Jabba ' s Palace Pop - up Book Jabba ' s Palace Pop - up Book is a book published in October 1996 . Publisher ' s summary . " Jabba the Hutt has lost his lucky charm somewhere in the palace , and he ' ll be very unhappy if Jubnuk the Gamorrean guard can ' t find it for him . Jubnuk knows he isn ' t too bright , but he figures it can ' t be that hard to find a simple talisman . . . or can it ? If Jabba could just give him a little more information about his good - luck charm — after he ' s finished talking with that important - looking Jedi Knight , Luke Skywalker , of course . . . " Plot summary . The novel follows the Gamorrean guard Jubnuk ' s quest to find his master Jabba the Hutt ' s lucky charm which the crime lord has lost , much to his annoyance . The story starts with Jubnuk leaving his quarters , which he dislikes due to their brightness , and saying good bye to his wife and children who are playing droids and guards . The guard then heads to Jabba ' s throne room keen to prove his loyalty and usefulness to make up for his stupidity and so he can earn better living quarters . He finds Jabba in a dreadful mood due to the loss of his Tusken battle talisman made of bantha horn which he orders the gamorrean to find . This confuses Jubnuk as he dosen ' t know what the talisman looks like however he knows if he does not find it Jabba will likely punish him and so begins his search . The first place Jubnuk search ' s is the Max Rebo Band ' s equipment however he quickly realizes it ' s not there . He leaves the palace and begins searching through the garbage outside the palace kitchens until the chef Porcellus chases him away , at which point he heads to the scrap pile which he finds several Jawas scavenging from but since none of them have the talisman he leaves them alone . The guard then he ’ s back into the palace ' s entrance hall where he finds Bib Fortuna , Jabba ' s majordomo , whom he greatly respects and who knows all the secrets and gossip of the palace , however the Twi ' lek tells jubnuk he does not have the information he needs . Jubnuk then heads to the droid workshop where he asks EV - 9D9 , the chief inspector droid , if she has seen the talisman but she has been to busy tending to two troublesome new droids C - 3PO and R2 - D2 . Jubnuk looks through the various debris in the workshop but finds it to loud and confusing and so goes looking for the B ' omarr monks . The monks tell him they have not seen the talisman but offer to remove his brain and place it inside a life - support jar on a shelf where he can think about the universe . Jubnuk is tempted as it sounds like this would make him smarter but eventually politely refuses as it sounds too complicated . Out of ideas as to where the talisman could be Jubnuk finally heads back to Jabba ' s court room to give him the bad news . However he finds the Hutt already talking to someone who he overhears is a Jedi Knight . Jubnuk runs forward to protect his master just as Jabba presses the button to open the trap door to the Rancor ' s pit which the faithful guard and the Jedi both fall through . As Jubnuk lands in the pit he realizes its the one place he hasn ' t looked however he doesn ’ t get a chance to as despite his efforts to flee he is immediately picked up and swallowed by the Rancor . Long after Luke Skywalker has killed the rancor , its keeper Malakili hears sounds coming from its belly . He cuts it open to find Jubnuk alive and well due to his armor and the lucky charm , which he found in the beast ' s stomach . Jubnuk learns that Jabba has left on his Sail barge to execute several prisoners but hears rumors of disaster and explosions . He begins to hope he hasn ' t missed any excitement and waits proudly for Jabba to return so he can return the charm , which he decides to keep until he sees his master again . Behind the scenes . The second to last page of the book , in which Jubnuk sees Jabba talking to Luke , and the last page , showing Jubnuk and Luke in the Rancor pit , are pop - up displays . The last page also contains a speaker which plays sounds of the rancor ' s growls when activated and a flip up panel with the paragraph describing Jubnuk ' s rescue hidden underneath . Many fans argue that Jubnuk ' s apparent survival of being eaten by the Rancor is non - canon as it is over ridden by the movie canon where the Rancor is seen to bite in to Jubnuk which many think would instantly kill him . However as the movie doesn ’ t directly state that he is dead it ' s still possible that he survived the encounter , although rather unlikely , especially completely unscathed as the book suggests . Leland Chee , when asked about this , admitted that he never even knew about the hidden ending until being addressed about it on June 3 , 2013 by a Wookieepedia editor . He also kept the status ambiguous , citing that the EU had Boba Fett and Gardulla surviving similar fates regarding the Sarlacc and Krayt Dragon , respectively , as why Jubnuk ' s survival shouldn ' t be ruled out altogether . Chee also stated that the events of the book overall are official , although some liberties were taken regarding which Gamorrean was which .