Sy Snootles / Legends Sy Snootles was a female Pa ' lowick singer , and was also the lead vocalist for the Max Rebo Band during the time of the Galactic Civil War . Snootles and her associated acts were favorites of the Hutt crime families ; during the Clone Wars , in her solo career days , Snootles also acted as a part - time bounty hunter , being responsible for the assassination of Ziro the Hutt , her former lover , on Teth after being hired by Jabba . She was a very close friend with dancer Greeata Jendowanian , and did not sign to sing for Max until Greeata ' s position was secured as well . Snootles also had a great relationship with fellow band member Droopy McCool . One of Snootles ' most famous songs was " Lapti Nek , " also a favorite of Jabba . Biography . Femme fatale . Sy Snootles was a successful singer and performing artist . At one point during the timeframe surrounding the Clone Wars , Sy Snootles had dated and fallen in love with Ziro Desilijic Tiure , a prominent Hutt crime lord . Ziro was imprisoned by the Galactic Republic after a kidnapping plot involving his nephew Jabba ' s son Rotta ; when Ziro was freed from prison , Jabba hired Snootles to steal the Hutt ' s holopad , as it contained potentially damaging information pertaining to the Hutt crime families . Her former lover was being kept in a cell on the Hutt homeworld Nal Hutta . To make her cover convincing , Sy danced for the Hutt Grand Council on Nal Hutta , where she freed Ziro from the captive Hutts by tricking two Gamorrean guards into fighting each other , distracting the others . Snootles wanted to have Ziro lead her to the holopad , which was hidden on Teth . Borrowing Ziro ' s mother ' s starship , they traveled to Teth , where she found the hidden diary at Ziro ' s father ' s gravesite . Snootles felt her job was done and pointed a blaster at Ziro ; Ziro pled for his life , but to no avail : Snootles shot and killed the Hutt . She then delivered the diary to Jabba ' s Palace on Tatooine , where she was paid by Jabba . Musical success . Sy Snootles had big dreams of being a successful musician and was determined to see those aspirations realized at all costs . Teaming up with a Letaki singer , multi - instrumentalist and musical impresario named Evar Orbus , she became a singer in his Evar Orbus and His Galactic Jizz - Wailers band . After Orbus ' s death during an altercation with Figrin D ' an and the Modal Nodes on Tatooine , Snootles saw her chance . Renaming the group the Max Rebo Band and persuading the group ' amiable keyboardist Max Rebo take over as bandleader ( thus providing an obvious target for bounty hunters and rival musicians ) , Sy planned to control the band safely from behind the scenes . At this time , she also convinced the Kitonak woodwind player Snit to adopt the more striking stage name " Droopy McCool " and hired a number of other musicians to fill out the band . Unfortunately for Sy , her ambitions were upset when a booking agent working for Jabba the Hutt approached the more pliable Rebo , who signed the band on to an exclusive contract at Jabba ' s Palace in exchange for a lifetime supply of free food . Always pragmatic , Sy was outraged at the Ortolan ' s deal and often worked behind the Hutt ' s back , trying to revoke their arrangement with Jabba . She also worked as a spy amongst Jabba ' s varied enemies , giving information in exchange for extra credits besides her share of the Band ' s profits . In truth , Sy was acting as a double agent , as the information she shared with Jabba ' s enemies were , in truth , falsehoods provided to her by Bib Fortuna , the Hutt ' s majordomo . After Jabba ' s death , the Max Rebo Band broke up and went their separate ways . Sy continued to pursue a solo career but found little success , due to the fact that most beings found her singing to be " weird . " She was seen as a rival of fellow Pa ' lowick singing sensation , Larisselle Chatrunis , a former Miss Coruscant winner . Despite the publicity , the rumored backstage drama did little for Sy ' s dwindling career , however , and the best she could muster were tours of the Outer Rim Territories under a variety of stage names . Behind the scenes . Sy Snootles was originally portrayed as an elaborate puppet , but for the extended musical number in the Special Edition of " " , she was a CG character . In the Special Edition a frog - like mouth below the long , skinny one was removed , so that the CG character only had one mouth . The puppet can still be seen in the Special Edition , in the first shot of the band sequence . During the production of " Return of the Jedi " , Sy Snootles was referred to as Mrs . Snooty . In " Hunt for Ziro " , Sy Snootles was voiced by Nika Futterman .