[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

One thing too remember


The Empire could basically track ships through hyperspace.

In ANH, they planted a tracker on the Falcon which went through hyperspace and arrived at Yavin.

In AOTC, Obiwan planted a tracker on Slave One and then tracked him to Geonosis.

Maybe the First order figured out a way to track through engine signatures or something.

I tend to think that its a minor detail, the premise isn't great though.

That's kind of my point though. For the entire run of this series tracking ships hasn't been an issue, but suddenly it is, and the entire plot of the film hinges on it now being possible, but not only that, it's a surprise that it's possible?