Sunday 31 January 2016

biology - Are the humans in the Star Wars Galaxy really humans?

Related: Why are there humans in the Star Wars Universe?



This is a subtly different question because I'm not asking whether there's a historical relationship between the two lineages.



I am asking this question because answers to these questions:



How did Anakin think the power to cheat death would be helpful?



When was Luke Skywalker conceived?



are making assumptions about the appearance of Padme while pregnant, the period of gestation, and appearance of newborn babies.



All of these presuppose that the "humans" of the Star Wars Galaxy are 100% biologically equivalent to us. In fact, as far as I know, we don't actually know any of those facts from canon. (Do we?) All we know is that "human" children and adults look like us.





Another way to put this would be

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