How many velociraptors to take down a rancor?

[iAmBaronVonTito]

http://www.steveschofield.co.uk/gallery_lotf.html

[yesno]

http://www.steveschofield.co.uk/gallery_lotf.html

This one is kind of adorable:

[erechoveraker]

Well now we're just talking a simple transference problem. We know that it takes 13 Kuato's to beat 1 E.T., and it takes 7 E.T.'s to beat 1 Tauntaun, and it takes 18,317 Tauntaun's to beat 1 Mechagodzilla - although the Lucas to Speilberg ratio does sort of blow the whole thing out of whack...

I'm a dummy, I think this has become a job for DfK.

[Emily]

I thought we were suppose to get over Star Wars already.

[dave from knoxville]

Well now we're just talking a simple transference problem. We know that it takes 13 Kuato's to beat 1 E.T., and it takes 7 E.T.'s to beat 1 Tauntaun, and it takes 18,317 Tauntaun's to beat 1 Mechagodzilla - although the Lucas to Speilberg ratio does sort of blow the whole thing out of whack...

I'm a dummy, I think this has become a job for DfK.

You have to call my name 5 times to get me to appear.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

I thought we were suppose to get over Star Wars already.

clearly, this is a Jurassic Park discrepancy issue.

[KickTheBobo]

assuming

1 Rancor = 1 grouchy 4 year old AND
1 Velociraptor = 1 nasty housecat

then no more than 5

[Sarah]

All the velociraptors have to do is get in close and maul the what's-it's Achilles tendons (which of course it has).  It topples, and they dart in for the kill.  Easy peasy.

[Denim Gremlin]

you only need one. it's all pretty obvious how it would go down.

all the raptor has to do it stick a big bone in it's mouth to distract it and then run through the big opening it came through, when when the rancor chases the raptor halfway through the raptor throws a rock at the controls and the gate comes crashing down.

duh.

[andrew in philadelphia]

is there an over/under on this?

if so, can someone smart explain over/under to me?

[James W]

In defense of my friend, Wookiepedia (?!) mentions that the rancor can be 32 feet high. The "clever" angle may not work when we are talking about something that big.

Yeah, but if you're specifically talking about the one in Jabba's basement? No way is that thing even 20 feet tall. Look how big the Gamorrean guard's arm is in his mouth! I say it'd only take four, though you'd probably lose two in the process.

[Regular Joe]

How many velociraptors would it take to kill the rancor that lives in Jabba's palace?

Same as the number of Batmans required to take down a Santa Claus.

Tell your friend she makes me sick for asking people this. Let me know what her reaction is afterwords. Thanks for doing this, Jon.