Yes , Mass Effect is a pretty clear example of the ' humans are special ' trope , in that they aren ' t in any particular biological way , but seem to learn and expand as a species ten times as fast as the galaxy around them . I disagree with you on Star Wars , though . The only special thing about humans in that universe is that there are so many of them , and any specialness can be explained as all the main characters being human for outofuniverse reasons . For the rest , they seem to be the average in size , intelligence , Force , strength , morality , diet , and just about anything else , even going so far as not really having a ' home planet ' as far as I can remember . Also , the reason humanity comes across as noble is often because the main characters are both noble and human , and not necessarily the entirety of their species .