The Mandalorian (Star Wars Live Action Series)
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Yeah, the tracking logistics is still the one thing about this show that I think they need to explain so that it doesn't completely contradict plot logic in the OT. If everyone with a bounty on their head is marked for targeting with a tracking fob, then Han Solo would be one such marked individual. According to what we've seen in Mando, Han should've been far easier to track with all of the resources available to the Empire.
But the biggest problem is *how* the targets would be marked. Not just the baby Yoda, but Fennec Shand in Chapter 5 and all of the other targets in Chapter 1; how are they getting tagged in the first place? If it's as simple as some kind kind of DNA/genetic coding thing, that's gonna be a HUGE problem for OT plot logic. If it's an implanted device of some kind, then it seems like bull**** that every one of these targets in the show could be tagged with something and never realize it.
A lot of the larger SW story has to do with being kept hidden. Whether it's the Rebels from the Empire, the surviving Jedi from Vader (including Obi-Wan and Yoda), or Luke in the ST . . . it's really important that the Mando tracking logic not create a wtf conflict with such a major plot point that runs throughout the whole saga. Tracking people across the galaxy seems way too easy in this show so far, and it's supposed to be connected to the same continuity as the movies.
Wouldn't it be better to have Boba as his antagonist, instead of actually being Mando? We've seen that Mando has a heart of gold; that's not exactly what I associate with OT Boba.
It would be great if they make it so that Jango and Boba from the PT merely stole Mandalorian armor, and then someone else (a real Mandalorian) stole the armor and Slave I from that teenage Boba and just assumed his identity into the OT. I don't think anything could make me love this show more than that.
Technically the tracking fobs don't need to connect with the OT since Mando is set five years after. They can just say that it's brand new tech. It does cause issues with everything set *after* Mando though, namely the ST...
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We only do old and been there.
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Calling it new tech would indeed solve the OT problem, but if this show starts delving into First Order origins and other ST stuff in later seasons, it's still a logic problem for the larger saga.
But again, I think that *how* these people are tagged for tracking is the key thing. Not every target with a bounty on his/her head would stay in the same place; so these tracking fobs are following a tag on the actual moving target.
When Toro smashed his tracking fob and told Mando that he had the location memorized, my immediate thought was "and what if she, y'know . . . moves?"
The tracking fob would be able to track a moving target, otherwise it'd be virtually useless. In fact, the baby being tracked proves that's how it works. So, how are these people/beings tagged for tracking in the first place? The answer will have major implications for SW one way or another.
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When Toro smashed his tracking fob and told Mando that he had the location memorized, my immediate thought was "and what if she, y'know . . . moves?"
I thought the same when I first watched the scene of him smashing the fob. On my second watch through I noticed he was talking about referencing positional data and realizing where she was hiding. The fob was definitely helpful, but I don't think he trusted Mando and thought if it was around still Mando might have an excuse to kill Toro.
As far as how they're tracking I'm guessing they're probably injected with the tag or something. Especially in the case, of people out on bail it's not hard to imagine them agreeing to it as a condition.
Yeah if she moved then Toro would have been as much in the dark as Mando but I figured he just decided that it was a risk worth taking.
As for how a fob can track a specific person I'm guessing that most quarries would be escaped criminals or bail jumpers which we can assume received implants during their incarcerations. Baby Yoda himself might have been a prisoner of the Empire that someone at some point helped escape (how would Herzog even know he existed otherwise.)
It'd definitely be nice to get some clarification at some point especially since it could easily lead to an interesting side quest of Mando trying to find a way to get Baby Yoda's implant removed.
I do agree that the thought of these little trackers having some sort of Godlike omnipresence so that all you have to do is turn one on and ask it to locate anyone in the entire galaxy is definitely ridiculous so hopefully they've thought things through a little better than that.
As for how a fob can track a specific person I'm guessing that most quarries would be escaped criminals or bail jumpers which we can assume received implants during their incarcerations. Baby Yoda himself might have been a prisoner of the Empire that someone at some point helped escape (how would Herzog even know he existed otherwise.)
It'd definitely be nice to get some clarification at some point especially since it could easily lead to an interesting side quest of Mando trying to find a way to get Baby Yoda's implant removed.
I do agree that the thought of these little trackers having some sort of Godlike omnipresence so that all you have to do is turn one on and ask it to locate anyone in the entire galaxy is definitely ridiculous so hopefully they've thought things through a little better than that.
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This is my biggest problem with the show as of now. Unless it's somehow eventually explained, it seems like total nonsense. Like anybody can be tracked anywhere? How?
fobs = Full of BS
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Finn just keeps getting stupider and stupider, lol.
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If that's how the tracking fobs work, then a bounty hunter like Mando would already know that baby Yoda wouldn't be safe until the implanted tag was removed. That's a problem for me, and becomes a bigger one with each new attempt he makes to settle down somewhere.
Mando had chosen to leave the baby on the Seven Samurai planet with all of those other kids (possibly putting them in danger too). I thought it was questionable enough that he'd leave the kid in a village that had already been raided before, so I'd prefer not compounding that by having him remove an implant only after multiple attempts to find safe refuge.
If the tracking fobs work with implanted tags, there needs to be a reason why they can't be removed. Maybe something like Lil' Ani's slave chip where "BOOM! They blow you up" if it gets removed.
I'm still pretty convinced that there will be an explanation for the tracking fobs, and that it'll be revealed when we find out how baby Yoda was tagged (and why). Otherwise, yeah, it's a hackneyed plot convenience that wasn't well thought out and potentially messes up too much other stuff.
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Best guess big brother super-computer modelling. Any computer model is more accurate the more data u can feed into the model. It receives, interpolates data. Probably also can communicate with each other. (Like those d*mn pop-up ads based on data mining shopping habits.
)Being able to sense biologics is just like another app. But all at bar received info to go after Mando at once. Lots of recent available data - he's right there.
If Mando is in space, harder. Model would have to predict where he might go, stop, receive info of any recent sightings, etc. But there's data - they know his ship, his look, dealing with baby etc. Predictions based on calculations done in nanoseconds. It's probably also receiving data as anyone tracking gets closer or farther away, recalculating with new variables like a GPS. All controlled from a central uber-computer someplace. Mandalorians staying underground = less data. Secrecy is survival in a high tech world.
But there's stuff that messes up predictions like accidents etc. It's one galaxy tho; Outer Rim; so Mando's not gonna go anywhere his ship can't deal with, is hostile planet, possibly overpopulated where he would stick out etc. Becomes cat and mouse game. Favreau's got the IM backround so makes sense high tech would be a thing of his. Middle of nowhere, no-one was supposed to find him, but tech did. E.g. hunter got lucky until Cara Dune
(model didn't predict her. Also harder to predict anything on the move. In one place, biologics tend to develop habits. Bounty pilot got lucky too until he got out-piloted. Mando even mentions "cycling the charts" to Cara.
(BTW, luv details Baby Yoda had new car seat re what looks like old weapons container.
It's like watching a baby sloth grip the edge when Mando does a 360)Favreau may or may not ever explain. Like IM and his nano tech.
Also - whoever the Client is working for may have a Force user making suggestions. But "difficult to see is the future". So yeah, in a way, anyone can be tracked anywhere, kinda. It's already happening.
Big brother is watching u. If u had to leave town, today, how long do u think it would take to get tracked down?
I'm just curious as to why Mando's ship hasn't run out of fuel yet. It's now canon that they can, you know.
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I'm just curious as to why Mando's ship hasn't run out of fuel yet. It's now canon that they can, you know.
He was leaking fuel the one episode.
It also bothers me that they can run out of space gas now but whatever.
His ship spends more down time than it does cruising. He keeps needing jobs just to fix it. Maybe he should buy a new ship instead of making new armor.
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