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Ocean world · Wild Space · S-15
Kamino
A storm-lashed ocean world of white stilt cities, home to the long-necked cloners of the Republic's army.
- Region
- Wild Space
- Grid
- S-15
- Sector
- Abrion
- System
- Kamino
- Suns
- 1
- Moons
- 3
- Climate
- Stormy and rainy
- Terrain
- Global ocean, stilt-built cities
- Inhabitants
- Kaminoans, Aiwha, Kamoradon
Overview
Kamino is a remote ocean planet far beyond the Outer Rim, covered by a global sea and lashed by constant storms. Lightning splits the dark cloud bands, and aiwha, large winged sea creatures, wheel through the stormy skies. The settlements are white cities built on stilts above the waves, and the capital is Tipoca City[1][2].
The people who built those cities are the Kaminoans, tall, long-necked cloners who sold clones as their main export. Their prime minister governs from Tipoca City, and the clone troopers of the Republic's Grand Army are grown in Kaminoan facilities rather than born[2][3].
That trade ties Kamino to the whole Clone Wars story. The planet appears in Attack of the Clones, The Clone Wars and The Bad Batch, and in the game Star Wars Battlefront II[1].
Who lives here
Kaminoans
Very tall, long-necked cloners who live in stilt cities and sold clones as their main export. A prime minister leads them from Tipoca City[2].
Aiwha
Large winged sea creatures of Kamino's storm skies, which the Kaminoans use as mounts[1].
Kamoradon
One of the native creatures that share Kamino's stormy world with the aiwha[1].
Clone troopers
Not natives: the soldiers of the Republic's Grand Army were grown in the Kaminoan facilities. Clones are made here rather than born[3].
Role in the galaxy
Kamino matters because of what it makes. A remote ocean world far beyond the Outer Rim, it is where the Kaminoans grew the Republic's clone army, and for a long time the planet stayed a closely kept secret. The soldiers of the Clone Wars all trace their origins back to its laboratories[1][2].
Kamino also shapes individual stories. Boba Fett spends his childhood here, Omega grows up in Tipoca City before joining the Bad Batch, and the Kaminoan leaders Lama Su and Nala Se head the planet's government and its cloning science[2][4][5].
Chronicle
Events are in story order. Spoilers stay hidden until you open them — or mark the title as watched on the timeline, and they open by themselves.
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≈ 32 BBY
Spoiler · Episode II — Attack of the ClonesShowYou've watched it
At the request of a Jedi, Sifo-Dyas, who died soon after, the Kaminoans begin growing a clone army from Jango Fett's genes. Jango's price is an unaltered clone to raise as his son, Boba[3].
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22 BBY
Episode II — Attack of the Clones
Spoiler · Episode II — Attack of the ClonesShowYou've watched it
Searching for the source of a poisoned dart, Obi-Wan finds that Kamino is missing from the Jedi Archives' maps. He tracks the planet down, finds the clone army in Tipoca City and learns about Jango Fett[1].
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22 BBY
Episode II — Attack of the Clones
Spoiler · Episode II — Attack of the ClonesShowYou've watched it
Obi-Wan confronts Jango Fett on a rain-lashed landing platform. Jango and Boba escape in Slave I, and the clones are deployed to Geonosis[3].
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21 BBY
Separatist forces, with Grievous and Asajj Ventress among their leaders in the story, attack Kamino to destroy the cloning facilities. The Republic defends the planet[1].
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19 BBY
Spoiler · The Bad BatchShowYou've watched it
After the Republic becomes the Empire, Nala Se is taken captive. The clones are reassigned, and the Empire destroys Tipoca City[2].
Heroes from Kamino
Boba Fett
grew up here
Spent his childhood on Kamino, where he was raised and trained before becoming a bounty hunter[4].
Omega
born here
A young clone created in the Kaminoans' experiments, who worked as a medical assistant to Nala Se in Tipoca City before joining the Bad Batch[5].
Nala Se
home world
Chief medical scientist of the Kaminoan cloning programme, who helped engineer the clone army[2].
Where to see Kamino
Every film, series and game in the timeline where Kamino appears, in watch order.
Filmed on Earth
Kamino was created in the studio and with visual effects — there is no real location to visit.
Did you know?
- Kamino was removed from the Jedi Archives, which means the planet is missing from the Jedi's own maps of the galaxy[1].
Questions about Kamino
Where is Kamino in Star Wars?
Kamino is a remote ocean world far from the busy hyperspace routes, in the Abrion sector. It lies south of the Rishi Maze, beyond the Outer Rim, and is also described as part of Wild Space, around grid square S-15[1][6].