Greeata Jendowanian was a female Rodian vocalist, musician and dancer for the Max Rebo Band.
Biography[]
Born on the Rodian homeworld of Rodia, the Rodian female Greeata Jendowanian was considered an outcast by the violent Rodian society for her love of music and dance. The name "Greeata" was a common name for female Rodians meaning "talented." Rather than focus on hunting, Greeata absorbed any information she could find on the music and dance of many intergalactic cultures. Having rejected the values of Rodian culture, Greeata left her homeworld to perform as a Kloo horn player aboard the intergalactic cruiseliner Kuari Princess. In 19 BBY, she visited Coruscant and was present at the Squid Lake performance at the Galaxies Opera House.
Greeata developed a friendship with Sy Snootles, lead singer for Kuari Princess's house band. After forcefully rejecting the sexual advances of a male Rodian, Greeata and Sy left the house band to perform as a duo. Evar Orbus discovered the pair performing in the Green Planet nightclub on Tothis. Mesmerized by Snootles' voice, Orbus asked her to audition for his band. While excited, Snootles said that she would only join if Orbus offered Greeata a spot. After learning that Greeata could sing, dance, and play the Kloo horn, Evar signed her on as a dancer on a per diem rate.
After fifteen years of dancing with Lyn Me and Rystáll Sant, Greeata was first accepted as a full member when Max Rebo founded his own band. During her tenure in Jabba the Hutt's palace, the Rodian wore bracelets that suppressed her pheromones. In 4 ABY, when performing Jedi Rocks in the palace throne room, fellow dancer Oola was fed to Jabba's rancor, while the band members were surprised about her death and annoyed about being interrupted. Greeata was horrified and covered her face with her hands, unable to look at what happened to her fellow dancer. However, it was not long after Greeata began singing with the Max Rebo Band that Jabba was killed and his sail barge destroyed. In the chaos that followed, Greeata's skills with a blaster saved the band from a pack of Tusken Raiders.
Greeata and Rystáll later joined The Palpatones, where they were reunited with Joh Yowza. Greeata attained popularity as the band's lead singer. Notably, she gained fame with her hit song "Kick the Ranat."
Behind the scenes[]
Greeata first appeared in the extended musical number in the Special Edition of Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, where she was portrayed by Celia Fushille-Burke.
Greeata appears in the directory-tree files for the 2003 massively multiplayer online roleplaying game Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided. She never actually appeared on the video game's live servers as a proper non-player character, but on at least one occasion, the events manager for Star Wars Galaxies known as Jason "Pex" Ryan did play as Greeata at a special player-made event.[3] However, these player events are considered non-canon within the Legends continuity, so Greeata's appearance in Galaxies remains ambiguous.
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided (Non-canonical appearance)
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (First appearance) (Special Edition, 2004 DVD, and Blu-ray releases only)
- Star Wars Manga: Return of the Jedi 1
- Escape from Jabba's Palace
Sources[]
- "Renewing the Universe" — Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 10
- "Star News" — Star Wars Insider 32
- Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition
- Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive
- "Around the Galaxy" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 1
- Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary
- Star Wars Customizable Card Game — Special Edition Limited (Card: Greeata) (backup link)
- Star Wars: The Power of the Force (1995) (Pack: Jabba's Dancers) (backup link)
- "Who's Who in the Max Rebo Band" — Star Wars Insider 67
- Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy
- Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary (Picture only)
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- "A Bounty Hunter's Babe!" — Star Wars Insider 111
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
- Jendowanian, Greeata in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- "My Star Wars" — Star Wars Insider 141 (Picture only)
- Slugthrowers: An Overview of Popular Music and Musicians in a Galaxy Far, Far Away, Part 2 on StarWars.com (article) (content now obsolete; backup link) (Indirect mention only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Jendowanian, Greeata in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
- ↑ Screenshot
External links[]
- Kessel Spice Girls on Hyperspace (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable)