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"
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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.
@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.
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He's just spat out for no explained reason (Star Wars magazine 1983)
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He uses telepathy with the other trapped souls, his jet pack explodes plus he uses grenades to escape. (Legends)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Palpatine in the last star wars movie was the dumbest thing I ever heard.
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The tech to film at that resolution doesn't exist, and even if it did we don't have any devices capable of playback at such high resolution. You're way past diminishing returns, why do yiu think there's no 8K widespread yet??
Took me a moment
Because it was a Dune reference.
This little bit of lore tries to be so horrifying with its “slow digestion over a thousand years” but wouldn’t you be dead from lack of water within 2 days?
(mad scramble)
“Acksully no, the Sarlaac taps into your bloodstream to provide you with sustenance the whole time so you stay alive and conscious.”
Okay but lifespans are not 1000 years even.
(madder scramble)
“Ackshully the Saralaac rewrites your DNA to extend your lifespan so you can be conscious over 1000 years.”
Wow that’s pretty impressive. How many species is its process compatible with? And how does such a lengthy expenditure of energy make sense, nutritionally? It takes more energy to keep a human body alive for 1000 years than the Sarlaac can possibly derive from one human corpse.
(mad mad mad mad scramble, this time using the Force)
“IT’S STAR WARS OKAY. STOP TRYING TO MAKE IT ALL DETAILED.”
Haven’t you been adding all the details?
“Mods! Rule 1!”
Even with star wars woowoo magic, there's no way this wouldnt be a net loss of energy to the degree of absolute ridiculousness lol like the victims would have to get so much energy input from the creature to stay alive for millennia so what would the point be
Who says the Sarlax eats things for nutrition?
Most carnivorous plants don't actually need to eat bugs to survive. They just.. do?
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My headcanon (and actually reading the wiki, it is pretty much canon) is that none of this is actually true, but just stories past down over generations.
We hear of the whole being digested over 1000 years thing from Jabba (translated by C-3PO) while he's threatening them with execution, so it's not exactly reliable info.
In fact evidence actually points to the contrary, from the wiki:
During Boba Fett's escape, he spotted the body of a stormtrooper that was likely part of a search party years before. Despite this, the stomach acid of the sarlacc was still potent enough to have dissolved holes in the stormtrooper's armor and scar Boba Fett after only hours of exposure.
Or we recognize that the Canon is in the hands of whichever writer is currently holding it by the throat and none of it ever lines up, in true George Lucas fashion.
probably only needed your brain,and memories, while your body dissolves away. like how several movie genre had this similar monsters, slither, thing, "doctor who, sarah jane adventures(had a monster that absorbs humans and takes thier conscieness"
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Wouldn’t you die of starvation/dehydration long before being digested, leaving no conciousness to absorb?
The absorbtion process provides food and water, you're essentially part of the beasts body tissue.
Sounds like this violates the laws of thermodynamics.
Only if the people absorbed are the creature's only source of energy.
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Yeah, even with plenty of water and food I'll still be ded within a few decades
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Let alone die of old age. If I'm in Star wars. I would immediately dig one out and start a pharmaceutical company for anti aging products
If it was 40k, as the sarlac consumed more souls it would gain the ability to manipulate people into feeding it more with increased power. It would also be capable of growing to the point it could consume planets.
They're called tyranids. They're in 40k ... They literally consume whole planets and take things from the genetic code of the various species they've made contact with. They're a hive mind entity.
Sure, it's no pit in the ground eating someone for a stupid long time but it's pretty close.
This thing (lavos, Chrono trigger)
I mean don't rippers consume organic matter then throw themselves into reclamation pools? Its still a pit in the ground, just much faster and much much more violent.
Is that some baby Sarlacc budding off?
No, that's the male Sarlacc. They're kinda like anglerfish.
Reminds me of the Mystery Flesh Pit. He probably got his inspiration from the sarlac come to think of it.
Somwthing like this was in a 40k book i dont remember the name of, except it was a tree. It used the psychic anguish of this to "call for help" to other humans, thus drawing more in.
They bombed it from orbit iirc
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This seems like a cruel fate for innocent womp-rats.
40k?
Warhammer 40,000
that's some Dune shit right here!
That's my secret. I'm already part of a hivemind
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