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Hello there. Somehow, Star Wars memes have returned. It's not a trap, this is where the fun begins.
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IIRC the canon explanation actually kinda makes sense; While the grab-and-eat reflex is subconscious for a sarlacc, this particular sarlacc was a strict vegetarian and was fighting the reflex to consume Lando (and others) whenever they were thrown in; with the ship it was not trying to restrain itself since it was acting primarily in self defense.
That’s the dumbest explanation possible and I can only hope that you’re making that up.
Alas no, this is real.
Vegetables in the desert?
As seen in the films it would still consume meat - it just did not do it by choice.
(don't hurt me, I didn't write it)
Still better than "somehow, Palpatine returned".
AND THIS TIME, HE'S GOT A BRAND. NEW. PLAN.
Okay, so morally it wants to be a vegetarian, not it’s being force fed humanoid aliens?
Feels a little silly but I appreciate someone thought it through.
Yes, this comes from a short story set during the period when C3P0 is wandering the desert - he stops to talk to the Almighty Sarlacc and it explains its position:
Thanks, I hate it
I'm not a big star wars fan, but I really do respect their dedication to filling in plotholes by any means necessary
And the other one subsisted on a diet of spaceships?
No, they're the same sarlacc (the Great Sarlacc)
So Star Wars ships are made of vegetables?
Wouldn't be the dumbest thing in the canon.
Meesa sad about dis.