Kamino in the Expanded Universe

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-07-22 05:58am

Is there any EU novels, short stories, comics or computer games which provide us any information about Kamino (and its inhabitants) beyond what we know about it from the movies??

If so, can anybody provide a quick summary??

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-07-22 08:46am

ICS Locations for Episode II has some data.

Its located 70,000 light years in a dwarf galaxy called the Rishi Maze, which is in a close orbit around the main SW galaxy. its population is 1 billion in a system with thirteen planets. It is a total water world though once had land and the weather we saw in ATOC is GOOD weather. In bad weather lightening can be seen from orbit and shield generators are needed to protect landed ships and the structures. Its main products are clones and lighter weapons. The capital city which Obi wan visited covered 93 miles. Apparently the inhabitants where and still are amphibians of some sort.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-07-22 10:50am

Sea Skimmer wrote:It is a total water world though once had land and the weather we saw in ATOC is GOOD weather.

I know this - in the novelization, Taun We mentioend this.

In bad weather lightening can be seen from orbit and shield generators are needed to protect landed ships and the structures.

Yikes.

Apparently the inhabitants where and still are amphibians of some sort.

Amphibious in the sense that they can live in and out of water, I presume??

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2003-07-22 12:10pm

We saw one riding that flying/swiming beast without breathing equipment.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2003-07-22 12:36pm

Um, Regular earth lightning can be seen from orbit

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Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-07-22 12:54pm

darthdavid wrote:Um, Regular earth lightning can be seen from orbit .

Maybe Kamino's atmosphere has some strange property that does that only particularly powerful lightning can be seen from orbit.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-07-23 03:16am

BTW, does it say how much about the size and mass of the planet??

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2003-07-23 12:13pm

The fact that the planet supported an atmosphere that Obi-Wan could breathe easily, and the apparent 1g that the planet was exerting, places it pretty close to Earth in terms of mass.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2003-07-23 12:39pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:Its located 70,000 light years in a dwarf galaxy called the Rishi Maze, which is in a close orbit around the main SW galaxy.

70,000 beyond the main galaxy, or 70,000 from the galactic centre (roughly 10,000 light years beyond the rim if it lies in the same place as the disk)?

Sea Skimmer wrote:its population is 1 billion in a system with thirteen planets.

Are the other planets inhabitable?

Sea Skimmer wrote:The capital city which Obi wan visited covered 93 miles.

Wow. Only 1.2 million clones could be raised there? Quite expensive. Are there any other cities?

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-07-23 03:26pm

Master of Ossus wrote:The fact that the planet supported an atmosphere that Obi-Wan could breathe easily, and the apparent 1g that the planet was exerting, places it pretty close to Earth in terms of mass.

I used to think of the Kaminoans' lanky physique as an indicator of a very low gravity, but could their natural habitats be shallow sea areas, where underwater conditions reduce gravity pull? (I suppose so, but there could be another explanation)