In the first act of Return of the Jedi, Luke Skywalker defeats Jabba the Hutt's monstrous Rancor by bringing a spiked gate down on it. The monster's name indicates its allegorical significance: "rancor" refers to deeply held anger, and Luke's defeat of the Rancor in the film's first act foreshadows his defeat of his anger towards his father in the third act. Emperor Palpatine tempts Luke to strike Darth Vader down in rage, which would make him like his father: "Take your father's place at my side." Luke resists the temptation, masters his rancor, and does not become like his father.
In The Book of Boba Fett, Boba Fett takes over Jabba the Hutt's palace and gets his own Rancor, replacing the one Luke killed. Boba masters his Rancor not by violently defeating it, as Luke did, but by taming and harnessing it. In "In the Name of Honor" (The Book of Boba Fett 1.7), Boba even rides his Rancor into battle.
However, Cad Bane uses his flamethrower to throw Boba off the Rancor, and without its master controlling it, the monster proceeds to rampage through the city. While the unrestrained Rancor runs amok, Cad Bane inflames Boba's anger by taunting him: "You tried to go straight, but you've got your father's blood pumping through your veins." Finally, Boba kills Cad Bane in rage, bringing his spiked gaffi stick down on him.
Luke defeats the Rancor and overcomes the temptation to be like his father; Boba masters his Rancor for a time, but ultimately loses control of it and becomes like his father. In the end, it is not Boba but Luke's student Grogu who masters the Rancor.
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