Humans were the most dominate species in the Star Wars galaxy, having the most power in
terms of overall economic, political, and military control.
And not only that but they were also the most populated species of the galaxy, where you
could pretty find at least one human in every civilisation.
So where did Humans come from in the galaxy far far away from our own?
The definite origin of Humans is unknown, however it is vastly accepted within the star
wars galaxy that they originated from the planet Coruscant.
Coruscant was the original homeworld of two species, named Zhell and Taung.
It’s believed that the Zhell were the ancestors of the Human race.
The Zhell and Taung fought each other for hundreds of years in an attempt to win control
of the planet they were on.
The Zhell were eventually able to succeed in this conflict by driving the Taung off
the planet and forcing them to find a new planet to live on.
Overtime it's believed that the Zhell fully evolved to the more traditional Human race.
Around 90,000 years before the battle of Yavin, the Human species had a massive population
boom and Coruscant had been transformed into a city wide planet.
About 60,000 years later, the advanced Rakata and their Infinite Empire discovered Coruscant
and incorporated it into their galactic wide empire.
Although the Rakata were known to enslave every species they came across, it seems most
Humans were left alone and allowed to live freely as there weren’t many records of
the Rakata using Humans as slaves.
While under the rule of the Infinite Empire Humans studied and learned from the Rakata’s
advanced technology, and during this period they began to develop their own advanced space
travel technology.
The era of Human colonization and expansion then began.
Some of the first planets Humans colonized were Alderaan, Corellia, and Chandrila.
After being ruled by the Rakata for 35,000 years, the Infinite Empire finally collapsed
and the galaxy was freed from the Rakatan dominance.
Pretty much seeking to become the galaxy’s next dominate race, Humans began to develop
their own galactic government.
About 150 years later, the Galactic Republic was founded when a majority of the core worlds
signed the Galactic Constitution and declared Coruscant to be the capital of the known galaxy.
Although the new government was founded by other species as well, most member worlds
were dominated by Humans, and that began the start of the Human bias and superiority that
the Galactic Republic slowly began to empower over its long history.
A term for this was eventually developed called Humanocentric, which implied that Humans were
the most dominant in terms of power and influence, as well as they were essentially the standard
when it came to describing other species.
For example the terms near-human, humanoid, non-human, and so on became a standard when
referring to other species and how close they were physically to Humans.
The word alien was also widely and almost exclusively used by Humans when describing
other species.
Scientists and historians of various species came to conclude that the reason Humans became
the galaxy’s most dominate race was because of how adaptable they were when compared to
other races.
Most other species in star wars had a single defined characteristic in them that they excelled
in.
For example the Muuns were exceptional when it came to finance and statistics, because
their brains were developed in a way that made them better understand that sort of stuff.
But aside from that the Muuns kind of sucked at everything else.
Their bodies weren’t exactly cut out for them to be great warriors, no matter how much
they trained, nor were they cunning enough to excel in the world of politics.
Humans on the other hand had a diverse set of skills spread across their entire race,
and they all could adapt and excel in essentially any lifestyle they wanted if they worked hard
enough.
And this was shown in their diverse set of careers and professions.
Humans were sneaky smugglers, manipulative senators, fearsome warriors, expert pilots
and so on all across the galaxy.
And on top of all of that, Humans also probably reproduced the most too, which would explain
why they were also the most populated race in the galaxy, which also definitely helped
in their dominance.