Princess Leia infiltrates the palace under the pretense of collecting the bounty on Chewbacca. She unfreezes Han but is caught and enslaved.

When 900 years old you reach, look as good, you will not. Hmmm Mmmmm!

Standing around five meters tall with long arms, immense jaws, and armored hides that can withstand blaster fire, rancors are formidable predators.

When he is about to be executed in the Great Pit of Carkoon, Luke gives the signal to R2-D2, and the droid returns his lightsaber, which he uses to deflect blaster fire from Jabba's guards.

Jabba hangs the frozen smuggler on the wall of his palace and calls Han his "favorite decoration".

In every Star Wars film, someone says "I have a bad feeling about this." In Return of the Jedi, it actually happens twice. C-3PO has "a bad feeling" while entering Jabba's palace, and Han has "a really bad feeling" as the Ewoks make preparations to roast him, Luke & Chewie.

Once sarlaccs reach maturity after 30,000 years, they burrow nearly 100 meters below the surface, feeding on creatures unfortunate enough to fall into their mouths.

Vader senses that Luke has a sister and threatens to turn her to the dark side. Enraged, Luke severs Vader's prosthetic hand.

EV-9D9 (Eve-Ninedenine), also referred to as simply 9D9, is a feminine MerenData EV-series supervisor droid who has a programming defect that makes her enjoy tormenting and dismembering other droids. She assigns C-3PO to be Jabba's new translator, and R2-D2 to serve drinks on Jabba's sail barge.

LUKE: I won't leave you here. I've got to save you!
VADER: You already have, Luke. You were right. You were right about me. Tell your sister ... you were right.