Malakili / Legends Malakili was a male Human from the Core World of Corellia , a creature tamer and servant of the Hutt gangster Jabba Desilijic Tiure on Tatooine . Malakili took care of Jabba ' s rancor . Biography . Early life . A Human male , Malakili was born on Corellia , a planet of the Core Worlds best known for its pirates , its fast starships , and skilled merchants . Since his most tender childhood , the young Malakili was fascinated by wild animals , and he wished he could dedicate his life to taking care of them . By 32 BBY , the Corellian became involved with Gargonn the Hutt ' s Circus Horrificus , a traveling menagerie that displayed monstrous creatures throughout the galaxy , for which he became a professional beast handler and monster trainer . Quickly , it became obvious that Malakili ' s touch was inimitable . Only he knew how to tend the circus ' restless beasts while avoiding undue risk . Aside from the bloodthirsty creatures themselves , Malakili became the true star of the Circus Horrificus . Incident on Nar Shaddaa . Despite the Corellian ' s unequalled skills , accidents remained possible . In the fourth month of 22 BBY , an unexpected event took place while the menagerie was performing in the Ko Hentota district of Nar Shaddaa . One of the wrangler ' s beasts , an aggressive arqet , got rid of its restraints and attacked the spectators , killing twelve in the process . The Corellian attempted to stun the arquet , but to no avail . While the murderous creature crawled into the district ' s ventilation grid , Malakili and the other surviving members of the Circus vacated the premises . Slave of the Hutt . Following that incident , the Circus Horrificus sold Malakili to Jabba Desilijic Tiure , a Hutt crime lord and shipping magnate in the Outer Rim Territories . Although his contract file mentioned that he was " transferred , " the Corellian knew that he had been purchased like a slave and would be left at the mercy of Jabba , probably for the rest of his life . Nonetheless , the wrangler was mild - mannered and friendly with many of Jabba ' s crowd , such as Porcellus and J ' Quille . He viewed the rancor as a kindhearted creature and a friend . At one point , the bloodthirsty gamblers demanded more violence . So Jabba ordered Malakili to train the rancor for battle , and had a special weapon harness built . Malakili fitted the rancor with the weapons harness and entered his master ' s dangerous demolition derby . Malakili and his mount , however , did not emerge victorious in the contest . As a cruel punishment , the wrangler was forced to endure humiliation by Salacious B . Crumb , Jabba ' s court jester , who sat on his shoulders dancing and giggling madly in front of the whole court . Nevertheless , Malakili forged a close bond with the rancor , such that the creature would allow him to treat its wounds and eat meals with it . At some point during his time on Tatooine , Malakili killed a giant mutated womp rat that had taken over a cave owned by Tusken Raiders , and got a gaderffii stick as a gift from them . He was planning on betraying Jabba to Lady Valarian and leaving with the rancor because Jabba planned on pitting it against a Krayt dragon , which would surely kill it . He even hid a camera for her in Jabba ' s throne room . When Gonar threatened to blackmail Malakili with evidence of the planned betrayal , Malakili murdered him and fed the body to the rancor . When Luke Skywalker killed the rancor , Malakili wept painfully . His assistant Giran , despite not being fond of the rancor , attempted to comfort him . After Jabba ' s death at the Great Pit of Carkoon , Malakili broke the cook , Porcellus , out of Jabba ' s dungeon , and they went on to found a restaurant in Mos Eisley called the Crystal Moon Restaurant . Personality and traits . A large Human , Malakili was muscular from wrestling against monsters and lifting heavy objects . However , his star status at the Circus Horrificus came with its feasts of plentiful food , and Malakili ' s belly had grown large and fat . The wrangler , however , did not care much for his physical appearance . He was not interested in impressing any sentient being and only wanted his monsters to hold him in respect . He usually wore a simple loincloth and a draped black headdress . Behind the scenes . Malakili first appeared in , the third installment of the original trilogy . He was portrayed by an uncredited Paul Brooke , but his sobs were provided by Ernie Fosselius . In 2000 , Jess Harnell voiced Malakili in the video game " " . In that game , there were two possible endings for Malakili : he either won or lost Jabba ' s demolition derby . The " losing cutscene " showed Jabba and Salacious B . Crumb humiliating the wrangler . If he won , a cutscene showed the rancor eating Lyn Me as a reward . However , Lyn Me was still alive during the events of " Star Wars " : Episode VI " Return of the Jedi " , which occurred shortly after those of " Demolition . " This indicates that Malakili did not win the demolition games , making his " losing cutscene " official . The Ewok Handler ' s model in " " is actually that of Malakili , but the game makes no mention of him .