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Impossibly ancient sith Lord spending millennia using the force to escape a sarlacc and arriving just as the empire falls and the new republic is trying to start would have been so much better than "somehow... Palpatine returned"
Could even tie in to other lore like Boba Fett's escape, but nope. Clones again
IMO Boba's escape precludes the sarlacc from being able to contain a sith lord.
All canon/noncanon stories essentially have Boba blowing his way out with thermal detonators and/or subsequently being spat out.
I feel like the only reason that method of escape wouldn't be common knowledge is because of how rare sarlaccs are to begin with.
Also canonically (at least before Disney acquired Star Wars) when he fell into the pit in ROTJ it was his THIRD time in the pit! So he had fallen in, gotten out, fallen in at a later incident, gotten out, and then fallen in the third time on screen and gotten out (off-screen). In a massive galaxy with millions of planets and stuff what kind of shit luck or coincidence would you need for that to happen?
While I didn't watch the later season of the Mandalorian or the Book of Boba Fett, I did see a part where some scattered pieces of the Sarlacc were all over the desert, meaning he wanted to make sure he never fell in again by blowing the shit out of the Sarlacc. Smart move, I wanted to see that when I was a kid since the Sarlacc really did frighten me as a kid.
Wait what??? I've found 3 different versions of how he got out during ROTJ, depending on material. Never heard of him getting out of a sarlacc more than once tho.
To be fair, you could easily say that Boba piggybacked on the escape on an ancient Sith and come up with numerous reasons why he wouldn't tell the true story. From embellishment to some deal with the Sith lord, or maybe just fear
You could also explain the timing of the Sith's escape by saying that after Palestine's death there was suddenly some surge of "free Sith energy" or something because there was no Sith master left. You could even go as far and say the rule of two was specifically created to seal the power and prevent that Sith from escaping. You could've easily make that Snoke's bakckstory, that he was malformed in the aeons trapped inside the sarlacc.
There were so many options and basically anything would've been better than "somehow he returned"
@Canconda @mushroommunk Also probably how infrequently people are thrown in WITH thermal detonators :P
I guess the real question is how well known is this escape method? Obviously not everyone eaten by a sarlacc was a disarmed prisoner. So like is Boba just the first one to try?
Apparently his jet pack explodes as well as the grenades. So maybe that extra boom is required??
Why don't the explosions kill him
Bruh 100%. I'm guessing his armour?
So like there's effectively 3 versions of him escaping.
He's just spat out for no explained reason (Star Wars magazine 1983)
He uses telepathy with the other trapped souls, his jet pack explodes plus he uses grenades to escape. (Legends)
BOBF he steals a convenient stormtroopers O2 and cuts/burns his way out, no grenades (I didn't watch the show tbh). He loses his helmet through this process somehow tho.
Genuinely considered Boba Fett's escape being the catalyst that sets the guy free. Could even retcon in that the only reason either worked was because of the other. Boba fett's bombs could only weaken it because of the psychic battle it was already in, sith guy won the psychic battle because the sarlacc was distracted by the bombs.
Could even capitalize on book of Boba fett by having fett play a reluctant hero role for the new cast, informing them of the sith guy's plans because they were both connected through the sarlacc so there was some bleed over.
Palapatine was never in the Sarlaac?
I think they are making to a new character that’s an ancient Sith Lord long ago consumed by the sarlaac
Yes, but they're also right, Bisney would just make it palps again...
Palpatine in the last star wars movie was the dumbest thing I ever heard.
Why? Palpatine needed to be in the last movie so Darth Vader could have a sudden yet inevitable change of heart that was tragically too late.
Smart ass...
I'd prefer it if the sarlacc was a sith lord.
Fuck, i love this so much as an idea, or what if the Sith Lord's consciousness became dominant rather than merged. The only problem is that Boba Fett cut himself out of one with some armor shards and hatred. An ancient sith lord could probably wear one as a hat.
Extra idea, Sith Lord's consciousness has been waiting for a perfect force sensitive victim to fall in, so they can transfer to that body, Naruto style.
If they're in the same sarlacc, maybe Boba only managed it because the sarlacc was currently weakened by the psychic battle with the sith lord. Who in turn capitalizes on the distraction caused by Boba to then escape himself.
That's a very star wars, I love it. The galaxy is a small world vibe.
The people actually going to see Star Wars movies nowadays don't know what the fuck a sarlacc is. They are there because: Han Solo, Wookie, Jedi, ICONIC!
The start of Return of the Jedi? The sand vagina with teeth.