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Max Rebo

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born with the name Siiruulian Phantele, this Ortolan was small by the standards of his people. His mother feared that he would waste away to nothing. However, Siiruulian was an excellent musician, and was discovered by Evar Orbus. It was Orbus who decided to change Siiruulian's name to Max Rebo, trying to make it easier for most humans to remember. Max was best known for his keyboard playing. Max became the de facto leader of the band following Orbus' death on Tatooine, at the hands of Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes. When Naroon Cuthas found the remaining trio in Mos Eisley, Max was approached to play for Jabba the Hutt. When Jabba offered the band all the food they could eat as payment for employment, Max immediately said yes, despite the fact that his bandmates were not going to paid in credits. Jabba used the band in his attempt to assassinate Bingo Mehndra, but Droopy McCool discovered the bombs which had been planted in their amplifiers. Using holograms, Max and the Band were able to avoid being killed in the resulting explosion, and returned to Tatooine. Jabba, who stopped being angry when he learned of Mehndra's death, bought new instruments for the band and allowed them to expand. The Max Rebo Twelve was formed, including three musicians hand-picked by Jabba to keep an eye on the rest. When Jabba was killed at the Pit of Carkoon, most of the band members jumped off his sail barge before it exploded, and fled into the desert. Max and Sy Snootles teamed up to play for Lady Valarian as the Max Rebo Duo, and Droopy disappeared into the desert. When Sy decided to go solo, Max joined up with the Alliance, claiming that they had better food than the Empire. He served as a cook in many outposts before retiring and starting a line of popular restaurants called Max's Flangth House on eight planets.