 A squat blue Ortolan with floppy ears, a snout, and bright blue velvety
fur, he is the leader of a jizz-wailer band that ranges from a basic trio to a twelve-member ensemble,
including dancers. Natives of the planet Orto have a highly developed sense of hearing and love music--
as well as food. Besides leading the band, Max Rebo plays keyboards on his Red Ball Jett organ. The trio, comprising Rebo, Droopy McCool, and Sy Snootles, had originally been in a band named Evar Orbus and His Galactic Jizz-Wailers but were stranded on Tatooine after Orbus was killed by a stray blaster shot. They eventually hooked up with an agent for crime lord Jagga the Hutt, and with a promise of all-important food--and lots of it--Rebo signed a lifetime contract. The band was on a lower level of Jabba's sail barge when it was blown up by the escaping Jedi Luke Skywalker and his friends. Max and the band jumped overboard just in time. While McCool departed for other pursuits, Snootles and Rebo went to work for another criminal, Lady Valarian, for a while. When they left, Rebo joined the Rebellian, claiming that it offered the best food. |