Star Wars: The Bad Batch 1x5 - Poll!

Rae

I voted same but that makes me sad, so I changed my mind...

Dutchea

ashoka series more so

Loving the reactions …So hype for Obi-Wan series 🤪

Director Scarlett

I think they left it open for interpretation, so that they can avoid complaints about making the universe smaller.

I trust Eric's star wars knowledge. It must be different, Jabba could just have a vast collection of Rancors

Tim Ott

Hasn't Disney said that any Live Action takes precedence over animated and any shows take precedence over written material and so forth? I still think it's a different Rancor since Filoni would know the current canon I imagine, but I swear I've seen them say that somewhere.

I'd think Jaba would have more than one and Muchi is still alive. I hope she shows up in Book of Boba and mistakes Boba for Wrecker and recognizes him as a hierarchical superior.

I hope it's not the same one because now I feel sorry for Muchi, I hope she had a long and happy life and wasn't killed by Luke

Collecter343

For continuity's sake I would say that Jabba owned more than one Rancor through the years.

Adam A

Actually, Muchi escaped Jabba's palace since they were underfeeding her, and became a rival crime boss to Jabba. Muchi is going to be the main antagonist in The Book of Boba Fett!

I want to say its a diffrent one because "Canon" books confirmed the one from the Palace was male.... But three most recent shows have shown very little care for non on screen adaptions whether it be changing the battle of mandalore, how Kanan lost depa dilaba or what happen in tattoije with Cobb and the armour. So I wouldn't be surprised if they want to make it the same one.

Coeus

They're the same - but I like the Fan Comic where the poor lil thing survives it's run-in with Luke and is nursed back to health :D

Reece Hart

Like Eric said Pateesa is the one Luke kills. I think it makes more sense that Jabba would just have multiple rancors.

It's in the new canon that the rancor in RotJ is a) called Pateesa and b) male. Muchi is female (and, of course, not called Pateesa). Unless this is another Filoni-retcon, it's a different Rancor.

Darth Kal-El (Cory Weston)

It’s different. Already confirmed by those in charge.

Sam K

It's at least heavily implied, and if so, Luke killed that poor girl 😂

It would be weird if it wasn't the same rancor, and knowing Filoni, it probably is.

AndyV85

I think she is force sensitive, but she doesn't use the Force actively like a Jedi. More like the Force is strong with her and she is guided by it indirectly.

Tony Ramos

Probably was meant to be the same one early in production, but later was changed to a different name and gender

Skeletor

I think she was going to be the pit Rancor but wouldnt eat people and Jabba had her put to death like a broken down horse but the Rancor trainer sent her free.

Bobby Summerly

On a different subject i think Omega is telepathic instead of being force sensitive.

StupidWebcam

What's the point of showing it if it's not meant to be the same one, or potentially the mother of the rancor from episode

Liesmith

I think it's probably meant to be a different rancor. We're given two concrete pieces of info about it: 1. It's female. 2. It's name is Muchi. The Rancor that Luke killed was a male named Pateesa, established in a canon novel. It seems like they were going out of their way to make it *not* the same rancor. Which means we can definitely get a spin-off series of Omega and Muchi as a crime-solving duo.

IrishNexus

We know in canon Jabba had multiple rancors, and the one in Return of the Jedi is a male called Pateesa (all from the canon novel Aftermath)

So the rancor Luke killed had a name...

Dapper David

How many years is it between Bad Batch and Return of the Jedi? Is it enough time for it to grow up?

Gotta be different dog because this one is a lady and the other one is a man

Johannah Cech

I think it's obviously the same one! Why would you even have a rancor from jabbas palace that is a teenager if it wasn't the one from episode 6?

Christian Bolda

It’s 100% the same it looks the exact same I compared a screenshot I took from the episode and a picture of the rancor fro ROTJ they look exactly the same just one is smaller

Barry

Not the same, it's just one of Jabba's many Rancors.

Dominic D

Totally possible it's the same, or Muchi is bred from the other one which is supposed to be male with a different name that's been in Jabba's possession for over a decade by this point. Side note Ming-Na is 57 so Fennec here would be around 28 given the 29 year gap and live action Fennec is roughly the same age as the actress is.

Prince of Za Waurdo Over Salmon

I would of said yes but with since the rancor already has a name in cannon I don’t think they would change the name for no reason

Casualdoom12

Given that Pateesa was male and Muchi is female. It's pretty damn definitive that they're different Rancor.

spencer

I think its the same one

Chance Berent Yager

Until we get a definitive answer, my headcanon is that Muchi is a different rancor, and is a present from Jabba to Rotta. Stinky's old enough to have a dangerous predator as a pet, right?

Reddevilman77

I think Moochie is a pet name and this is in fact Jabbas scary pit dwelling beasty. You try living in a pit for a couple of decades getting fed the odd enemy of the boss or unfortunate Gamorian Guard. You'd be pissed 😂

Trey Harbor

It’s obviously the chip.

Stompy

The real question should be whether Wrecker's headaches are foreshadowing to his chip activating or it's simply nothing.

saul™

Am i the only one who votes even though i’ve never even seen the show lol

Sam Swarms

The Rancor from ROTJ was named Pateesa in canon in one of the Aftermath books, but Bad Batch already showed a willingness to lightly retcon some written material. As seen with little Kanan.

Paul Murphy

This. New poll please chaps. This really isn't worthy of one...

The rancor from The Return of the Jedi was a male named Pateesa

Joel

Not sure of the lifespan of rancors but is not the same, I thought it was?

Dip602

I'm gonna say the same just to go against Eric cuase half way through reading my QnA he started blabring about some skull that has a name and then didn't read my Q 😂😂😂

Seems like it and I instantly felt sad as we know how muchi came to an end 😢

Trevor Darnell

Looks and sounds the same and the fact that it is a adolescent but the one in Epsiode 6 was a male and had a different name. Of course they could of mistaken the gender and then given it a different name. So I'm 50/50 if it's the same one.

I’m pretty sure we are told the name of Jabba’s Rancor in some EU content

lewis is your patron

I’m never gonna be able to watch Return of the Jedi the same way ever again. Why does 90% of expanded Star Wars material just make the movies so depressing

The same, I think it’d be weird to introduce a rancor that’s Jabbas and just have it be a random separate rancor

If we are going by current Canon then it should be different

Carlos

Pretty sure it was established in one of the early new canon books that the one Luke killed was a male.