Vader sent Boba to hunt down the pilot that destroyed the death star. This led Boba to Tatooine
Fucking how?
How the hell would he have figured out which pilot destroyed the Death Star (especially well after the fact)? How would he identify that pilot as Luke? How would he trace Luke back to Tatooine?
Maybe it started with Vader trying to find the pilot of that hunk of junk that not only spent a few hours in the hangar of the Death Star, but also later came back and shot him and gave the X-wing (with the pilot that he felt was strong in the Force) an assist? Vader figured that the ship was a smuggling ship and that maybe Boba might know something about it. Yada yada, he learns that a kid named Skywalker was picked up on Tattooine by that same ship. I mean, there was that Elephant faced dude working as an Imperial informant on Mos Eisley that sent Stormtroopers after the droids being smuggled onto that very same ship…
I mean, they had a whole award ceremony for them at the end of the movie, so a lot of people were aware of who destroyed the death star. Seems kinda likely that the information could be found out.
All spaceships have transponders that identify them, are vital for fleet/spaceport navigation, and are illegal/difficult to modify or remove; which the rebels did not routinely do.
It makes sense a vehicle make and model would be enough for one of the galaxies best bounty hunters to go off of.
All spaceships have transponders that identify them, are vital for fleet/spaceport navigation, and are illegal/difficult to modify or remove; which the rebels did not routinely do.
Okay, first of all, this is absolutely bonkers for military spacecraft. For a fighter – a spacecraft designed for combat – such a system should be easy to disable with just a switch in the cockpit. To have a transponder that automatically identifies you even to enemies is a huge disadvantage for no reason. Absolutely ruins any pretense of stealth/surprise, could easily be used to augment enemy target tracking…
I don’t quite buy it being difficult to remove, either.
But especially being illegal to remove really shouldn’t be much of an issue for an active rebellion. Removing a spaceship transponder is the very least of the illegal things they’ve been doing.
It makes sense a vehicle make and model would be enough for one of the galaxies best bounty hunters to go off of.
No it doesn’t, not at all! There were dozens of X-Wings involved in the assault on the Death Star. And there were probably hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of X-Wings all over the galaxy. To track one particular one – and its particular pilot – down, you’re going to need a lot more than just the spaceship model.
Also take into consideration, the entire rebellion at this point is taking pains to remain hidden and difficult to find, and they’re not going to take kindly to bounty hunters working on Imperial contracts.
But supposing that Boba Fett is just somehow that magically good at finding people … in that case, the Empire wasted a lot of time and resources trying to track down rebel bases when they could have just asked Boba Fett to find them. If he can track down a single particular rebel pilot based on extremely sparse information, finding an entire rebel base should be no problem at all.
Even in actual militaries there are transponders and IFF systems. Transponders are turned off during combat, but the IFF systems are not, to enable identification for other friendly military aircraft.
If something similar exists in the Star Wars universe, then those IFF systems could be hacked/infiltrated by the enemy or by a particularly skilled bounty bunter.
Fucking how?
How the hell would he have figured out which pilot destroyed the Death Star (especially well after the fact)? How would he identify that pilot as Luke? How would he trace Luke back to Tatooine?
Maybe it started with Vader trying to find the pilot of that hunk of junk that not only spent a few hours in the hangar of the Death Star, but also later came back and shot him and gave the X-wing (with the pilot that he felt was strong in the Force) an assist? Vader figured that the ship was a smuggling ship and that maybe Boba might know something about it. Yada yada, he learns that a kid named Skywalker was picked up on Tattooine by that same ship. I mean, there was that Elephant faced dude working as an Imperial informant on Mos Eisley that sent Stormtroopers after the droids being smuggled onto that very same ship…
I mean, they had a whole award ceremony for them at the end of the movie, so a lot of people were aware of who destroyed the death star. Seems kinda likely that the information could be found out.
Maybe someone in the Rebellion had loose lips.
Vader saw lukes xfighter.
From Wookiepedia:
All spaceships have transponders that identify them, are vital for fleet/spaceport navigation, and are illegal/difficult to modify or remove; which the rebels did not routinely do.
It makes sense a vehicle make and model would be enough for one of the galaxies best bounty hunters to go off of.
Okay, first of all, this is absolutely bonkers for military spacecraft. For a fighter – a spacecraft designed for combat – such a system should be easy to disable with just a switch in the cockpit. To have a transponder that automatically identifies you even to enemies is a huge disadvantage for no reason. Absolutely ruins any pretense of stealth/surprise, could easily be used to augment enemy target tracking…
I don’t quite buy it being difficult to remove, either.
But especially being illegal to remove really shouldn’t be much of an issue for an active rebellion. Removing a spaceship transponder is the very least of the illegal things they’ve been doing.
No it doesn’t, not at all! There were dozens of X-Wings involved in the assault on the Death Star. And there were probably hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of X-Wings all over the galaxy. To track one particular one – and its particular pilot – down, you’re going to need a lot more than just the spaceship model.
Also take into consideration, the entire rebellion at this point is taking pains to remain hidden and difficult to find, and they’re not going to take kindly to bounty hunters working on Imperial contracts.
But supposing that Boba Fett is just somehow that magically good at finding people … in that case, the Empire wasted a lot of time and resources trying to track down rebel bases when they could have just asked Boba Fett to find them. If he can track down a single particular rebel pilot based on extremely sparse information, finding an entire rebel base should be no problem at all.
Nobody said star wars didn’t have plot holes lol
IMO the mitigating factor is the size of the Galaxy with regards to finding the rebels.
Luke wasn’t trying to hide when he went to Tatooine AFAIK.
But ya the transponders thing is hella silly
Even in actual militaries there are transponders and IFF systems. Transponders are turned off during combat, but the IFF systems are not, to enable identification for other friendly military aircraft. If something similar exists in the Star Wars universe, then those IFF systems could be hacked/infiltrated by the enemy or by a particularly skilled bounty bunter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identification_friend_or_foe