Technology in the Star Wars universe is very bizarrely limited in many areas. Like for example, every civilization should have the technology to build a Dyson Swarm, yet not a single one has, even though it is such a logical thing to do and by far the easiest way of obtaining large amounts of energy. Any solar system with one could build multiple lasers as powerful as the Death Star, and it wouldn't even be a challenge with the amount of power obtained from a star. They don't seem to use any artificial intelligence either, at least not usefully, and I'm not talking about creating sentience, I'm just talking about simple machine learning that could easily replace probably 99% of all jobs in the galaxy, instead they use their most advanced AIs in stupid robots that can barely do their job, I mean seriously, the CIS used battle droids as spaceship pilots, why the fuck do they even need physical droids piloting starships, using their badly built limbs to manipulate controls, when you could just stick a usb plug in the ship's computer and make it a billion times more capable than any human pilot, and this being with just simple machine learning, not even anything closely resembling sentience, like all droids seem to have. They used freaking people and droids to build the Death Star for decades, when they could've just built a single self replicating space probe with very simple AI, launched it into an asteroid belt, and have a few hundred Death Stars built during the same time. And don't get me started on their medicine. How the hell is everyone still mortal? We're almost beginning to understand how to slow down aging with current technology, and soon we'll be able to stop it entirely, probably in 100 years at most, it's certainly a lot easier than making you grow gills to live in the ocean (which will also eventually be possible). Yet they can travel through the entire galaxy faster than light but can't save a pregnant woman because she "lost the will to live"? You just can't think of Star Wars as sci fi, it's just plain fantasy.
@@TheAsj97 With the CSI I doubt Palpatine would allow them to do anything deemed dangerous to his plans. Battle droids would eventually put the CSI in debt, making a Republic victory easier.
Ya they also made ultra violet designs onto the clones armor that they could see altough this turned out to be a bad idea come the battle of Umbara, because Umbarians can see ultra violet light and due to how dark it is on the planet these designs stood out
'Kaminoans were capable of tying their own necks into a pretzel shape as a sign of respectful greeting. They could also use their necks as a weapon, wrapping them around another being like a boa constrictor to strangle or suffocate them.'
"Are they friendly?" "Oh, it depends." "Depends on what, Dex?" "On how good your manners are. On how big, your, uh, _pocketbook_ is. (Somewhat evil laugh)." Kenobi and Dex.
The annoying thing about the Caminoans is those manners mostly mean don't bring up any unpleasant subjects like the crimes they commit or how bad they are screwing you over. "Oh hi Master Jedi" *[thinking] don't bring up the chips don't bring up the chips*
When Guardians of the Galaxy first introduced the Sovereign, that race of golden-skinned, perfection-obsessed humanoids, the Kaminoans were the first others to come to my mind.
"golden-skinned, perfection-obsessed humanoids" sounds EXACTLY like the Altmer in the Elder Scrolls series. I wonder if there's a connection? Probably not, but yeah, Kaminoans were idiots obsessed with being perfect people
So what you're telling me is that a native Kaminoan would have a harder time surviving on Kamino than Admiral Akbar, or Kit Fisto would? That's quite the twist....
'Perfectionists' that never bothered to actually adapt to their planet, limited their improvement to only the realms of biology despite being in a galaxy with fantastic machine technology. Sure, if you want perfection, sure, you improve your genes, but why would you stop there? Biology can only do so much. There are other branches of science and engineering that far surpass the limits of biology to explore. They don't sound like perfectionists at all, rather than just people who use the ideas of 'purity' and 'perfection' to justify imposing a cruel despotic heirachy.
Right. Had they been smart, they'd have forced amphibious evolutions on themselves and longer lifespans for all. That way they could life and adapt much better. Or maybe do something to a few that would enable them to adapt to any planet or situation like the vorcha of mass effect.
@@r32guy85 All the more important to make themselves biologically amphibious, yet they're stuck up enough to cling to bloody aesthetics instead of practicality.
Given that perfection doesn't actually exist, perfectionism is largely just what you deem to be 'perfection'. With that said, perfectionists almost always get themselves obsessively stuck to one or several areas, to the utter refusal of considering any options available, so i would say that the Kaminoans are indeed perfectionists, albeit not so much in a practical manner. In a bid to preserve the FORM of their culture & civilization, they've pretty much effectively killed the SPIRIT of it all.
The Republic is the Weimar Republic, Palpatine is Hitler plotting to seize power, Mas Amedda is Herr Goebbels, the empire is Nazi Germany, the Kaminoans are the Nazis tasked with carrying out the final solution (which in this case is breeding genetically pure master race clones to cleanse the galaxy of all undesirables)
The Empire displays the traits of the Third Reich best, while the Kaminoans embody the ideology of being the perfect race and whatnot. The Empire has a Führer, who is obviously a dictator. They shun Non Human creatures. Probably have work camps (wouldn't put it past them) And share many traits with Nazi Germany. Its not like the Germans were the only people who believed themselves to be the superior race in world history. But also, Star Wars was created first, including any Nazi parallels, the Lore and other worlds and stuff all came later.
@@justsayingguy I knew they weren't real even when I was a kid. In the same way that it's fun to imagine oneself turning into a mermaid, or traveling back in time, I thought it would be fun to be a Kaminoan if I was in the Star Wars universe. Your comment is very strange.
@@ASaltyGhost i mean... when you realise when you grow up... i not taoking when you are a kid... me too i want to become ultraman when i was small... come on... you know when you were little... thats kinda sad... u dont have much imagination do you?
@@justsayingguy I don't follow what you're saying, my apologies. Is there a way you could maybe rephrase? I'm not entirely sure of the aim for you criticizing me thinking it would be fun to be a Kaminoan when I was little.
@@ASaltyGhost i mean... we all do want to be something from a tv show or a movie when we was a kid... when we grow up we realise that not how the world works
I'm very interested in Trandoshans ever since a saw them in Star Wars the Clone Wars cartoon. How their rivalry with wookies started ? Bossk ate his siblings and his father was proud of him for that. Later Bossk killed and ate him too. While Garnac loved his son and when Ahsoka killed him, he went crazy because of it. So which one is the norm ? Was Bossk's father a psycho or was Garnac unusually loving for a Trandoshan ?
Not sure if this answers your question but the Trandoshan society was based on hunting skills & achievements, let's say Garnac's son killed 2 wookiees in hunt. He would gain his father's respect & rise through the ranks I guess. If he failed & was weak, his father would consider him a weakling & ultimately care for him less
@@morbius8997 My point exactly. Garnac's son haven't killed anything yet. Ahsoka was supposed to be his first kill. He died with no points ( Trandoshans believe in gaining points for kills ), if Garnac was like Bossk's father he would probably just move on.
The Kaminoans should know they will never make the perfect genes. Perfection only exists in the context of the environment, which they know changes drastically
Nice video! To me, the Kaminoans illustrate what science for the sake of science without moral guidance can lead... A species of biological robots. Narrowminded and too limited to be able to recognize the flaws in themselves. It may take long but this usually does not end well.
Science for the sake of science? This was clearly science for the sake of survival though, this wasn't a bunch of eugenicists playing around to stroke their own egos, this was a civilization desperate to find a way to survive the changing conditions on their home planet
I have this idea for a short story where a human genetic engineering student from Coruscant University did an internship on Kamino and inadvertently helped them smooth out the volatile "kinks" when artificially replicating the human genome. This would eventually pave the way for them to have monumental success with the Fett clones...
Did you forget that they literally galloped out of the water on their flying water beast in the movie? I’m sure they could breathe underwater. They also look like anatomically they developed underwater. Being lightweight, streamline and large eyes for ocean viewing. Like the loch ness monster’s neck, a swimmer’s body and so on.
@@Te0L0ser He didn't choose anything. He wanted to take over the galaxy and the Republic held the most territories and power and also get rid of the Jedi Order. Creating the Confederacy was just an excuse to create the clone army and start a war.
From the design of their feet and slender body, I am very interested to see the speed at which they run and swim. Especially since they dedicated themselves to science and intellectual growth more than anything else.
Assuming they had their own economy without galactic trade, why would the kaminoans need or want foreign credits? It seems more probable once they found alien life they would create their own clone army to exterminate and dominate them. They mustve been impressed with Obi Wan and his use of the force. Its the only reason I can think of why they would help another species.
You know, this species raises a great question: is survival of a species really worth it if it means becoming this? And things like this is what makes science fiction such a fun way to tell stories.
When we first met the Kaminoans, I idly wondered how a humanoid species (i.e. built for walking rather than swimming) could evolve on a flooded world. This video answered that little question of mine, so THANK YOU.
Ice is less dense than water, meaning that there would have had to have been enormous glaciers covering the entire planet, for it to have become covered by water. Even then the water levels would be shallow at some places. So no sprawling grass planes for kamino.
You could have an undercrust ocean situation like I've seen theorized about earth. The water essentially breaks out adding to the surface ocean flooding the planet. Or maybe there is another layer of non-water liquid in the ocean that is denser than water and also denser in it's solid form than it's liquid form.
I find it interesting that the Kaminoans never fell prey to the societal destiny that ridged distopic cast societies have. As well as the eventual destiny of all slaves and their masters.
I would like to know more about Ithorians, they are kinda everywhere, and can only spek with translators, but other then that I know basically nothing and I can‘t be the only one
"Kaminoans with green eyes are euthanized." Five seconds later: fan art, Kaminoan scientist in full lab gear *drawn with brilliantly emerald green eyes.*
If they're so concerned about perfection what do they have such long necks? I can see a lot of problems popping up making then selves vulnerable in combat, not to mention how difficult it is to pump blood up to their heads
How do you know that they have blood to pump? Or that pumping is a way that they would circulate fluids through their body with? Or that their necks are long and yours isn't short?
One of my favorite species (based only on their appearance in the movies). Technically advanced, mysterious and ominous, when Obi-Wan visited them I expected something nefarious any moment.
Cast aside, as the Empire had literally thousands of worlds from which to glean billions of slaves, conscripts, enlistees and officers. Not to mention, after the destruction of the Trade Federation, they played fast-and-loose with their own laws against battle droids, mass-producing "security droids" like the KX series.
Awesome video I love the design of the Kamino species such a great design for an alien. And one of my favorite sequences in the entire Saga, episodes 1 through 6. What about doing the video on the geonosians if you haven't already done one?
Really good video! Indeed the Kaminoans should be seen as disturbing for a Star Wars race, even above the "Mafia is a way of life" Hutt empire or the Insect Genoshians. Too bad Lucas sold to Disney or we'd get the VONG on screen.... Those are "Pinhead meets the Borg".
I wasn’t that interested in Kaminoan lives but since this was recommended and you had that awesome callback to Battlefront (the originals), I stayed. Very interesting and well explained!
I mean, they were ruthless though? They hired a bounty hunter to capture Omega and planned to “dispose” of her when they were done extracting omegas DNA
Must have been a slow day for Geetsly, this video came out about 7 hours earlier than it usually does today. Of course, I'm not complaining these videos are always enjoyable even when talking about those pieces of Sith that were the Kaminoan.
Listening to the history and culture of the Kaminoans to some extent reminds me of the Tleilaxu from the Dune universe. Like the Kaminoans they were masters of genetic engineering, creating high quality meats for the nobles to dine on, 'Gholas' which are a kind of clone that possesses the memories of its template (that is also how they perpetuate their own existence, through gholas of themselves), 'Twisted' Mentats such as Piter de Vries and eventually they even managed to synthesize the Spice Melange, breaking the monopoly the planet Arrakis has on its production. Their work on genetics is at the core of their religious beliefs and they are all quite devout, and they view everyone else in the universe with a certain degree of contempt, even as they sell their creations to them.
With all the genetic engineering and cloning, I guess that precludes them from being force sensitive not to mention heading down the dead end of duplicative fading and extinction. Science Fiction wise, we've seen what the end result of an entire civilization of clones is. Re: The Asgard from Stargate SG-1. The Kamino are a dying people, have pity on them.
@@geetslys No, Texan. Which is why the idea of an ocean planet with constant storms is appealing to me lmao. Although Texas isn't landlocked I live in the middle of it and the ocean is at least a 6 hour drive away from where I live and we hardly get any storms here. That contrasts with my love of the ocean and storms.
I like that they clearly took inspiration from the Greys. Not just in looks, but in that the Greys are usually depicted as very interested in biology, creating hybrids and dissecting cattle, while supposedly being very cold and clinical about it.
Great video! The Kaminoans remind me of the Trisolarans (San-ti) from The Three Body Problem series & the Qu from The All Tomorrows series. The Trisolarans were forced to evolve in order to survive the turbulent & destructive nature of their unpredictable Three Body Star System & became ruthless conquerors in search of a new home. The Qu were merciless & horrific eugenicists that sought to spread their ideology & control across the universe, mutilating /completely altering the evolutionary path of millions of species throughout space during their reign.
I'm dying to know what kamino looks like underwater. One of the moodiest planets. One of the coolest. Whenever a storm is raging outside I play the part of the clone wars OST where Obi Wan goes to Kamino and imagine I'm there.
Whoever fleshed out Kaminoans had a really deep understanding of eugenics and the dynamics of Racism as a caste system. Damn. This could be a learning tool.
@@geetslys @Geetsly's Oh haha there's that way of reading it, I thought I wrote it funny. Should've typed "tall greys" (Just looked up grey is British spelling of gray). According to ufology some people like Credo Mutwa have seen tall versions of the men in black little greys. The thought is that the tall greys are either higher status or even the actual sentience behind the little greys, and that the little greys are remote controlled avatars. Also to note is that a lot of ufo abductee stories include being poked, prodded, examined, even experimented on by greys on a table in a lab/ER room-like setting in various intrusive manners and that they are likely the less compassionate of the alien races. Therefore the "lacking moral compass, apathetic, geneticist" connection with the Kaminoans. Just seeing your video just struck me that the Kaminoans are actually just like tall greys. I've always felt like there was a sinister something behind the Kaminoans I just couldn't put my finger on. Must be those distant, chilling eyes. Am just getting deeper into Star Wars lore thanks to RUclips channels like yours and have been wondering about the background of the Kaminoans ever since I saw the second movie. Great video, was always curious about them!
for master geneticists they sure missed the trick of giving themselves the ability to live in the seas
I was thinking the same thing
I get the feeling that gene alterations had limits as well.
Technology in the Star Wars universe is very bizarrely limited in many areas. Like for example, every civilization should have the technology to build a Dyson Swarm, yet not a single one has, even though it is such a logical thing to do and by far the easiest way of obtaining large amounts of energy. Any solar system with one could build multiple lasers as powerful as the Death Star, and it wouldn't even be a challenge with the amount of power obtained from a star.
They don't seem to use any artificial intelligence either, at least not usefully, and I'm not talking about creating sentience, I'm just talking about simple machine learning that could easily replace probably 99% of all jobs in the galaxy, instead they use their most advanced AIs in stupid robots that can barely do their job, I mean seriously, the CIS used battle droids as spaceship pilots, why the fuck do they even need physical droids piloting starships, using their badly built limbs to manipulate controls, when you could just stick a usb plug in the ship's computer and make it a billion times more capable than any human pilot, and this being with just simple machine learning, not even anything closely resembling sentience, like all droids seem to have. They used freaking people and droids to build the Death Star for decades, when they could've just built a single self replicating space probe with very simple AI, launched it into an asteroid belt, and have a few hundred Death Stars built during the same time.
And don't get me started on their medicine. How the hell is everyone still mortal? We're almost beginning to understand how to slow down aging with current technology, and soon we'll be able to stop it entirely, probably in 100 years at most, it's certainly a lot easier than making you grow gills to live in the ocean (which will also eventually be possible). Yet they can travel through the entire galaxy faster than light but can't save a pregnant woman because she "lost the will to live"? You just can't think of Star Wars as sci fi, it's just plain fantasy.
@@TheAsj97 With the CSI I doubt Palpatine would allow them to do anything deemed dangerous to his plans. Battle droids would eventually put the CSI in debt, making a Republic victory easier.
@@TheAsj97 it's science fantasy, not hard sci fi.
Kaminoans: We hate outsiders
Outsider: I have credits
Kaminoans: Deal!
lol
Lol
Iol
Iol
The negotiations were short
Kaminoans in a nutshell: Improvise, adapt, overcome, euthenize the imperfect.
Hitler-1939
Not exactly the most PG race.
You forgot the last bit: claim that the euthanasia was a mercy if asked.
I don't think they'd fit inside one with those long necks...
If they euthanized the imperfect, why do the Bad Batch exist? Intervention from the Republic?
Aren't Kaminoans able to see in ultraviolet? it's said that for them those cold, white buildings are quite colorful.
Yes they can and the clone armor to them.wasnt just white like what we would see
Ya they also made ultra violet designs onto the clones armor that they could see altough this turned out to be a bad idea come the battle of Umbara, because Umbarians can see ultra violet light and due to how dark it is on the planet these designs stood out
@@tactic34wot52 Damn I never knew about the umbarians, but that makes sense now because they were able to track and see the clones quite well
@@bigpoosock ya but thanks to fucking Disney the ultraviolet light on clone armor thing ain't "canon" no more
@@bigpoosock but I still say its Canon cause fuck Disney canon
“You know what our most vital trait is?”
“...long ass necks?”
“Long ass necks.”
It’s so they can tower over the competition asserting dominance.
so they can d3 3p thr0at eachother better lol
To maintain the high ground forever
'Kaminoans were capable of tying their own necks into a pretzel shape as a sign of respectful greeting. They could also use their necks as a weapon, wrapping them around another being like a boa constrictor to strangle or suffocate them.'
@@draum8103 now I'm imagining a Kaminoan with a wee little body, and a 50ft long neck
An in-depth look at the history and culture of the Hutts would be interesting.
I believe there was a video on that a while back
I think he did that already
Ik
@@magnustherad3291 bruh this is the wrong challen
I believe either this one or some other channel made one
I'd say they were showing and giving obi wan help is because he was already genetically perfect for a human. I mean look at him
exactly.
Well he is an Aryan isn't he?
@@michaelturnage3395 no he’s space Jesus
@@michaelturnage3395 oh my god just shut up
But they were not giving him help... This "help" came with a hefty price tag.
I always liked the monotone way that they talked. It makes freaky characters even freakier.
what do you mean
@@oof5020 just rewatch the scene where Obi Wan visits them. It's like they don't have any will to live lol
They have no emotions, that's why.
@@morbius8997 that's normal
Well, that explains biden pretty well...
"Are they friendly?"
"Oh, it depends."
"Depends on what, Dex?"
"On how good your manners are. On how big, your, uh, _pocketbook_ is. (Somewhat evil laugh)."
Kenobi and Dex.
Reminds me of the WEF approach to the remaining population... was thus an open? Lol
I think about this moment a lot
The annoying thing about the Caminoans is those manners mostly mean don't bring up any unpleasant subjects like the crimes they commit or how bad they are screwing you over. "Oh hi Master Jedi" *[thinking] don't bring up the chips don't bring up the chips*
In short: Neck surgery is expensive man
Thanos can donate some neck.
now you've got me thinking of those noisy rubber chicken toys but as kaminoans for some reason
Like a more clinical version of the Spartans; The strong go on, the weak are cast aside.
Space Spartans with long necks.
From halo
From halo or real life?
space marine one from100 in pass other become dead
greyknight only 1in 1000000 can pass teh trail
@@jh-ij4by spartans were greeks
When Guardians of the Galaxy first introduced the Sovereign, that race of golden-skinned, perfection-obsessed humanoids, the Kaminoans were the first others to come to my mind.
"golden-skinned, perfection-obsessed humanoids" sounds EXACTLY like the Altmer in the Elder Scrolls series. I wonder if there's a connection? Probably not, but yeah, Kaminoans were idiots obsessed with being perfect people
Just don't steal their batteries. They are really obsessive about those.
*edit their genes to perfection*
do not even think to give themselves the ability to breathe underwater XD
Look at this ocean, you wanna swim in this thing ?
@@Pigen_ That likely didnt happen overnight
@@lacucaracha111111 they developed more sophisticated methods of gene modifications in response to drastically changing climate
There's only so much oxygen in the water, and a body would need a lot more oxygen than normal water could provide if you wanted to keep going.
@@Thalanox How do fish and other creatues on the planet to it then?
I think being a Kaminoan was still better than being one of the first defective clones
Now imahine being a defective kaminoan.
@@rodrigomejia953 they would probably be thrown into a bio mass recycler
@@RestrictedHades actually they were genetically edited
Or any clone. Imagine being able to feel love but random people force you to risk your life for a system you can't be a part of
@@hassanalkhalaf1115 They were brainwashed since birth to be order following killing machines
So what you're telling me is that a native Kaminoan would have a harder time surviving on Kamino than Admiral Akbar, or Kit Fisto would? That's quite the twist....
Legends say that Darth Jar Jar is hiding there, planning his return to power
Hell, Jar Jar would've had an easier time living there then they did
I like that both replies were jar jar posts lol
does Akbar breathe water?
@@jestawell Yes, his species the Mon Calamari are amphibious.
Kinda sad when you realized Yarael Poof was cut out because of the Kaminoan design being too similar to him.
@DEEPFOXJUDE A Jedi master
@@alisterfolson he was the one that Jango respected/didn't hate, right?
@@nicholasfarrell5981 "Possibly" - Jango Fett
Nah, he went to get pizza. Right?
Right?
He wasnt cut tho
'Perfectionists' that never bothered to actually adapt to their planet, limited their improvement to only the realms of biology despite being in a galaxy with fantastic machine technology. Sure, if you want perfection, sure, you improve your genes, but why would you stop there? Biology can only do so much. There are other branches of science and engineering that far surpass the limits of biology to explore.
They don't sound like perfectionists at all, rather than just people who use the ideas of 'purity' and 'perfection' to justify imposing a cruel despotic heirachy.
Right. Had they been smart, they'd have forced amphibious evolutions on themselves and longer lifespans for all. That way they could life and adapt much better. Or maybe do something to a few that would enable them to adapt to any planet or situation like the vorcha of mass effect.
Space Nazis with some really shitty yet high intelligence at the same time, just cheaply or quickly written and not fully thought out honestly.
They only became perfectionist after the great flood
@@r32guy85 All the more important to make themselves biologically amphibious, yet they're stuck up enough to cling to bloody aesthetics instead of practicality.
Given that perfection doesn't actually exist, perfectionism is largely just what you deem to be 'perfection'. With that said, perfectionists almost always get themselves obsessively stuck to one or several areas, to the utter refusal of considering any options available, so i would say that the Kaminoans are indeed perfectionists, albeit not so much in a practical manner. In a bid to preserve the FORM of their culture & civilization, they've pretty much effectively killed the SPIRIT of it all.
Fans: The Empire are Space Nazis
Lucas: The Empire are Space Nazis
Canon: The Kaminoans literally practice eugenics
If the Empire are the Space Nazis then the Kaminoans are the Space SS
The Republic is the Weimar Republic, Palpatine is Hitler plotting to seize power, Mas Amedda is Herr Goebbels, the empire is Nazi Germany, the Kaminoans are the Nazis tasked with carrying out the final solution (which in this case is breeding genetically pure master race clones to cleanse the galaxy of all undesirables)
@@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820 ????
@Billis Lopez pretty accurate I have to say
The Empire displays the traits of the Third Reich best, while the Kaminoans embody the ideology of being the perfect race and whatnot.
The Empire has a Führer, who is obviously a dictator.
They shun Non Human creatures.
Probably have work camps (wouldn't put it past them)
And share many traits with Nazi Germany.
Its not like the Germans were the only people who believed themselves to be the superior race in world history.
But also, Star Wars was created first, including any Nazi parallels, the Lore and other worlds and stuff all came later.
When I was little, I thought the Kaminoans were so beautiful and I wanted to be one.
This video has very much squashed that dream.
its not because your a different species?
or they were cgi?
@@justsayingguy I knew they weren't real even when I was a kid. In the same way that it's fun to imagine oneself turning into a mermaid, or traveling back in time, I thought it would be fun to be a Kaminoan if I was in the Star Wars universe.
Your comment is very strange.
@@ASaltyGhost i mean... when you realise when you grow up... i not taoking when you are a kid...
me too i want to become ultraman when i was small...
come on... you know when you were little... thats kinda sad... u dont have much imagination do you?
@@justsayingguy I don't follow what you're saying, my apologies.
Is there a way you could maybe rephrase? I'm not entirely sure of the aim for you criticizing me thinking it would be fun to be a Kaminoan when I was little.
@@ASaltyGhost i mean... we all do want to be something from a tv show or a movie when we was a kid...
when we grow up we realise that not how the world works
movie: "oh hey just dudes making clones"
lore: SPACE EUGENISTS
Anything involving cloning/breeding is eugenics, how did no one see that? Lol
Oh I remember the Kaminoans dancing the Nahra in a secret area in LEGO Star Wars
lego star was is a gem. Honestly prefer "the video game" over the Complete saga
I'm very interested in Trandoshans ever since a saw them in Star Wars the Clone Wars cartoon. How their rivalry with wookies started ? Bossk ate his siblings and his father was proud of him for that. Later Bossk killed and ate him too. While Garnac loved his son and when Ahsoka killed him, he went crazy because of it. So which one is the norm ? Was Bossk's father a psycho or was Garnac unusually loving for a Trandoshan ?
Trandoshans have a pretty strong Hunter-Predator type society...
@@CollinMcLean Doesn't explain it
@@loserinasuit7880 I'm saying they're weird...
Not sure if this answers your question but the Trandoshan society was based on hunting skills & achievements, let's say Garnac's son killed 2 wookiees in hunt. He would gain his father's respect & rise through the ranks I guess. If he failed & was weak, his father would consider him a weakling & ultimately care for him less
@@morbius8997 My point exactly. Garnac's son haven't killed anything yet. Ahsoka was supposed to be his first kill. He died with no points ( Trandoshans believe in gaining points for kills ), if Garnac was like Bossk's father he would probably just move on.
The Kaminoans should know they will never make the perfect genes. Perfection only exists in the context of the environment, which they know changes drastically
I mean, you'd think they'd have just engineered themselves with gills or something.
@@mrmorshu7376 it may have been complicated to add new features I guess.
What if you consider the *known universe* your environment? I see your thunk and I raise you a think!
If you wanna be perfect then just be obi wan
Bullshit Dr Ortmeier manage to created impeccable human like 47.
As an old Red panda in a triangle hat said once: They are Space Dutch, that is why clones are new zelanders, it’s bc they are old zelanders
yooo it makes perfect sense. the actor of Jango Fett is actually from New Zealand
Mind blown
Killian is wise beyond his panda years
Kaminoans: We don't serve your kind here human.
Dooku: Shut up and make me clones.
Kaminoans: Ok!
He had a big pocket check
But clearly the biggest question here is, if you punch them in the head, does it bounce back up like one of those balloons
Nice video! To me, the Kaminoans illustrate what science for the sake of science without moral guidance can lead... A species of biological robots. Narrowminded and too limited to be able to recognize the flaws in themselves. It may take long but this usually does not end well.
Science for the sake of science? This was clearly science for the sake of survival though, this wasn't a bunch of eugenicists playing around to stroke their own egos, this was a civilization desperate to find a way to survive the changing conditions on their home planet
I always thought the Kaminoans were the coolest looking species when I was a kid, and now I know they think so too
I have this idea for a short story where a human genetic engineering student from Coruscant University did an internship on Kamino and inadvertently helped them smooth out the volatile "kinks" when artificially replicating the human genome. This would eventually pave the way for them to have monumental success with the Fett clones...
Write it
I always wondered: Why didn't they adapt to breath underwater?
They were narcissists that believed themselves to be the pinnacle of evolution. Pride, likely.
They would suffocate, there's not enough oxygen in the water for beings like them
@@nobleman9393 There's enough for animals literally hundreds of times their size?
@@geetslys so why did they edit their genes
@@RedPillCosby-012 They found out what they couldn't do...
Did you forget that they literally galloped out of the water on their flying water beast in the movie? I’m sure they could breathe underwater. They also look like anatomically they developed underwater. Being lightweight, streamline and large eyes for ocean viewing. Like the loch ness monster’s neck, a swimmer’s body and so on.
*EUGENICS THE RACE* or *RACE OF EUGENICS* sounds like a sick album or a metal group
"The CIS would have steam rolled the Republic" Palpatine literally created both the clone and droid armies.
And he chose which one had to win
@@Te0L0ser He didn't choose anything. He wanted to take over the galaxy and the Republic held the most territories and power and also get rid of the Jedi Order. Creating the Confederacy was just an excuse to create the clone army and start a war.
Who knows, maybe it was a meant to happen, the CIS causing war, Palpatine could have just manipulated the situation more so
From the design of their feet and slender body, I am very interested to see the speed at which they run and swim. Especially since they dedicated themselves to science and intellectual growth more than anything else.
You should do one on Rodians. They're pretty common throught the galaxy but there's not alot of content about them.
"cause ive been laughing an clonin so long that even the imperials think that my mind is gone"
🤣🤣🤣 you win the comment section.
Ahh a human of culture
but if I finish all of my clones and you finish thine
We're gonna battle like it's 1699
*Galactic Coolio joins the chat with the galactic-wide hit song "Kaminoan Paradise"*
As a Korean, Kaminoans society kinda reminds me of the Korean society.
most cultures in fiction are based on real cultures
Oppan Kaminoan style
You mean they are similar to North Korea?
Plastic surgery?
@@Dziki_z_Lasu iv never wanted to end my life more than now
Man I’d hate to be a kaminoan
same bro
I agree John Adams, founding father and the 2nd president of the United States
The weather on Kamino suckeddddddd.
@@geetslys exactly
@@geetslys Recent forecast show repeats of constant precipitation from the last cycles, in other words eternal rain
Assuming they had their own economy without galactic trade, why would the kaminoans need or want foreign credits?
It seems more probable once they found alien life they would create their own clone army to exterminate and dominate them.
They mustve been impressed with Obi Wan and his use of the force. Its the only reason I can think of why they would help another species.
Well, in a universe where there are lightsabers, having a four foot long neck doesn't sound like a great situation.
Ngl this would be a fun stellaris run.
I’m already doing a sith empire so ay it’s another thing on the list
Xenophobe, Authoritarian, Materialist?
@@Everial That's what I did. Took over a small amount of systems and stayed isolationist for most of the game.
@@Everial sounds a lot like a Imperial game
You know, this species raises a great question: is survival of a species really worth it if it means becoming this? And things like this is what makes science fiction such a fun way to tell stories.
When we first met the Kaminoans, I idly wondered how a humanoid species (i.e. built for walking rather than swimming) could evolve on a flooded world. This video answered that little question of mine, so THANK YOU.
Ice is less dense than water, meaning that there would have had to have been enormous glaciers covering the entire planet, for it to have become covered by water. Even then the water levels would be shallow at some places. So no sprawling grass planes for kamino.
You could have an undercrust ocean situation like I've seen theorized about earth. The water essentially breaks out adding to the surface ocean flooding the planet.
Or maybe there is another layer of non-water liquid in the ocean that is denser than water and also denser in it's solid form than it's liquid form.
Ice, being solid and all, can exist above sea level.
All you'd need would be less volcanism and plate techtonics. Much smoother planet, much less land above sea-level.
I find it interesting that the Kaminoans never fell prey to the societal destiny that ridged distopic cast societies have. As well as the eventual destiny of all slaves and their masters.
I wonder what they thought about kenobi then ,just look at him he is space Jesus he is the pinnacle of perfection
Yes, you are right
I would like to know more about Ithorians, they are kinda everywhere, and can only spek with translators, but other then that I know basically nothing and I can‘t be the only one
Ah yes, the other star wars species with long ass necks
"Kaminoans with green eyes are euthanized."
Five seconds later: fan art, Kaminoan scientist in full lab gear *drawn with brilliantly emerald green eyes.*
Woah good video, none of that recycled or repetitive things a lot of Star Wars story channels do (and this channel has a lot of too)
"No matter how many times I wash it, it still smells like fish!"...a common Kaminoan lament.
And yet they where basically out done, and defeated by what they consider "imperfect" races.
It must of been a heavy blow to their ego.
If they're so concerned about perfection what do they have such long necks? I can see a lot of problems popping up making then selves vulnerable in combat, not to mention how difficult it is to pump blood up to their heads
Gotta be taller to assert dominance
@@geetslys "my tallest!"
@@Pariahmary invader Zim reference
@@geetslys their heads have the high ground
How do you know that they have blood to pump?
Or that pumping is a way that they would circulate fluids through their body with?
Or that their necks are long and yours isn't short?
Perfection is right, the Kaminoan people look like super Greys, and the women are beautiful in an ET intriguing way.
Humanity: You guys get so much shit, why is that?
Kaminoans: Too much water. 7.8/10
Starwars meets pokemon. Nice.
One of my favorite species (based only on their appearance in the movies). Technically advanced, mysterious and ominous, when Obi-Wan visited them I expected something nefarious any moment.
"They made their own life hellish with their perfectionism" ah yes the classic downfall of all, hubris.
What I want to know is what happened to the Kamenoins after the Clone Wars?
Hopefully we learn more in The Bad Batch!
They made a deal with the devil and he came to collect.
Cast aside, as the Empire had literally thousands of worlds from which to glean billions of slaves, conscripts, enlistees and officers. Not to mention, after the destruction of the Trade Federation, they played fast-and-loose with their own laws against battle droids, mass-producing "security droids" like the KX series.
*"Hello There!"*
General Kenobi
general kenobi
you’re a bold one
General Kenobi
Awesome video I love the design of the Kamino species such a great design for an alien. And one of my favorite sequences in the entire Saga, episodes 1 through 6. What about doing the video on the geonosians if you haven't already done one?
You're in luck! ruclips.net/video/Owwfj1h5xhU/видео.html
@@geetslys thx
Kaminoans and Hondo would be best friends always smelling profits...
Really good video! Indeed the Kaminoans should be seen as disturbing for a Star Wars race, even above the "Mafia is a way of life" Hutt empire or the Insect Genoshians. Too bad Lucas sold to Disney or we'd get the VONG on screen.... Those are "Pinhead meets the Borg".
Where did the information for this video come from?
Comic book, novel?
It’s astonishingly sophisticated!
"Nothings free in Water-World."
Me with ADHD and a perfectionist mentality: I’m a walking conundrum
Kaminoian: WHAT ARE YOU?
Kaminoan (after doing genetic studies on ADHD): Well, you shall be euthanized then!
(Disclaimer: I also got ADHD too!) 🤣🤣🤣
@@mrconfusion87 😂
The Yuuzhan Vong would've hated the Kaminoans, creating living beings in machines.
Surprised the Yuuzhan did not try laying waste to Kamino yet! 🤣
Of course. How else would you know if you're superior or inferior to someone? Someone has to do the icky jobs. :(
I wasn’t that interested in Kaminoan lives but since this was recommended and you had that awesome callback to Battlefront (the originals), I stayed. Very interesting and well explained!
"They're ruthless towards their creations"
Omega: Am I a joke to you
That was an exception. And an individual situation.
I mean, they were ruthless though? They hired a bounty hunter to capture Omega and planned to “dispose” of her when they were done extracting omegas DNA
Must have been a slow day for Geetsly, this video came out about 7 hours earlier than it usually does today. Of course, I'm not complaining these videos are always enjoyable even when talking about those pieces of Sith that were the Kaminoan.
Imagine if the Kaminoans found out about the idea of Wagyu beef
Listening to the history and culture of the Kaminoans to some extent reminds me of the Tleilaxu from the Dune universe. Like the Kaminoans they were masters of genetic engineering, creating high quality meats for the nobles to dine on, 'Gholas' which are a kind of clone that possesses the memories of its template (that is also how they perpetuate their own existence, through gholas of themselves), 'Twisted' Mentats such as Piter de Vries and eventually they even managed to synthesize the Spice Melange, breaking the monopoly the planet Arrakis has on its production.
Their work on genetics is at the core of their religious beliefs and they are all quite devout, and they view everyone else in the universe with a certain degree of contempt, even as they sell their creations to them.
Star Wars has many parallels or inspirations from Dune
Kamino sounds like "Caminó" which means road/path in spanish
And they were the road to the collapse of the republic. I think it was deliberate.
El Camino....
And thats my friends is why Empire is the good guys wiping all these revolting xenos for sake of Mankind first and foremost. For the Emprah!
They have an elegant look imo. They are working it!
With all the genetic engineering and cloning, I guess that precludes them from being force sensitive not to mention heading down the dead end of duplicative fading and extinction. Science Fiction wise, we've seen what the end result of an entire civilization of clones is. Re: The Asgard from Stargate SG-1. The Kamino are a dying people, have pity on them.
That’s my favorite planet in Star Wars. Completely covered in ocean and constant storms
Cool! Are you British?
@@geetslys No, Texan. Which is why the idea of an ocean planet with constant storms is appealing to me lmao. Although Texas isn't landlocked I live in the middle of it and the ocean is at least a 6 hour drive away from where I live and we hardly get any storms here. That contrasts with my love of the ocean and storms.
The history and culture of the Verpine would be cool, they have impressive technology.
Rip fives
Rip Echo too, he's basically a zombie.
@@geetslys yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like that they clearly took inspiration from the Greys. Not just in looks, but in that the Greys are usually depicted as very interested in biology, creating hybrids and dissecting cattle, while supposedly being very cold and clinical about it.
I love how they move, so calm. :P
Such an in-depth back story for a species that created clones that were far from perfect
RUclips: Why it absolutely sucks to be a Kaminoan.
Kaminoan: Unhhgghh! This godamn f*cking door!!!!! I can't get through...
underrated
@@david-bd8op I know, right? It's been months now and I haven't even reached 20 likes.
When I first looked at Kaminoans I thought: Dang someone who invented those had no idea about anatomy.
I mean look at their legs 9:47 I doubt they can hold that weight. Even human feet can barely hold our not so big head
You may think of this as sacrifice, but in the end you will now be children of Thanos
So much allegory in the whole series that people either don't see, or refuse to see lol.
Planet name: Ka MEE no
Species name: kam ma NO wins
Bruh
Kamino - Kaminoans.... It's not that hard to understand my guy
Great video! The Kaminoans remind me of the Trisolarans (San-ti) from
The Three Body Problem series & the Qu from The All Tomorrows series. The Trisolarans were forced to evolve in order to survive the turbulent & destructive nature of their unpredictable Three Body Star System & became ruthless conquerors in search of a new home. The Qu were merciless & horrific eugenicists that sought to spread their ideology & control across the universe, mutilating /completely altering the evolutionary path of millions of species throughout space during their reign.
Rain rain it pours everday
Forever inside our kids must play
Always under a dark foreboding sky
Never to see the sun once before we die
I'm dying to know what kamino looks like underwater. One of the moodiest planets. One of the coolest. Whenever a storm is raging outside I play the part of the clone wars OST where Obi Wan goes to Kamino and imagine I'm there.
Its the Star Wars version of Atlantis. An amazing technology advanced city buried under the sea.
@@Lawrence_Talbot Where do we see this?
@@tatooinenative860 I was just drawing a comparison. A lost city under the sea we shall never see
@@Lawrence_Talbot I see. I must have figured that If i didn't know it by now then it wasn't a thing. Thx
Surprised they didn't just add an order to turn on anyone other than Kamino. Literally could've had their own empire.
I wonder if the kaminoans are gonna start a space reich later in the star wars timeline.
“Kaminoans are like the Hasidic Jews of Star Wars.” -Gina Carano
Hahahaha
I thought they were Japanese
you would think U-boats and Wind turbines should have become their specialty... That long neck, perfect replacement for a periscope.
And perfect target for a sniper
They're soooo a cool definitely the coldest aquatic species in the galaxy
Whoever fleshed out Kaminoans had a really deep understanding of eugenics and the dynamics of Racism as a caste system. Damn. This could be a learning tool.
I’m surprised Darth Vader him self clone or a clone of him as Anakin. That would be for a great movie or spinoff series about him...
The way they moved looked so cool. Totally smooth and efficient movement.
Look like a giant cuticle people use on their ears
Geetslys you should do a video comparing every canon/legends sith skill level in combat as well as force!! That would be very interesting 😌
When you realize a Kaminoan is just tall gray alien (also lacking moral compass, apathetic, and geneticists)
Uh, I mean what else what they be other than tall and gray aliens?
@@geetslys @Geetsly's Oh haha there's that way of reading it, I thought I wrote it funny. Should've typed "tall greys" (Just looked up grey is British spelling of gray). According to ufology some people like Credo Mutwa have seen tall versions of the men in black little greys. The thought is that the tall greys are either higher status or even the actual sentience behind the little greys, and that the little greys are remote controlled avatars. Also to note is that a lot of ufo abductee stories include being poked, prodded, examined, even experimented on by greys on a table in a lab/ER room-like setting in various intrusive manners and that they are likely the less compassionate of the alien races. Therefore the "lacking moral compass, apathetic, geneticist" connection with the Kaminoans. Just seeing your video just struck me that the Kaminoans are actually just like tall greys. I've always felt like there was a sinister something behind the Kaminoans I just couldn't put my finger on. Must be those distant, chilling eyes. Am just getting deeper into Star Wars lore thanks to RUclips channels like yours and have been wondering about the background of the Kaminoans ever since I saw the second movie. Great video, was always curious about them!
kaminoans: this is the ideal organic body. you may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like
Kamino sounds so dark in the Star wars universe
when dealing with Kaminoans rememember Dex's tip In Attack of the clones, Have good manners and a big pocket book. All you need to know.