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[ Yes, I did this shindig before, but that was with general science. Besides, it was mostly physics. I've gotten past that as I've made several of my own explanations on why it happened. The sound in space is just added for effect, they can't hear it in universe, just like the music. The Death Star exploded like that because of the oxygen that was inside. The Inquisitors could 'fly' because of the Force mixed with centrifugal force. Some planets are singularly one biome from ancient terraforming, or just chance; it's totally possible. The only one is the gravity and how many planets have the same, and I realized, there are quite a few planets with 'un-average' gravity. There are trillions of planets in the galaxy with many different gravitational forces; the characters just obviously tend to lean towards the more 'natural' one. ]
Welcome my new series! I'll be doing this, but not often, as it takes me days to write! Today we'll be talking about the biology of sentient species, and their realism. Next we'll talk about non-realism.
Biology. What does Star Wars have to do with that?
Species
Species from various astronomical bodies
Morphology
Hybridization
Cloning
Midichlorians
..and so much more!
*cracks knuckles*
Let today begin.
Let's take a look at some of the iconic species of our wonderful franchise.
Humans, Rodians, Ithorians, Zabraks, Wookiees, Aqualish, and Twi'lek are some.
All are relatively humanoid, which is obvious. Most Star Wars species are. Why? Typically it's easier to work with that. One could argue this is due to convergent evolution (now, I don't personally fully believe in macroevolution in the real world, but that's obviously how it works in Star Wars). The species of Star Wars may have 'evolved' in unique ways relating to various (mostly) carbon-based taxonomy, but, as they became more intelligent, gained a superior form together after creating hyperspace and 'evolving' amongst themselves. This, of course, is a stretch, and a one-in-a-million chance, but it's the best explanation.
However, there are a lot realistic species in Star Wars. We will see my list of my top realistic sentient species in Star Wars (this is because there actually are a ton of realistic non-sentients). Remember that there are a lot and this is only some. I also will not count obvious realistic mammalian humanoids, such as Wookiees, Tusken Raiders, Near-Humans, and the like.
Let's go on, then. We'll start with the Original Trilogy.
Ithorians. Great species. Based on their planet, they're adaptations are perfect. The biology of these species is on-point realistic, and I love that they can't speak Basic (at least before Disney took over :P).
Lamproids. I quite like Lamproids. They have a nice, correctly evolved form, arthropodan limbs, they seem totally realistic. Taxonomically, I would create a unique class for them, under order Arthropoda.
Kubaz. I love Kubaz. I would either place them under order Pilosa or their own order in Mammalia. They eat insects, are perfectly evolved to their planet's conditions. Even the goggles have a great purpose.
Morseerians. Morseerians have a semi-humanoid form, with four arms and a large head. I have a feeling they aren't carbon-based, as they breathe methane, have curious skin color, texture, and detail, and even translucent skin (excluding their head skin).
Talz. I loved that arc, definitely one of my favorite. It felt really meaningful to me. I loved that planet, and how the Talz were so adapted to their planet. I love their mouths that they use to eat what they have on their planet, their fur, their claws. It seems really realistic to me. I would either place them under Order Primates (but definitely their own superfamily), or their own order under Mammalia.
Kitonak. We all know the Max Rebo Band's honorary horn player, Droopy McCool. I like this species, as they're surprisingly biologically detailed, and perfectly evolved to match the climate of their homeworld. I would place them in their own superfamily under order Eulipotyphla. If not, their own order, as usual.
Moving on to the prequel trilogy. This trilogy introduced a lot of new faces, but some not particularly realistic in my taste.
Kel Dor. Now, this might be biased, but I think Kel Dor are relatively realistic. Mainly due to their unique traits, usually relating to Dorin gas. They'd be a challenge to classify taxonomically, as they appear to be reptomammals, which we haven't seen in the real world. Their mammalian traits are most likely being cold blooded, their leathery skin, noticeable breasts, and their strange mouths, ears, and noses; and their reptilian traits are their claws, eyes, possible scales, and chin frills.
Skakoans. Their pressurized and breathing problems add on to the realism of this species. They are, quite possibly, not carbon-based, as they can only survive naturally on their planet's gas, gravity, and pressure (I'm not sure what the Bad Batch arc did to it, but ignore that arc for now).
Moving onto animated series introductions.
Purrgils. Surprising, yes. There will be a future post about this later, in order to expand greatly. Point is, they're more realistic than you think.
Let's move on to the sequel trilogy. Please check out this post made by @Ocarina451 that explains various problems (including a rant by me in the comments) with the sentients in the sequels. Let's begin below this link.
Bravaisians. Literally the only memorable species in the entire film of TFA. All the others were either ridiculous or looked like either potatoes or TMNT rejects. But, this isn't a critique of the sequels. It's about Bravasians. Bravasians were actually pretty realistic, based on their evolutionary traits, skin, and the fact that they aren't fully humanoid. I'm not sure what I would place them under taxonomically? Possibly Tubulidentata (the problem with this could be the lack of hair and nostrils), but most likely their own order. This, of course, assumes they're carbon-based. I assume so, as they seem to have type carbon-based organs and such.
Boosodians. I can't tell by physical sight any hint of their biochemistry. However, if they were carbon-based, there's no chance they'd fit in any other order. They could, very well, possibly have their own superphylum. They're humanoid, but have hard skin, a mouth, and twenty eyes. The most fascinating thing about them is that they can see through several spectrums, and are capable of focusing on any one at once.
Shungbeek. There is no chance these are carbon-based. They're white with huge, red, lifeless eyes, can only survive naturally only in argon, and seemingly feature no mouths. Now, the reason I have these on the list is because I don't believe they're humanoid. I think Kid Malmash, the only known member of the species, uses a mech-suit in order to function like a humanoid.
Symeongs. It's obvious why I have these on the list. They're clearly similar to chimpanzees; real, intelligent species, that, if they were sentient, would be like this. Obviously, I would place these under Primates→Homidae.
Trodatomes. I don't particularly believe much sentient gastropods could exist, but if they did, they'd definitely look like this, excluding the eyes. If they were smaller and black, then definitely. They feature antennae, segments, type-gastropod "feet," and very realistic gastropodan mouths!
This guy's species. Not much to say, other than the fact they're clearly not carbon-based.
Troglofs. I'm not a huge believer in molluscan sentients, but again, if they were to exist, they might like something like this. Small, tentacles, stalked black eyes, slimed, and segments.
From other films, Legends, and such. One thing about Legends is that a lot of it was majorly, biologically, inaccurate. A big chunk of its sentient species were just anthropomorphic animals that exist in the real world. I'll talk about that in our next edition.
Nephrans. No crustacean in the real world so far has shown any signs of particularly noticeable intelligence yet, but if they were to evolve enough to become semi-humanoid, this is a great representation of it. What I like most about Nephrans is that they aren't just anthropomorphic lobsters. They have unique morphology, realistic enough to have evolved for real.
Duor. I doubt many of us have heard of Duor, but I just had to mention them. They're clearly cetaceans, a rather intelligent order of mammals. As strictly water-dwelling species that practically never leave their homeworld, it makes perfect sense, and these are among the most realistic species in Star Wars.
Ardennians. Four armed monkeys? You're probably thinking I'm crazy for thinking these are realistic. Think again. Monkeys exist. Ardennians are obviously primates that evolved to have an extra pair of limbs, as they obviously needed it on their planet.
Ugors. Make sure to look at their Legends page too. I find these very possible. They're probably not carbon-based, and they're stated to be unicellular organisms. Most likely all carbon-based unicellular organisms are microscopic, so this means that Ugors' blob-like form are from another biochemistry.
Akwins. Another lesser-known Legends species, I quite like Akwin for their morphology. They seem well adapted to marine ecology. Even more, they're mammalian, and possible a strange suborder of cetaceans.
Well! That's it! That concludes my list for today. As I was writing this, before I got to the sequel part, I was planning on this being an ultra-long post. However, I do think I'll turn it into a series. I have a lot more planned for this, including a list that lists biological inconsistencies in Star Wars (up next). Perhaps you're feeling a bit:
Or..
—for me, but I have you know, I'm perfectly sane.
I hope to see you again, and good-bye! Remember, all posts like this can be found under the tag 'Biological.'
Hub post coming soon!
Bye!
