Rancor wanders into Farpoint Valley

Date: 210707
Planet: Tatooine
Region: Farpoint Valley

Story: (Written by the Galactic News Agency, Ramona doesn't write IC).

Last afternoon, residents of Farpoint Valley, Tatooine, were shaken up by a loud, unnerving and unusual roar that sent the more skittish jawa traders which have come to frequent the place scrambling for their sandcrawler, buttoning up, and startled the people. Experienced hunters recognised the roar as coming from a rancor, yet at the same were startled to hear it on Tatooine, where those predators are not native.

All doubts were removed though when soon afterwards, a rancor was spotted heading toward the center of the town, where the “Eopie Runner” had just unloaded a food and beverage delivery for Jailbirds. The beast lost no time and charged right for the food crates. The following footage was taken by two security droids:



When the first droid was destroyed, the people present, having armed themselves in the meantime, engaged and killed the rancor in a short fight. Upon closer examination, before the carcass was sold to aforementioned jawa traders who are planning to turn it into pet food, the rancor was found to have some unusual aspects.

More puzzling however is the origin of the beast. No notice of a specimen being lost by a animal trader or game hunter is known, and it is doubtful a predator of this size and not adapted to desert conditions could survive for any length of time on Tatooine. People in the know already stated that this rancor did not belong to Jabba the Hutt, citing several differences.

Anyone with information concerning this incident, please contact the local authorities.