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*[[Battle of Svivren]]<ref name="MJ:BtEH1">''[[Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand 1]]''</ref>
*[[Bombing of the Dune Sea]]<ref name="TMA">''[[The Mandalorian Armor]]''</ref>
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|conflict=[[Rescue of Han Solo/Legends|Rescue of Han Solo]]<ref name="Return" />
|objective=Liberate Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt<ref name="Return" />
|date=[[4 ABY/Legends|4 ABY]] (c. 39:3:4 GrS)<ref name="ΤΕΑ">''[[The Essential Atlas]]''</ref>
|place=[[Great Pit of Carkoon/Legends|Great Pit of Carkoon]], [[Dune Sea/Legends|Dune Sea]], [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]]<ref name="Return" />
|result=Rebel victory<ref name="Return" />
*Death of [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba the Hutt]]<ref name="Return" />
*Dissolution of [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure's criminal empire|Jabba's criminal empire]]<ref name="Return" />
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|side2=Jabba's criminal empire&dagger;<ref name="Return" />
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|ppl1=*[[Jedi Knight/Legends|Jedi Knight]] [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]]<ref name="Return" />
*[[Leia Organa Solo|Leia Organa]]<ref name="Return" />
*[[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]]<ref name="Return" />
*[[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]]<ref name="Return" />
*[[Lando Calrissian/Legends|Lando Calrissian]]<ref name="Return" />
*[[C-3PO/Legends|C-3PO]]<ref name="Return" />
*[[R2-D2/Legends|R2-D2]]<ref name="Return" />
|ppl2=*Jabba the Hutt†<ref name="Return" />
*[[Salacious B. Crumb/Legends|Salacious B. Crumb]]†<ref name="Return" />
*[[Bib Fortuna/Legends|Bib Fortuna]]<ref name="Return" />
*Jabba's [[Bounty hunter/Legends|Bounty hunters]]<ref name="Return" />
**[[Boba Fett/Legends|Boba Fett]]<ref name="Return" />
**[[Tessek/Legends|Tessek]]<ref name="Return" />
*[[Gamorrean/Legends|Gamorrean]] guards<ref name="Return" />
*[[Hermi Odle/Legends|Hermi Odle]]<ref name="Return" />
*[[Saelt-Marae/Legends|Saelt-Marae]]<ref name="Return" />
*Jabba's [[Skiff guard]]s<ref name="Return" />
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*[[Barada/Legends|Barada]]†<ref name="Return" />
*[[Salacious B. Crumb/Legends|Salacious B. Crumb]]†<ref name="Return" />
*[[Taym Dren-garen]]†<ref name="CCG">''[[Jabba's Palace Limited]]''</ref>
*[[Gailid]]†<ref name="Return" />
*Jabba the Hutt†<ref name="Return" />
*[[Kithaba/Legends|Kithaba]]†<ref name="Return" />
*[[Klaatu/Legends|Klaatu]]†<ref name="Return" />
*[[Nysad/Legends|Nysad]]†<ref name="Return" />
*[[Yotts Orren]]†<ref name="CCG" /><ref>Uses the same mask as [[Giran/Legends|Giran]].</ref>
*[[Ortugg]]†<ref name="Return" />
*[[Ree-Yees/Legends|Ree-Yees]]†<ref name="Goatgrass">{{Shortstory|story=Goatgrass: The Tale of Ree-Yees|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}</ref>
*[[Rogua]]†<ref name="Return" />
*[[Pote Snitkin/Legends|Pote Snitkin]]†<ref name="Return" />
*[[Pagetti Rook/Legends|Pagetti Rook]]†<ref name="Return" />
*[[Brock Starsher/Legends|Brock Starsher]]†<ref>The [[Star Wars Customizable Card Game|''Star Wars'' Customizable Card Game]] identified this crewman as [[Doallyn/Legends|Doallyn]], however [[Leland Chee]] has specified that Doallyn was never at the battle.</ref>
*[[Unidentified mercenary pilot]]†<ref>[[Human/Legends|Human]] with a [[DL-18 Blaster Pistol|DL-18 blaster pistol]] that receives a "[[Force kick]]" from Luke. It's likely that he boarded the second skiff from the [[Freighter/Legends|barge]] because he was not on the skiff at the start of the struggle.</ref>
*[[Unidentified Weequay Skiff Master]]†<ref name="Return" />
*[[Unidentified Weequay guard]]†<ref name="Return" />
*[[Unidentified Weequay marksman]]†<ref name="Return" />
*[[Lathe/Legends|Lathe]]†
*[[Velken Tezeri/Legends|Velken Tezeri]]†<ref name="Return" />
*[[Vedain/Legends|Vedain]]†<ref name="Return" />
*[[Vizam/Legends|Vizam]]†<ref name="Return" />
*[[Weequay/Legends|Weequay]]†<ref name="Return" />
*[[Wooof/Legends|Wooof]]†<ref name="Return" />}}
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{{Quote|His High Exaltedness, the great Jabba the Hutt, has decreed that you are to be terminated immediately... You will therefore be taken to the Dune Sea and cast into the pit of Carkoon, the nesting place of the all-powerful Sarlacc... In its belly, you will find a new definition of pain and suffering, as you are slowly digested over a thousand years.|C-3PO|<ref name="Return" />}}
The '''Battle of the Great Pit of Carkoon''', also known as the '''battle over the Great Pit of Carkoon''',<ref name="SOTE">{{KennerCite|set=Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (toy line)|text=''Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire''|pack=Leia (In Boushh Disguise)|link=soteKleia.asp|archiveurl=https://archive.is/ijfii}}</ref> or the '''Battle of Carkoon''', took place in [[4 ABY/Legends|4 ABY]] as part of a campaign by [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] to [[Rescue of Han Solo/Legends|rescue]] his captive friend, [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]], from the gangster [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba the Hutt]]. Following a failed infiltration of the Hutt's palace, Jabba attempted to execute Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Solo's companion [[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]] by throwing them into the [[Great Pit of Carkoon/Legends|Great Pit of Carkoon]], home of the [[Sarlacc/Legends|Sarlacc]].

Skywalker was prepared for this type of situation, having stored his [[Lightsaber/Legends|lightsaber]] inside his droid [[R2-D2/Legends|R2-D2]] prior to the rescue attempt. Just as the execution was to take place, the droid launched the lightsaber into the air, equipping Skywalker and allowing him to neutralize all of Jabba's guards. During the ensuing chaos, Jabba was assassinated by [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia Organa]], another participant in the operation who was taken as a slave by Jabba, and [[Boba Fett/Legends|Boba Fett]], an associate of the Hutt considered to be one of the greatest gunfighters in the galaxy, was catapulted into the Sarlacc's maw by Solo.

==Prelude==
{{Main|Siege of Jabba's Palace}}
Years earlier, [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba]] hired Han Solo to smuggle [[Spice/Legends|spice]] for him. However, on one spice run, Solo was boarded by [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] forces and forced to jettison the spice to avoid incrimination. After Solo was unable to repay the Hutt, Jabba placed a bounty on his head.<ref name="ANH">{{Film|IV}}</ref> Several years after the initial bounty, Solo was tracked to [[Cloud City/Legends|Cloud City]] on [[Bespin/Legends|Bespin]] by the feared [[Bounty hunter/Legends|bounty hunter]] [[Boba Fett/Legends|Boba Fett]]. There Solo was captured, tortured and frozen in [[Carbonite/Legends|carbonite]] by [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Darth Vader]],<ref name="ESB">{{Film|V}}</ref> after which he was turned over to Fett for delivery to the Hutt [[Crime lord/Legends|crime lord]]. After spending some time trying to track down Boba Fett, including a near-miss on [[Gall/Legends|Gall]], the Rebels learned that Solo had finally been taken to Jabba.<ref name="Shadows">[[Shadows of the Empire (novel)|''Shadows of the Empire'' novelization]]</ref>

===Infiltrating the palace===
[[File:Jabbaholo.jpg|thumb|left|180px|The message is delivered to Jabba.]]
Lando Calrissian had infiltrated [[Jabba's Palace]] as a guard under the alias of Tamtel Skreej, in case of an emergency. Luke Skywalker then sent his [[Droid/Legends|droids]] [[R2-D2/Legends|R2-D2]] and [[C-3PO/Legends|C-3PO]] to deliver a message to Jabba the Hutt. The holographic message played by the droid requested that Jabba free Solo in a mutually beneficial arrangement with the young [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]]. It also presented the droids as gifts to the Hutt, in order to show that he wanted a peaceful agreement rather than a confrontation. Jabba refused to cooperate and surrender his favorite prize.<ref name="Return" />

In the second phase of the rescue operation, [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia Organa]], disguised as the [[Bounty hunter/Legends|bounty hunter]] [[Boushh/Legends|Boushh]], brought a "captured" [[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]] to the palace to collect a bounty on his head. Jabba offered 25,000 [[Galactic Credit Standard|credits]] for the [[Wookiee/Legends|Wookiee]], but paid her 35,000 credits after heated negotiations involving a [[Thermal detonator/Legends|thermal detonator]]. The following night Organa sneaked into Jabba's throne room and attempted to free Solo, releasing him from the carbonite. Before they could flee however, they were captured, as Jabba had not trusted Boushh and was laying in wait of the escape attempt. Jabba imprisoned Solo in a cell with Chewbacca and added Organa to his harem of [[Slavery/Legends|slave girls]].<ref name="Return" />

===Attempted negotiations===
{{Quote|Your mind powers will not work on me, boy.|translated=1|Jabba the Hutt|<ref name="Return" />}}

Luke Skywalker then came to free his friends. He easily made his way past Jabba's [[Gamorrean/Legends|Gamorrean]] guards and used a Jedi [[Mind trick/Legends|mind trick]] on [[Bib Fortuna/Legends|Bib Fortuna]] to gain entrance to the Hutt's throne room. However, the Hutt crimelord was much less susceptible to the Jedi's influence. He was immune to mind tricks and refused to release Luke's friends. When Skywalker attempted to eliminate the Hutt with an appropriated blaster, Jabba pressed a button dropping him into the [[Rancor/Legends|rancor]] pit. After evading the rancor, Skywalker threw a skull at the gate-control switch, dropping the heavy gate and impaling the rancor through the neck. Furious, Jabba ordered Skywalker, Solo and Chewbacca to be brought before him. There he sentenced them to death by being fed to the [[Sarlacc/Legends|sarlacc]]. Solo, upon initially hearing of them being executed immediately, initially retorted that he "hated long waits", although he soon changed his mind upon learning the exact nature of the planned execution.<ref name="Return" />

==The battle==
{{Quote|Jabba, this is your last chance. Free us, or die.|Luke Skywalker at the Great Pit of Carkoon|<ref name="Return" />}}
[[File:WeequayLuke-ST.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Luke Skywalker is prodded towards the pit by a [[BD-1 Cutter vibro-ax/Legends|vibro-ax]].]]
The three prisoners were taken to the [[Great Pit of Carkoon/Legends|Great Pit of Carkoon]] on a [[Bantha-II cargo skiff/Legends|desert skiff]], while Jabba and his guests watched from the [[Khetanna/Legends|''Khetanna'']], Jabba's personal [[Luxury-class sail barge|luxury sail barge]]. On board the skiff, Luke offered Jabba one final chance to release him and his friends, or die as a result of his refusal. Skywalker was then forced to jump, but he twisted as he fell and caught the end of the plank, using it to catapult back up onto the skiff. Unknown to anyone but Skywalker himself, R2-D2 was concealing Luke's newly constructed lightsaber. Having made his way to the deck of Jabba's sail barge, Artoo launched the lightsaber into the air and into his master's waiting hand. As the stunned guards prepared to defend themselves, Luke slashed through them, knocking them over the edge into the pit and the sarlacc's maw. Boba Fett, looking to kill the Jedi, rocketed from the barge to the skiff. As Fett raised his [[EE-3 carbine rifle/Legends|EE-3 carbine rifle]], the Jedi cut the weapon in half. When Luke became distracted, Fett tied him with a [[Fibercord whip/Legends|fibercord whip]], but the Jedi was able to free himself, knocking Fett to the ground in the process.<ref name="Return" />

He then leaped onto the second skiff and began deflecting blaster fire. Taking advantage of this, Fett prepared to shoot him. With Fett now focused on Skywalker, Solo, half-blind due to hibernation sickness from being frozen in Carbonite, inadvertently swung a [[Vibro-ax/Legends|vibro-ax]] into Fett's jetpack, having panicked when he learned from Chewbacca that Fett was behind him. Solo's actions caused Fett's jetpack to misfire, slamming Fett into the side of the sail barge, causing him to roll into the sarlacc's mouth and upon swallowing him, the sarlacc let out a massive belch.<ref name="Return" />

[[File:LukeJedi.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Luke Skywalker wields his lightsaber at the Pit of Carkoon.]]
Lando Calrissian, disguised as the guard [[Tamtel Skreej/Legends|Tamtel Skreej]], helped defeat some of the guards on the skiff. During the struggle he was knocked into the Pit of Carkoon. Han and Chewbacca tried to rescue their friend by lowering a vibro-ax, but the sarlacc grabbed Lando's leg and began slowly dragging him in. Han was able to free Lando and pull him to safety by wounding the beast with a [[Blaster/Legends|blaster]] shot, due to his eyesight returning in the nick of time, forcing it to release him.<ref name="Return" />

Noticing that the skiffs were taking heavy fire from the deck-mounted blasters on ''Khetanna'', Skywalker leaped onto the barge, scaled his way up the side to the upper deck. There he battled Jabba's henchmen, knocking many overboard into the pit. He also quickly dispatched the guard manning the heavy cannon.<ref name="Return" />

[[File:Jabbadeath.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Leia Organa strangles Jabba.]]
The Rebels were assisted by some of Jabba's traitorous henchmen, such as [[Ree-Yees/Legends|Ree-Yees]], a [[Gran/Legends|Gran]] who did not prevent Leia Organa from strangling Jabba to death.<ref name="Goatgrass" /> Though not a rebel sympathizer, [[Hermi Odle/Legends|Hermi Odle]] also unknowingly provided aid when he took advantage of the chaos and shot his rival, [[Pote Snitkin/Legends|Pote Snitkin]].<ref name="Databank">''{{DB|character|hermiodle|Odle, Hermi|archivedate=20110131075556}}''</ref>

As a battle raged outside, Organa used the chaos to cut power inside, closing the side viewports and throwing the interior into darkness. In the confusion she threw her chain around Jabba's body, and using all her strength, choked him to death. With the help of R2-D2, she was released from her chains, Salacious started to rip out Threepio's wires from the droid's photoreceptors and Artoo shocked Salacious away from Threepio the droids then hurried to join Skywalker on the deck, followed by Artoo and Threepio. Skywalker told Organa to aim the cannon at the deck of the barge, at which point [[Taym Dren-garen]] shot his right hand, exposing his mechanical limb, but the Jedi quickly recovered and continued to prevent any guards from reaching the cannon. R2-D2 pushed C-3PO from the barge and both droids landed getting partially buried in the sand. Skywalker swung with Organa from the barge to the skiff just as he kick-started the blaster cannon. After picking up the droids, Calrissian piloted the remaining skiff with all the rebels aboard safely away from the ensuing explosion of ''Khetanna''.<ref name="Return" />

==Aftermath==
[[File:BobaFett_Sarlaac.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Boba Fett in the Sarlacc]]
Boba Fett managed to escape from the pit days later, thanks to his [[Mandalorian/Legends|Mandalorian]] armor and iron will. He was found by a fellow bounty hunter, [[Dengar/Legends|Dengar]], and [[Kateel of Kuhlvult]] who nursed him back to health. [[Kuat (person)|Kuat of Kuat]], the leader of [[Kuat Drive Yards/Legends|Kuat Drive Yards]], then arranged a [[Bombing of the Dune Sea|bombing run]] on the Great Pit of Carkoon to ensure the [[Death/Legends|death]] of Boba Fett but the bounty hunter managed to escape.<ref name="TMA" />

The death of Jabba canceled the debts of many individuals, and as such, Luke was held with considerable favor for removing that dangerous complication in their lives. This resulted in the permanent desolation of the [[Hutt Cartel]] and the temporary desolation of [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure's criminal empire]]. In response to his son's death, [[Zorba Desilijic Tiure|Zorba]] the Hutt placed a bounty on Organa, which the [[Desilijic/Legends|Desilijic]] [[Kajidic/Legends|kajidic]] later extended to Solo, Chewbacca, and Skywalker. The bounty was not formally rescinded until Organa's election as [[Chief of State (New Republic)|Chief of State]], as the Hutts did not wish to further antagonize the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]].<ref name="Zorba the Hutt's Revenge">''[[Zorba the Hutt's Revenge]]''</ref>

[[File:Jabbabody.png|thumb|left|250px|Jabba's lifeless body]]
Many beings who had been slaves of Jabba escaped, and started their lives over, such as [[Doallyn/Legends|Doallyn]], the dancer [[Yarna d'al' Gargan/Legends|Yarna d'al' Gargan]], and the members of the [[Max Rebo Band/Legends|Max Rebo Band]].<ref name="Tales from Jabba's Palace">''[[Tales from Jabba's Palace]]''</ref>

Skywalker and the rest of the Rebels would go on to fight in the [[Battle of Endor/Legends|Battle of Endor]], where the Jedi would defeat [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Darth Vader]] and [[Galactic Emperor/Legends|Emperor]] [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]] would be killed. The [[Death Star II/Legends|Death Star II]] would be destroyed, giving the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance]] their biggest victory in the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]].<ref name="Return" /> However, [[5 ABY/Legends|one year later]] the criminal empire was resurrected by Jabba's father and [[Gorga Desilijic Aarrpo/Legends|nephew]].

In [[44 ABY]], after [[Jaina Solo Fel|Jaina Solo]], Leia's daughter, sensed a Hutt in the [[Old Town (Sakuub)|Old Town]] on [[Sakuub]], [[Jagged Fel]], her husband, briefly referenced Leia's killing of Jabba as an explanation of his slithering out of sight in the event that the Hutt knew who Jaina and Fel were.<ref name="Getaway">''[[Getaway]]''</ref>

==Behind the scenes==
The Battle of the Great Pit of Carkoon first appeared in the beginning of the [[1983]] film [[Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi|''Star Wars'': Episode VI ''Return of the Jedi'']], the final installment of the ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[original trilogy]].<ref name="Return" /> Though popularly assumed that [[George Lucas]] thought up the battle, it was, in reality, the idea of writer and director [[Richard Marquand]] and [[Lawrence Kasdan]]. The fact was eventually revealed via transcripts of meetings from ''[[The Making of Return of the Jedi]]''.<ref name="TMoRotJ">''[[The Making of Return of the Jedi]]''</ref>

Lawrence Kasdan was the one to suggest killing Jabba the Hutt during the battle, while George Lucas had the idea of having Leia Organa strangling him with her chain as an homage of [[Wikipedia:Francis Ford Coppola|Francis Ford Coppola's]] [[1972]] classic film [[Wikipedia:The Godfather|''The Godfather'']], mirroring the scene in which [[Wikipedia:Luca Brasi|Luca Brasi]] gets garrotted to death by Virgil Sollozzo and his men.<ref name="SW:TAS">''[[Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays]]''</ref>

==Appearances==
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*''[[Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike]]''
*{{Shortstory|story=Of the Day's Annoyances: Bib Fortuna's Tale|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}
*{{Film|VI}}
*[[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (novel)|''Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi'' novel]] {{1st}}
*[[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (junior novelization)|''Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi'' junior novel]]
*{{Shortstory|story=Goatgrass: The Tale of Ree-Yees|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}
*{{Shortstory|story=A Free Quarren in the Palace: Tessek's Tale|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}
*{{Shortstory|story=The Great God Quay: The Tale of Barada and the Weequays|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}
*[[Return of the Jedi 2|''Return of the Jedi'' 2]]
*{{Shortstory|story=A Barve Like That: The Tale of Boba Fett|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}} {{Hologram}}
*{{WEGCite|book=Dark Empire Sourcebook|story=The Ordeal of Boba Fett|stext=''The Ordeal of Boba Fett''}} {{Mo}}
*''[[The Mandalorian Armor]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Hard Merchandise]]'' {{Imo}}
*''[[The Truce at Bakura]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 81|''Star Wars'' (1977) 81]] {{Flash}}
*''[[A Credit for Your Thoughts]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Zorba the Hutt's Revenge]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Queen of the Empire]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Tatooine Ghost]]'' {{Imo}}
*''[[Heir to the Empire]]'' {{Vision|Luke Skywalker}}
*[[Darksaber (novel)|''Darksaber'']] {{Imo}}
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial]]'' {{Imo}}
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Balance Point]]'' {{Imo}}
*''[[The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force]]'' {{Imo}}
*''[[Legacy of the Force: Revelation]]'' {{Imo}}
*''[[Legacy of the Force: Invincible]]'' {{Mo}}
*{{InsiderCite|134|Getaway}} {{Mo}}
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[[File:MCQ-carkoon.jpg|thumb|200px|Concept art by [[Ralph McQuarrie]]]]

===Non-canon appearances===
*''[[LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga]]''
*''[[LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy]]''
*{{Tales|12|The Revenge of Tag & Bink}}
*''[[The Return of Tag & Bink: Special Edition]]''
*{{Tales|19|The Lost Lightsaber}} {{Flash}}
*[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (video game)|''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed'']] {{C|PS2, PSP, Wii versions' historic mission}}

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==Notes and references==
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