The Monstrefact: The Miraluka of "Star Wars"

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Hi, my name is Robert Lamb, and this is The Monster Fact, a short-form series from Stuff to Blow Your Mind focusing on mythical creatures, ideas, and monsters in time. I've covered a number of Star Wars species and creatures in the past on The Monster Fact, and since we're celebrating Star Wars Week here, I have one more for you, a Force-sensitive humanoid species known as the Miraluka. The Miraluka have existed in Star Wars comics and novels for decades at this point, with specific examples falling into canon or extended universe status. Uh, but we're not gonna get too wrapped up in this division. Uh, the Miraluka look like typical humans,