Why Rancors were so MISUNDERSTOOD by the Wider Galaxy

[@hunterkiller1440]

No wonder the Rancor trainer weep so hard after Luke murdered one.

[@geetslys]

Luke was a bad guy.

[@APersonOnYouTubeX]

Who knew that guy would do it…

[@blackpowderkun]

Beast friendship is definitely a skill all Jedi should learn.

[@clonemotionstudios7858]

@@geetslys the death sisters are better then LUKE SKYWALKER

[@powerarmorpatriot2068]

Later in life after he came to learn more about the rancor species, Luke would regret what he did to jabba's rancor.

[@shadowhunter0815]

"Rancors were a specis raptor mamals, native to Dathomir." Thats like saying they come from space australia. It makes way to much sense.

[@nutellamonsta5602]

It would either have to be Dathormir of Felucia, wouldn't it?

[@demi-femme4821]

@@nutellamonsta5602 As it so happens, Rancors are found on both.

[@LysimedVenteel]

@@nutellamonsta5602 Rancors are found in a lot of places, but I believe they originate from one of the two planets. Obviously they were introduced to the other and evolved.

[@kittybuilderbunch7906]

Geetsly’s And his brother actually live in Australia

[@reddbanger420]

Space Australia... Luke drops down in EP6 and turns into Steve Irwin.. Crikey!

[@AncestorEmpire1]

OT: Rancors are scary The force unleashed: “ and I took that personally”

[@geetslys]

Starkiller time!

[@Spartan3D213]

The force unleashed 2; Gorog: "OM NOM NOM NOM".

[@brosephbroman7564]

@@LCM-vo1rj *"Unlimited....Powah!!!"* ⚡⚡⚡

[@masonpyle5929]

Oh yeah the bull rancor from the imperial felucia level.

[@Spartan3D213]

Jedi academy: "No sh*t".

[@johneddiecox741]

Imagine this for just a moment. A rancor Jedi.

[@leumas5476]

The sith lords: i'm out

[@Mak1122-e1t]

They're only semi-sentient. They're not smart enough to use the force.

[@sarahconnor2129]

Bruh,That's one big azz lightsaber

[@Underworlddream]

This remind me of the story of Crazy RPG characters people made, I heard about one guy making a Rancor force User for the Star Wars RPG. He had his Rancor duel wield 2 Jedis knight that were also duel wielding and chain to his arms and wore a giant back full of sand to carry his friend a Sarlacc Pit. I remember seeing people make fan art of this way back, too bad I can't find it right now but I remember this was a infamous story people used talk about.

[@b_i_r_d8840]

Would finally get to see a lightsaber broad sword being used......would have a hideous saber throw

[@malcolm2466]

A friend of mine called rancor’s the sharks of space due to them being perceived as out for blood

[@jacobnoelle8428]

Rancors are half shark, half elephant beasts

[@geetslys]

Interesting comparison!

[@spacetacos7574]

Damn that accurate Although now I’d say it’s more like gorillas now that we know their full story

[@xxvaltielxx1789]

*Firaxa:* and I took that personally

[@toby1061]

I don’t think the Rancor killed in ROTJ is Muchi, as we are told that the one in ROTJ was male and was named like Patera or something. Hope the beast master of Jabba found Muchi and they went on adventures together.

[@Mysikrysa]

Muchi could be alive and now when Boba rules in Jabba´s palace it´s possible Muchi is Boba´s rancor.

[@alem1655]

Fun fact: Malakili used to secretly take Pateesa for walks in Tatooine. I don't know how true this is but that would be funny to know

[@RoyCyberPunk]

In the EU Luke regretted having to destroy the rancor at Jabba's palace and had it not been a life or death situation in which he had no choice he would not have.

[@johne.4884]

I'm guessing Jabba starved it to keep it vicious for any prisoners he sent down there.

[@erodoeht4666]

They are indeed intelligent creatures, and honestly one of the most recognizable species from Star Wars aside from mb the Acklay or Sarlacc. Kinda wished in Clone Wars when Grevious invaded Dathomir we would see an Night sister tamed Rancor defending the planet from the CIS droid army. Be hella awesome.

[@spacetacos7574]

Maybe even have gor fight a rancor since both the pets and owners were attached to

[@jacobparslow8723]

The Nigh sister clan didn't use Rancor they spent all their time and energy on dark side magic, aka the dark side of the Force. The other clans still used them and talked about how the Night Sister clan was tyrannical and had abandoned many of their traditions... well in The Courtship of Princess Leia that is anyway.

[@erodoeht4666]

@@jacobparslow8723 True I guess, but I feel like they could use their dark side magic to control an beast. Would of been an interesting way to introduce the concept you ask me. Plus Grevious killing an Rancor would of been an fine addition to his collection. *cough cough*

[@adrammelechthewroth6511]

Agreed.

[@Lumbago_survivor84]

when that rancor died by the hands of Luke I actually got sad

[@ScripulousFingore6133]

Even before learning this about rancors, it's obvious the creature was acting out of hunger and didn't deserve to go out like that.

[@Lumbago_survivor84]

@@ScripulousFingore6133 yea it’s really sad

[@courvetr7795]

Sentience is the ability to feel. There’s a difference between sentient life and intelligent life. If you have a pet, it’s sentient; just not intelligent.

[@gruntbones]

Indeed, the correct word is sapient and I wish more people knew that.

[@Mysikrysa]

Yep, I´m totally fed up with a term "sentient" and "sapient" being randomly swapped. And some animals are pretty intelligent too. Rancors could be on similar level with apes.

[@mondaysinsanity8193]

Thought sentience is the ability of self recognition to understand you are a you essentially. Since a major test of sentience is recognizing oneself in a mirror

[@Mysikrysa]

@@mondaysinsanity8193 This is extremely flawed test though. It´s based on human perception of the world, on the fact humans are visually oriented species, while the most of mammals have smell as their main sense and many species can´t see clerly object which are near them. They see themselves as blurred mess in the mirror. You wouldn´t recognize yourself either under these circumstances. BTW people cant recognize themselves in the mirror if the particular part responsible for recognizing faces is damaged. They can´t recognize faces at all. Of course animals who don´t recognize themselves in the mirror for various reasons have perfect perception of their existence. They can feel pain, so they avoid it, they can feel various discomfort like too high or too low temperature and avoid it, they can recognize not only themselves but also other individuals from their family, pack, herd, whatever... You can´t do that without sentience. Even plants were recently proven to be sentient to some extent.

[@andrewmeyer3599]

@@Mysikrysa And to add to that, Humans understand what a mirror is and the point of it. A dog or cat doesn't, all they understand is they were walking up to a wall and all of a sudden there was another animal. Intelligence tests like what they do for Ravens/Crows are leagues better imo, it's a small puzzle involving light tool use like pulling a string or poking something with a stick and it's for something that is an actual motivator for an animal: little bit of food

[@pepster3864]

Gonky was the highlight of this episode.

[@geetslys]

I WANT A PLUSHIE NOW!

[@isaackim7675]

I would love a phone charger in the shape of Gonky

[@Atlas_System01]

The fandom menacers are obviously not real Star Wars fans because they aren’t obsessed with Gonk droids. GONK

[@omarjimenez8895]

So basically Night Sisters and Rancors had the same relationship as airbenders and sky bison

[@ScripulousFingore6133]

That's too funny! Imagine a Nightsister showing a herd of these creatures to a group of young nightsisters and handing them all apples to feed the rancors with. She'll be like: "remember, a rancor is a friend for life"

[@nomanor7987]

They’re like a species of Spartacus ... “I’m not an animal” !!!

[@CollinMcLean]

Wasn't that the elephant man?

[@nomanor7987]

@@CollinMcLean it was Kirk Douglas in the movie Spartacus too!

[@spacetacos7574]

Both very fitting sadly

[@thatoneguywithnointernet]

You just made rancors sound cute. It's hard seeing a rancor being able to be cuddled by someone. Although technically anything can be tamed. It just depends on the person's methods.

[@bertellijustin6376]

Lol. Just no. Ask them boys liked playing with white Tigers. Tame means Domesticated. We can’t domesticate every animal. We can train many of them but not tame them. Very different things. You will never be able to trust a Tiger or a Zebra. My barn cat and horse on the other hand yeah you can.

[@FrankStallone42]

@@bertellijustin6376 theoretically we could, but the process is rather inhumane by today's standards... not to mention, that when we finished what you'd be left with wouldn't really be the same as what you started with, in the sense that wolves and dogs are very different while still extremely similar.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

I was actually rooting for poor Muchi there. Poor Wrecker, though. Should have used his smarts. Gotta love the Courtship of Princess Leia references. Really underrated Star Wars Legends novel. Oh, and the Tales from Jabba's Palace story about Malakili and the rancor. Luke Skywalker was right... there should have been another way to end things.

[@notareptilianiswear.6600]

I seem to remember that back in the day before we ever saw dathomir in main titles, that it was actually a lower gravity planet, meaning that on their home world Rancors were super fast and agile. Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong, because I cannot cite that claim at all, lol.

[@owencarey2954]

“...greatest beasts of Dathomir” Owl boi: “Are you challenging me?”

[@Colonel_Overkill]

I remember using these things in Empire at War. Night Sister Rancor riders dropped on a planet would trash anything short of a tank, and even then it depended on the tank and how many there were.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

7:13: Hehe, I just watched 100% Star Wars' video about Legends earlier, and honestly, they probably would retcon it again. They already did retcon specific events in the Ahsoka novel and Depa Billaba's demise from the Dume comics on TCW S7 and TBB, so...

[@SamVillano]

Not going to lie, I liked this week's episode, but I also really want to find out more about the main plot, like with the bounty hunters, Crosshair, and all that.

[@wither5673]

they are giant babies and need to be loved and cared for, protec at all costs.

[@iankopeski2831]

Soon the galaxy will tremble at the power of Cuddles

[@roguewolf8545]

I always found it hilarious how Silri named her rancor cuddles in empire at war

[@galaxy-eyesgarchomp9478]

You know, Rancors sound like bipedal carnivorous space elephants.

[@jamiewalsh3349]

In The Mandalorian: We now understand Tusken Raiders In The Bad Batch: We now understand Rancors What other savages are going to have a greater understanding of soon?

[@leejamesmccarthy]

Maybe the beasts in the petranaki arena on geonosis they wanted to use on captive obi wan, anakin and padme?? You never know lol

[@bb9a]

Irredeemable sith its already done in rebels

[@leejamesmccarthy]

@@bb9a ok cool, didn't realise, i never watched or took notice of rebels much tbh

[@ScripulousFingore6133]

giant space worms?

[@tanith117]

Ewoks

[@gnoxx0466]

Me having a pet Rancor named TINY 😂😆

[@catjudo1]

"I am a nice Rancor, not a mindless killing machine. If I am to change this image, I must first change myself. All other creatures are friends, not food."

[@Shala-Nor]

that's a order trooper, ROGER ROGER

[@michaelandreipalon359]

... I'm willing to follow orders, but I'M NOT GOING TO FOLLOW SUCH AN IMMOR... nevermind, I thought it was some sort of morally ambiguous order.

[@GlamorousTitanic21]

Ah, the Rancor. Or as I call them, “the bulldogs of the Star Wars galaxy”.

[@PrincessGamer]

Geetsly "Fear them more than you already do." Me: My real Nightsister begs to differ. ;)

[@taylorledet3993]

I don’t understand

[@justinschauwecker]

That mega sarlaac on Felucia and the Gorog were the only creatures I've seen that were large enough to eat rancors.

[@indianajones4321]

Everyone is just lucky Gonky didn’t use his super GONK red brick

[@geetslys]

Too powerful for the current canon.

[@ScripulousFingore6133]

Keep it down! The crime lords will hear you

[@venerablebrothergoriate5844]

R.I.P Patessa, a good boi who had the misfortune of being the favorite pet of the second biggest scumbag in the galaxy.

[@adrammelechthewroth6511]

Agreed.

[@Ganonsmork]

I'd like to call this a star wars moment.

[@zexalbrony4799]

Geetsly: Rancor's come from Dathomir. Casual fans who have mostly just watched the movies and TV shows: Wow. Really? Fans who have also played Jedi Fall Order: Old news. What else you got: (Geetsly breaks down the entire history of the species). Fans who have also played Jedi Fall Order: Wow. You sir are the smartest and wisest when it comes to Star Wars lore.

[@walkertexas1599]

This is exactly the thoughts going through my head watching this 😂

[@Ellhulto]

Laughs in legends

[@nevermind3630]

Where did they appear on dathomir in fallen order? I only remember the Nydak creatures

[@skyden24195]

From how you describe Rancors, overall, it seems they're akin to say gorillas or even elephants, as both are capable of social order as well as some very primitive tool usage (both are known to use sticks/branches for various reasons) as well as pass down knowledge through generations (especially elephants who pass down knowledge of water sources and such.) And, of course, both have been utilized by humans for entertainment and/or warfare. They also seem to have a similar relationship to Night Sisters as banthas to Tusken Raiders.

[@gnoxx0466]

Eddie's rancor jedi. "Um sir we need to call in An orbital stike on my position like now!" - Clone trooper following Order 66

[@roguewolf8545]

After orbital strike: “he blocked it RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!” - the clones breaking free of their inhibitor chips out of shear fear of this terror.

[@APersonOnYouTubeX]

THINK LUKE THINK IF U WANNA BE A HERO WHY WOULD YOU KILL SOMEONE’S PET

[@thimovijfschaft3271]

Because Lucasfilm likes to bully Mark Hamil for being an animaloving vegetarian

[@larrychilders6599]

Self defense

[@Semirotta]

Mate you have opened my eyes and ears to the Star Wars universe so much. Thank you! Always was interested what happens "behind the scenes" and who the characters are and what not. I've enjoyed watching these videos on your channel a lot.

[@laghymclagherson3487]

I got kinda sad when Luke kill the rancor it was just hungry poor thing being reduced to a starved beast

[@Jedi_Spartan]

I love the Rancor takedowns on Felucca in The Force Unleashed.

[@Charolette21]

So rancorous are a combination of an exotic pet mixed with an "aggressive" breed of dogs.

[@murderousintent7838]

so just Dathomiri Witches and their Rancors were just like Tuskens with their Banthas

[@CloneScavengerVulpin8389]

I read online luke regretted killing the rancor he thought they were always fascinating creatures.

[@KickapooNinja]

you're by FAR my favorite Star Wars youtuber!

[@Alysa-Aiday]

I wanna see; Jabba fed to the rancor While the rancor sleeps it off, feed it to the sarlacc beast

[@omegalm6743]

Muchi such an adorable Rancor

[@b_i_r_d8840]

The ultimate fear a force sensitive and welding rancor.....the young ones wouldn't have stood a chance.

[@inquisitorichijou883]

I always thought the Witches riding Rancors were metal af. Like you could put them on a heavy metal album cover.

[@MrChewie1138]

Omega is like a nightsister now, even has a bow and rode a rancor.

[@jonathantheslow]

Jabba’s Rancor’s name is my cat’s nickname

[@geetslys]

LOL. Time to name my firstborn after the rancor!

[@paolopesare3566]

Lol, even my grandma's cat has the same name

[@marshalllatta2073]

This episode was so great I watch it four times already rancors are one of scariest and deadliest monsters in the galaxy I will never fight any of them

[@livid_spider]

How’d you watch a 9 minute video 4 times if it came out 3 minutes ago?

[@davidordaz5251]

@@livid_spider he probably means the bad batch episode that came out today

[@geetslys]

Omega came in clutch!

[@livid_spider]

@@davidordaz5251 oh okay that makes sense I thought dude was a time traveler

[@AgentDearestZ]

Only old star wars fans will remember Cuddles.

[@oblivion34]

3:49 i lost

[@alem1655]

I wanna see Rancors in live action, like some big ass ones that become part of an episode in some live action series in the future

[@SacRoScz]

Did you see Book of Boba Fett finale? Your dream comes true. And I personally started to love Rancors even more...

[@alem1655]

@@SacRoScz ong bro it happened 💪

[@kareemcuffy6919]

I think we all know what happened to Jabba's Rancor Cough.... Luke

[@kareemcuffy6919]

Nvm...

[@Swap-511.0]

Cute Rancor doesn’t exist, it can’t hurt you. Cute Rancor:

[@commentator4515]

I can see the possibility that Muchi was intended to become Patissa's mate. Or perhaps she is to be Bib's pet instead. He did show quite some affection for her, afterall.

[@Mysikrysa]

So Muchi could be Boba´s pet now.

[@MatthewChenault]

Malakili’s sorrow over losing the rancor were felt by me.

[@VaciliNikoMavich]

I remember that book.

[@batmanlives-z5j]

I love Echo during the clone wars in this he is the sol survivor of dominion squad an 5 was my first choice but 65 crescent garrison commander killed him

[@roguewolf8545]

That commander was named fox, and he got the “Vader does something he doesn’t want palpatine to know about, so he leaves no witnesses” treatment. So suffusive to say he got what he deserved.

[@osmosisjones4912]

Some questions about the devilainians. Going from hunter gather to space age seems like a hug gap. And if make need to explore wouldn't be more likely the males played larger role the development of hyperdrive . And trying make females seem so good. You adknowlaged they are one who have capitol punishment .

[@seriascannain6675]

In the Star Wars Novel 'The Courtship of Princess Leia', it was stated that the Rancors would not serve the Nightsisters because "they treated them as slaves so they always ran away!

[@arthureaterofworlds5176]

Me when I saw the trailer and before the 5th episode: "The child is 100% a Rancor for sure." After: "I got it!"

[@TheScreenScience]

Disney: Lets reboot Jaws. Everyone: Nobody is asking for that though. Disney: We think Jaws is misunderstood and needs a redemption story.

[@DrifterG36]

3:39 who can take me to Dathomir asap?????

[@taiparker8379]

They are super cute

[@MisterHavoc]

I forget which of the older SW games it was, but one bit had a rancor in it, and I remember just about shitting myself when I heard the thing bellowing. Yea, I'm an in-training Jedi and I have a lightsaber, but FUCK getting THAT CLOSE to something that big.

[@andrewmeyer3599]

Mooshi was probably pitted against Pateesa when Jabba received him as a birthday present

[@robertagu5533]

Now Heres an idea for a way to fight the Empire... Training Rancor soldiers.. Rebels sending squads of Rancors against Stormtroopers trained to use blaster rotary cannons an other heavy weapons and giant war clubs and battle axes, etc??? Thatd been a nightmare for the Stormtroopers.. Imagine the start if "New Hope" would've gone quite not so wrong sided had a few of these were sicked on the Stormtrooper boarders. An Vader woulda had a hard time against something so big.. Assuming any could fit in that hallway if they could ACTUALLY be made friends or convinced to enlist with a Rebel unit.

[@chrisquiett1776]

Thanks for the heads up, I didn’t know this was bad bunch. I’m not watching it until the end of the season because I prefer to binge

[@brianbromley7809]

Mother "I'm gonna ride a Rancor into battle and fuck up" Allya

[@Trey_816]

I do think they were implying that the rancor in the Bad Batch was the same one in Return of the Jedi. Or, that's just what I took from it.

[@pokecraft117]

this episode was everything i never knew i wanted

[@musicaccount7116]

Star wars empire at war zanns consortium, a command and conquer type game, has Nightsister female hero named silri that has a lightsaber whip but more important can summon a rancor called cuddles

[@briannahendrickson7746]

I feel like ever since the rancor in the Return of the Jedi, people saw them as blood thirsty monsters. To be honest I don't blame them, but I see them as intelligent, semi-sentient animals who adapted to survive a dangerous planet. Besides their deadly natural, they're very loving and loyal towards those they bond with.

[@LoreMaster2023]

If Muchi ends up being a different rancor than the one Luke killed then I hold out hope that the bad batch will get a bigger ship and find Muchi again and rescue her and make her a part of the squad that would be awesome

[@playergage2283]

Dogs may be mans best friend But rancor’s are nightsisters best companion

[@sharpey92]

I was sad before when the rancor did in the film, Now i feel even sadder

[@mikecastro122]

everything we could have hoped for except for Captain Rex

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Say, what was the type of saberstaff used in the KotOR I footage in this vid? It looks really unique for a purple saberstaff.

[@AmaryInkawult]

Semi Sentients are the most dangerous beings. It means they are more aware than mere beasts, and are capable of more complex actions. Such as the tool use stated in the video. Imagine a force sensitive rancor manipulating the environment around you...

[@nickstgelais3147]

7:29 Mark Hamill isn't gonna like that

[@civilnightmare4725]

If you remember the force unleashed the rancors was a nightmare

[@coldboyous]

This episode of bad batch made me love Rancors even more. I really hope the cute one from bad batch is not the one Luke kills, that would be depressing.

[@andrewmalinowski6673]

What better mount is there for a Mandalorian? Boba and Rancor, until he gets knocked off and Grogu has to Force commune with it

[@nathanielhinz4946]

Rancors are just giga parrots without wings.

[@marco117sw]

Glad I don't need to know any of this when I'm busy slaying rancors in Force Unleashed.

[@Shark_Rock]

I remember the guy who cried at the death of the rancor in the og trilogy, my parnets said it was the guys pet. I couldn’t really enjoy the movie after a bit.

[@wafalme851]

Can you make a video about the different types of Sith like inquisitors marauders juggernauts in the reconstituted Sith empire

[@DirtyTuskan]

can anyone else hear the tapping in the background thought i was going crazy until i stopped and replayed 7:55

[@sisyphus9787]

I was hoping rancors were connected to the dark side of the force, like the Rakata.

[@lonlidood116]

Hutts HAVE birthdays?!

[@awalkinthepark88]

I'm doing a star wars rp with some peeps our group has a fully grown rancor that is our pet/laborhelp/ war mount Betsy is best girl! She only eats sentient species when our group puts stormtrooper helmets on them. Betsy's a good girl she loves belly scratches and dianoga meat!

[@LairdErnst]

They always interconnect everything so they will probably say it’s the same rancor Luke kills.

[@kenostone2122]

They're like animals, so they're slaughtered like animals!

[@CTTank-ue3mr]

Man, the amount of my brothers eaten by the ranchor on the jabba palace map in the last 16 years 😥

[@Lohnstar_]

The rancor in ROTJ is a male rancor named Pateesa though.

[@mlgbrogaming7719]

0:57 Besides the fact there name is a synonym for spite?

[@KingFlameHawk]

Malakili needs his own film.

[@toaarky]

So.. Rancors are actually intelligent.... after all this time, i thought they were just another type of alien animal.