Rappertunie

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Rappertunie

Basic Information -

Homeworld: Manpha
Species: Shawda Ubb
Gender: Male
Height: .3 meter
Affiliation: Max Rebo Band

Movie Information -

The smallest member of the Max Rebo Band, the pot-bellied Rappertunie played a harmonica-like instrument.

Expanded Universe -

Rappertunie is the marquee-friendly stage name of Rapotwanalantonee, a Shawda Ubb musician from Manpha. Unlike his fellow swamp-dwellers, Rappertunie had a wanderlust that had him touring the various scattered Manphan communities and eventually took him off-world altogether. To fund these trips, Rappertunie made a living as a successful musician.

Rappertunie plays the growdi, a native Shawda Ubb instrument that is a combination water-organ and flute. He despised the Tatooine desert as the arid climate dehydrated his naturally moist skin. In order to avoid exerting himself, Rappertunie rarely moved from his growdi perch.

A being as small as Rappertunie ran the risk of being eaten in Jabba's palace. Luckily for him, the Shawda Ubb have a number of natural defenses. Rappertunie could spit a paralytic poison capable of immobilizing a human for a quarter-hour.