There are no humans in Star Wars, so what are the creatures we are watching?

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@NickyG

Maybe the DNA, er, I mean, midichlorians, only have a fairly standard number of ways they physically manifest themselves as lifeforms, so on a planet with generally Earth-like conditions, you might end up with something that looks more or less like a human from Earth.

I mean, let’s think about Neanderthals. You know, that other race of bipedal tool using human-shaped animals that evolved alongside humans in a neighbouring region and may have interbred with us. I think there is every reason to believe that on a planet with conditions like ours a species that looks identifiably humanoid will arise. That some of them might even look close enough to be mistaken for humans is totally plausible.

@gatto

or even some close phoneme match

How do we know it wasn’t a close phoneme match? Like a really close one. Or what it is was just sound poetry?

@Brainspore

And along the way the old wizard had to battle the Black Knight sent by the Wicked King Emperor.

Mentally combining the black knight with star wars I’m imagining Luke hanging off the edge of that platform at the end of Empire Strikes Back yelling, “I’ve had worse!”