Star Wars: 9 Reasons The Special Editions Are Secretly Better
8. The Max Rebo Band Sound Like A Proper Sleazy Bar Band Now
Originally, the band playing at Jabbas club in Return Of The Jedi play a piece of funk-pop fluff. Its like something Parliament/Funkadelic would toss off at 4.50pm on a Friday afternoon when George Clinton was off sick and all they really wanted to do was get down to the pub. Its a bit lightweight. Its not really the kind of thing youd be likely to hear at the kind of establishment where rubbish dancers get fed to the rancor. In the re-edited version, though, the Rebo band have had the kind of aural makeover not witnessed since Dee Dee Ramones blessedly brief foray into rap under the moniker Dee Dee King. Theres also what sounds like an electric harmonica wailing all over the place, coating the scene in a kind of authentically rich, musty odour more appropriate to a dank, sordid drinking hole.
