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Rancors killed players 22.4 million times in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Who’s the real apex predator here, Cal?

Marco Wutz

Rancors killed players 22.4 million times in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Rancors killed players 22.4 million times in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor /

The mighty Rancor has a special place in the hearts of Star Wars fans ever since it showed up in Return of the Jedi and it seems like the vicious predator lived up to its reputation in this year’s action adventure game Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. According to EA’s end-of-year statistics, 22.4 million player deaths in the title were caused by Rancors – Cal Kestis may not be a fully trained Jedi Knight, but that’s an impressive feat for the apex predator.

Dying at the claws of a Rancor is a fine tradition in Star Wars fans, because – let’s be honest – all of us died at least once to the Bull Rancor in The Force Unleashed or even the ones in Star Wars Galaxies way back in the day.

Who's a hungry Rancor? Yes, you are! :: EA / Respawn Entertainment

Not to take anything away from Cal, of course: While Rancors got the best of him a bunch of times, he took down 4.8 billion enemies himself. An impressive kill-death ratio, that is a little bit concerning, though – remember when Jedi were all about peace and non-violence? Cal is an uninhibited killing machine.

Collecting 26.1 million bounties along the way, he’s probably taken the rank of being the galaxy’s best bounty hunter from Cad Bane and Boba Fett.

What’s all this bloodshed good for, you ask? Well, players unlocked 1.5 million ponchos – killing 4.8 billion enemies for such a small amount of clothing, now that’s a commitment to his fashion style. Players weren’t actually extravagant when it comes to Cal’s hairstyles, though. The most popular hairstyle for him is, apparently, the Crew Cut, a rather simple and short style, while the equally simple Short Beard ranks at the top when it comes to facial hair.

Back to the Rancor, though: How does this compare with deaths caused by animals here on Earth? Suffice to say, the Rancor outperforms any other creature in this particular ranking – mostly due to humans hunting anything as dangerous to them into extinction. It’s estimated that around one million people die each year due to illnesses spread by mosquitoes, making the annoying insects the most lethal enemy of humanity by sheer numbers.

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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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