Star Wars spin-off "Princess Leia & The Rebels" (TBA)

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Originally Posted by kylor

You could probably have human participants that crash. It'd still be just fine.

Anakin tells Padme that even he crashed in a previous race, thanks to Sebulba cheating. Watto agrees that Anakin actually saved his podracer, for the most part. This shows that even the most powerful Force-using human in the galaxy still had trouble with the sport...so if you include other humans as racers, it reduces Anakin's uniqueness in that regard. You expect other Jedi to use lightsabers, so Anakin carrying one is no big deal. But there were certain capabilities he had that others didn't, both in and away from the Order...and they should be maintained.