Pateesa

Pateesa was a Rancor who was given to Jabba the Hutt as a birthday gift. Pateesa would eat the victims that Jabba the Hutt would drop into his pit, sentencing them to an almost immediate death, as Rancors were large, vicious creatures that had an armor-like hide that could stop blasterfire. Pateesa was tended to by Jabba's beastkeeper, Malakili. Malakili and Pateesa grew a bond with each other and became best friends. When Jabba the Hutt dropped Luke Skywalker, accidentally bringing down the Gamorrean Guard Jubnuk with him into the pit. Jubnuk was first to get eaten. Pateesa then drew it's attention to Skywalker, fighting to get him. Luke Skywalker fought the Rancor with a bone and rocks, but eventually, Luke tricked the beast into walking under a metal gate. Luke threw the skull of a previous victim at the button that controls the gate, causing it to break, releasing the gate on-top of Pateesa, crushing the beast, and killing it.

Appearances - Episode VI: Return of the Jedi