnir and Laizhu (mentioned only)
  39. Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (first appearance)
  40. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi junior novelization
  41. Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side!
  42. Return of the Jedi Read-Along Storybook and CD (indirect mention)
  43. Rescue from Jabba's Palace
  44. Rescue from Jabba's Palace
  45. Return of the Jedi – Jabba's Palace 1 (in a flashback)
  46. Kickback
  47. Fortuna Favors the Bold
  48. Satisfaction (mentioned only)
  49. Reputation
  50. Fancy Man
  51. My Mouth Never Closes
  52. The Chronicler (mentioned only)
  53. Return of the Jedi – Max Rebo 1 (in a flashback)
  54. Aftermath: Life Debt (mentioned only)
  55. Aftermath: Empire's End (mentioned only)
  56. Star Wars: Hunters (mentioned only)
  57. Chapter 9: The Marshal (mentioned only)
  58. The Mandalorian Season 2 Junior Novel (mentioned only)
  59. The Mandalorian Season 2 1 (mentioned only)
  60. Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land (in a flashback)
  61. The Book of Boba Fett Junior Novel
  62. Chapter 2: The Tribes of Tatooine (in a vision, in a flashback)
  63. Chapter 4: The Gathering Storm (in a flashback)
  64. Shadow of the Sith (mentioned only)
  65. The Legends of Luke Skywalker
  66. Eyes Like Stars (mentioned only)
  67. Join the Resistance
  68. Join the Resistance: Escape from Vodran (mentioned only)
  69. Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire
  70. The Wine in Dreams (mentioned only)
  71. Eopie
  72. Pirate's Price (mentioned only)
  73. Galaxy's Edge 1
  74. Galaxy's Edge 5
  75. A Crash of Fate (mentioned only)
  76. Dok-Ondar's Den of Antiquities
  77. Galaxy's Edge – Echoes of the Empire 4 (in a flashback)
  78. Tales from Wild Space: The Blue Brothers (mentioned only)
  79. Tales from Wild Space: Majordomo, Major Problems (in a flashback)
  80. The Lost Stories, Part 2 (mentioned only)
  81. The Whills Strike Back (mentioned only)
  82. Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
Non-canon appearances: 14
  1. Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
  2. Disney Infinity 3.0
  3. Gambit on Geonosis (in a flashback)
  4. A Hero Discovered (mentioned only)
  5. LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens (mentioned only)
  6. Showdown on Hoth (mentioned only)
  7. Home One
  8. A New Home
  9. Return to the Wheel (mentioned only)
  10. LEGO Star Wars: Rebel Princess (mentioned only)
  11. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
  12. Jabba's Halloween Bash
  13. LEGO Fortnite Brick Life (mentioned only)
  14. The Uncontained Cargo

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