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.”
The most reasonable, if not most accurate, scifi biology I have seen is in HBO’s miniseries, Scavengers. I’m not an expert, but as someone with biology degree, I never really questioned the evolution and biology portrayed in the show. Except for a few creative liberties of course, I watch the show and my mind goes “interesting and it makes sense”. Most SciFi shows don’t really even go into the detail as to why xenobiology even develop the biological features that they do.
Going back to the Sarlaac pit, how did it even get so big if there is not enough nutrients to consume to go around? That’s also assuming that there is so much oxygen in the environment, and maybe the gravity in the planet is light?
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”
It’s easier than that, it’s not feeding on the creatures protein and fat it’s predating on the creatures soul, or pain.
A creature of this size wouldn’t get there or stay there on victims stumbling into it. Especially in the deep desert, it’s victims are likely few and far between. When it gets a conscious species, it tortures it for 1,000 years until the things’ spirit and consciousness merge with the hive mind. They are clearly putting energy into maintaining the life of the victim.
I do a different kind of imagination work in my head for mysteries like this. The way you think seems very mundane and boring.
Hey if you prefer “imagination work” to “thinking,” don’t let me discourage you. But I did easily as much sweaty rationalization as you did.
I prefer fantasy creations that have some internal consistency and don’t overstrain credulity in service one of super obvious on-the-nose effect. When I can hear the author grunting with effort trying to horrify me, it ruins the horror.
You prefer your fantasy that happens in other worlds to be more grounded? It’s amazing how boring this world view is.
I will allow authors to take me on a ride and I will fill in gaps where needed. Frankly I have no reason to believe a Sarlacc in this world does any of that, how did the people in the star wars universe figure that out? Maybe it reads more like a boogeyman legend about a creature the Hutt’s use to execute people. I might add that our only in world evidence is boba fett getting out of one, not super scary. I’m just adding a bit of my own spice to the world because it’s been left open to me to do so. That’s fun!
Imagination and thinking are the same thing, you have to think to imagine What an unusually dull world you inhabit!
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
Most carnivorous plants don’t actually need to eat bugs to survive
Source pls.
Most of those plants live in extremely nutritionally poor ground, so when you grow them at home and they have nutrition, they wouldn’t require eating I guess.
But evolution did not make flycatcher plants just for the lulz.
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!”
The most reasonable, if not most accurate, scifi biology I have seen is in HBO’s miniseries, Scavengers. I’m not an expert, but as someone with biology degree, I never really questioned the evolution and biology portrayed in the show. Except for a few creative liberties of course, I watch the show and my mind goes “interesting and it makes sense”. Most SciFi shows don’t really even go into the detail as to why xenobiology even develop the biological features that they do.
Going back to the Sarlaac pit, how did it even get so big if there is not enough nutrients to consume to go around? That’s also assuming that there is so much oxygen in the environment, and maybe the gravity in the planet is light?
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:
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”
It’s easier than that, it’s not feeding on the creatures protein and fat it’s predating on the creatures soul, or pain.
A creature of this size wouldn’t get there or stay there on victims stumbling into it. Especially in the deep desert, it’s victims are likely few and far between. When it gets a conscious species, it tortures it for 1,000 years until the things’ spirit and consciousness merge with the hive mind. They are clearly putting energy into maintaining the life of the victim.
I do a different kind of imagination work in my head for mysteries like this. The way you think seems very mundane and boring.
Hey if you prefer “imagination work” to “thinking,” don’t let me discourage you. But I did easily as much sweaty rationalization as you did.
I prefer fantasy creations that have some internal consistency and don’t overstrain credulity in service one of super obvious on-the-nose effect. When I can hear the author grunting with effort trying to horrify me, it ruins the horror.
You prefer your fantasy that happens in other worlds to be more grounded? It’s amazing how boring this world view is.
I will allow authors to take me on a ride and I will fill in gaps where needed. Frankly I have no reason to believe a Sarlacc in this world does any of that, how did the people in the star wars universe figure that out? Maybe it reads more like a boogeyman legend about a creature the Hutt’s use to execute people. I might add that our only in world evidence is boba fett getting out of one, not super scary. I’m just adding a bit of my own spice to the world because it’s been left open to me to do so. That’s fun!
Imagination and thinking are the same thing, you have to think to imagine What an unusually dull world you inhabit!
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?
Source pls.
Most of those plants live in extremely nutritionally poor ground, so when you grow them at home and they have nutrition, they wouldn’t require eating I guess.
But evolution did not make flycatcher plants just for the lulz.
Maybe, and hear me out, it feels like it takes thousands of years.
How would we even know that?
You ask the almost dead guy who felt like he spent 999 years inside
My thoughts exactly lol.