“We can’t exactly run quiet with a hyperdrive that’s barely holding together. “The real problem is what we’re leaving behind us,” the officer continued. In short, a hyperspace jump should be untraceable but the Tantive IV's engines were so horribly damaged that tracing them via their "hyperspace wake" should be child's play for the Empire. The new (and fully canon) Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View book deals with this particular issue.
maybe because they didn't involve Leia most of the time? -) Interestingly, Leia seems involved in nearly all "track from exit vector" situations in Star Wars.
This entirely negates any advantage of following a hyperspace jump (especially if the Rebels use a deep space rendezvous point, like at the end of ESB). Generally, it's good tactics to make hit/run from a temporary staging point. Why aren't Rebels chased through hyperspace more often? Keep in mind that if you know the precise exit vector of a ship there are fairly few planets that would be feasible destinations, assuming you make a direct trip. It's pretty clear that Fett got enough information from the Falcon's lightspeed jump to identify his target location well enough to tell Darth Vader, "Han Solo will be on Bespin." Given Fett's reputation, it seems unlikely he would tell Vader this on a whim or speculation. For example, after the Vader example above, Fett tracks Han to Cloud City this way by lingering after all Imperial ships leave, we see him observing Han's exit vector and the Imperials/Fett immediately head to Cloud City and in fact arrive before Han. This happens elsewhere in the Star Wars universe. Suddenly, any visual track through hyperspace becomes worthless.Ĭan ships be tracked and chased through hyperspace without the use of a planted tracker or Force shenanigans? Imagine that Leia had been smart enough to tell Han "hey by the way they probably will try to track us, maybe we should make some decoy jumps/stops first?" If ships can be tracked through hyperspace, why do the Imperials need to place a tracking device on the Falcon? Vader clearly cares about what their last trajectory is as well and believes he can find possible destinations from that information. In ESB, after the Falcon disappears, Vader commands Admiral Piett to:Ĭalculate every possible destination along their last know trajectory Yes, they can, if they have an exit vector.
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