47-555: Sarlacc Pit may refer to: The fictional home of Sarlacc , from the Star Wars franchise Sarlacc's Pit cave – a cave in British Columbia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sarlacc Pit . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
94-506: A Nikto on Jabba the Hutt's sail barge, pushing them overboard into a cardboard Sarlacc. The game, which sold for only a few years, is a collector's item. Hollywood journalist and humor writer Peter Biskind muses that George Lucas went to great extremes to remove aspects of sex and sexuality from the plot of the Star Wars films. Biskind, however, asserts that Lucas created a "nightmarishly explicit image of threatening female sexuality" in
141-419: A T. rex being lowered into a Sarlacc pit. Lego released a set titled Desert Skiff & Sarlacc Pit featuring Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Lando, Chewbacca, and Boba Fett. Spore In biology , a spore is a unit of sexual (in fungi) or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores form part of
188-457: A megasporangium that produces megaspores or a microsporangium that produces microspores. In flowering plants, these sporangia occur within the carpel and anthers, respectively. Fungi commonly produce spores during sexual and asexual reproduction. Spores are usually haploid and grow into mature haploid individuals through mitotic division of cells ( Urediniospores and Teliospores among rusts are dikaryotic). Dikaryotic cells result from
235-414: A multicellular gametophyte , which eventually goes on to produce gametes. Two gametes fuse to form a zygote , which develops into a new sporophyte. This cycle is known as alternation of generations . The spores of seed plants are produced internally, and the megaspores (formed within the ovules) and the microspores are involved in the formation of more complex structures that form the dispersal units,
282-647: A Sarlacc much larger than the one on Tatooine is first an ally of a Jedi Knight, and later used as a base for the Empire (even building structures inside the creature itself). A duel is fought beside the Sarlacc in this game between Starkiller and Shaak Ti , until Ti falls backwards into the Sarlacc's open mouth. The Rise Against the Empire playset of Disney Infinity 3.0 (2015) has the famous Sarlacc and Pit of Carkoon outside Tatooine, around which stand several Jawa, and
329-532: A Sarlacc, once a few decades ago". In the anthology Tales from Jabba's Palace (1995), edited by Kevin J. Anderson , Dan'l Danehy Oakes's story "Shaara and the Sarlacc: The Skiff Guard's Tale" is told by one of Jabba the Hutt's soldiers, who tells Boba Fett that his sister Shaara and her Imperial stormtrooper captors were thrown into the pit, whereupon the Sarlacc swallowed the stormtroopers, but expelled Shaara, for reasons unknown. In
376-437: A center pole. This shows that four spores shared a common origin and were initially in contact with each other forming a tetrahedron. A wider aperture in the shape of a groove may be termed a colpus . The number of colpi distinguishes major groups of plants. Eudicots have tricolpate spores (i.e. spores with three colpi). Envelope-enclosed spore tetrads are taken as the earliest evidence of plant life on land, dating from
423-457: A group of Jawa scavengers to clean the dewbacks, from which one Jawa acquires the spore, and places it in a jar of water. The young Sarlacc escapes from the jar only to be swallowed by a spider-like creature, which it consumes from within, and later forms the Great Pit of Carkoon. Sarlacci have made minor appearances in Star Wars video games such as Super Star Wars (1992), Shadows of
470-399: A plant origin. A Sarlacc reproduces by releasing spores through outer space , which arrive on a planet or asteroid , and there excavate a pit to capture prey. Steve Sansweet 's Star Wars Encyclopedia describes the Sarlacc as an " omnivorous , multi-tentacled creature with needle-sharp teeth and a large beak". The Sarlacc rests at the base of a giant pit where the entirety of its body
517-399: A pronounced beak; but Star Wars creator George Lucas did not have the technology or financial resources to realize this concept in the 1983 film. Special effects artists Stuart Freeborn , Phil Tippett , and the crew of Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) constructed a pit in the desert sands of Yuma, Arizona , that contained a gaping mouth with jagged teeth and tentacles. At the time,
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#1732780903348564-595: A putrid odour, for dispersal of fungal spores is yet another strategy, most prominently used by the stinkhorns . In Common Smoothcap moss ( Atrichum undulatum ), the vibration of sporophyte has been shown to be an important mechanism for spore release. In the case of spore-shedding vascular plants such as ferns, wind distribution of very light spores provides great capacity for dispersal. Also, spores are less subject to animal predation than seeds because they contain almost no food reserve; however they are more subject to fungal and bacterial predation. Their chief advantage
611-529: A series of changes when Lucas released the Special Edition of Return of the Jedi in 1997. Employing the new technology of computer-generated imagery (CGI), ILM amended the creature's appearance with the addition of CGI tentacles and a beak inside the Sarlacc's mouth. According to Lucas, it "just looks much more realistic and more threatening ... it helps the scene considerably." Subsequent depictions of
658-697: A zygote before developing further. The main difference between spores and seeds as dispersal units is that spores are unicellular, the first cell of a gametophyte, while seeds contain within them a developing embryo (the multicellular sporophyte of the next generation), produced by the fusion of the male gamete of the pollen tube with the female gamete formed by the megagametophyte within the ovule. Spores germinate to give rise to haploid gametophytes, while seeds germinate to give rise to diploid sporophytes. Vascular plant spores are always haploid . Vascular plants are either homosporous (or isosporous) or heterosporous . Plants that are homosporous produce spores of
705-469: Is buried except for the gaping mouth, which may reach three meters (10 feet) in diameter. The Sarlacc uses its four legs to anchor itself underground. Astrophysicist and science fiction author Jeanne Cavelos compares the Sarlacc's hunting method to that of the antlion . The Sarlacc's mouth also has similarities with that of the lamprey . Because most Sarlacci inhabit isolated environments and rely on prey to stumble into their pit, they rarely feed;
752-598: Is recognized by the Sarlacc upon approach. In the non-canonical Dark Horse comic book "Fortune, Fate, and the Natural History of the Sarlacc", written by Mark Schultz and illustrated by Kellie Strom, the Sarlacc seen in Return of the Jedi is the offspring of an older Sarlacc on Tatooine. Shortly after the execution of an unknown alien named Grubbat Fhilch, the Sarlacc releases a spore that attaches to an Imperial stormtrooper 's dewback . The stormtroopers hire
799-478: Is that spores were an adaptation of early land plant species, such as embryophytes , that allowed for plants to easily disperse while adapting to their non-aquatic environment. This is particularly supported by the observation of a thick spore wall in cryptospores . These spore walls would have protected potential offspring from novel weather elements. The second more recent hypothesis is that spores were an early predecessor of land plants and formed during errors in
846-451: Is that, of all forms of progeny, spores require the least energy and materials to produce. In the spikemoss Selaginella lepidophylla , dispersal is achieved in part by an unusual type of diaspore , a tumbleweed . Spores have been found in microfossils dating back to the mid-late Ordovician period. Two hypothesized initial functions of spores relate to whether they appeared before or after land plants. The heavily studied hypothesis
893-455: The life cycles of many plants , algae , fungi and protozoa . They were thought to have appeared as early as the mid-late Ordovician period as an adaptation of early land plants. Bacterial spores are not part of a sexual cycle, but are resistant structures used for survival under unfavourable conditions. Myxozoan spores release amoeboid infectious germs ("amoebulae") into their hosts for parasitic infection, but also reproduce within
940-491: The meiosis of algae , a hypothesized early ancestor of land plants. Whether spores arose before or after land plants, their contributions to topics in fields like paleontology and plant phylogenetics have been useful. The spores found in microfossils, also known as cryptospores, are well preserved due to the fixed material they are in as well as how abundant and widespread they were during their respective time periods. These microfossils are especially helpful when studying
987-408: The seeds and pollen grains. The term spore derives from the ancient Greek word σπορά spora , meaning " seed , sowing", related to σπόρος sporos , "sowing", and σπείρειν speirein , "to sow". In common parlance, the difference between a "spore" and a " gamete " is that a spore will germinate and develop into a sporeling , while a gamete needs to combine with another gamete to form
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#17327809033481034-546: The vagina dentata of Tatooine's Sarlacc—that its only payoff was a burp gag." In the TV series Peep Show , Mark Corrigan references "the pit of Sarlacc" when finishing off the remains of a packet of crisps . In 2018, a cave that was discovered in British Columbia, Canada was unofficially named Sarlacc's Pit . In the TV series Ghost Wars (2017–2018), Billy McGrath (performed by Kim Coates ) refers to
1081-700: The Empire (1996), Star Wars: Demolition (2000), Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (2002), Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike (2003), and Star Wars: Battlefront (2004). The MMORPG Star Wars Galaxies (2003) shows one of the smaller Sarlacci in the Star Wars galaxy on the remote planet Dathomir . It has also made an appearance in Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy , Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga , " Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga " 2022 Star Wars: Empire at War , MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (2008), where
1128-524: The Sarlacc as a descriptive term for slowness, a reference to the creature's extended digestive process. The Sarlacc became part of Return of the Jedi 's merchandising campaign that accompanied the theatrical release of the film. Parker Brothers produced a board game in 1983 called Battle at Sarlacc's Pit that was sold in the United States and Canada. Players collect points for battling their way through Gamorrean guards , Boba Fett , and
1175-471: The Sarlacc became a part of popular culture . The creature was incorporated into the merchandising campaign that accompanied the release of Return of the Jedi . It is the subject of analysis and humor in works of literature unassociated with Star Wars . The Sarlacc first appeared in the 1983 film Return of the Jedi , wherein Jabba the Hutt attempts to drop Luke Skywalker , Han Solo , and Chewbacca into
1222-435: The Sarlacc in Star Wars fiction are based on this revised design. Some of the special effects from the 1983 film were retained in the Special Edition. The tentacle that captures the skiff guard Kithaba and pulls him into the Sarlacc mouth is from the original film, as well as the tentacle that attaches to Lando Calrissian's leg. Aside from Star Wars fiction and merchandising , popular fiction author Stefan Demetriou uses
1269-563: The Sarlacc is killed by his partner Fennec Shand in " Chapter 4: The Gathering Storm ". In the original Return of the Jedi , the Sarlacc is depicted as a barbed gaping mouth in the desert sand with tentacles. The 1997 Special Edition of the film added computer-generated tentacles and a beak to the mouth, which has remained its canonical depiction since. Besides Return of the Jedi , the creature and others like it are featured in Star Wars literature . Like other aspects of Star Wars ,
1316-448: The Sarlacc somehow absorbs the intelligence of all its victims, who live on in disembodied torment". A Sarlacc can communicate with its victims through this stolen consciousness : In one Star Wars short story, an unnamed Jedi explains that "Sarlacci do interesting things with messenger RNA : over the course of millennia, they can attain a sort of group consciousness, built out of the remains of people they've digested. I talked to such
1363-709: The creature's mouth; but Luke frees himself and the others with the aid of Lando Calrissian and R2-D2 , while Princess Leia strangles Jabba. According to the Star Wars Databank , the Sarlacci inhabit remote, inhospitable locations in the galaxy, but defy taxonomic classification , insofar as most texts claim that the Sarlacc is an arthropod (as in The Essential Guide to Alien Species and The Wildlife of Star Wars ), while its anchored root system and spore -based method of reproduction suggest
1410-594: The digestive system dissolves prey into nutrients over a period of several thousand years. If no living prey is available, a Sarlacc relies on its root system to absorb nutrients. One Sarlacc located on an airless moon feeds on cometary material rich in oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, and nitrogen. The Sarlacc's stomach is lined with vessels that attach themselves to a swallowed victim and maws for quick digestion or breaking apart of large prey. The maws close when exposed to bright lights. The stomach also contains neurotoxins , which induce hallucinations in prey which "suggest that
1457-477: The film Return of the Jedi (1983) as a multi-tentacled alien beast whose immense, gaping maw is lined with several rows of sharp teeth, inhabiting the Great Pit of Carkoon , a hollow in the sand of the desert planet Tatooine . After the bounty hunter Boba Fett escapes from its maw in " Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land " of The Book of Boba Fett (2022) and eventually returns to retrieve his armor,
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1504-569: The fluids of the ascus that lead to explosive discharge of the ascospores into the air. The forcible discharge of single spores termed ballistospores involves formation of a small drop of water ( Buller's drop ), which upon contact with the spore leads to its projectile release with an initial acceleration of more than 10,000 g . Other fungi rely on alternative mechanisms for spore release, such as external mechanical forces, exemplified by puffballs . Attracting insects, such as flies, to fruiting structures, by virtue of their having lively colours and
1551-499: The form of the Sarlacc: "The Jabba episode culminates in an explicit vagina dentata fantasy, as Luke and his pals have to walk a phallic gangplank into the pullulating maw—festooned with long, curved teeth—of the giant Sarlacc in its 'nesting place'." Premiere magazine reviewer Tim Bissell complained, "Lucas sent his trilogy’s most arresting character Boba Fett to a "death" so inglorious—falling headlong into
1598-735: The fusion of two haploid gamete cells. Among sporogenic dikaryotic cells, karyogamy (the fusion of the two haploid nuclei) occurs to produce a diploid cell. Diploid cells undergo meiosis to produce haploid spores. Spores can be classified in several ways such as by their spore producing structure, function, origin during life cycle, and mobility. Below is a table listing the mode of classification, name, identifying characteristic, examples, and images of different spore species. Under high magnification , spores often have complex patterns or ornamentation on their exterior surfaces. A specialized terminology has been developed to describe features of such patterns. Some markings represent apertures, places where
1645-456: The giant set was an arduous task, according to the crew members involved. Tippett told Starlog magazine, "We were working the creature at the bottom of a gorge , so we got no breeze. Sand constantly fell down upon us". In addition to operating the Sarlacc, many technicians were standing in as skiff guards in full wardrobe. Tippett remarks, "[We] were covered with [sand and] glue from the costumes. I almost cracked on that one. I think I cried, it
1692-426: The hosts through the pairing of two nuclei within the plasmodium, which develops from the amoebula. In plants, spores are usually haploid and unicellular and are produced by meiosis in the sporangium of a diploid sporophyte . In some rare cases, diploid spore is also produced in some algae, or fungi. Under favourable conditions, the spore can develop into a new organism using mitotic division, producing
1739-459: The inability of people to leave town due to the events triggered by the earthquake. In conversation with town's major Val McGrath-Dufresne (performed by Luvia Petersen ), Val points out that he had been able to get into town, so "If there's a way in, there's gotta be a way out", to which Billy replies "Tell that to a Sarlacc." The front cover of Randall Munroe 's book What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions features
1786-527: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sarlacc_Pit&oldid=1092831440 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sarlacc The Sarlacc (plural Sarlacci ) is a fictional creature in George Lucas 's sci-fi action saga Star Wars . It first appeared in
1833-533: The mid-Ordovician (early Llanvirn, ~ 470 million years ago ), a period from which no macrofossils have yet been recovered. Individual trilete spores resembling those of modern cryptogamic plants first appeared in the fossil record at the end of the Ordovician period. In fungi, both asexual and sexual spores or sporangiospores of many fungal species are actively dispersed by forcible ejection from their reproductive structures. This ejection ensures exit of
1880-410: The pit (with Jabba the Hutt's sail barge) constituted one of the largest motion picture sets ever constructed. A hydraulic system was designed to animate the creature, but the blowing sand clogged the mechanism. The film crew instead used poles and wires to move the creature's tentacles. Lucas was not satisfied with the effect, complaining, "There was nothing alive about the whole thing." Working on
1927-406: The pit by blasting through with his flamethrower. In episode four, The Gathering Storm, the Sarlacc is killed by a seismic charge dropped by Slave I . The design of the Sarlacc creature—originally called the " Sloth Pit" —seen in Return of the Jedi evolved during the concept, creation, and filming processes. Early concept sketches portrayed a creature with several moving tentacles and
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1974-410: The player can pick up a Jawa to throw in. In Super Star Wars , the "Sarlacc Pit Monster" acts as a boss early into the game. It is depicted as a large, worm-like creature with tentacles, and shoots rocks at Luke. The first episode of The Book of Boba Fett shows a scene of the title character inside the Sarlacc's innards, as he breathes from a dead stormtrooper 's respirator and escapes from
2021-399: The same size and type. Heterosporous plants, such as seed plants , spikemosses , quillworts , and ferns of the order Salviniales produce spores of two different sizes: the larger spore (megaspore) in effect functioning as a "female" spore and the smaller (microspore) functioning as a "male". Such plants typically give rise to the two kind of spores from within separate sporangia, either
2068-457: The short story "A Barve Like That: The Tale of Boba Fett", by Daniel Keys Moran under the pseudonym of J. D. Montgomery, Boba Fett struggles to free himself from the belly of the Sarlacc. As Fett is digested, the creature converses with him mentally in the voice of an alien named Susejo, eaten by the Sarlacc four thousand years earlier. Having caused his jet pack to explode, Fett uses a concussion grenade to blast himself free. Years later, Fett
2115-407: The spores from the reproductive structures as well as travelling through the air over long distances. Many fungi thereby possess specialized mechanical and physiological mechanisms as well as spore-surface structures, such as hydrophobins , for spore ejection. These mechanisms include, for example, forcible discharge of ascospores enabled by the structure of the ascus and accumulation of osmolytes in
2162-418: The tough outer coat of the spore can be penetrated when germination occurs. Spores can be categorized based on the position and number of these markings and apertures. Alete spores show no lines. In monolete spores , there is a single narrow line (laesura) on the spore. Indicating the prior contact of two spores that eventually separated. In trilete spores , each spore shows three narrow lines radiating from
2209-426: Was so terrible." Actress Carrie Fisher recalled that many of the crew and stuntmen who fell into the creature during filming suffered broken legs and sprained ankles. ILM crew members received some satisfaction when they dismantled the set at the conclusion of filming and sold it to Mexico as scrap. The one condition of the sale was that the materials were not to be resold as souvenirs. The Sarlacc design underwent
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