With help from an old friend on Coruscant, Obi-Wan Kenobi is firmly on the trail of the assassins after Padme Amidala. Newly arrived on the mysterious and archives-hidden water world of Kamino, he meets the local ruler Lama Su and is shocked to discover that the alien cloners had ten years earlier been paid by the Republic to create an immense army for their needs - an order that was never instigated. Further shocks come with the reveal that a now deceased Jedi, Sifo-Dyas, was a key initiate for the order!
As Obi-Wan sees the impressive army in all its various of stages and training, he is then taken to meet the man whose body pattern was uniquely chosen as their clone primer: a seasoned bounty hunter named Jango Fett...
“Natalie and Hayden got to go to Italy and Tunisia. I got to be the only one in
bluescreen and being poured on by rain for most of the time.”
Ewan McGregor - Empire magazine - June 2002
“I just did lots of blue screen stuff in the pissing rain. I wonder if George has
got it in for me somehow.”
Ewan McGregor - Premiere magazine - June 2002
Undoubtedly, the Kamino-based sequence of the film was one of
Attack of the Clones highlights, whose mystery, epic scope and storytelling legacy would greatly, and successfully, influence the future of the saga in the realms of
Star Wars television, from
The Clone Wars animated series to
The Bad Batch, and even aspects of
The Mandalorian and
The Book of Boba Fett.
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| Drenched in rain, Obi-Wan arrives drenched at Tipocca City. |
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| Obi-Wan is met by the friendly Taun We (voiced by Rena Owen). |
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Close-up image of Taun We and the superb digital detailing.
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“Studying these slow and graceful movements (of Audrey Hepburn in the movie My Fair Lady) gave me a starting point for how to give the Kaminoans their smooth and graceful way of regally gliding from one place to the other.”
CGI animator Kevin Martel on the development of the Kaminoans - Star Wars Insider Issue 66 - 2003
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| Discovering news of 'the army' of clones being created by the Kaminoans. |
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| From birth to training, the inspection of the army begins. |
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| The young Clones learn everything needed for warfare. |
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| The adult clones gather in the mess area. |
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| The 'magnificent' clone army revealed. |
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| A concerned Obi-Wan surveys the army. The image of McGregor was flipped in post production for unknown reasons in the final film. |
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| As McGregor originally filmed the scene at the FOX Studios, Australia in 2000. |
Some behind the scenes imagery linked to the Kamino plotline...
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| Production painting of Tipocca City by Doug Chiang, a city firmly built from materials that can long-term withstand the corrosive weathers affecting it. |
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| Tipocca city design by Ed Natividad. |
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| Another great piece of establishing conceptual art. |
“George (Lucas) wanted the first half of the
movie to look ‘blue’ and the
second half to look ‘red’.
Coruscant (at night) and Kamino
were the blue planets, Tatooine
was a neutral warm, and Geonosis
was always going to be red.”
Artist Ryan Church on the 'look' of Episode II - Star Wars Insider Issue 96 - 2003
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| Adam Savage and the ILM model shop delivers more highly detailed, stunning work. |
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| Preparing to film the model interior of Lama Su's meeting area at ILM. |
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| A very Close Encounters-ish design rendering for the Kaminoans by Doug Chiang. |
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| Dermot Power's concept work. |
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