Greeata Jendowanian

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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.

Faytonni — Greeata present at the Galaxies Opera House, in the background, center.

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.

Greeata shocked — Greeata's reaction to Oola's execution.

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."

Personality and traits[]

Jendowanian was interested in music, singing, and dancing, causing her to be considered unusual for a Rodian, the vast majority of which delighted in violence and combat.^[3] Both her and Rystáll Sant were shocked at the depravities they witnessed in Jabba's Palace. Jendowanian had green skin, black eyes, and orange hair worn in a flamboyant hairstyle.^[2]

Skills and abilities[]

When sneaking away to the alien quarter, Jendowanian would learn about different races music, songs and dance. She was able to master music from many cultures, even when some came to her more difficult,^[3] and learn the art of dance. Jendowanian would use survival skills learned in her schooling on Rodia to help the Max Rebo Band survive the deserts of Tatooine,^[6] even using martial skills to defend the band from Tusken Raiders.^[3]

Equipment[]

At the Galaxies Opera House,^[7] Jendowanian wore a grey top with orange elements on the collar and shoulders, black pants, a yellow necklace, and gold earrings.^[8] While preforming in Jabba's Palace^[9] in 4 ABY,^[10] she wore an orange dancing costume with gold accents, two pheromone suppressing bracelets, gold earrings, and an orange necklace.^[2] The Rodian possessed various other costumes, small percussion instruments and a small hold-out blaster.^[3]

Behind the scenes[]

GreeataSWG — Jason "Pex" Ryan playing as Greeata on the Starsider server of *Star Wars Galaxies*

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, Jason Ryan, did play as Greeata at a special player-made event.^[11] However, these player events are considered non-canon within the Legends continuity, so Greeata's appearance in Galaxies remains ambiguous.