CT Where did the dianoga go?

How was the Trash Compactor big enough to contain the whole dianoga? I assumed its body looked like an eel's.

 

I guess there's more room under the water than you might think. After all, it has to be at least deep enough to conceal Luke.

 

What I was never clear on was how everyone was able to stand ankle deep in the water if it was actually deep enough for a dianoga to live there and drag people under.

 

Remember you can hear it when they come out, it roars and Chewie freaks out and then Han shoots it. So it was still in there...until it wasn't. Unless Han missed.

 

The size of the actual body of the dianoga on the first page brings back memories of the old Technical Guide to Tattooine in the mid 1990s.​

 

In the Shadows of the Empire game, the dianogas in the palace sewers they were small so who knows how big the dianogas really are.

 

It's a cute little bastard that's for sure.

 

The little scamp just wanted to rassle. If Luke had just tickled its belly a little bit he would have been fine.

 

I know right? Far too much hostility from Luke and the gang.

 

Rassle? I suppose that's a polite term for what it was doing, humping Luke's leg. Remember, a responsible dianoga owner always takes it to the vet and has it fixed.

 

Mr. Plinkett: "Where the dianoga goes is into the [EXPLETIVE DELETED] of Darth Vader turning him into a complete and total [EXPLETIVE DELETED] idiot. You know, so they rhyme."
Freezeframe of Dianoga eyestalk
Mr. Plinkett: "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR FACE?!"

 

Just another entry on the long list of the Empire's unforgivable crimes.

 

It might be the worst of them.