The Rancor

The Rancor from "Star Wars Episode 6: Return of the Jedi".

Whenever I think of The Rancor, I always remember my little cousin Bradley. There were four of us Baugh grandkids. There was me, my sister, and my two cousins. In the summer of 1983, when "Return of the Jedi" came out, I was eleven - the oldest of the group, and Bradley was (I think) four - the youngest. During that summer I think Grandma and Grandpa Baugh must have taken us kids to see "Return of the Jedi" probably six times. And every single time, my job was to sit next to Bradley and cover his eyes during the Rancor scene. It was the only scene in the movie he was scared of, and I was the only one he trusted, to know exactly when The Rancor Scene was about to start, and exactly when it was completely over. Also, I guess if he had asked Grandma to cover his eyes that would have been sissy. But somehow asking Big Cousin Bryan to cover his eyes was okay. It was one of those very Wally Cleaver and Beaver Cleaver type situations. Anyway, it's sort of goofy, but to this day every time I watch "Return of the Jedi", somewhere in the back of my mind I can still hear Bradley's four-year-old voice saying, "Just don't forget to cover my eyes at the Rancor Scene. Just don't forget to cover my eyes at the Rancor Scene!"

Haha!