There was a time when mullets were cool. It was a magical world of blue-denim jackets, Bob Saget’s comedic prowess, and conservatives with some sanity. That world is extinct now. But archeological remnants linger everywhere, the most fascinating of which is the mullet. We find traces of the mullet in photos, TV shows, and movies from this time period known as “The Rad Years.” We point and laugh and wonder who would ever ask for such a ridiculous hairdo. Some of us even copycat the mullet as some ironic tribute to a simpler time where looking stupid was looking fine. A few real mullets still exist, hiding in the backwoods, trailer parks, and 24-hour bowling alleys of the once-proud Confederate states. Yet, for the most part, the mullet died about 15 years ago. A slow fadeout. Some wept, some did not. Yet, all of us, secretly or not, still loves to see a good mullet even when it’s just an artifact of the past.
Star Wars was about many things, and one of those was mullets. Anakin Skywalker may have lost all his limbs, skin, and hair during that epic battle with once mullet-headed Obi-wan Kenobi, but no amount of scalp scarring would prevent him from losing his proud mullet. This was a literal case of helmet hair.
