timdiggerm said:
The Sarlacc is not the point of the Sarlacc Battle. The Sarlacc is not there to be terrifying. It's there to provide a situation conducive to the escape. Jabba and his henchmen, pathetic though they may be, are the adversary.
Jabba and the gang are important, that's why they have a nifty pirate ship and nifty skiffs but if the Sarlacc is so unimportant take it away and replace it with a bottomless pit (which is another way to go as it adds vertigo to the creature horror of the tentacles shooting up from the depths).
It's clearly meant to look horrific so that the victims will show terror which will entertain Jabba and his court.
In all versions it looks either dull or silly.
At the risk of evoking Joseph Campbell the Sarlacc is a Hellmouth replete with medieval animal faced demons armed with forks and axes.
Make it look horrific and the scene will work better, a clear terrifying peril that has to be avoided.