According to the Wikipedia link: "Noun
it (plural its)
One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being. "
Also, none of those links say "it" should be used the way Darth Wheatly did.
For example, according to the Merriam-Webster link: "Definition of IT
1 that one —used as subject or direct object or indirect object of a verb or object of a preposition usually in reference to a lifeless thing <took a quick look at the house and noticed it was very old>, a plant <there is a rosebush near the fence and it is now blooming>, a person or animal whose sex is unknown or disregarded <don't know who it is>"
The last example is likely what you were thinking of, but the reason "it" was used in the example isn't the same as the way Darth used it as far as I can tell, again because my interpretation is that Darth was trying to include the types of people I mentioned, not "a person whose sex is unknown or disregarded." If you can quote any specific examples from those links that are closer to Darth's use of "he/she/it," in reference to a person, go for it.
And again, the people usually called "it" are transgendered folks, androgynous people and so on, and they don't like being called that because of systematic oppression and dehumanizing they have faced, and "it" can be a part of that language. Nobody wants to be an "it."
it (plural its)
One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being. "
Also, none of those links say "it" should be used the way Darth Wheatly did.
For example, according to the Merriam-Webster link: "Definition of IT
1 that one —used as subject or direct object or indirect object of a verb or object of a preposition usually in reference to a lifeless thing <took a quick look at the house and noticed it was very old>, a plant <there is a rosebush near the fence and it is now blooming>, a person or animal whose sex is unknown or disregarded <don't know who it is>"
The last example is likely what you were thinking of, but the reason "it" was used in the example isn't the same as the way Darth used it as far as I can tell, again because my interpretation is that Darth was trying to include the types of people I mentioned, not "a person whose sex is unknown or disregarded." If you can quote any specific examples from those links that are closer to Darth's use of "he/she/it," in reference to a person, go for it.
And again, the people usually called "it" are transgendered folks, androgynous people and so on, and they don't like being called that because of systematic oppression and dehumanizing they have faced, and "it" can be a part of that language. Nobody wants to be an "it."