Kamino (pronounced /kə’minoʊ/) was an aquatic planet located in an extragalactic star system that straggled south of the Rishi Maze satellite galaxy and beyond the larger galaxy. It was inhabited by the Kaminoans—a race of tall, elegant beings with long necks who were regarded as a mysterious species that tended to keep to themselves. They were also known for their cloning technology where a clone army was created for the Galactic Republic.

Largely isolated from the larger Galaxy, its existence was erased from the Jedi records. Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, who was investigating the attempt to assassinate Padmé Amidala, traced the bounty hunter to the planet, where he discovered the cloning program. With the outbreak of the Clone Wars, Kamino became a target for the separatists due to its location as the Clones’ training ground and creation, with an attempt to invade the planet. During the early days of the Empire, with the cloning program halted, the Empire cleared out the cloning facilities on the planet and destroyed the capital Tipoca City.