STAR WARS Has Finally Revealed The Sarlaac Pit's Secret Origin And It Might Just Blow Your Mind

A new Star Wars book has revealed never-before-seen details about the Sarlacc Pit, including its tragic origins story and the fact it has thoughts and feelings! Find more of these crazy details right here.

By JoshWilding - Sep 02, 2023 08:09 AM EST

Filed Under: Star Wars

The Sarlacc Pit was first introduced in Return of the Jedi, and while George Lucas later changed its appearance for the movie's Special Editions (giving it that weird "beak"), it remains the stuff of nightmares.

In the movie, Boba Fett ended up being catapulted into it to be slowly digested over a thousand years, though Disney+ series The Book of Boba Fett revealed how the bounty hunter escaped. Understandably furious about what happened to him, Fett later tracked it down and blasted the creature to smithereens.

However, the newly released book, From A Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi, might leave you actually feeling sorry for the Sarlacc.

In a story appropriately titled "My Mouth Never Closes" by Charlie Jane Anders, we learn the creature located within Tatooine's Dune Sea doesn't actually originate from the desert plant. In fact, it's explained that these Sarlaccs are in fact, a migratory species, drifting through space until they find a planet to call home.

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Jabba's pet (and weapon) originated as little more than a spore in the cosmos, eventually growing and landing on Tatooine where it burrowed into the sand and stayed there for thousands of years, with its open mouth a means of simply feeding on the creatures that inadvertently fell in.

Return of the Jedi's Sarlacc has its own thoughts and feelings and is initially happy to land on this lush world. Of course, as the years pass, it becomes the barren wasteland we're all so familiar with, lending something of a tragic feel to the creature's story seeing as it ended up stuck there.

Unable to leave, the Sarlacc simply wants to live in peace with the citizens of Tatooine but is instead turned into a weapon by Jabba the Hutt, making it all the more upsetting when Boba Fett eventually takes his revenge on a being which, truthfully, meant him no harm.

However, perhaps an argument can be made that he put the Sarlacc out of its continued misery, especially as they live for upwards of 30,000 years.

As always, let us know your thoughts on this latest Star Wars reveal in the comments section.

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3 Comments

MG0019 - 9/2/2023, 9:54 AM

Read, mind not blown.

What a stupid premise. Are that far down the barrel that we’re personifying the damn Sarlaac?

And why take this anthology as “cannon.” In terms of what could be retconned or outright ignored by other creations, these short stories are on the top of that list. It’s monetized fanfic is all.

Forthas - 9/2/2023, 2:40 PM

I am all for word building, but that is a bit much....

The movie made it seem a bit more predatory than what this description lets on...

FireandBlood - 9/3/2023, 8:45 AM

Kind of feel sorry for the thing now ngl

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STAR WARS Has Finally Revealed The Sarlaac Pit's Secret Origin And It Might Just Blow Your Mind

A new Star Wars book has revealed never-before-seen details about the Sarlacc Pit, including its tragic origins story and the fact it has thoughts and feelings! Find more of these crazy details right here.

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