Humans (Star Wars)
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In George Lucas' fictional Star Wars universe, Humans are the most numerous and dominant species, with apparently millions of major and minor colonies galaxywide.
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Humans
In the Star Wars universe, Humans were one of the first species to develop the hyperdrive (Corellians being the first to do so). By this time humans were already present on a few scattered worlds throughout the galaxy, which implies that they had a slower means of interstellar transport for a while earlier.
Star Wars Humans are mostly biologically identical to real humans. In the Star Wars mythology, the human origin is kept in the dark, and they have no clear original home planet. The most probable homeworld seems to be Coruscant, which later became the center of galactic government; this theory has never been substantiated, and is considered controversial. Humans in the Star Wars universe would have most likely had to have developed on a planet very similar to Earth in order to have evolved exactly the same way.
Star Wars humans live on many different worlds throughout the galaxy, with many populations living alongside aliens on other worlds, or together with several other species - something which is most common either on the cosmopolitian worlds at the core, or on the frontier at the outer rim of the galaxy, such as on Tatooine.
Other mostly human worlds include Corellia, Alderaan, and Naboo, although the latter is also home to an indigenous species, the Gungans.
Some Human characters include Anakin and Luke Skywalker, Padmé Amidala, Han Solo, Lando Calrissian.Qui-Gon Jinn Queen Amidala Obi-Wan Kenobi Darth Maul Emperor Palpatine and Leia Organa Solo.
Near Humans
Several species in the Star Wars universe appear to be very closely related to humans, as they share many physical traits. These are described as being 'Near Human' and are said to have descended from humans that evolved along distinct lines on other worlds.
Chiss
The Chiss, a race that dwells in the Unknown Regions, are a humanoid people that have pale blue skin, black hair, and red reflective or fluorescent eyes. In all other aspects they are normal humans: they bleed red blood, and the cloning tanks used to clone human Imperial Stormtroopers also worked on Chiss physiology.
Grand Admiral Thrawn is the most famous Chiss.
Mirialan
The Mirialan are almost the same as humans but have purer eye colors, and have tattoos covering some of their face.
Jedi Master Luminara Unduli and her padawan, Barriss Offee are both Mirialans.
Sith
The Sith 'race' are an interesting case, in that their ancestry includes a non-human alien group that were genetically tampered with by a group of human Dark Jedi that settled on their homeworld, to escape from the Republic. The intermixing of human and Sith bloodlines, through the use of what became known as Sith Alchemy, created the Sith, with their characteristic red skin and long tentacle 'beards'. Due to their history of association with Dark Side Force users, the word 'Sith' went on to be used by many dark side organizations not connected with the original Sith species.
Zeltron
Zeltron are near humans and bear a similar appearance, save for their pink skins, which may or may not be a result of their sun's highly radioactive rays. They are a highly sexual race, and are famous for their many sculptures and paintings on the subject. They also have made great strides in the field of holograms and are responsible for the ones used at Hologram Fun World.
Others
Other near-human races mentioned in various books and comics include the Theelin, the Arkanian, the Chev, the Omwati, the Ubese and the Kiffar. All these are mostly human in appearance, but have a few distinct defining characteristics.
The Duros and Quermians are the only other species in the Star Wars galaxy known to have a genetically distinct separate sub-species that arose from natural evolution, (the Neimodians and Xexto respectively).hu:Ember (Csillagok háborúja)