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I’ve always assumed that Darth Sidious / Palpatine was a human (for the context of this I mean the same as Han, Luke, Leia, etc.) however seeing this question made me doubt and I don’t think I’ve seen that actually stated.

Is there any reference in canon as to whether Palpatine is a human or an alien?

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    @Raj - I think this is what you're looking for; https://i.stack.imgur.com/AsiKa.png – Valorum Sep 20 '21 at 19:23
  • @Raj - Or this page; https://web.archive.org/web/20131230141038/http://starwars.com/explore/encyclopedia/characters/palpatine/ – Valorum Sep 20 '21 at 19:25

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Human

The current starwars.com Databank and old starwars.com Encyclopedia list him as human:

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Additionally, he was the senator from Naboo, which is populated by humans and Gungans (and he's obviously not a Gungan). While it's possible that a non-human and non-Gungan could live on Naboo and become its senator, it is unlikely.

Moreover, Palpatine is

Rey's ancestor

and she is also human.

Finally, the Galactic Empire had some xenophobic policies, a fact which would be hard to square with a non-human Emperor.

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  • Palpatine is not Rey's grandfather, His clone is her father. – Valorum Sep 20 '21 at 19:33
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    @Valorum Technically, correct, but functionally he's the "father" of her father, i.e. grandfather. In any case, I've tweaked the wording. – Null Sep 20 '21 at 19:35