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- "Changing your looks won't help much. Even with a wig or facial prosthetics you tend to stand out in a crowd."
- ―Groshik to Dessel
A wig was a covering of the head made to resemble natural hair. It was worn by people trying to conceal their baldness or as a disguise—as exemplified by the cyborg pirate Attuma Duum[2]. Sometimes, elaborate wigs were used a symbol of high status, notably amongst the Tof from the Firefist satellite galaxy.[3] Some Hutts had the quirk to use live sha'rellian toops as wigs.[4]
When Leia Organa Solo was still a young princess of Alderaan, she was once forced to wear a wig after she deliberately cut her hair. Madame Vesta, headmistress of Alderaan Select Academy for Young Ladies, used to think it was improper for a princess to sport short hair.[5] Years before, her mother Padmé Amidala had worn a wig adorned with a gold faceframe during her coronation ceremony.[6] Padmé continued to wear wigs during the Clone Wars while she was a senator as a part of some of her fancier outfits.
Due to the mimetic nature of their art, actors and singers often wore wigs to help them slip into their roles. Wigs made those artists appear a different age or condition, but they sometimes were a question of mere fashion and taste.[7][8]
A person of importance was sometimes known colloquially as a "bigwig."[9]
Examples of wig wearers
- Attuma Duum[2]
- Bria Tharen[10]
- C-3PO[9]
- Karoly D'ulin (as "Senni Tonnika")[11]
- Kell Tainer (as "Dissek")[12]
- Lando Calrissian (as "Drebble")[13]
- Leia Organa Solo[5]
- Luke Skywalker (as "Korl Marcus")[14]
- Marlo the Hutt[4]
- Padmé Amidala[6]
- Sereno[3]
Appearances
- Darth Bane: Path of Destruction (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- The Clone Wars: Deadly Hands of Shon-Ju
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Evil Plans"- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Hunt for Ziro"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Slaves of the Republic"
"The Princess Leia Diaries" — Star Wars Tales 11- Rebel Dawn
- "Hammertong: The Tale of the "Tonnika Sisters"" — Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina (and audiobook)
- Star Wars (1977) 49 (recolorized in Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 3: Resurrection of Evil) (First appearance)
- Star Wars (1977) 77 (recolorized in Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 5: Fool's Bounty)
- Star Wars (1977) 79 (recolorized in Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 5: Fool's Bounty)
- Star Wars (1977) 107 (recolorized in Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 7: Far, Far Away)
- X-Wing Rogue Squadron 9
- X-Wing: Iron Fist (and unabridged audiobook)
- Planet of Twilight
- Ambush at Corellia (Mentioned only)
- The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force
Sources
Notes and references
- ↑ Darth Bane: Path of Destruction
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Clone Wars: Deadly Hands of Shon-Ju
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars (1977) 107
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Evil Plans"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "The Princess Leia Diaries" — Star Wars Tales 11
- ↑ 6.0 6.1
2010 Topps Star Wars Galaxy Series 5 Card: The New Queen's Fitting (backup link)
- ↑ Ambush at Corellia
- ↑ Star Wars (1977) 77
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Planet of Twilight
- ↑ Rebel Dawn
- ↑ "Hammertong: The Tale of the "Tonnika Sisters"" — Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
- ↑ X-Wing: Iron Fist
- ↑ Star Wars (1977) 79
- ↑ Star Wars (1977) 49
