Rancor keeper

Rancor keeper was a beastmasterAftermath: Life Debt profession related specifically to someone tasked with the the exhaustive upbringing, training, and care of a semi-sentientUltimate Star Wars reptilian rancor. Commonly employed by members of the Hutt Clan, these skilled keepers would develop strong bonds with their rancors,Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded oftentimes from a young age. Rancors raised by keepers were considered easier to contain and control,Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition harkening back to their original domestication and bonds with the Witches of Dathomir.Star Wars: The Dark Side
Some time prior to 0 BBY,Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the events of both Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which depicts the completion of the Death Star's superlaser, and Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which depicts the Death Star's destruction at the Battle of Yavin, to 0 BBY. Given that the Death Star's superlaser is fully operational in Bounty Hunt, that story can therefore also be dated to 0 BBY. the Human slave Malakili became a beastmaster and rancor keeper for Jabba the Hutt's criminal empire, taking care of Jabba's pet rancor Pateesa under the Hutt's palace on Tatooine until Luke Skywalker killed Pateesa in 4 ABY.Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
In 9 ABY, the Ugnaught Hunter Dizzy, one half of Team Slingshot, owned a rancor keeper costume that he could don for the Hunters of the Outer Rim competition on Vespaara.Star Wars: Hunters That same year,Star Wars: Timelines a rancor and its keeper were gifted to the newly established Daimyo Boba Fett by the Hutts known as the Twins.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: Galactic Defense
*Bounty Hunt 
*Star Wars (2015) 73 
*Choose Your Destiny: An Escape Mission 
*Star Wars Outlaws
*Star Wars (2020) 39
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*Star Wars: Return of the Jedi junior novelization
*Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side! 
*Return of the Jedi – Jabba's Palace 1 
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*Aftermath: Life Debt 
*Aftermath: Empire's End 
*The Book of Boba Fett Junior Novel
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*The Legends of Luke Skywalker 
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*Star Wars: Hunters 
===Non-canon appearances===
*LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens 
*A Vader Family Sithmas
*LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
==Sources==
===Non-canon sources===
*LEGO Star Wars: Choose Your Side: Doodle Activity Book 
==Notes and references==
Category:Beast masters
Category:Bestial occupations