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"I know what you're gonna say. I changed my hair."
"It's nice that way."

―Leia Organa and Luke Skywalker^[1]

Wookiees were covered in wooly hair from head to toe.

Hair was a collection ofpigmented thread-like strands growing from the skin of certainspecies.

Description[]

Biology[]

Species with hair includedhumans,^[2]Weequays,^[3] and many others. The thick coat of hair of certain life-forms was also referred to asfur. Such species included theWookiees ofKashyyyk^[4] and theTalz ofOrto Plutonia.^[5] Hair came in a great variety of colors, lengths, and thicknesses.^[6] As exemplified by the case of the humanObi-Wan Kenobi, hair lost its hue with old age.^[7]^[8] In humans, gray hairs were an easily identifiable sign of aging.^[9] Premature graying could also be a sign of stress, and was common in members of theResistance.^[10]

Hairstyles[]

Overview[]

Sabine Wren (pictured) dyed her hair and tried to keep it short so as to keep it from getting sweaty under her helmet.

Hair could be styled in a vast number of ways for practical or aesthetic reasons. The human weapon expertsSabine Wren used to keep her hair short because it would often get sweaty underher Mandalorian helmet. Nonetheless, she also diddye jobs to artificially add various colors her hair.^[11] Besides conventional dyes such as the purple substance extracted from thecarnivorous Morogian snap plant,^[12] there existed aMon Cal microplankton that would bond with each strand of hair, giving it abioluminescent glow.^[11] Thequeens ofNaboo often sported very intricate hairstyles.^[6]^[13] A product known ashair gel could be applied to tame any unruly hairs one may have.^[14]

Athermal blower was used to dry one's hair.^[15] Hairstyles were sometimes influenced by trends. Many of the women at theResistance base onAjan Kloss were influenced byPrincess Leia's Alderaanian hairstyle and wrapped their hair around their head like a crown, althoughRey believed that Leia didn't notice that she had started a trend.^[16]

In the aftermath of theDuel on Cloud City,Darth Vader became obsessed with locating his sonLuke Skywalker; however, instead of his son, he foundimpostors who had grown their hair to match Skywalker's and even adopted anastromech droid partner to make easymoney.^[17]

Appearance standards[]

Militaries typically had requirements regarding the hairstyle of theirofficers. For example, close-cropped hair was a requirement in theGalactic Republic'smilitary.^[18] In theGalactic Empire,officers often cut their hair short for optimal efficiency, but were allowed to keep it long on the condition that they wore it pinned back in tight braids.^[19]

The long, flowing hair of Supreme Leader Kylo Ren (left) was not to the military standards of General Armitage Hux (right).

TheFirst Order also had regulations on hair length.General Armitage Hux secretly disapproved ofKylo Ren's hairstyle, which did not conform to the First Order's requirements. Convinced that an effective leader ruled by example, Hux felt that Ren's long hair was an "indignant assault" on his office asSupreme Leader. Hux's disapproval was such that he came to see it as a reminder of everything that he hated about Ren whom he saw lacking in discipline and military bearing. Hux vowed that if he replaced Ren as Supreme Leader, his first act would be to force his predecessor to "cut off his hair."^[16]

Practical uses[]

TheNightsisters ofDathomir could inflict acurse on a given individual by creating awaxen effigy of that person. The creation of the effigy required a lock of the intended victim's hair.^[20]

Female porgs crafted nests by using hair, fiber, orgrass.^[21]

Range trooper armor had large pads of white fur on its shoulders and lining the interior of itskama to keep the rugged troopers warm on cold-weather planets, such asVandor.^[22]