The group thereafter plays festive instrumental tunes, during which Max was the only band member who appears onscreen.

In both versions of the film, the song is performed shortly after C-3PO and R2-D2 are given to Jabba. The track was replaced in the Special Edition with 'Jedi Rocks', written by jazz musician Jerry Hey and described in the Star Wars Databank as a 'less-dated piece of music'. In the original version, the trio performs a Huttese-language pop song titled 'Lapti Nek' (Huttese for 'Work It Out') the English lyrics (by composer John Williams's son Joseph Williams) are about dancing Hardware Wars creator Ernie Fosselius helped arrange the song. The Max Rebo Band made their debut in Return of the Jedi during the scenes set in Jabba's palace on Tatooine. The new members seen in the 1997 Special Edition re-release of Return of the Jedi were computer-generated, as was Sy Snootles in that version.įurther information: Return of the Jedi (soundtrack) Max and Droopy were portrayed by actors in bodysuits, while Sy was operated by two puppeteers who were stationed above and beneath the set. The group are classified as Jizz-wailers, which, according to the Star Wars Encyclopedia, refers to a 'musician who plays a fast, contemporary, and upbeat style of music.'

A great deal of further information about the band and the personal histories of its members is found in various literature of the now-noncanonical Star Wars Expanded Universe. The lineup originally seen in the film consists of the blue-skinned Ortolan organist Max Rebo, a plump Kitonak woodwind player named Droopy McCool, and the Pa'lowick lead singer Sy Snootles, while additional members were inserted into the later-edited Special Edition of the film. The Max Rebo Band is a fictional alien pop music band in the Star Wars franchise, first appearing in the 1983 film Return of the Jedi as in-house performers for crime lord Jabba the Hutt. From left to right: Max Rebo, Droopy McCool, and Sy Snootles Concept art of the original Max Rebo Band by Ralph McQuarrie.

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