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==Biology and appearance==
 
==Biology and appearance==
 
===Physiology===
 
===Physiology===
{{Quotetrans|Well let's have a look at you. Hmm. Biped. More or less symmetrical. Far less hair than the last one. Opposable digits. Mostly water hey?|[[The Imprisoned One]], upon meeting the Human [[Revan]]|Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic}}
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{{Quotetrans|Well let's have a look at you. Hmm. Biped. More or less symmetrical. Far less hair than the last one. Opposable digits. Mostly water hey?|[[The Imprisoned One]], upon meeting the Human [[Revan/Legends|Revan]]|Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic}}
 
[[File:Human NEGAS.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Humans were four-limbed bipeds with a bilateral symmetry]]
 
[[File:Human NEGAS.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Humans were four-limbed bipeds with a bilateral symmetry]]
The Humans were a [[Sentience/Legends|sentient]] [[Species/Legends|species]] that belonged to the [[Primate/Legends|simians]], a subgroup<ref name="LCFO" /> of the [[Primate/Legends|primate]]<ref name="Blog">{{SW|url=news/star-wars-the-essential-guide-to-warfare-authors-cut-the-celestials|int=Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut|text=''Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare'' Author's Cut &mdash; The Celestials|archivedate=20170905135439}}</ref> order of [[Mammal/Legends|mammals]].<ref name="LCFO" /> As such, they were similar to a number of other species variously designated as [[Ape/Legends|apes]], including the sentient [[Ma'alkerrite ape-man]]<ref name="Blurb">''[[The Lost Jedi Adventure Game Book]]'', Front matter</ref>, the non-sentient [[Ferijian ape/Legends|Ferijian apes]] and a number of mammalian humanoids with a similar physiology.<ref name="J9">{{Journal|9|Easy Credits}}</ref> They were taxonomically referred to as ''Homo sapiens''.<ref name="ff56">{{FFCite|56|''Outer Rim Worlds''}}</ref>
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The Humans were a [[Sentience/Legends|sentient]] [[Species/Legends|species]] that belonged to the [[Primate/Legends|simians]], a subgroup<ref name="LCFO" /> of the [[Primate/Legends|primate]]<ref name="Blog">{{SW|url=news/star-wars-the-essential-guide-to-warfare-authors-cut-the-celestials|int=Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut|text=''Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare'' Author's Cut &mdash; The Celestials|archivedate=20170905135439}}</ref> order of [[Mammal/Legends|mammals]].<ref name="LCFO" /> As such, they were similar to a number of other species variously designated as [[Ape/Legends|apes]], including the sentient [[Ma'alkerrite ape-man]],<ref name="Blurb">''[[The Lost Jedi Adventure Game Book]]'', Front matter</ref> the non-sentient [[Ferijian ape/Legends|Ferijian apes]] and a number of mammalian humanoids with a similar physiology.<ref name="J9">{{Journal|9|Easy Credits}}</ref> They were taxonomically referred to as ''Homo sapiens''.<ref name="ff56">{{FFCite|56|''Outer Rim Worlds''}}</ref>
   
 
Humans were bipedal beings with a bilateral symmetry, having a front and a back end, as well as an upside and downside. Their body comprised a head, neck, torso, and four [[Limb/Legends|limbs]]. The upper limbs, called arms, ended in hands which had five fingers each; the lower ones, called legs, ended in feet with also five digits. The Human fingers had multiple points of articulation, and one of them was an opposable thumb that allowed for fine manipulation. Finally, they had one head perched atop a torso.<ref name="ANH">[[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']]</ref> Other sentient species that had a body type roughly similar to Humans and walked upright were often referred to as [[Humanoid/Legends|humanoids]], since Humans were the most common example.<ref name="NEGAS" /> Unlike other mammalian species such as [[Wookiee/Legends|Wookiees]] or [[Ewok/Legends|Ewoks]], they had only a light covering of body [[Hair/Legends|hair]]. Most of it was concentrated on the head and, in the case of adult males, face.<ref name="AE">''[[Alien Encounters]]''</ref>
 
Humans were bipedal beings with a bilateral symmetry, having a front and a back end, as well as an upside and downside. Their body comprised a head, neck, torso, and four [[Limb/Legends|limbs]]. The upper limbs, called arms, ended in hands which had five fingers each; the lower ones, called legs, ended in feet with also five digits. The Human fingers had multiple points of articulation, and one of them was an opposable thumb that allowed for fine manipulation. Finally, they had one head perched atop a torso.<ref name="ANH">[[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']]</ref> Other sentient species that had a body type roughly similar to Humans and walked upright were often referred to as [[Humanoid/Legends|humanoids]], since Humans were the most common example.<ref name="NEGAS" /> Unlike other mammalian species such as [[Wookiee/Legends|Wookiees]] or [[Ewok/Legends|Ewoks]], they had only a light covering of body [[Hair/Legends|hair]]. Most of it was concentrated on the head and, in the case of adult males, face.<ref name="AE">''[[Alien Encounters]]''</ref>
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The Human genome was considered to be remarkably elastic. In reaction to environmental changes, selection pressures only needed few millennia to engage new genes and reshape the Human bodies. A consequence of that exceptional adaptability was the existence of many [[Near-Human]] species&mdash;that is offshoots of the baseline Humans who had followed their own evolution.<ref name="EGW cut7">{{Blog|official=true|news/the-essential-guide-to-warfare-authors-cut-part-7-the-grand-army-of-the-republic/|''Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare'' Author's Cut, The Grand Army of the Republic|int=Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut}}}</ref> Such offshoots included the [[Changeling/Legends|shapechanging]] [[Stennes Shifter/Legends|Stennes Shifters]],<ref name="SWC 79">''[[Star Wars: Chronicles]]'', p. 79</ref> the scaly-skinned [[Zisian]]s,<ref name="The Paradise Snare">''[[The Paradise Snare]]''</ref> the blue-skinned [[Chiss/Legends|Chiss]]<ref name="UAA">''[[Ultimate Alien Anthology]]''</ref> and the gaunt [[Pau'an/Legends|Pau'ans]].<ref name="NEGAS" />
 
The Human genome was considered to be remarkably elastic. In reaction to environmental changes, selection pressures only needed few millennia to engage new genes and reshape the Human bodies. A consequence of that exceptional adaptability was the existence of many [[Near-Human]] species&mdash;that is offshoots of the baseline Humans who had followed their own evolution.<ref name="EGW cut7">{{Blog|official=true|news/the-essential-guide-to-warfare-authors-cut-part-7-the-grand-army-of-the-republic/|''Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare'' Author's Cut, The Grand Army of the Republic|int=Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut}}}</ref> Such offshoots included the [[Changeling/Legends|shapechanging]] [[Stennes Shifter/Legends|Stennes Shifters]],<ref name="SWC 79">''[[Star Wars: Chronicles]]'', p. 79</ref> the scaly-skinned [[Zisian]]s,<ref name="The Paradise Snare">''[[The Paradise Snare]]''</ref> the blue-skinned [[Chiss/Legends|Chiss]]<ref name="UAA">''[[Ultimate Alien Anthology]]''</ref> and the gaunt [[Pau'an/Legends|Pau'ans]].<ref name="NEGAS" />
   
As was common to many humanoid species, Humans had two [[Sexes/Legends|sexes]]: male and female, with the latter being distinguished by their pronounced [[Breast/Legends|breasts]], overall smaller stature and lesser quantity of body hair.<ref name="RPGRCR" /> Members of the Human race could [[Hybrid/Legends|interbreed]] naturally with many other species, including the [[Echani/Legends|Echani]],<ref>''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]''</ref> the [[Ferroan]],<ref>''[[Rogue Planet]]''</ref> [[Hamadryas]],<ref>''[[Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide]]''</ref> the [[Kiffar/Legends|Kiffar]],<ref>''[[Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines]]''</ref> the [[Miraluka/Legends|Miraluka]],<ref>''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Handbook]]''</ref> the [[Nagai]],<ref>{{Hyperspace|url=fans/hyperspace/source/nagai11202009/index.html|text=The Forgotten War: The Nagai and the Tofs|int=The Forgotten War: The Nagai and the Tofs}}</ref> and the [[Theelin/Legends|Theelin]].<ref>''[[The Essential Guide to Characters]]''</ref> Most of the aforementioned species were in fact Near-Humans. In some cases, Humans could only produce offsprings with members of other species with the help of genetic manipulation or [[Sith alchemy/Legends|alchemy]]. Examples of those include the [[Sith (species)|Red Sith]],<ref name="NEGC">''[[The New Essential Guide to Characters]]''</ref> the [[Qiraash/Legends|Qiraash]] or the [[Umbaran/Legends|Umbarans]].<ref name="CNII">''[[Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows]]''</ref>
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As was common to many humanoid species, Humans had two [[Sexes/Legends|sexes]]: male and female, with the latter being distinguished by their pronounced [[Breast/Legends|breasts]], overall smaller stature and lesser quantity of body hair.<ref name="RPGRCR" /> Members of the Human race could [[Hybrid/Legends|interbreed]] naturally with many other species, including the [[Echani/Legends|Echani]],<ref>''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]''</ref> the [[Ferroan]],<ref>''[[Rogue Planet]]''</ref> [[Hamadryas]],<ref>''[[Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide]]''</ref> the [[Kiffar/Legends|Kiffar]],<ref>''[[Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines]]''</ref> the [[Miraluka/Legends|Miraluka]],<ref>''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Handbook]]''</ref> the [[Nagai]],<ref>{{Hyperspace|url=fans/hyperspace/source/nagai11202009/index.html|text=The Forgotten War: The Nagai and the Tofs|int=The Forgotten War: The Nagai and the Tofs}}</ref> and the [[Theelin/Legends|Theelin]].<ref>''[[The Essential Guide to Characters]]''</ref> Most of the aforementioned species were in fact Near-Humans. In some cases, Humans could only produce offsprings with members of other species with the help of genetic manipulation or [[Sith alchemy/Legends|alchemy]]. Examples of those include the [[Sith (species)|Red Sith]],<ref name="NEGC">''[[The New Essential Guide to Characters]]''</ref> the [[Qiraash/Legends|Qiraash]] or the [[Umbaran/Legends|Umbarans]].<ref name="CNII">''[[Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows]]''</ref>
   
 
===Physical diversity===
 
===Physical diversity===
{{Quote|Selection pressures need a few millennia at most to engage new genes and reshape their bodies in response to environmental changes, as the galaxy’s countless near-human populations attest.|Hali Ke|Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut}}
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{{Quote|Selection pressures need a few millennia at most to engage new genes and reshape their bodies in response to environmental changes, as the galaxy’s countless near-human populations attest.|[[Hali Ke]]|Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut}}
 
[[File:Senator Bana Breemu.jpg|thumb|150px|A Human [[Sexes/Legends|female]] displaying characteristic curves and hairless face.]]
 
[[File:Senator Bana Breemu.jpg|thumb|150px|A Human [[Sexes/Legends|female]] displaying characteristic curves and hairless face.]]
 
Despite overall physiological uniformity, baseline Humans varied greatly in appearance,<ref name="RPGRCR" /> and no two Humans looked exactly alike.<ref name="Sony">{{SonyCite|url=players/guides.vm?id=70000|text=Character Creation Guide|archivedate=20111124001352}}</ref> One of the diversity factors was height. Humans averaged 1.80 [[Imperial standard meter|meters]] in height, although males were usually taller and heavier than females.<ref name="RPGRCR" /> Some individuals affected by [[giantism]] could grow up to 2.30 meters. On the contrary, those afflicted with [[nanism]] could be as small-sized as 1.3 meters.<ref name="PLH">{{PolyhedronCite|103|Prophets of the Dark Side: Villains for the Star Wars: New Republic Campaign, Part One}}</ref>
 
Despite overall physiological uniformity, baseline Humans varied greatly in appearance,<ref name="RPGRCR" /> and no two Humans looked exactly alike.<ref name="Sony">{{SonyCite|url=players/guides.vm?id=70000|text=Character Creation Guide|archivedate=20111124001352}}</ref> One of the diversity factors was height. Humans averaged 1.80 [[Imperial standard meter|meters]] in height, although males were usually taller and heavier than females.<ref name="RPGRCR" /> Some individuals affected by [[giantism]] could grow up to 2.30 meters. On the contrary, those afflicted with [[nanism]] could be as small-sized as 1.3 meters.<ref name="PLH">{{PolyhedronCite|103|Prophets of the Dark Side: Villains for the Star Wars: New Republic Campaign, Part One}}</ref>
   
Their hair was grown, cut, and styled for aesthetic or ritualistic reasons&mdash;as with the elaborate hairstyles of the [[Royal House of Naboo/Legends|Royal Naboo]] and the traditional braids of Human [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] [[Padawan/Legends|Padawans]].<ref name="TPM">[[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace|''Star Wars'': Episode I ''The Phantom Menace'']]</ref> The facial hair grown by adult males could be grown, styled, or shaved completely.<ref name="Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith">[[Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith|''Star Wars'': Episode III ''Revenge of the Sith'']]</ref> Their hair color ranged from blond to black, sometimes with hues of red or brown, changing to gray or white as [[Standard year/Legends|years]] passed. It could be straight, wavy, or curly. In addition to those varied hair colors, their [[Eye/Legends|eyes]] came in shades of blue, green, gray, or brown. Gradiation of skin tone was also seen among baseline Humans, usually limited to various shades of brown,<ref name="RPGRCR" /> ranging from dark brown<ref name="ESB">As exemplified by [[Lando Calrissian/Legends|Lando Calrissian]] in [[Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back|''Star Wars'': Episode V ''The Empire Strikes Back'']].</ref>, through lighter shades,<ref name="Bana">As exemplified by [[Bana Breemu/Legends|Bana Breemu]] in [[Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith|''Star Wars'': Episode III ''Revenge of the Sith'']].</ref> to pale skin.<ref name="Luke">As exemplified by[[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] in [[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']]</ref>. Diversity in appearance was seen on many Human populations, and no particular features seemed to have been traceable to specific isolated communities on any locations. The planet [[Socorro/Legends|Socorro]] could have conceivably been an exception, as most of its known Human inhabitants seemed to possess dark skin and hair.{{Fact}}
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Their hair was grown, cut, and styled for aesthetic or ritualistic reasons&mdash;as with the elaborate hairstyles of the [[Royal House of Naboo/Legends|Royal Naboo]] and the traditional braids of Human [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] [[Padawan/Legends|Padawans]].<ref name="TPM">[[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace|''Star Wars'': Episode I ''The Phantom Menace'']]</ref> The facial hair grown by adult males could be grown, styled, or shaved completely.<ref name="Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith">[[Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith|''Star Wars'': Episode III ''Revenge of the Sith'']]</ref> Their hair color ranged from blond to black, sometimes with hues of red or brown, changing to gray or white as [[Standard year/Legends|years]] passed. It could be straight, wavy, or curly. In addition to those varied hair colors, their [[Eye/Legends|eyes]] came in shades of blue, green, gray, or brown. Gradiation of skin tone was also seen among baseline Humans, usually limited to various shades of brown,<ref name="RPGRCR" /> ranging from dark brown,<ref name="ESB">As exemplified by [[Lando Calrissian/Legends|Lando Calrissian]] in [[Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back|''Star Wars'': Episode V ''The Empire Strikes Back'']].</ref> through lighter shades,<ref name="Bana">As exemplified by [[Bana Breemu/Legends|Bana Breemu]] in [[Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith|''Star Wars'': Episode III ''Revenge of the Sith'']].</ref> to pale skin.<ref name="Luke">As exemplified by [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] in [[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']]</ref>. Diversity in appearance was seen on many Human populations, and no particular features seemed to have been traceable to specific isolated communities on any locations. The planet [[Socorro/Legends|Socorro]] could have conceivably been an exception, as most of its known Human inhabitants seemed to possess dark skin and hair.{{Fact}}
   
There existed a classification of Human beings in use at the [[Fusai/Legends|Fusai]] [[Fusai library|library branch]] of the [[Celebratus Archive]], which cataloged Humans by degrees. In that system, Luke Skywalker<ref name="TCA">''[[The Constancia Affair]]''</ref> and [[Gyla Petro]] were referred to as "10th Degree" Humans.<ref name="TKD">''[[The Kashyyyk Depths]]''</ref>
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There existed a classification of Human beings in use at the [[Fusai/Legends|Fusai]] [[Fusai library|library branch]] of the [[Celebratus Archive]], which cataloged Humans by degrees. In that system, [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]]<ref name="TCA">''[[The Constancia Affair]]''</ref> and [[Gyla Petro]] were referred to as "10th Degree" Humans.<ref name="TKD">''[[The Kashyyyk Depths]]''</ref>
   
 
===Life cycle===
 
===Life cycle===
 
{{Quote|Mother Rell is nearly three hundred years old, but her spirit is so strong that it will not let her body die.|[[Augwynne Djo]], about her centuries-old mother|The Courtship of Princess Leia}}
 
{{Quote|Mother Rell is nearly three hundred years old, but her spirit is so strong that it will not let her body die.|[[Augwynne Djo]], about her centuries-old mother|The Courtship of Princess Leia}}
[[File:Dookus_face.png|thumb|200px|left|An 80-year-old male Human displaying several signs of aging, such as white hair, wrinkles, and slightly sagging skin.]]
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[[File:Dookus_face.png|thumb|left|200px|An 80-year-old male Human displaying several signs of aging, such as white hair, wrinkles, and slightly sagging skin.]]
 
Humans were sexually-reproduced animals, requiring the [[Reproduction/Legends|mating]] of an opposite sex couple to produce offsprings. While developing in their mother's womb, the child gave her a distinctive "baby bump" accompanied by a significant weight gain.<ref name="HttE">''[[Heir to the Empire]]''</ref> Being mammals, the Human females gave birth to live [[Youngling/Legends|young]], either one or several at a time.<ref name="Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" /> Two children born at the same birth were referred to as [[Twin/Legends|twins]], and three as triplets.<ref name="Tripl">{{WizardsCite|url=default.asp?x=starwars/article/sw20040122threat|text=Triplet Threat|int=Triplet Threat|archivedate=20091223074847}}</ref> The delivery itself normally took place after nine [[Standard month/Legends|months]] of pregnancy. It was a painful process that could take as much as ten [[Standard hour/Legends|hours]].<ref name="LC">''[[The Last Command]]''</ref> In some circumstances, women could [[Death/Legends|die]] during childbirth, although it rarely happened on worlds that had top-flight medical technologies.<ref name="ROSn">[[Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (novelization)|''Star Wars'': Episode III ''Revenge of the Sith'' novelization]]</ref> During their first months of existence, Human babies were usually fed with [[Milk/Legends|milk]] from their mother's breasts.<ref name="SBS">''[[The New Jedi Order: Star by Star]]''</ref>
 
Humans were sexually-reproduced animals, requiring the [[Reproduction/Legends|mating]] of an opposite sex couple to produce offsprings. While developing in their mother's womb, the child gave her a distinctive "baby bump" accompanied by a significant weight gain.<ref name="HttE">''[[Heir to the Empire]]''</ref> Being mammals, the Human females gave birth to live [[Youngling/Legends|young]], either one or several at a time.<ref name="Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" /> Two children born at the same birth were referred to as [[Twin/Legends|twins]], and three as triplets.<ref name="Tripl">{{WizardsCite|url=default.asp?x=starwars/article/sw20040122threat|text=Triplet Threat|int=Triplet Threat|archivedate=20091223074847}}</ref> The delivery itself normally took place after nine [[Standard month/Legends|months]] of pregnancy. It was a painful process that could take as much as ten [[Standard hour/Legends|hours]].<ref name="LC">''[[The Last Command]]''</ref> In some circumstances, women could [[Death/Legends|die]] during childbirth, although it rarely happened on worlds that had top-flight medical technologies.<ref name="ROSn">[[Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (novelization)|''Star Wars'': Episode III ''Revenge of the Sith'' novelization]]</ref> During their first months of existence, Human babies were usually fed with [[Milk/Legends|milk]] from their mother's breasts.<ref name="SBS">''[[The New Jedi Order: Star by Star]]''</ref>
   
 
The period during which a young Human developed from a child into an adult was known as adolescence. According to the [[Equani]] therapist [[Klo Merit]], that stage of development was hard to endure without support.<ref name="MS2">''[[MedStar II: Jedi Healer]]</ref> Regardless of physiological and psychological changes, the [[Age of responsibility|legal transition]] from childhood to adulthood depended on culture. While some societies treated their members as adults as early as the age of 13,<ref name="TMPaC">''{{InsiderCite|86|The Mandalorians: People and Culture}}''</ref> others considered that full adulthood was only attained at 21.<ref name="Plagueis">[[Darth Plagueis (novel)|''Darth Plagueis'']]</ref>
 
The period during which a young Human developed from a child into an adult was known as adolescence. According to the [[Equani]] therapist [[Klo Merit]], that stage of development was hard to endure without support.<ref name="MS2">''[[MedStar II: Jedi Healer]]</ref> Regardless of physiological and psychological changes, the [[Age of responsibility|legal transition]] from childhood to adulthood depended on culture. While some societies treated their members as adults as early as the age of 13,<ref name="TMPaC">''{{InsiderCite|86|The Mandalorians: People and Culture}}''</ref> others considered that full adulthood was only attained at 21.<ref name="Plagueis">[[Darth Plagueis (novel)|''Darth Plagueis'']]</ref>
   
Typically, Humans had an average lifespan of 100<ref name="sagarulebook">''[[Star Wars Roleplaying Game Saga Edition Core Rulebook]]''</ref> to 120 standard years. Those who were [[Force-sensitive/Legends|keenly atuned]] to [[The Force/Legends|the Force]],<ref name="NEGAS" /> an ubiquitous and binding power that suffused the whole [[Known Universe]],<ref name="AGTSWU2">[[A Guide to the Star Wars Universe (Second Edition)|''A Guide to the Star Wars Universe'', Second Edition]]</ref> could live up to 200.<ref name="NEGAS" /> On worlds that possessed advanced technology, such as [[Bakura/Legends|Bakura]], individuals over the age of 160 who were still hale and hearty were not unheard of. By [[5 ABY/Legends|5 ABY]], the Human couple [[Eppie Belden|Eppie]] and [[Orn Belden]] were respectively 132 and 164, although the latter wore a voice amplifier on his chest and had gone through three hearts in his life.<ref name="TTaB">[[The Truce at Bakura|''The Truce At Bakura'']]</ref> Thanks to countless medical treatments and organ transplants accessible to a financial elite, it was possible to extend Human lifetime to the age of 300,<ref name="CTP">''[[Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels]]''</ref> and at least one Forceful [[Shayoto|individual]] was known to have reached the age of 800. In spite of his age, that individual, the [[Jedi Master/Legends|Jedi Master]] Shayoto, was still able to hike all the way up [[Mount Meru (Deneba)|Mount Meru]] with a [[cane]].<ref name="darklords3">''[[Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith 3: Descent to the Dark Side]]''</ref> At any rate, individuals past the age of 80 were considered old,<ref name="ROJN">[[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (novel)|''Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi'' novel]]</ref> and most Humans still died in their early hundreds unless they were wealthy enough to afford rejuvenation procedures of the sort available at [[Aurora Medical Facility]] on [[Obroa-skai/Legends|Obroa-skai]].<ref name="MFn">[[Millennium Falcon (novel)|''Millennium Falcon'']]</ref> However, many older Humans were still healthy enough to pursue very active careers, as exemplified by [[Gilad Pellaeon]], who still served as the supreme commander of the [[Galactic Alliance Defense Force]] in [[40 ABY]], at age 91.<ref name="Betrayal">''[[Legacy of the Force: Betrayal]]''</ref> Natural signs of ageing in Humans included the whitening or fall of the hair, the loss of teeth, appearance of deep lines, wrinkles and dark blemishes on the skin. Old Humans would experience a decline in many cognitive processes,<ref name="TTaB" /> frequently losing track of [[Time/Legends|time]], misidentifying people or places,<ref name="CoPL">''[[The Courtship of Princess Leia]]''</ref> and, in extreme cases, momentarily forgetting about their own identity or state.<ref name="TTaB" />
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Typically, Humans had an average lifespan of 100<ref name="sagarulebook">''[[Star Wars Roleplaying Game Saga Edition Core Rulebook]]''</ref> to 120 standard years. Those who were [[Force-sensitive/Legends|keenly atuned]] to [[The Force/Legends|the Force]],<ref name="NEGAS" /> an ubiquitous and binding power that suffused the whole [[Known Universe]],<ref name="AGTSWU2">''[[A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded]]''</ref> could live up to 200.<ref name="NEGAS" /> On worlds that possessed advanced technology, such as [[Bakura/Legends|Bakura]], individuals over the age of 160 who were still hale and hearty were not unheard of. By [[5 ABY/Legends|5 ABY]], the Human couple [[Eppie Belden|Eppie]] and [[Orn Belden]] were respectively 132 and 164, although the latter wore a voice amplifier on his chest and had gone through three hearts in his life.<ref name="TTaB">[[The Truce at Bakura|''The Truce At Bakura'']]</ref> Thanks to countless medical treatments and organ transplants accessible to a financial elite, it was possible to extend Human lifetime to the age of 300,<ref name="CTP">''[[Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels]]''</ref> and at least one Forceful [[Shayoto|individual]] was known to have reached the age of 800. In spite of his age, that individual, the [[Jedi Master/Legends|Jedi Master]] [[Shayoto]], was still able to hike all the way up [[Mount Meru (Deneba)|Mount Meru]] with a [[cane]].<ref name="darklords3">''[[Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith 3: Descent to the Dark Side]]''</ref> At any rate, individuals past the age of 80 were considered old,<ref name="ROJN">[[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (novel)|''Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi'' novel]]</ref> and most Humans still died in their early hundreds unless they were wealthy enough to afford rejuvenation procedures of the sort available at [[Aurora Medical Facility]] on [[Obroa-skai/Legends|Obroa-skai]].<ref name="MFn">[[Millennium Falcon (novel)|''Millennium Falcon'']]</ref> However, many older Humans were still healthy enough to pursue very active careers, as exemplified by [[Gilad Pellaeon/Legends|Gilad Pellaeon]], who still served as the supreme commander of the [[Galactic Alliance Defense Force]] in [[40 ABY]], at age 91.<ref name="Betrayal">''[[Legacy of the Force: Betrayal]]''</ref> Natural signs of ageing in Humans included the whitening or fall of the hair, the loss of teeth, appearance of deep lines, wrinkles and dark blemishes on the skin. Old Humans would experience a decline in many cognitive processes,<ref name="TTaB" /> frequently losing track of [[Time/Legends|time]], misidentifying people or places,<ref name="CoPL">''[[The Courtship of Princess Leia]]''</ref> and, in extreme cases, momentarily forgetting about their own identity or state.<ref name="TTaB" />
   
 
==Society and culture==
 
==Society and culture==
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It is possible that some ancient civilization, such as the [[Celestial/Legends|Celestials]] or even the [[Rakata]], transported early Humans from their original home planet to others. It was, in fact, alleged that they had once been a slave race of the [[Infinite Empire]]<ref name="NEC" />; however, any knowledge of Human enslavement was absent from Rakatan records as of [[3956 BBY]]. Some of the far-flung 'colonies' eventually diverged genetically from the Human baseline, giving rise to various Near-Human races and species.
 
It is possible that some ancient civilization, such as the [[Celestial/Legends|Celestials]] or even the [[Rakata]], transported early Humans from their original home planet to others. It was, in fact, alleged that they had once been a slave race of the [[Infinite Empire]]<ref name="NEC" />; however, any knowledge of Human enslavement was absent from Rakatan records as of [[3956 BBY]]. Some of the far-flung 'colonies' eventually diverged genetically from the Human baseline, giving rise to various Near-Human races and species.
   
During the [[Jedi Civil War]], the Jedi [[Revan]] discovered evidence in the oral traditions of the [[Tusken Raider/Legends|Sand People]] on [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]] that the human species may have originated as slaves taken from that planet by the Rakata, the Sand People being the genetically distinct species that evolved from those who were left behind. The fact that the Sand People's legends indicated that the planet had once been far more temperate and habitable before an ancient war with the Rakata adds credence to this possibility. However, millennia of distortion introduced into the historical record combined with the Sand People's extreme hostility to the idea of introducing new interpretations into their oral tradition made it impossible for Revan to investigate this further.<ref name="Knights of the Old Republic">''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]''</ref>
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During the [[Jedi Civil War]], the Jedi [[Revan/Legends|Revan]] discovered evidence in the oral traditions of the [[Tusken Raider/Legends|Sand People]] on [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]] that the human species may have originated as slaves taken from that planet by the Rakata, the Sand People being the genetically distinct species that evolved from those who were left behind. The fact that the Sand People's legends indicated that the planet had once been far more temperate and habitable before an ancient war with the Rakata adds credence to this possibility. However, millennia of distortion introduced into the historical record combined with the Sand People's extreme hostility to the idea of introducing new interpretations into their oral tradition made it impossible for Revan to investigate this further.<ref name="Knights of the Old Republic">''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]''</ref>
   
 
===Expansion===
 
===Expansion===
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===The Republic===
 
===The Republic===
[[File:Human Mercenary.jpg|left|thumb|180px|A Human [[Mercenary/Legends|mercenary]]]]
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[[File:Human Mercenary.jpg|thumb|left|180px|A Human [[Mercenary/Legends|mercenary]]]]
   
 
During the Expansionist Era, Humans began to play a dominant role in the development of the galaxy and in galactic politics. These Humans were eventually responsible for the [[Unification Wars (Galactic Republic)|Unification Wars]], which resulted from their expansionistic views. The wars themselves led to the formation of the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]], a galaxy-spanning affiliation of worlds and species. Though the Republic had many member species, most of the Republic's political, military, and economic leaders were Humans. Humans also made up a large proportion of the Jedi Order, and eventually came to dominate the Jedi's constant enemies, the [[Sith/Legends|Sith Order]]. By the end of the [[Old Sith Wars]], Humans also made up the majority of the [[Mandalorian/Legends|Mandalorian]] warrior culture.<ref name="The History of the Mandalorians">''[[The History of the Mandalorians]]''</ref>
 
During the Expansionist Era, Humans began to play a dominant role in the development of the galaxy and in galactic politics. These Humans were eventually responsible for the [[Unification Wars (Galactic Republic)|Unification Wars]], which resulted from their expansionistic views. The wars themselves led to the formation of the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]], a galaxy-spanning affiliation of worlds and species. Though the Republic had many member species, most of the Republic's political, military, and economic leaders were Humans. Humans also made up a large proportion of the Jedi Order, and eventually came to dominate the Jedi's constant enemies, the [[Sith/Legends|Sith Order]]. By the end of the [[Old Sith Wars]], Humans also made up the majority of the [[Mandalorian/Legends|Mandalorian]] warrior culture.<ref name="The History of the Mandalorians">''[[The History of the Mandalorians]]''</ref>
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At the time of the foundation of the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]] in [[19 BBY/Legends|19 BBY]], there were several large populist groups active on [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]] that advocated concepts of Human supremacy, or [[Human High Culture]]. These were quickly assimilated into the nascent [[Commission for the Preservation of the New Order/Legends|Commission for the Preservation of the New Order]] (COMPNOR).<ref name="NEC" />
 
At the time of the foundation of the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]] in [[19 BBY/Legends|19 BBY]], there were several large populist groups active on [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]] that advocated concepts of Human supremacy, or [[Human High Culture]]. These were quickly assimilated into the nascent [[Commission for the Preservation of the New Order/Legends|Commission for the Preservation of the New Order]] (COMPNOR).<ref name="NEC" />
   
[[File:Rally.jpg|150px|thumb|right|A [[Commission for the Preservation of the New Order/Legends|COMPNOR]] rally, supporting Human High Culture and the Empire's New Order.]]
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[[File:Rally.jpg|thumb|right|150px|A [[Commission for the Preservation of the New Order/Legends|COMPNOR]] rally, supporting Human High Culture and the Empire's New Order.]]
   
 
The tenets of Human High Culture were that Humans were the only truly intelligent and productive members of any society. Believers in this ideology pointed out that it was almost exclusively Humans who had formed and led the Old Republic, and that the Human worlds of the Core were some of the oldest, richest, and most advanced in the galaxy. The contributions of nonhumans were overlooked, with later Imperial propaganda spreading misinformation which claimed such ancient civilizations as the [[Columi/Legends|Columi]] and the [[Mon Calamari/Legends|Mon Calamari]] were insignificant, recent additions to the [[Galactic community]].<ref name="Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races">''[[Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races]]''</ref>
 
The tenets of Human High Culture were that Humans were the only truly intelligent and productive members of any society. Believers in this ideology pointed out that it was almost exclusively Humans who had formed and led the Old Republic, and that the Human worlds of the Core were some of the oldest, richest, and most advanced in the galaxy. The contributions of nonhumans were overlooked, with later Imperial propaganda spreading misinformation which claimed such ancient civilizations as the [[Columi/Legends|Columi]] and the [[Mon Calamari/Legends|Mon Calamari]] were insignificant, recent additions to the [[Galactic community]].<ref name="Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races">''[[Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races]]''</ref>
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===New Republic and Galactic Alliance===
 
===New Republic and Galactic Alliance===
 
{{Quote|We have one true enemy: the New Republic, the humans...those who would deny us our rights as sentient beings.|Nolaa Tarkona|Young Jedi Knights: Jedi Bounty}}
 
{{Quote|We have one true enemy: the New Republic, the humans...those who would deny us our rights as sentient beings.|Nolaa Tarkona|Young Jedi Knights: Jedi Bounty}}
[[File:Pellaeon-Gavrisom Treaty1.jpg|175px|left|thumb|Humans and non-Humans meeting as equals to end the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]].]]
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[[File:Pellaeon-Gavrisom Treaty1.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Humans and non-Humans meeting as equals to end the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]].]]
   
 
Following the [[Battle of Endor/Legends|Battle of Endor]] in [[4 ABY/Legends|4 ABY]], the Empire splintered into various warring states. The Rebel Alliance became known as the [[Alliance of Free Planets]] and eventually the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]], the new dominant Galactic government. However, the outbreak of the deadly [[Krytos virus]], which affected only nonhumans, following the [[Liberation of Coruscant (Galactic Civil War)|liberation]] of [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]] in [[7 ABY/Legends|7 ABY]] drove a wedge between the New Republic's Human and alien populations. This would be resolved when the New Republic acquired [[Bacta/Legends|bacta]] from [[Thyferra/Legends|Thyferra]] following the [[Bacta War]]. Though the New Republic reversed the Empire's discriminatory policies and gave power to oppressed nonhuman species, three of the six [[Chief of State (New Republic)|Chiefs of State]] who led the New Republic were Human: Mon Mothma, Leia Organa Solo, and [[Cal Omas]].
 
Following the [[Battle of Endor/Legends|Battle of Endor]] in [[4 ABY/Legends|4 ABY]], the Empire splintered into various warring states. The Rebel Alliance became known as the [[Alliance of Free Planets]] and eventually the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]], the new dominant Galactic government. However, the outbreak of the deadly [[Krytos virus]], which affected only nonhumans, following the [[Liberation of Coruscant (Galactic Civil War)|liberation]] of [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]] in [[7 ABY/Legends|7 ABY]] drove a wedge between the New Republic's Human and alien populations. This would be resolved when the New Republic acquired [[Bacta/Legends|bacta]] from [[Thyferra/Legends|Thyferra]] following the [[Bacta War]]. Though the New Republic reversed the Empire's discriminatory policies and gave power to oppressed nonhuman species, three of the six [[Chief of State (New Republic)|Chiefs of State]] who led the New Republic were Human: Mon Mothma, Leia Organa Solo, and [[Cal Omas]].
   
The views of Human High Culture were still kept alive in the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]] for years after the Empire's defeat, by fringe groups such as the [[Human League]] which initiated the [[Corellian Crisis|First Corellian Insurrection]] in [[18 ABY]]. Slavery of aliens also continued in remote parts of the galaxy and some Imperial [[fortress world]]s. In [[12 ABY/Legends|12 ABY]], Admiral [[Natasi Daala|Daala]] strongly weakened this concept within the [[United Warlord Fleets]] by allowing aliens of all kinds to join the Imperial military.
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The views of Human High Culture were still kept alive in the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]] for years after the Empire's defeat, by fringe groups such as the [[Human League]] which initiated the [[Corellian Crisis|First Corellian Insurrection]] in [[18 ABY/Legends|18 ABY]]. Slavery of aliens also continued in remote parts of the galaxy and some Imperial [[fortress world]]s. In [[12 ABY/Legends|12 ABY]], Admiral [[Natasi Daala|Daala]] strongly weakened this concept within the [[United Warlord Fleets]] by allowing aliens of all kinds to join the Imperial military.
   
[[File:Humans of the Battle of Coruscant.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Key Human figures of the [[Yuuzhan Vong War]] [[Talon Karrde]], [[Lando Calrissian]], Leia Organa and [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]] in [[29 ABY/Legends|29 ABY]].]]
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[[File:Humans of the Battle of Coruscant.JPG|thumb|250px|Key Human figures of the [[Yuuzhan Vong War]] [[Talon Karrde]], [[Lando Calrissian/Legends|Lando Calrissian]], Leia Organa and [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]] in [[29 ABY/Legends|29 ABY]].]]
   
 
After the signing of the [[Pellaeon&ndash;Gavrisom Treaty|Bastion Accords]] in [[19 ABY/Legends|19 ABY]] which ended the war between the New Republic and the [[Imperial Remnant]], the fanatical anti-Human [[Diversity Alliance]] attempted to destroy all Humans in retaliation for the oppression inflicted by the Empire. However, their uprising was stopped as soon as it had begun by the Jedi and the New Republic in [[24 ABY/Legends|24 ABY]]. Following the collapse of the Diversity Alliance, the [[Cooperative Council of Independent Planetary Governments]] was formed to promote cooperation between the species of the New Republic.
 
After the signing of the [[Pellaeon&ndash;Gavrisom Treaty|Bastion Accords]] in [[19 ABY/Legends|19 ABY]] which ended the war between the New Republic and the [[Imperial Remnant]], the fanatical anti-Human [[Diversity Alliance]] attempted to destroy all Humans in retaliation for the oppression inflicted by the Empire. However, their uprising was stopped as soon as it had begun by the Jedi and the New Republic in [[24 ABY/Legends|24 ABY]]. Following the collapse of the Diversity Alliance, the [[Cooperative Council of Independent Planetary Governments]] was formed to promote cooperation between the species of the New Republic.
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==Near-Humans==
 
==Near-Humans==
[[File:Jerec.jpg|right|150px|thumb|[[Yun]] (an [[Epicanthix]]) and [[Jerec (Inquisitor)|Jerec]] (a [[Miraluka/Legends|Miraluka]]).]]
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[[File:Jerec.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Yun]] (an [[Epicanthix]]) and [[Jerec (Inquisitor)|Jerec]] (a [[Miraluka/Legends|Miraluka]]).]]
   
 
{{Main|Near-Human}}
 
{{Main|Near-Human}}
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Though Humans have been portrayed in film mostly by actors of European descent, Humans in the ''Star Wars'' galaxy appear to be ethnically diverse. Specific physical features are rarely associated with specific Human groups; however, most known [[Serroco]]ans appear to possess [[Wikipedia:epicanthal fold|epicanthal folds]], while [[Socorro/Legends|Socorroans]] have generally dark skin.
 
Though Humans have been portrayed in film mostly by actors of European descent, Humans in the ''Star Wars'' galaxy appear to be ethnically diverse. Specific physical features are rarely associated with specific Human groups; however, most known [[Serroco]]ans appear to possess [[Wikipedia:epicanthal fold|epicanthal folds]], while [[Socorro/Legends|Socorroans]] have generally dark skin.
   
Humans have appeared in all six ''Star Wars'' films, as well as in nearly every [[Star Wars Legends|Expanded Universe]] story. Notable exceptions include every episode of ''[[Star Wars: Ewoks]]'' except for the final episode (''[[Battle for the Sunstar]]'') and the ''[[Star Wars Tales]]'' comic "[[George R. Binks (comic)|George R. Binks]]".
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Humans have appeared in all six ''Star Wars'' films, as well as in nearly every [[Star Wars Legends|Expanded Universe]] story. Notable exceptions include every episode of [[Ewoks (TV series)|''Ewoks'']] except for the final episode (''[[Battle for the Sunstar]]'') and the ''[[Star Wars Tales]]'' comic "[[George R. Binks (comic)|George R. Binks]]".
   
 
The word "Human" is not capitalized in most sources, but it was decided to capitalize it on Wookieepedia for consistency, since all other sentient species have their names capitalized.
 
The word "Human" is not capitalized in most sources, but it was decided to capitalize it on Wookieepedia for consistency, since all other sentient species have their names capitalized.
   
 
Leland Chee indicated that during the Legends Expanded Universe, the humans lived longer largely because they didn't have to take into account the actors getting older, although by the time of the [[Canon]] Expanded Universe, he stated that humans lived the same average lifespan as humans in the real world,<ref name="Canon age span">{{Twitter|HolocronKeeper|status/783493608989003776|[[Leland Chee]]|quote=@MaxN2100 Similar to real-world. Was easier to say they lived longer in Legends because we didn't have to account for actors getting older.}}</ref> which is estimated to be 71 years of age.<ref name="Human average age span">[[Wikipedia:List of countries by life expectancy|List of countries by life expectancy]] on Wikipedia.</ref>
 
Leland Chee indicated that during the Legends Expanded Universe, the humans lived longer largely because they didn't have to take into account the actors getting older, although by the time of the [[Canon]] Expanded Universe, he stated that humans lived the same average lifespan as humans in the real world,<ref name="Canon age span">{{Twitter|HolocronKeeper|status/783493608989003776|[[Leland Chee]]|quote=@MaxN2100 Similar to real-world. Was easier to say they lived longer in Legends because we didn't have to account for actors getting older.}}</ref> which is estimated to be 71 years of age.<ref name="Human average age span">[[Wikipedia:List of countries by life expectancy|List of countries by life expectancy]] on Wikipedia.</ref>
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{{Unlicensedstart}}
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{{Quote|What is known is that many listened to the temptations of Tilotny’s whispered promises of power, wealth, knowledge, and adventure, for she backed them up with smaller fulfilments, and so many believed they’d been chosen by a benevolent alien, deity, or messianic Maitreya. Splendid Ap created large ships that could fly through the heavens, and all those who accepted her offer left their homes and cities in these ships. Many came and brought with them livestock, pets, wildlife, plants, belongings, as well as the cultural, political, religious, historical, linguistic artifacts of their cities and countries to one of two new worlds situated in the eastern quarter of Skyriver’s galactic disc..|The arrival of the humans in the known galaxy|[[Supernatural Encounters: The Trial and Transformation of Arhul Hextrophon]]}}
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The apocryphal novella ''[[Supernatural Encounters: The Trial and Transformation of Arhul Hextrophon]]'' by [[Joseph Bongiorno]] reveals the origin of humans in the galaxy. [[Tilotny]] jealous of the power that the Celestials have in the firstborn, along with [[Cold Danda Sine]] and [[Splendid Ap]] planned a plot to spread discord in the galaxy and ridding the galaxy of the Celestials. Opening a Transdimensional Gate, they went to to the Prime Universe, where Tilotny seek the humans of Ereth.
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Believing to have been chosen by a greater power and seeking power, adventure, knowledge and wealth, the humans left their homes and cities in large ships created by Splendid Ap to the eastern quarter of Galaxy's galactic disc in two planets named Cobal and Urthha.
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After years of despoil their world, corruption and be conquered by computer systems who enslaved them and regarded them as numbers, the humans divided in resistance groups escaped to Notron through a [[Infinity Gate]] and others to Corellia by Tilotny. Over time the humans spread across the galaxy and colonies were established on distant planets, where friendships and enmities were formed with the numerous races they encountered, so too spread the creatures that they had brought with them from their original homeworld so long ago, the debased ways of human culture would over time infest the inhabitants of the galaxy, who as they became more entangled with them over the years, forgot the warnings of the Celestials and embraced the ways of this provocative new people.<ref name="Supernatural Encounters">''[[Supernatural Encounters: The Trial and Transformation of Arhul Hextrophon]]''</ref>
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==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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{{Incomplete list}}
 
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*''[[Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi: Force Storm]]''
 
*''[[Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi: Force Storm]]''
 
*''[[Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi: The Prisoner of Bogan]]''
 
*''[[Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi: The Prisoner of Bogan]]''
 
*''[[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — The Golden Age of the Sith]]''
 
*''[[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — The Golden Age of the Sith]]''
*''[[Tales of the Jedi: The Fall of the Sith Empire]]''
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*''[[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi The Fall of the Sith Empire]]''
 
*''[[Lost Tribe of the Sith: Precipice]]''
 
*''[[Lost Tribe of the Sith: Precipice]]''
 
*''[[Lost Tribe of the Sith: Skyborn]]''
 
*''[[Lost Tribe of the Sith: Skyborn]]''
 
*''[[Lost Tribe of the Sith: Paragon]]''
 
*''[[Lost Tribe of the Sith: Paragon]]''
 
*''[[Lost Tribe of the Sith: Savior]]''
 
*''[[Lost Tribe of the Sith: Savior]]''
*''[[Tales of the Jedi: Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon]]''
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*''[[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon]]''
*''[[Tales of the Jedi: The Saga of Nomi Sunrider]]''
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*''[[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi The Saga of Nomi Sunrider]]''
 
*''[[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — The Freedon Nadd Uprising]]''
 
*''[[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — The Freedon Nadd Uprising]]''
*''[[Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith]]''
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*''[[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Dark Lords of the Sith]]''
 
*''[[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — The Sith War]]''
 
*''[[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — The Sith War]]''
*''[[Tales of the Jedi: Redemption]]''
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*''[[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Redemption]]''
 
*''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: Commencement]]''
 
*''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: Commencement]]''
 
*''[[Knights of the Old Republic 7: Flashpoint, Part 1]]''
 
*''[[Knights of the Old Republic 7: Flashpoint, Part 1]]''
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*{{TOR|Knights of the Eternal Throne}}
 
*{{TOR|Knights of the Eternal Throne}}
 
*{{TORweb|url=info/news/news-article/20171116|int=Chasing Copero|text=Chasing Copero}}
 
*{{TORweb|url=info/news/news-article/20171116|int=Chasing Copero|text=Chasing Copero}}
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*{{TOR|Onslaught}}
 
*[[Knight Errant (novel)|''Knight Errant'']]
 
*[[Knight Errant (novel)|''Knight Errant'']]
 
*''[[Darth Bane: Path of Destruction]]''
 
*''[[Darth Bane: Path of Destruction]]''
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*''[[Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron]]''
 
*''[[Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron]]''
 
*[[Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith|''Star Wars'': Episode III ''Revenge of the Sith'']] and [[Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (junior novelization)|junior novelization]]
 
*[[Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith|''Star Wars'': Episode III ''Revenge of the Sith'']] and [[Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (junior novelization)|junior novelization]]
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*''[[Obi-Wan's Foe]]''
 
*{{WizCite|The Unknown Regions|The Mask of Darth Nihilus}}
 
*{{WizCite|The Unknown Regions|The Mask of Darth Nihilus}}
 
*''[[Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader]]''
 
*''[[Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader]]''
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*{{Journal|5|Turning Point}}
 
*{{Journal|5|Turning Point}}
 
*{{Journal|4|The Final Exit}}
 
*{{Journal|4|The Final Exit}}
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*{{WEGCite|book=The Best of the Star Wars Adventure Journal, Issues 1-4|text=''The Best of the Star Wars Adventure Journal, Issues 1-4''|story=The Final Exit}} {{C|Reprint}}
 
*{{Journal|7|Passages}}
 
*{{Journal|7|Passages}}
 
*{{Journal|2|Out of the Cradle}}
 
*{{Journal|2|Out of the Cradle}}
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*''[[Han Solo at Stars' End]]''
 
*''[[Han Solo at Stars' End]]''
 
*{{Journal|4|Tinian on Trial}}
 
*{{Journal|4|Tinian on Trial}}
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*{{WEGCite|book=The Best of the Star Wars Adventure Journal, Issues 1-4|text=''The Best of the Star Wars Adventure Journal, Issues 1-4''|story=Tinian on Trial}} {{C|Reprint}}
 
*{{Journal|6|Ringers}}
 
*{{Journal|6|Ringers}}
 
*{{Hyperspace|url=hyperspace/fiction/triton20080820.html|text=Deader than a Triton Moon|int=Deader than a Triton Moon|newurl=http://star-wars.suvudu.com/2012/10/star-wars-shorts-deader-than-a-triton-moon.html|newhost=[[Unbound Worlds|Suvudu]]}} {{C|Epigraph}}
 
*{{Hyperspace|url=hyperspace/fiction/triton20080820.html|text=Deader than a Triton Moon|int=Deader than a Triton Moon|newurl=http://star-wars.suvudu.com/2012/10/star-wars-shorts-deader-than-a-triton-moon.html|newhost=[[Unbound Worlds|Suvudu]]}} {{C|Epigraph}}
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*{{Journal|3|Changing the Odds: The Adventures of Dannen Lifehold}}
 
*{{Journal|3|Changing the Odds: The Adventures of Dannen Lifehold}}
 
*[[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']], [[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)|novelization]], [[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (junior novelization)|junior novelization]], and [[Star Wars (radio)|radio adaptation]] {{1st}}
 
*[[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']], [[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)|novelization]], [[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (junior novelization)|junior novelization]], and [[Star Wars (radio)|radio adaptation]] {{1st}}
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*''[[Star Wars: A Storybook]]''
 
*{{Tales|5|What They Called Me}}
 
*{{Tales|5|What They Called Me}}
 
*{{GamerCite|4|What They Called Me}}
 
*{{GamerCite|4|What They Called Me}}
 
*''[[Escape from the Death Star]]''
 
*''[[Escape from the Death Star]]''
*''[[Star Wars 1]]''
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*[[Star Wars (1977) 1|''Star Wars 1'']]
 
*''[[Star Wars 2: Six Against the Galaxy]]''
 
*''[[Star Wars 2: Six Against the Galaxy]]''
 
*{{CWACite|2|Skywalkers}}
 
*{{CWACite|2|Skywalkers}}
 
*''[[Star Wars 3: Death Star!]]''
 
*''[[Star Wars 3: Death Star!]]''
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*{{Journal|11|Spare Parts (short story)|Spare Parts}}
 
*''[[A Boy and His Monster: The Rancor Keeper's Tale]]''
 
*''[[A Boy and His Monster: The Rancor Keeper's Tale]]''
 
*''[[Star Wars 4: In Battle with Darth Vader]]''
 
*''[[Star Wars 4: In Battle with Darth Vader]]''
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*''[[Crisis on Cloud City]]''
 
*''[[Crisis on Cloud City]]''
 
*''[[Otherspace II: Invasion]]''
 
*''[[Otherspace II: Invasion]]''
*[[Black Ice (adventure book)|''Black Ice'']]
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*[[Black Ice (adventure)|''Black Ice'']]
 
*''[[The Game Chambers of Questal]]''
 
*''[[The Game Chambers of Questal]]''
 
*''[[The Isis Coordinates]]''
 
*''[[The Isis Coordinates]]''
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*{{Journal|2|The Prophecy}}
 
*{{Journal|2|The Prophecy}}
 
*{{Journal|3|The Void Terror}}
 
*{{Journal|3|The Void Terror}}
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*{{WEGCite|book=The Best of the Star Wars Adventure Journal, Issues 1-4|text=''The Best of the Star Wars Adventure Journal, Issues 1-4''|story=The Void Terror}} {{C|Reprint}}
 
*{{Journal|4|Loyalties}}
 
*{{Journal|4|Loyalties}}
 
*{{WEGCite|book=Creatures of the Galaxy|text=''Creatures of the Galaxy''|story=Courier's Deal|stext=''Courier's Deal''}}
 
*{{WEGCite|book=Creatures of the Galaxy|text=''Creatures of the Galaxy''|story=Courier's Deal|stext=''Courier's Deal''}}
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*{{Journal|5|Galaxywide NewsNets}}
 
*{{Journal|5|Galaxywide NewsNets}}
 
*{{Journal|6|Swoop Gangs}}
 
*{{Journal|6|Swoop Gangs}}
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*{{Journal|9|Lumrunners}}
 
*{{Journal|6|Galaxywide NewsNets}}
 
*{{Journal|6|Galaxywide NewsNets}}
 
*{{Journal|7|Rebel Escape}}
 
*{{Journal|7|Rebel Escape}}
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*{{Journal|9|Death-Hunter}}
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*{{Journal|9|Galaxywide NewsNets}}
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*{{Journal|10|Galaxywide NewsNets}}
 
*{{WEGCite|book=Imperial Entanglements (West End Games)|text=''Imperial Entanglements''|story=Big Game (scenario)|stext=Big Game}}
 
*{{WEGCite|book=Imperial Entanglements (West End Games)|text=''Imperial Entanglements''|story=Big Game (scenario)|stext=Big Game}}
 
*{{WEGCite|book=Imperial Entanglements (West End Games)|text=''Imperial Entanglements''|story=A Bazaar Encounter}}
 
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"You are trespassers—intruders, spies. Worse of all, you are Human. Humans have always tried to destroy what alien species have built."
Nolaa Tarkona[src]

Humans, taxonomically referred to as Homo sapiens, were the galaxy's most numerous and politically dominant sentient species with millions of major and minor colonies galaxywide. Believed to have originated on the galactic capital of Coruscant, they could be found anywhere, engaged in many different pursuits: spacers, mercenaries, smugglers, merchants, soldiers, assassins, farmers, crime lords, laborers, slaves, slavers, and many others, including Jedi and Sith. Since Humans were the most common sentient species, they were often considered to be a standard or average to which the biology, psychology, and culture of other species were compared.

Biology and appearance

Physiology

"Well let's have a look at you. Hmm. Biped. More or less symmetrical. Far less hair than the last one. Opposable digits. Mostly water hey?"
The Imprisoned One, upon meeting the Human Revan[src]
Human NEGAS

Humans were four-limbed bipeds with a bilateral symmetry

The Humans were a sentient species that belonged to the simians, a subgroup[2] of the primate[6] order of mammals.[2] As such, they were similar to a number of other species variously designated as apes, including the sentient Ma'alkerrite ape-man,[7] the non-sentient Ferijian apes and a number of mammalian humanoids with a similar physiology.[8] They were taxonomically referred to as Homo sapiens.[9]

Humans were bipedal beings with a bilateral symmetry, having a front and a back end, as well as an upside and downside. Their body comprised a head, neck, torso, and four limbs. The upper limbs, called arms, ended in hands which had five fingers each; the lower ones, called legs, ended in feet with also five digits. The Human fingers had multiple points of articulation, and one of them was an opposable thumb that allowed for fine manipulation. Finally, they had one head perched atop a torso.[10] Other sentient species that had a body type roughly similar to Humans and walked upright were often referred to as humanoids, since Humans were the most common example.[3] Unlike other mammalian species such as Wookiees or Ewoks, they had only a light covering of body hair. Most of it was concentrated on the head and, in the case of adult males, face.[11]

Humans were endotherms, or "warm-blooded" animals, meaning they maintained a constant body temperature independent of the environment using the energy from their food.[12] While some mistakenly described themselves as carnivores,[13] Humans were in fact omnivores, subsisting on both animal tissue and plant-based foods.[14] For that reason, their gastrointestinal system was much longer than that of true carnivores such as the Devaronians.[13] Many Humans were partial to food products that were unhealthy for them because of their high fat or sugar content.[14]

The Human genome was considered to be remarkably elastic. In reaction to environmental changes, selection pressures only needed few millennia to engage new genes and reshape the Human bodies. A consequence of that exceptional adaptability was the existence of many Near-Human species—that is offshoots of the baseline Humans who had followed their own evolution.[15] Such offshoots included the shapechanging Stennes Shifters,[16] the scaly-skinned Zisians,[17] the blue-skinned Chiss[18] and the gaunt Pau'ans.[3]

As was common to many humanoid species, Humans had two sexes: male and female, with the latter being distinguished by their pronounced breasts, overall smaller stature and lesser quantity of body hair.[1] Members of the Human race could interbreed naturally with many other species, including the Echani,[19] the Ferroan,[20] Hamadryas,[21] the Kiffar,[22] the Miraluka,[23] the Nagai,[24] and the Theelin.[25] Most of the aforementioned species were in fact Near-Humans. In some cases, Humans could only produce offsprings with members of other species with the help of genetic manipulation or alchemy. Examples of those include the Red Sith,[26] the Qiraash or the Umbarans.[27]

Physical diversity

"Selection pressures need a few millennia at most to engage new genes and reshape their bodies in response to environmental changes, as the galaxy’s countless near-human populations attest."
Hali Ke[src]
Senator Bana Breemu

A Human female displaying characteristic curves and hairless face.

Despite overall physiological uniformity, baseline Humans varied greatly in appearance,[1] and no two Humans looked exactly alike.[28] One of the diversity factors was height. Humans averaged 1.80 meters in height, although males were usually taller and heavier than females.[1] Some individuals affected by giantism could grow up to 2.30 meters. On the contrary, those afflicted with nanism could be as small-sized as 1.3 meters.[29]

Their hair was grown, cut, and styled for aesthetic or ritualistic reasons—as with the elaborate hairstyles of the Royal Naboo and the traditional braids of Human Jedi Padawans.[30] The facial hair grown by adult males could be grown, styled, or shaved completely.[31] Their hair color ranged from blond to black, sometimes with hues of red or brown, changing to gray or white as years passed. It could be straight, wavy, or curly. In addition to those varied hair colors, their eyes came in shades of blue, green, gray, or brown. Gradiation of skin tone was also seen among baseline Humans, usually limited to various shades of brown,[1] ranging from dark brown,[32] through lighter shades,[33] to pale skin.[34]. Diversity in appearance was seen on many Human populations, and no particular features seemed to have been traceable to specific isolated communities on any locations. The planet Socorro could have conceivably been an exception, as most of its known Human inhabitants seemed to possess dark skin and hair.[source?]

There existed a classification of Human beings in use at the Fusai library branch of the Celebratus Archive, which cataloged Humans by degrees. In that system, Luke Skywalker[35] and Gyla Petro were referred to as "10th Degree" Humans.[36]

Life cycle

"Mother Rell is nearly three hundred years old, but her spirit is so strong that it will not let her body die."
Augwynne Djo, about her centuries-old mother[src]
Dookus face

An 80-year-old male Human displaying several signs of aging, such as white hair, wrinkles, and slightly sagging skin.

Humans were sexually-reproduced animals, requiring the mating of an opposite sex couple to produce offsprings. While developing in their mother's womb, the child gave her a distinctive "baby bump" accompanied by a significant weight gain.[37] Being mammals, the Human females gave birth to live young, either one or several at a time.[31] Two children born at the same birth were referred to as twins, and three as triplets.[38] The delivery itself normally took place after nine months of pregnancy. It was a painful process that could take as much as ten hours.[39] In some circumstances, women could die during childbirth, although it rarely happened on worlds that had top-flight medical technologies.[40] During their first months of existence, Human babies were usually fed with milk from their mother's breasts.[41]

The period during which a young Human developed from a child into an adult was known as adolescence. According to the Equani therapist Klo Merit, that stage of development was hard to endure without support.[42] Regardless of physiological and psychological changes, the legal transition from childhood to adulthood depended on culture. While some societies treated their members as adults as early as the age of 13,[43] others considered that full adulthood was only attained at 21.[44]

Typically, Humans had an average lifespan of 100[45] to 120 standard years. Those who were keenly atuned to the Force,[3] an ubiquitous and binding power that suffused the whole Known Universe,[46] could live up to 200.[3] On worlds that possessed advanced technology, such as Bakura, individuals over the age of 160 who were still hale and hearty were not unheard of. By 5 ABY, the Human couple Eppie and Orn Belden were respectively 132 and 164, although the latter wore a voice amplifier on his chest and had gone through three hearts in his life.[47] Thanks to countless medical treatments and organ transplants accessible to a financial elite, it was possible to extend Human lifetime to the age of 300,[48] and at least one Forceful individual was known to have reached the age of 800. In spite of his age, that individual, the Jedi Master Shayoto, was still able to hike all the way up Mount Meru with a cane.[49] At any rate, individuals past the age of 80 were considered old,[50] and most Humans still died in their early hundreds unless they were wealthy enough to afford rejuvenation procedures of the sort available at Aurora Medical Facility on Obroa-skai.[51] However, many older Humans were still healthy enough to pursue very active careers, as exemplified by Gilad Pellaeon, who still served as the supreme commander of the Galactic Alliance Defense Force in 40 ABY, at age 91.[52] Natural signs of ageing in Humans included the whitening or fall of the hair, the loss of teeth, appearance of deep lines, wrinkles and dark blemishes on the skin. Old Humans would experience a decline in many cognitive processes,[47] frequently losing track of time, misidentifying people or places,[53] and, in extreme cases, momentarily forgetting about their own identity or state.[47]

Society and culture

"Humans are simultaneously capable of extraordinary viciousness and extraordinary acts of kindness and altruism."
―Hali Ke[src]

Humans were noted for being naturally learning and extremely adaptable—not only in terms of physiology, but also mentality and society. Their societies were capable of transforming very quickly in response to a wide array of conditions, which explains why two Human populations could have next to nothing in common culturally speaking. As noted by the Kaminoan scientist Hali Ke, some Human peoples had more in common with neighbors of other species than with their own kind.[15]

History

Origin

"I was saying that, among the intelligent species of the galaxy, we humans are a most prolific, preternaturally protean people."
Duttes Mer[src]
Baby leia

A Human newborn.

Having a recorded and civilized history reaching back far beyond the beginning of space travel,[4] the origin and early history of Humans was lost to their scientists in the depths of millennia. Whatever the original homeworld was, it was universally accepted that Humans evolved on one of the Core Worlds near the galaxy's center. Humans were among the few sentient species in the galaxy whose homeworld was unknown, the Ryn, Yoda's species and the Baragwins being some other examples.

According to an inscription found by archaeologists Dr. Ualp Xathan and Fem Nu-Ar on Seoul 5 around 4 ABY, Humans originated on the planet Notron,[5] an archaic name for Coruscant.[54] The ancient Zhell nations, who drove the Near-Human Taung from Coruscant, may have been the progenitors of later Humans.[4] Coruscant's ground had been several kilometers below its inhabitants' feet for millennia, with the lowest depths of its planet-wide city dating back to 100,000 BBY. Thus, it was impossible to carry out the historical study and archaeological research on the planet's prehistory necessary to prove or to disprove that theory. In addition, Coruscant's natural climate was said to be too cold to support Human life,[55] a claim difficult to be reconciled with the theory that it was the original Human homeworld. Tarnese Bleyd believed that the ancestors of Humans favored trees and high ground based upon his observations of human hunting behavior. [56]

It is possible that some ancient civilization, such as the Celestials or even the Rakata, transported early Humans from their original home planet to others. It was, in fact, alleged that they had once been a slave race of the Infinite Empire[4]; however, any knowledge of Human enslavement was absent from Rakatan records as of 3956 BBY. Some of the far-flung 'colonies' eventually diverged genetically from the Human baseline, giving rise to various Near-Human races and species.

During the Jedi Civil War, the Jedi Revan discovered evidence in the oral traditions of the Sand People on Tatooine that the human species may have originated as slaves taken from that planet by the Rakata, the Sand People being the genetically distinct species that evolved from those who were left behind. The fact that the Sand People's legends indicated that the planet had once been far more temperate and habitable before an ancient war with the Rakata adds credence to this possibility. However, millennia of distortion introduced into the historical record combined with the Sand People's extreme hostility to the idea of introducing new interpretations into their oral tradition made it impossible for Revan to investigate this further.[57]

Expansion

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Two siblings, male and female during the Great Hyperspace War.

Humans discovered space travel themselves, early in their history; in fact, they were already present on a few scattered colony planets of the Core Worlds even before the development of hyperdrive, thanks to the use of sleeper ships. Coruscant had grown to a planet-wide city and from there, they spread to such Core Worlds as Alderaan, Corellia, Corulag, and Chandrila.[4]

During their early history, Humans seem to have been subjugated by the Rakatan Infinite Empire. Though some sources indicate that they were enslaved workers on Rakatan projects such as the Star Forge,[4] the fact that the droids and computers Rakatan ruins on Dantooine dating from that era did not recognize the Human species points to the contrary.[58]

After the fall of the Infinite Empire circa 25,200 BBY, the Humans of the Core used Rakatan technology to set up a true interstellar civilization. At first, a network of hyperspace cannons linked Coruscant with other Human-populated worlds, as well as the Duros civilization. Corellian Humans were one of the first societies to develop hyperdrive starships sometime before 25,053 BBY, spreading the technology to other Core Worlds. With the hyperdrive, their scouts and explorers traveled and met with other species, in a time known as the Expansionist Era.[4]

The Human colonies, which had expanded through the Core Worlds through slower-than-light travel, later established daughter colonies of their own in what became the Colonies region. During the last pre-Republic years, Humans reached the Outer Rim and populated planets as far away as the Tion Cluster. The Tionese warlord Xim the Despot, whose conquests reached from the Cronese Sweeps to the Si'Klaata Cluster at the edge of Hutt Space, was one of the most prominent Humans of the pre-Republic period.[4]

The Republic

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A Human mercenary

During the Expansionist Era, Humans began to play a dominant role in the development of the galaxy and in galactic politics. These Humans were eventually responsible for the Unification Wars, which resulted from their expansionistic views. The wars themselves led to the formation of the Galactic Republic, a galaxy-spanning affiliation of worlds and species. Though the Republic had many member species, most of the Republic's political, military, and economic leaders were Humans. Humans also made up a large proportion of the Jedi Order, and eventually came to dominate the Jedi's constant enemies, the Sith Order. By the end of the Old Sith Wars, Humans also made up the majority of the Mandalorian warrior culture.[59]

Most Humans under the Republic lived on predominantly Human worlds, although many Humans lived alongside aliens on their homeworlds, or together with several other species. Humans were more likely to live among nonhumans on the cosmopolitan Core Worlds, or on frontier worlds at the Outer Rim of the galaxy such as Tatooine. Predominantly Human worlds outside of the Core included Eriadu, Naboo, Socorro, and Bakura.

Human population levels and significance inevitably led to a Humanocentric galaxy. Humanocentrism was pervasive and in many cases, subconscious. Humanocentrism was the source for the Human use of the term "alien" to describe nonhuman species. In some cases, this led to overt and even violent outbreaks of speciesism. Although explicit Humanocentrism was outlawed by the Rights of Sentience clause of the Galactic Constitution, Human-led companies such as Czerka enslaved entire nonhuman species, while planets such as Taris reserved the best sections of the world for Humans and forced nonhumans into ghettos. The majority of slaves in the galaxy were nonhumans.

At the end of the Galactic Republic's history, the Clone Wars worsened relationships between Humans and aliens, since the Republic was led by Humans while the Confederacy of Independent Systems was led by aliens. This was evident by the formation of several pro-Human groups within the Republic, including the Commission for the Protection of the Republic (COMPOR) and its chapter SAGroup. COMPOR pressured the First Minister of the Coruscant Ministry of Ingress, Tannon Praji, into deporting all members of species whose homeworld had joined the CIS, thus decreasing the nonhuman presence in the Galactic capital.

Galactic Empire

"Mark my words, Raith. Humans are the future."
Wilhuff Tarkin to Raith Sienar[src]

At the time of the foundation of the Galactic Empire in 19 BBY, there were several large populist groups active on Coruscant that advocated concepts of Human supremacy, or Human High Culture. These were quickly assimilated into the nascent Commission for the Preservation of the New Order (COMPNOR).[4]

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A COMPNOR rally, supporting Human High Culture and the Empire's New Order.

The tenets of Human High Culture were that Humans were the only truly intelligent and productive members of any society. Believers in this ideology pointed out that it was almost exclusively Humans who had formed and led the Old Republic, and that the Human worlds of the Core were some of the oldest, richest, and most advanced in the galaxy. The contributions of nonhumans were overlooked, with later Imperial propaganda spreading misinformation which claimed such ancient civilizations as the Columi and the Mon Calamari were insignificant, recent additions to the Galactic community.[60]

As such, through the repealing of such laws as the Rights of Sentience and the creation of new acts, most nonhumans were made second-class citizens. Slavery was re-legalized, with the majority of slaves being nonhumans. Only "pure" works of art (such as operas, holovids, books, etc) were allowed to be produced, viewed, and spread, since only Human culture was worthy enough to be allowed to prosper in the New Order. Non-Humans were "actively discouraged" from participating in government or joining the Imperial military, and Human governors and moffs were placed in command of nonhuman worlds and sectors.

Later in the Imperial era, an anti-Human organization known as the Alien Combine was formed as a result of the injustices inflicted. However, since the Alien Combine was unwilling to take drastic actions (terrorism), it was wiped out by the Empire.[61]

Despite this, there were many Humans who opposed the Empire's policies, most notably Mon Mothma, Bail Prestor Organa, his adopted daughter Princess Leia, Jan Dodonna and Garm Bel Iblis. These individuals, along with notable nonhumans like Admiral Gial Ackbar, and Borsk Fey'lya, founded and led the Alliance to Restore the Republic, or Rebel Alliance. One of the main principles of the Alliance was the reversal of the Empire's discriminatory policies, and the liberation of enslaved species.[62]

New Republic and Galactic Alliance

"We have one true enemy: the New Republic, the humans...those who would deny us our rights as sentient beings."
―Nolaa Tarkona[src]
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Humans and non-Humans meeting as equals to end the Galactic Civil War.

Following the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY, the Empire splintered into various warring states. The Rebel Alliance became known as the Alliance of Free Planets and eventually the New Republic, the new dominant Galactic government. However, the outbreak of the deadly Krytos virus, which affected only nonhumans, following the liberation of Coruscant in 7 ABY drove a wedge between the New Republic's Human and alien populations. This would be resolved when the New Republic acquired bacta from Thyferra following the Bacta War. Though the New Republic reversed the Empire's discriminatory policies and gave power to oppressed nonhuman species, three of the six Chiefs of State who led the New Republic were Human: Mon Mothma, Leia Organa Solo, and Cal Omas.

The views of Human High Culture were still kept alive in the New Republic for years after the Empire's defeat, by fringe groups such as the Human League which initiated the First Corellian Insurrection in 18 ABY. Slavery of aliens also continued in remote parts of the galaxy and some Imperial fortress worlds. In 12 ABY, Admiral Daala strongly weakened this concept within the United Warlord Fleets by allowing aliens of all kinds to join the Imperial military.

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Key Human figures of the Yuuzhan Vong War Talon Karrde, Lando Calrissian, Leia Organa and Han Solo in 29 ABY.

After the signing of the Bastion Accords in 19 ABY which ended the war between the New Republic and the Imperial Remnant, the fanatical anti-Human Diversity Alliance attempted to destroy all Humans in retaliation for the oppression inflicted by the Empire. However, their uprising was stopped as soon as it had begun by the Jedi and the New Republic in 24 ABY. Following the collapse of the Diversity Alliance, the Cooperative Council of Independent Planetary Governments was formed to promote cooperation between the species of the New Republic.

During the Yuuzhan Vong War (25 ABY30 ABY), the various species and governments of the galaxy were forced to unite to defeat the invasion of the extragalactic Yuuzhan Vong. In the war's aftermath, the New Republic was reorganized into the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances. Under Cal Omas, the former government's policies of cooperation between Humans and nonhumans continued.

The Second Galactic Civil War which started in 40 ABY created an upsurge of anti-Corellian feeling even amongst their fellow Humans. On Coruscant, Corellians were regarded with suspicion by fellow citizens and many were interned including those who had fought for the Galactic Alliance and its predecessors.

New Empire and Sith Order

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Humans continued to play a major role in galactic history during the Legacy era.

Throughout the Legacy era, Humans would dominate much of galactic society though the Galactic Alliance's policies of interspecies cooperation would presumably continue. Between 130 ABY and 137 ABY, the Galactic Alliance, the Jedi Order and the Yuuzhan Vong shaper caste initiated a successful terraforming of the war-devastated world of Ossus which had been a great Jedi center of learning in the distant past.

As a result, about one hundred devastated worlds turned to the Yuuzhan Vong and Jedi for help. The results proved beneficial for the inhabitants and it seemed that there would be peace in the galaxy. Alas, the new Sith Order under the leadership of Darth Krayt sabotaged the project by causing mutations and diseases in life forms. The Sith had successfully used the galaxy's dormant prejudice towards the Yuuzhan Vong.

An enraged galaxy turned their fury on the Yuuzhan Vong, Jedi and the Alliance, just as the Sith had wanted. The Galactic Alliance had supported this beneficial terraforming under the encouragement of the New Jedi Order, and found itself facing a secession movement with this deadly new development. This movement was led by the former Imperial Remnant which had by then become the new Galactic Empire. Unlike the Humanocentric Galactic Empire of Palpatine, this new Empire treated Humans and aliens more equally. This was evident by its military forces including the legendary 501st Legion having specialized armor created for nonhumanoid species.[63] But command positions in the Empire were still apparently reserved for Humans and Near-Humans like the Chiss. The Sith, on the other hand, had only few Humans among the Sith Lords of their Order.[64]

Eventually, the Moff Council (which controlled the Empire) invoked the Treaty of Anaxes and declared war on the Galactic Alliance. Many of the dissatisfied worlds defected from the Alliance to the Empire, with others declaring their neutrality. It was at this time the new Sith Order made itself known, proposing an alliance with the Empire after contacting Moff Nyna Calixte, Director of Imperial Intelligence.

The resulting Sith–Imperial War lasted three years, during which Imperial forces reconquered Coruscant and absorbed the remainder of the Alliance into the Empire. The Jedi were forced to retreat to their temple on Ossus, which was later the focus of an attack by Sith forces led by Darth Krayt and Imperial forces led by Moff Rulf Yage. Shortly after, the Sith turned against Emperor Roan Fel and his Imperial Knights.

Near-Humans

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Yun (an Epicanthix) and Jerec (a Miraluka).

Many species in the galaxy appeared to be very closely related to Humans, as they shared many physical traits. These were described as being near-Human, and were believed to have descended from Humans that evolved along distinct lines on other worlds. Among the most prominent near-Human races were the Chalactans, the Chiss, the Hapans, the Kiffar, the Miraluka, the Mirialans, and the Zeltrons. All of these were mostly Human in appearance, but had unique and distinct defining characteristics. Often, the biological differences were small enough that Humans and near-Humans could interbreed. In many cases, it was difficult to tell whether a given population represented a distinct species, or merely a race or ethnic group of baseline Humans.

The term near-Human was more specific than humanoid. While near-Humans were biologically related to Humans, other humanoid species merely shared broad external similarities such as an upright bipedal posture.

Behind the scenes

"Silver, longitudinal beings who wavered on two points and spoke in a high-pitched gibberish that reminded us of Mocking Trees."
Etro and Droza Edthatt's description of Humans[src]

The origin of Humans in Star Wars is unknown (though many in the galaxy believe that they originated on Coruscant). Since they appear to be identical to Humans on Earth, some fans have created theories about a species of extragalactic aliens who transported early Humans from Earth to the "Galaxy Far, Far Away". Other fans suggest that parallel evolution could have produced Humans in the Star Wars galaxy as well as in the Milky Way. A canceled, and therefore non-canon, novel known as Alien Exodus would have explained the origins of Humanity and their connection with Earth, but it was never published for a variety of reasons. The storyline in this novel involved both space travel and time travel, which would have explained the line "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away."

Though Humans have been portrayed in film mostly by actors of European descent, Humans in the Star Wars galaxy appear to be ethnically diverse. Specific physical features are rarely associated with specific Human groups; however, most known Serrocoans appear to possess epicanthal folds, while Socorroans have generally dark skin.

Humans have appeared in all six Star Wars films, as well as in nearly every Expanded Universe story. Notable exceptions include every episode of Ewoks except for the final episode (Battle for the Sunstar) and the Star Wars Tales comic "George R. Binks".

The word "Human" is not capitalized in most sources, but it was decided to capitalize it on Wookieepedia for consistency, since all other sentient species have their names capitalized.

Leland Chee indicated that during the Legends Expanded Universe, the humans lived longer largely because they didn't have to take into account the actors getting older, although by the time of the Canon Expanded Universe, he stated that humans lived the same average lifespan as humans in the real world,[65] which is estimated to be 71 years of age.[66]

"What is known is that many listened to the temptations of Tilotny’s whispered promises of power, wealth, knowledge, and adventure, for she backed them up with smaller fulfilments, and so many believed they’d been chosen by a benevolent alien, deity, or messianic Maitreya. Splendid Ap created large ships that could fly through the heavens, and all those who accepted her offer left their homes and cities in these ships. Many came and brought with them livestock, pets, wildlife, plants, belongings, as well as the cultural, political, religious, historical, linguistic artifacts of their cities and countries to one of two new worlds situated in the eastern quarter of Skyriver’s galactic disc.."
―The arrival of the humans in the known galaxy[[Supernatural Encounters: The Trial and Transformation of Arhul Hextrophon|[src]]]

The apocryphal novella Supernatural Encounters: The Trial and Transformation of Arhul Hextrophon by Joseph Bongiorno reveals the origin of humans in the galaxy. Tilotny jealous of the power that the Celestials have in the firstborn, along with Cold Danda Sine and Splendid Ap planned a plot to spread discord in the galaxy and ridding the galaxy of the Celestials. Opening a Transdimensional Gate, they went to to the Prime Universe, where Tilotny seek the humans of Ereth.

Believing to have been chosen by a greater power and seeking power, adventure, knowledge and wealth, the humans left their homes and cities in large ships created by Splendid Ap to the eastern quarter of Galaxy's galactic disc in two planets named Cobal and Urthha. After years of despoil their world, corruption and be conquered by computer systems who enslaved them and regarded them as numbers, the humans divided in resistance groups escaped to Notron through a Infinity Gate and others to Corellia by Tilotny. Over time the humans spread across the galaxy and colonies were established on distant planets, where friendships and enmities were formed with the numerous races they encountered, so too spread the creatures that they had brought with them from their original homeworld so long ago, the debased ways of human culture would over time infest the inhabitants of the galaxy, who as they became more entangled with them over the years, forgot the warnings of the Celestials and embraced the ways of this provocative new people.[67]

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Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Star Wars Roleplaying Game Revised Core Rulebook
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 The New Essential Chronology
  5. 5.0 5.1 Star Wars 84: Seoul Searching
  6. StarWars Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut — The Celestials on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
  7. The Lost Jedi Adventure Game Book, Front matter
  8. SWAJsmall "Easy Credits" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 9
  9. The Official Star Wars Fact File 56 (Outer Rim Worlds)
  10. Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
  11. Alien Encounters
  12. Star Wars Science Adventures: Journey Across Planet X
  13. 13.0 13.1 Empire Blues: The Devaronian's Tale
  14. 14.0 14.1 Star Wars Episode I: Junior Jedi Training Manual
  15. 15.0 15.1 StarWarsDotComBlogsLogoStacked "Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut, The Grand Army of the Republic {{{3}}}" — {{{4}}} — [[{{{5}}}|{{{5}}}'s]] StarWars.com Blog (Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut, The Grand Army of the Republic backup link (news/the-essential-guide-to-warfare-authors-cut-part-7-the-grand-army-of-the-republic//Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut, The Grand Army of the Republic) not verified!)}
  16. Star Wars: Chronicles, p. 79
  17. The Paradise Snare
  18. Ultimate Alien Anthology
  19. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
  20. Rogue Planet
  21. Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
  22. Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines
  23. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Handbook
  24. HyperspaceIcon The Forgotten War: The Nagai and the Tofs on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable)
  25. The Essential Guide to Characters
  26. The New Essential Guide to Characters
  27. Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows
  28. Gal-icon Character Creation Guide on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
  29. PolyhedronLogo "Prophets of the Dark Side: Villains for the Star Wars: New Republic Campaign, Part One" — Polyhedron 103
  30. Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
  31. 31.0 31.1 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
  32. As exemplified by Lando Calrissian in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.
  33. As exemplified by Bana Breemu in Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.
  34. As exemplified by Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
  35. The Constancia Affair
  36. The Kashyyyk Depths
  37. Heir to the Empire
  38. WizardsoftheCoast "Triplet Threat" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
  39. The Last Command
  40. Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith novelization
  41. The New Jedi Order: Star by Star
  42. MedStar II: Jedi Healer
  43. SWInsider "The Mandalorians: People and Culture" — Star Wars Insider 86
  44. Darth Plagueis
  45. Star Wars Roleplaying Game Saga Edition Core Rulebook
  46. A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
  47. 47.0 47.1 47.2 The Truce At Bakura
  48. Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels
  49. Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith 3: Descent to the Dark Side
  50. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi novel
  51. Millennium Falcon
  52. Legacy of the Force: Betrayal
  53. The Courtship of Princess Leia
  54. The Essential Atlas
  55. The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
  56. MedStar I: Battle Surgeons
  57. Knights of the Old Republic
  58. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
  59. The History of the Mandalorians
  60. Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races
  61. X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble
  62. The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook
  63. Legacy 3: Broken, Part 3
  64. Legacy 1: Broken, Part 1
  65. TwitterLogo Leland Chee (@HolocronKeeper) on Twitter: "@MaxN2100 Similar to real-world. Was easier to say they lived longer in Legends because we didn't have to account for actors getting older." (backup link (HolocronKeeper/status/783493608989003776) not verified!)
  66. List of countries by life expectancy on Wikipedia.
  67. Supernatural Encounters: The Trial and Transformation of Arhul Hextrophon

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