While most of these projects weren’t all clarified, she did mention that one of the projects included “hyperspace tracking.” This seems to indicate that the First Order had found the Empire’s old work and was able to perfect what was only being researched at the time. Hyperspace Stories 9 (W) Michael Moreci (A) Andrea Mutti (CA) Fico Ossio Jedi Knight Quinlan Vos arrives on the crime ridden world of Bevana, on a mission that could be the key to ending the Clone Wars. You’ll recall a few other projects were name dropped including Mark Omega, Pax Aurora, and Black Saber. Owner: M J Doyle, R K Hopkinson, C Francis, M A Garkaklis & R Pelliccione. The specific moment is when Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor were looking for the plans for the Death Star on Scarif. Secret Pearl was 1st and Red Hot Tip 2nd and Showaddywaddy 3rd. While it seemed super convenient to suddenly have technology that allowed you to track a ship through lightspeed, the seeds were actually planted way back in ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’. At first, it was unclear as to how the First Order was able to track the last of the fleet and I was sitting there trying to figure out if it had to do with the tracker of a spy onboard one of the ships as it didn’t take long until Finn and Poe work out what happened. If these relics fall into the wrong hands, Overmind X and her rogue swarm will have the advantage in the most deadly space battle the Fleet has ever fought. We knew that Rey was given a way to track the Resistance fleet when going to meet up with Luke Skywalker but when the First Order was suddenly able to do the same thing it threw a wrench in the works of trying to make an escape. An arms race for alien artifacts As they seek the final pieces of a powerful alien technology, the Solaran Fleet and their xeno nemesis vie for control of the galaxy. Red Five standing by with spoilers on target! It isn’t just a theory either as Pablo Hidalgo confirmed that this was a setup by the Lucasfilm Story Group. Hyperspace Tracking - The concept of hyperspace tracking, central to a main Last Jedi plot line, is set up in Rogue One (which takes place decades before. Obviously, we’re going to be heading into spoiler territory and though I suspect everyone who cares about this has already seen ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,’ it is the twist in ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ that this could ruin. Whatever you think of Episode VIII (or any of the new Star Wars movies), it’s hard not to admire the amount of work that goes into bringing this universe to life.A very simple line from ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ was able to completely set up one of the big shocking developments for the First Order in ‘ Star Wars: The Last Jedi‘. What seemed to be a convenient plot device in The Last Jedi was in actuality payoff for a setup that many of us likely missed when we saw Rogue One last year. Shortly after the tweet went viral, Lucasfilm Story Group member Pablo Hidalgo confirmed the connection and even provided some added context in another tweet: Star Wars: Rogue One / Mandalorian Storm Troopers Created by Nada 'Stormtroopers (ST) known as TK stormtroopers and as TK troopers during the early Imperial Era, Remnant Stormtroopers after the Battle of Endor, and colloquially referred to as 'bucketheads'were the infantry soldiers of the Galactic Empire. She mentions hyperspace tracking in passing, but this fleeting moment shows just how long the technology has been in development. In the screencap above from Twitter user Jyn is on Scarif searching through the Empire’s archive for the Death Star plans. But as it turns out, the existence of this technology was actually established in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. While searching through the Scarif archives for the Death Star plans, Jyn mentions Hyperspace Tracking in the list of technologies the Empire is researching. Rose and Finn eventually realize that they are being tracked through hyperspace, which was thought to be impossible. While not mentioned in the film, Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide notes that one of the Blue Squadron pilots was previously stationed at an abandoned Rebel outpost on Crait. But no matter how many jumps to hyperspace they make, the First Order stays right on their tail. One of the two major plot threads in The Last Jedi follows the depleted Resistance as they try to escape the grasps of the First Order.
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