Rappertunie

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Rapotwanalantonee Tivtotolon

Biographical information
Homeworld	Manpha
Physical description
Species	Shawda Ubb
Gender	Male
Height	0.3 meters
Hair color	None
Chronological and political information
Era(s)	Rebellion era
Affiliation	Jabba Desilijic Tiure Max Rebo Band

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Rapotwanalantonee Tivtotolon, also known by the stage name of Rappertunie, was a Shawda Ubb musician from Manpha and member of the Max Rebo Band.

1 Biography
2 Behind the scenes
3 Appearances
4 Sources
- 4.1 In other languages

BiographyEdit

Filled with the desire to explore, Rappertunie took up the growdi to finance his travels. He played his instrument, the Growdi Harmonique (a combination of a flute and water organ), as well as the bi-tuminal wind cuspers and the pit horn, at scattered settlements, eventually reaching the capital and gaining passage offworld. Despite his preference for the swampy atmosphere of Manpha, Rappertunie took a position in the Max Rebo Band playing on Tatooine. Eventually, the arid heat affected Rappertunie’s playing and attitude, which prompted him to push for the band to leave the lucrative gig. He declined to accompany the group assembled to execute Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Chewbacca. Fortunately for him, this was his salvation, as Jabba Desilijic Tiure died in the explosion of his sail barge at the Great Pit of Carkoon.

Rappertunie continued his music career for a short while after departing Tatooine, but settled down to be a computer engineer for Rebaxan Columni, working on their MSE-6 droid line.

Behind the scenesEdit

Rappertunie was added to the extended musical number in the Special Edition of ROTJ. He was played using a traditional puppet digitally inserted into the film.

Rappertunie's backstory and Kermit the Frog's backstory share similar themes. Both start their music careers playing an instrument in a swamp, which leads to them going on to bigger and better things and eventually achieving stardom. This may be an unintentional homage to Jim Henson.