And the Band Played On: The Band's Tale

And the Band Played On: the Band's Tale
Attribution information
Author(s)	John Gregory Betancourt
Publication information
Publisher	Bantam Spectra
Release date	January 1996
Published in	Tales from Jabba's Palace
Pages	32
Chronology
Timeline	3–4 ABY (38–39:3:4 GrS)

John Gregory Betancourt's short story And the Band Played On: The Band's Tale tells the story of the Max Rebo Band who picked the wrong time and the wrong place for a gig, and the wrong employer. It appeared in Tales from Jabba's Palace published by Bantam Spectra in January 1996, and since it was published in 1996, the line-up of the band is the one known from the Original trilogy before the 1997 Special Edition.

Appearances

By type 

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

C-3PO Chalmun (Mentioned only) Chewbacca Naroon Cuthus (First appearance) Jabba Desilijic Tiure Bib Fortuna Hoban (First appearance) Jabba's rancor (Mentioned only) J'Quille M3-D2 (First appearance) Evar Orbus (First appearance) Leia Organa / Boushh Palpatine (Indirect mention only) Porcellus (Mentioned only) R2-D2 Max Rebo Luke Skywalker (Mentioned only) Snit / "Droopy McCool" Sy Snootles Han Solo Valarian (Mentioned only)

Creatures

Bantha (Mentioned only) Rancor (Mentioned only) Sandflea (First mentioned) Sarlacc (Mentioned only) White slug

Droid models

3PO-series protocol droid G4 (First appearance) R2-series astromech droid R4-series agromech droid Server droid Translator droid

Events

Destruction of Alderaan (Mentioned only) Rescue of Han Solo Battle of the Great Pit of Carkoon

Locations

Alderaan (Mentioned only) Orvax IV (First mentioned) Tatoo I Tatoo II Tatooine Dune Sea Great Pit of Carkoon Jabba's Palace Level three (First appearance) Room 212 (First appearance) Mos Eisley Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina (Mentioned only) Mos Eisley Towers (First appearance)

Organizations and titles

Bounty hunter Captain Evar Orbus and His Galactic Jizz-Wailers (First appearance) Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes Galactic Empire Galactic Emperor (Mentioned only) Stormtrooper Intergalactic Federation of Musicians (Mentioned only) Jedi Knight (Mentioned only) Jizz-wailer Lady Max Rebo Band Max Rebo Duo (First appearance) Musician Princess Smuggler

Sentient species

Arcona Bith Gamorrean Human Hutt Jawa Kitonak Letaki (First appearance) Ortolan Pa'lowick Parwan (First mentioned) Twi'lek Weequay Whiphid Wookiee Rwook

Vehicles and vessels

Airbus Cargo sled Hovercar Landspeeder Luxury sail barge Khetanna Star Dream (First appearance)

Weapons and technology

Blaster Comlink Flamethrower Hyperdrive (Mentioned only) Kitonak pipe Microphone Nalargon Photoreceptor Repulsorlift coil Stasis field Thermal detonator

Miscellanea

Ale Bantha kabob Bantha steak Blatberry pie (First appearance) Carbonite Chagarian ale (First appearance) Chooca nut (First appearance) Deity Cosmic Egg (First appearance) Dioche sauce (First appearance) Fire stew (First mentioned) Galactic Credit Standard Galactic Dance Blast (First appearance) Gannesa juice (First mentioned) Ginger noodles (First mentioned) Hors d'oeuvre Jizz Kiwip grass (First mentioned) Lapti Nek Largess cake Lavender treebread (First mentioned) Ode to a Master Chef (First appearance) Ode to a Radioactive Ruin Parwan nutricake (First mentioned) Permacrete Planet Ploth (First mentioned) Roast yarnak (First mentioned) Viewport White seed-cake (First mentioned)

Notes and references

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