The post assumes that he is even registered. Kenobi is hiding on a backwater desert planet ruled by a crime syndicate. Unless there is some detail in the movies I forgot, I think it is reasonable to assume that he might not even appear in any imperial registry.
Between ANH and ESB Vader sent Boba to hunt down the pilot that destroyed the death star. This led Boba to Tatooine, where he investigated/interrogated people who knew Luke and eventually found/fought him at Obiwans house.
Boba returned to Vader with only 1 thing. The name Skywalker. This is what revealed to Vader he had a son, and after dueling Luke, a daughter as well.
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As far as Kenobis name… My head cannon is that he mind tricked people into thinking they knew someone to send vader on a wild goose chase. Obiwan would use a false name instead of putting innocent people with the same last name in danger.
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?
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.
Maybe I am stupid, but I don’t understand what this has to do with Kenobi’s name or him being registered. He is already dead at that point and had revealed himself to Vader beforehand.
The post assumes that he is even registered. Kenobi is hiding on a backwater desert planet ruled by a crime syndicate. Unless there is some detail in the movies I forgot, I think it is reasonable to assume that he might not even appear in any imperial registry.
Do you mean to imply that Kenobi might not have been paying property taxes!?!?
He was the villain all along
The real victims were the billions of people paying for Ben’s free lunch
Give onto the Emperor what is the Emperor’s…
Undeclared income is the real bane of organized crime
Between ANH and ESB Vader sent Boba to hunt down the pilot that destroyed the death star. This led Boba to Tatooine, where he investigated/interrogated people who knew Luke and eventually found/fought him at Obiwans house.
Boba returned to Vader with only 1 thing. The name Skywalker. This is what revealed to Vader he had a son, and after dueling Luke, a daughter as well.
…
As far as Kenobis name… My head cannon is that he mind tricked people into thinking they knew someone to send vader on a wild goose chase. Obiwan would use a false name instead of putting innocent people with the same last name in danger.
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?
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.
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
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
Maybe I am stupid, but I don’t understand what this has to do with Kenobi’s name or him being registered. He is already dead at that point and had revealed himself to Vader beforehand.
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