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Duros NEGAS

A Duros, an example of a humanoid.

"If you're not a humanoid, she's not much to look at. But grav-ball's never been more popular and Deme Tryshyn is the real deal. It doesn't matter if a kid has one limb or seven, they probably have Tryshyn's picture projecting on their sleeping quarters wall."
Mij Rawd[src]

A humanoid was an organic[1] or mechanical[2] being similar in overall form to a Human, the most common sentient species in the galaxy. The term is less specific than Near-Human, which generally implies common biological ancestry with Humans.

Classification of a being as humanoid was not standardized or strict. Generally, it entailed having a basic anatomy or construction similar to Humans, that is, a central torso with a head on top, two arms symmetrically arranged on either side, and two legs symmetrically arranged below, providing an upright bipedal stance. Each arm ended in hands that had a variable number of fingers (used for grasping and moving objects), and each leg in feet (used for locomotion). A living humanoid's head had two eyes, a nose for breathing and smelling, and a mouth for nutrition and communication; a mechanical humanoid would not require respiration or nutrition, and would have two photoreceptors instead of eyes. Humanoid species generally had sparse hair, mainly concentrated on the head or face.

A species with slight variations and deviations from this general arrangement could still be classified as humanoid. For example, Duros had no ears, nose, or hair; Twi'leks and Togruta featured headtails; and many non-humanoids had humanoid features. Wookiees, although seeming animalistic, could be called humanoids; they were also classified as anthropoids[3], a term referring to a species with simian features.

Non-humanoid sentient species had distinctly nonhuman characteristics, such as tails, additional limbs (or even no limbs, as with the Slith), wings, additional heads (as the Cha'wen'hes), or invertebrate characteristics (as the Gree).

Examples of humanoid species

Aqualish-NEGAS

Aqualish

File:Arcona NEGAS.jpg

Arcona

Chadra-Fan NEGAS

Chadra-Fan

DevaronianNEGAS

Devaronian

GivinNEGAS

Givin

GotalNEGAS

Gotal

File:H'nemthe NEGAS.jpg

H'nemthe

File:Ithorian NEGAS.jpg

Ithorian

JawaNEGAS

Jawa

Rodian NEGAS

Rodian

Shistavanen NEGAS

Shistavanen

Tusken NEGAS

Tusken Raider

Wookiee NEGAS

Wookiee

Examples of non-humanoid species

File:HuttNEGAS.png

Hutt, an example of a nonhumanoid species

Krikthasi6

Krikthasi were aquatic non-humanoids native to the aquatic planet Baralou.

Examples of semi-humanoid species

These species, though they shared some anatomical similarities to Humans, had other characteristics which made their appearance mostly inHuman.

Symyrthi

Sy Myrthians had a humanoid upper body but a slug-like lower body

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