Today’s planet in the series on the planets of Star Wars is Kamino, which only appears in Episode II: Attack of the Clones. Kamino and Geonosis, which we’ll talk about tomorrow, are both planets which illustrate the conformity necessary to form an empire.
Life on the Planet
Kamino is a water-covered planet. This global ocean is churning and tumultuous all the time, and it’s nearly always storming. The Kaminoans adapted to survive on this stormy planet after a flood submerged all the land on the planet. The flying animals you see on the planet were taken from the planet Naboo and cloned.
What Happens Here
Obi Wan Kenobi comes to Kamino after Jango Fett shoots a saber dart at a bounty hunter that had attempted to kill Padme. The planet had been erased from the archives, and when Obi Wan Kenobi arrived he found that someone had ordered a clone army for the republic ten years ago. Remember that ten years prior to this was the date of Episode I, the same time that Palpatine became Supreme Chancellor.
What the Planet Could Symbolize
If water symbolizes life, Kamino represents life to a frightening, perverse degree. Yes, there are plenty of children born on Kamino, but they’re all clones of one man and bred to be docile. Even some of the wildlife on the planet is not indigenous, but brought here from Naboo and cloned. Compare the clones of Kamino with life on Naboo, remembering that Luke and Leia were most likely conceived on Naboo, and Padme wanted to have her child(ren) on Naboo.
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