• FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    6 months ago

    So, the sarlacc. The bits of it we see in the movies, are its mouth (the pit with the spiky stuff,) and its (apparently beaked) tongue.

    The sarlacc is probably quite a bit larger. (Maybe not dune sand worm big.)

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      0·
      6 months ago

      I would guess it’s exactly Dune sandworm big, in that it’s taken from Dune directly. Almost certainly it started as the same creature.

      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        6 months ago

        I’d say not, because they’re apparently large enough that a Krayt dragon can fit into the cavity left behind after eating one. That thing was maybe not as long as a sandstorm, but definitely as chubby

        • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
          0·
          6 months ago

          Well, that’s information made up after they appeared on screen first. I guess it depends on what we’re talking about. Talking about the very first appearance, just a mouth in the sand, that’s 100% a Dune sandworm with a different name. Some time after that more detail was added to the world that differentiated it from that.

          • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
            0·
            6 months ago

            Last I checked Sandworms didn’t have:

            • a tongue, beaked or otherwise,
            • a bunch of tentacles that could grab and pull food in
            • an apparent inability to move

            If you’re going to generalize that much, to say they’re the same… does it really matter? It’s not like Herbert didn’t add to sandworm cannon either; so further explanations to what a sarlacc even is shouldn’t be discounted either.

            I wouldn’t even call a sarlacc a worm, to be honest.

    • EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works
      0·
      6 months ago

      How do sarlaccs multiply? They are not very mobile, so I assume some sort of pollen/spore situation. So it’s “mouth” might also be it’s genitals