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Sa'Luk is the second in command of the Forty Thieves and the main antagonist in Aladdin and the King of Thieves. He was voiced by the late Jerry Orbach.

Background[]

Physical Description[]

Sa'Luk is a physically fit and huge bald man with grey skin, big muscles and a thin beard. He wears a black-and-purple vest, large blue pants a red band, and black shoes (in the Arabic style). He usually wears his knuckleduster with three gold claws.

Personality[]

Sa'Luk is very heartless, and shows a very callous sense of humor on various ocasions. Sa'Luk is a violent man with the "take-no-prisoner" philosophy and takes pleasure in crucifying. Besides that, he's very good at manipulating people, showing his harsh and calculating nature (indicating that he has a "scheming side"). Sa'Luk has demonstrated some narcissist tendencies as well (as seen in "Are You In or Out" in the verses: "I'm the best, success is guaranteed" and "You want a fearless lead, one that's strong and stout?"), but it is more likely that he is snooty than narcissist.

Sa'Luk will do everything to get what he wants, including double-crossing his former friends, allying himself with foes, and manipulating others.

Role in the film[]

Sa'Luk assists with Cassim being the leader, but he openly cares less about him and wishes to overthrow him. His favored weapons are a pair of gold claws that he keeps on his knuckles. He leads the ambush on Aladdin and Jasmine's wedding and entices a bunch of elephants to stampede on the palace. Later on, Aladdin manages to track down the forty thieves with the assistance of the oracle and makes his way into their hideout, where he learns that Cassim, who he fought earlier at the wedding, is his long lost father who he hadn't seen since childhood actually, and was believed by him to be no longer alive.

To spare Aladdin from instant death, Cassim has Aladdin fight Sa'luk in order to gain entry into their club. Aladdin gets a nasty cut on his arm during the fight and tries to use his sword on him, but he knocks Aladdin aside and down a cliff. Aladdin slows his fall with the dagger and leaves it stuck in the cliffside. Sa'Luk joins him on the narrow ledge over the water to continue the fight. Aladdin manages to defeat him by grabbing onto his sword and kicking Sa'Luk off a cliff where he plunges into the bay below, prompting the other thieves, thinking him no longer alive, to allow Aladdin into their club. Unknown to them, Sa'Luk survives the fall. He takes his fury out on some sharks that try to devour him and he slaughters one of them.

Sa'Luk makes his way to Agrabah and encounters Razoul the head guard, and in an attempt to put Cassim in prison, he tells Razoul the location of his hideout and tells him the password for the entrance to open; "Open Sesame". He discovers that Cassim was leaving with Aladdin to find the Hand of Midas afterwards, so he gathers the remaining thieves that hadn't been captured and controls them. Later they work together and capture Cassim and Iago and makes him lead them to the Vanishing Isle. However, during their journey, Iago manages to get away and tells Aladdin the news. After reaching the Vanishing Isle, which is housed on a giant turtle, Genie gets the turtle's attention, so it will stay afloat, while Aladdin follows Sa'Luk who has Cassim with him. He knocks Sa'Luk unconscious and frees Cassim. They eventually discover the Hand of Midas and are amazed by its power. Sa'Luk discovers this and knocks out Aladdin and tells Cassim to hand over the Hand of Midas or he will have Aladdin slaughtered. Thinking fast, he tosses the hand to Sa'Luk who grabs it by the hand, but to his horror, then realizes that he is transforming into gold. He attempts to remove the gold from him and dispense with the hand, but it consumes him and turns him into a golden statue, which falls off the ledge he stood on and sinks into the sea below.

Trivia[]

  • Sa'luk bears a clear resemblance to Shan Yu from Disney's Mulan.
  • In Arabic, his name means "a poor low-life thief who owns nothing."
  • If you look real closely, Sa'Luk's knuckle duster disappears in some scenes.
  • Despite being one of the few "violent" Disney Villains, Sa'Luk is shown to be extremely rational.
  • Sa'Luk has proven to be one of the most sturdiest and well-skilled fighters in the Disney universe, such as being able to slaughter sharks in the water with his fists, defeat all the remaining Seven Thieves without breaking a sweat, and fight against both Cassim and Aladdin at the same time.
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