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Malakili

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this tremendous Corellian human was a professional monster trainer for the Circus Horrificus. His ability to handle and train unusual alien creatures was renowned throughout the galaxy. He had spent seven seasons as the head trainer, which was a record. When Bib Fortuna and Bidlo Kwerve came into posession of a rancor for Jabba the Hutt, they purchased Malakili from the Circus Horrificus to tend the beast. His otherwise muscular body, developed from years of hard work training the galaxy's most dangerous beasts, was hidden beneath a huge paunch grown from the good eating he enjoyed at the Circus. In the oppressice heat of Tatooine, he dressed only in a loincloth and a black headdrape. He became good friends with Jabba's cook, Porcellus. When he learned that Jabba was going to pit the rancor against a krayt dragon, he appealed to the Lady Valarian for assistance. She agreed to help him, just to spite Jabba. Malakili was then forced to train the rancor to participate in Jabba's demolition derbies against vehicles of all sizes. He managed to train the rancor to charge other combatants, and mounted a pair of cannons on the beast's harness to blast the others. Despite his efforts to save the rancor, Luke Skywalker killed the creature before any of his plans could materialize. Malakili was heartbroken, but he quickly came to his senses when he heard Jabba had been killed at the Pit of Carkoon. He and Porcellus fled the castle, and eventually opened the Crystal Moon restaurant in Mos Eisley.