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[–] [email protected] 132 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (40 children)

The lore is that the saarlac actually keeps you alive while digesting you. ~~Like, it puts roots in that act as life support so it has a constant source of protein or whatever. ~~ eh, that last but might not be accurate but there is some kind of enzyme in their stomach that keeps you alive? Whatever.

[–] [email protected] 145 points 4 months ago (33 children)

That makes as much sense as The Matrix using people for energy. You can't feed people to keep them alive and get more energy out than just digesting (or in the Matrix burning) that food for energy.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I thought it also used them for neural CPU cycles but maybe I'm misremembering

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I think that was the original idea but they changed it to energy because they thought the audience wouldn't understand the CPU stuff.

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