How do Tracking Fobs in the Mandalorian Work?

[@johncnorris]

Missing a little known fact: If you press the FOB button the target's eyes flash yellow twice and often makes a short "Bweu-Bwip" noise.

[@jeffpadilla9891]

If you played the MMO Star Wars Galaxies you would know that it is a genetic trace that Bounty Hunters use to find their target.

[@carthing4325]

Comment more useful than the video Xd

[@Jormungrandrserpent]

but its not Disney canon!

[@50Stone]

The fobs only make sense for the "bail jumper" bounties, as the authorities had them in custody once and could have chipped them, or done full sensor scans, but how does this work on Baby Yoda unless the Imperials had him once and lost him. Also how do bounty hunters find and catch criminals on the run who've not been caught before. Finding a chipped bounty is the easy option surely and beneath a Mandalorian hunter wouldn't you think.

[@capt_howdy]

The baby was most likely chipped; It was clearly born in some kind of Caminoan cloning facility.

[@t4rv0r60]

@@capt_howdy where das that clearence come from?

[@gamergotguns1376]

@@t4rv0r60 the nerdy guy with the imperial was wearing a Kaminoan cloning facility uniform, and was very interested in keeping baby Yoda alive. Either Baby Yoda is a clone already, or they intend to clone him.

[@t4rv0r60]

@@gamergotguns1376 oh wow i doublechecked that. an easy missable detail, thanks for that

[@gamergotguns1376]

@@t4rv0r60 Of course my dude, I only know it because Angry Joe talked about it in his episode 1 review. I would've missed it too!

[@Khanclansith]

Fun, the ad with this video is "Employee tracking software".

[@flaviomonteiro1414]

Dune betrayed the Yodaling and Mando. That's how she was there. The Fob only works if you know in what planet the target is.

[@jmcburney658]

Brilliant. Thank you.... this makes perfect sense.

[@wolfgangcomacho]

nah, he says that they made a lot of noise and people would talk about it. mandalorian with a little green alien killing an AT-ST.... not hard to piece that together. she may have seen him coming and thought he was after her again and just killed him. we honestly don't know who the real target was.

[@nickc4131]

The fob can be really important for identifying a target if it goes of some kind of bio-metrics. Don't forget in TCW when Obi Wan had his face and voice changed to take over the identify of Rako Hardeen. Looked and sounded like him but I'm guessing if there was a fob it would not have reacted since it was not Rako it just looked like him.

[@eliasstein8440]

At first, I thought he was giving Greef Karga some kind of keys to the carbonite. I only realized they were the fobs now.

[@scottland8698]

Elias Stein i thought the same thing

[@arcanum3882]

I’m not sure this is actually confirmed. I’m pretty sure this is a shot in the dark, not every person has a tracker inside of them.

[@hereandtheremedia2821]

I was thinking the same thing. I stopped watching this channel a while ago because of this kind of content that was BS, and I'm only here now cause he's the only one that touched on the fobs. But I suppose that's why other channels haven't talked about it, the don't know and choose not to make stuff up.

[@BeKindToBirds]

Imperial identification chip?

[@darrenvoong9013]

Mandalorian ch 3 was basically the beginning of John wick 3

[@BA-gn3qb]

Why weren't all the Yoda fobs turned in by the other bounty hunters, once the Mandalorian claimed the bounty on baby Yoda?

[@jaredmartin2003]

Asking the REAL questions.

[@justinhayes9971]

Each flob can only track one target mando probably has his personal tracker and all the rest were borrowed. I guess.

[@BA-gn3qb]

@@justinhayes9971 - You seriously missed the question.

[@justinhayes9971]

It would make sense for them to hold on to one tracker if my theory is true. Think of it kinda like a cell phone you can have lots of burners but you carry your main phone around with you.

[@PrinceVoid7]

Justin Hayes But these aren’t cellphones, they’re trackers if all the bounty hunters were given a fob and Mando gets the bounty wouldn’t they relinquish there fobs (each target has a different fob) it’s too convenient

[@TheLeetsquad]

Where did you get that millennium falcon shelf lol Edit: they fuggin just have them at target and amazon, I feel like a boomer now because I could've just googled that from the beginning.

[@viprthered]

I don’t know but I want one

[@Me4-gc8qs]

Just ask anyone you know who works with wood. It wouldn't be hard to make one.

[@TheLeetsquad]

@@Me4-gc8qs I wish I knew a fuggin carpenter

[@SeekerOfTheRings]

Oooh, catching a vid within 5 minutes of upload. I love what y'all do, thanks for another great video! Thanks to y'all I finally started The Clone Wars series and get to enjoy a bit of the universe around the original movies!

[@ceejay8155]

Salty Simon same because of them I got Disney plus just to watch clone wars, rebels, and resistance lol.

[@marsbase3729]

@@ceejay8155 yeah, my wife got Disney+ for my son, but it was an awesome bonus for me too when I finally got to see The Mandalorian and and also realizing I had access to so much Star Wars content! 😂

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Yes, i believe in the curvature of mountains!

[@DeathBYDesign666]

But not the earth am I right? In case you're wondering I am joking. Alan likes to do the whole flat earth meme thing on occasion, but based on your comment you already know that.

[@vsDrunkenYoda]

Love the shelf💚 & Great Vid as always👍

[@jimmyphilpot6771]

My guess is the Mando is going to find someone to neutralise the tracker in ep. 4. He knows it's there but it's probably some kind of tamper resistant tech.

[@user-tg3jl1mt4e]

@Joshua Bressel Ep 4 felt kinda worthless, like cute story but i feel like at no point should Mando think it's safe to leave baby yoda anywhere when he knows for a fact the tracking fob exists and the dudes who want to capture it are obviously rich and will do anything to get it even in corpse form.

[@dreadedpixel9022]

My thought was that fobs used Gene code scanners

[@PrinceVoid7]

That was theory as well

[@Zen-t2j]

@@PrinceVoid7 How would they detect someone's code from light years away? How does someone's genes transmit a signal?

[@caseymoore4759]

I could have swore I heard them mention the trackers are dna based not transmitter based. So they just need a dna sample which is much easier to get then placing a transmitter on the target

[@elliottpestana2326]

Guy really knows what he's talking about. You can tell he does his research.

[@bostontracy5151]

You can manipulate the face and/or body of a target to pass it off as real. Faces change. Fingerprints don’t; they remain the same over your entire life. Obviously the tracking FOB’s don’t use radio waves; those are EM energy, yes, but they have pretty limited range. Microwaves are LOS; we use infrared for LOS things, as well (alarm sensor beams). UV should be a good option.

[@lynchkid003]

I like the shelf... This ain't like dusting crops

[@N1ceDreamsz]

Boy

[@onyourkilllist6880]

*_It’s nerds like this that allow me to never have to sink to this nerd level! I’m eternally grateful!_*

[@pyeitme508]

Good question! And they act as special trackers to find criminals.

[@3RAN7ON]

Just seems a little too convenient that the Bounty Hunter's get tracking fobs and all of their bounties have secret transmitters put in or on their person

[@OrDuneStudios]

Bail runners

[@we1rdfuk]

Remember, this is a universe with space wizards.

[@thecheck968]

True. But it’s still explained to some extent. We know what it is, what it can do, and what it can’t do (more or less). Not having *any* information about tracking fobs breaks tension. We don’t know why Mando is found and we don’t know what Mando is doing while using the fob.

[@we1rdfuk]

@@thecheck968 Just like Luke shooting a bomb into an exhausts port that is meant to blow out air, and bomb turning perfectly 90 degrees without hitting the walls and blowing up, straight into the core. Makes sense.

[@soulveiw]

....."or the curvature of the earth, if you believe in such a thing" Got to keep the flat earthers happy LOL

[@youalreadyknow2316]

@phil hems good one I almost forgot to laugh

[@olit-j9432]

Got to keep the globeheads happy by saying it's ok to believe in the curvature of the earth

[@ElevenEvilExes]

while i love the explanation about the fobs actually tracking something like the target's DNA, this makes it even worse when Mando wants to leave Baby Yoda in that village in "Sanctuary". he would have known that any bounty hunter could track the child there.

[@jmcburney658]

Then why couldn't they've tracked skywalker in episode 7?

[@benevolenttengu7241]

This

[@_Feanor_.]

Goes even further. Track Yoda and find him on Dagobah. Track Leia and find her on Yavin and Hoth. These Fobs, unless clearly explained how they work, make Bounty Hunting look completely uninteresting. Just follow this piece of tech that points to your target. Why even have Bounty Hunters at that point. You could also just send a company of soldiers.

[@nobodyuknow2490]

2:43 Everyone knows the world can't be flat, if it were, jerk cats would have long since pushed everything off the edge.

[@kronoscamron7412]

it tracks the resonance of the DNA code of the target. it does not require them to capture the target first, just knowing the DNA code from some DNA probably ex empire galactic archive.

[@gtd360]

You can triangulate a subject with the animal tracker. You just go to three different locations and find the angle at which the signal is the strongest then you draw two lines across the map. Do this 3 times and you will have a tiny area where the animal is.

[@daveo1002]

Another well thought-out episode with a lot more information than we would get from the mouse. Thank you sir!

[@rnbspowa7of69]

I’ve been a licensed future recovery agent for 19 years in the state of Washington. I’m driving people back to Washington state stand trial from 32 different states. Without a truck or fob.

[@pralayajin-woo2700]

I was thinking DNA trackers, I think I saw a show with something like that, can not remember, closest thing to come to mind is the one hit use in dbs. That or maybe it's like the force, tracking them with some kind of energy they produce.

[@TheMetahedron]

Absolutely, they don't need a physical tracking device if the Target has been previously scanned by computers in every way. But I do think the range of the Fob would be very limited, and it is. And Yes, the bounty hunters should be using Triangulation by using their ships, a droid, or a partner. Maybe the Razorcrest has this job and it's just never mentioned. This show leaves Much to your Imagination...

[@schnebot]

thumbs up for for the falcon shelf. also since first episode i thought fobs are something lika a DNA tracker. and if they needed baby yoda and had his DNA for the fob already they prob needed some more complete scans since he was meant to deliver him - even dead.

[@wintermute1]

Pretty good analysis, I like it

[@Ridingthewaves305]

They did a great job with the dmall details

[@Zipzeolocke]

I believe the tracking fobs only work within a limited range of whatever planet they are on because otherwise the Mandalorian would have countless bounty hunters on his case literally every hour! There are so many of those tracking fobs handed out it wouldn't make any sense if they automatically all new the direction to go to find the baby. In episode 4 the bounty Hunter who found the kid only got lucky he got the signal while visiting the planet. My guess is they hold onto the tracking fobs and explore the galaxy visiting planets randomly until they get a signal. From there it's a game of hot or cold until they approach the hot and find the kid. It doesn't work like a GPS device because if it did then he would have dozens of bounty hunters every single day on whatever planet he visits. The tracking fob clearly has a very limited range

[@kennethpeterson7524]

My best guess is that Fobs are DNA trackers that can be deactivate (and reactivated) remotely. They are cheap and can only have 1 DNA sample loaded into them, hence why they have to be turned in. I think the Mando only wanted the Chain Code so he could get an ID on the Target and not have to rely only on the Fob.

[@michaeltaylor1404]

I agree

[@elijahniklaustoys6534]

One tracker, one person. The tracker is unique for baby yoda. Each member of the guild is encoded.Its to ensure that if a member brakes the code they can be hunted. My theory anyway.

[@BeKindToBirds]

I don't always go with Alan Canon. ...most of the time I do though. Because of really good bits like this

[@RebelRed-rt9ex]

really glad yall made the video.

[@Hajile_Ibushi]

8:41 It's could simply be that there are other job distributors in the guild he can go to and this one didn't want to lose the commission.

[@arrontavern8956]

we also have to take into fact that we are dealing with extremely high tech or high teck compared to what we have now vs what they had then since it is in a galaxy far far away. It's completely possible that there is more power in that little fob then what we have in today's day in age.

[@Johnrigsby]

Problem with no transmitter being involved is it makes finding luke as a plot point or needing hyperspace tracking at all a little pointless. Just track leia it any rebel soldier. The issue is simple, the fob is a flawed plot device. The only fix at this point is for it to be a time consuming thing to find and remove and the next step for Mando and baby Yoda

[@GenerationFilms]

it could be that this device only works at close range meaning that you would still need to know what planet the target was on

[@SwaggerLikeUz]

In an advanced society the rules don't apply to our own most likely though.

[@DeathBYDesign666]

Why is this on this channel? I'm just wondering, because you usually do all your Star Wars content on the main channel. It's not technically part of the film genre either, it's a series and I'm confused.

[@richardlewis5427]

I assume that the tracking fobs track genetic information. The "CHAIN" code is called that because DNA is comprised of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix carrying genetic instructions. The Chain code has information identifying key DNA markers to the individual bounty as well as other useful information. Assuming that most inhabited planets with any kind of technological infrastructure makes heavy use of sensors to interact with its population there would be recordings of a multitude of information on individuals in a given area. Much like how our histories on the internet are recorded, traded and sold as a commodity. The tracking fob can log into these data bases and find a information trail on an individual to help in the search. Once the hunter is within a certain distance then the fob itself or in conjunction with the bounty puck can directly track the position of the genetic target. This could be why the Imperials did not divulge all the genetic info of the child's chain code because they did not want that particular commodity to become publicly available.

[@lando8913]

I've been wondering why the Mandalorian didn't disable whatever allows baby Yoda to be tracked immediately.

[@MrJesulius]

coz he cant, duh.

[@m1k3droid]

I challenge the idea that there's an active transmitter inside the target. rather, the fobs are related to the chain codes. I suspect the chain code is a code that is put into DNA form and embedded in every person at birth, so it winds up in every cell of your body. As you shed cells from skin cells, hair, sputum, and excrement, your chain code winds up in the ecosystem as a trail of crumbs, AND the specific DNA chain has a spectrum that the tracking fob is tuned to. This is why hunters need to know what worlds the target has been last seen on, then use detective skills to follow from there, because the fob does not work at interstellar distances. The fob may also record its history so if you kill a target, the fob will record the death, and you can turn the fob in to receive the reduced bounty.

[@Chaosmage42]

Sounds about right. I would suspect that the chain code if you have the entire code could be used to scan a planet and figure out if the target is on it, other wise the shear cost of the fuel consumed would make it impossible to hire a bounty hunter, remember 5k of credits for the job doesn't even cover fuel costs, i suspect that is for the multiple number of jumps it takes just to find the target with the full code. knowing the planet and the last location the hunter could fly across till he gets a signal then land a proceed on foot which makes sense as the ship burns fuel flying around, better to land as soon as you can as far away as you can to avoid spooking a target.

[@carl4043]

So here's some questions... If The Mando was going to an underdeveloped planet to lay low... Why did he walk into a busy bar? WITH baby Yoda? If The Mando new that BY could be tracked, why did he think he could go to a underdeveloped planet? Why did The Mando crush the fob from the failed assassination? Was it just for dramatic effect?

[@iGuttsi]

I wish people would stop freaking out about calling it a baby yoda...what else are we supposed to call it? the species is unknown, and baby yoda sounds better then baby yaddle

[@kan-zee]

Cool...I was wondering about this bounty tracking system .... I thought it was an advanced DNA tracker, but it wouldn't make sense, if the target is in a location with many of the same alien species. ...but now I like your idea of using a micro transmitter...your idea, makes more sense. *QUESTION :* What does FOB stand for ?? is it an acronym for something? First Order Bounty ??

[@louiscypher4186]

There's two schools of thought for the word fob. One is that the term was adapted from the small pendents and what not that people used to put on their keychains (like a rabbits foot for example) and simply carried over to small remote controlled devices. the other is that it stems from the acronym for frequency operated button. Things like garage door openers, building access devices, car alarms, were all (and many still are) operated by fob's and the word simply carried over to any hand held wireless access device. Tracking Fob's are a real thing, they exist today there's infrared, WiFi, bluetooth, radio and even GPS tracking fobs.

[@JesiAsh]

It makes no sense because first thing to do for Mandalorian would be trying to remove it (EMP ftw) Everyone have unique DNA so it makes more sense - no matter if the same species.

[@xarsta]

It's most likely a signal that tracks genetic sequences in the target it proves that the target is really the target avoiding the old clone swap out since clones don't have the exact same DNA there's genetic markers that show up in clones the old republic game had you dealing with a bounty who had a clone prepared to get killed and taken in instead of him and he mentioned he had to add some of his actual DNA to prove identity of the clone I would guess the fobs can track targets based on the DNA chain and they had a incomplete sequence but once they got the baby they were able to extract some DNA and were able to update the fobs wirelessly with a complete DNA chain and with the holonet it can be assumed that it works like planetary wifi both rebels and clone wars showed that such signals can be spread to reach planets that being said I'd say the range on the fobs would be planet wide but no farther

[@lllazyboy5498]

You could do a video how the Mandalorian didn’t know what the force was. That was confusing in my opinion

[@Rhys1021]

All of people in the sw universe do not know about the force

[@Hyperlooper]

the force isn't widely believed in in star wars.

[@t4rv0r60]

after order 66 and the rise of teh galactic empire, the jedi and force became more and more a myth until a point where people just forgot and or didnt believe that the force exists. "Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, Lord Vader. Your sad devotion to that ancient religion has not helped you conjure up the stolen data tapes" -Admiral Motti (A New Hope)

[@JohnBrowningsGhost]

The tracking fob is an electric motor brush.

[@HAWXLEADER]

Now explain the tracker on the razor crest in the latest episode, How could a tracker help anyone in this universe? the signal would take light years to get to the ppl that track it.

[@kothar6159]

Baby Yoda was probably getting shipped to them but got stolen by the lizard humanoids.

[@christophersalinas2722]

The Trandoshans?

[@PaulLoh]

I don't think the Mandalorian is going to have much time. If you notice that Greef climbed down a ladder on the Razor Crest to confront the Mandalorian. I think he planted a homing device somewhere on the ship. I also have a theory that the client might be Brendol Hux, but that might just be my ignorance of the character talking. You may know a million reasons that wouldn't make any sense.

[@craptastic8844]

thats a deep v neck my guy

[@mudpie6927]

My guess is that they each have the information on any one inside their individual parsec thus the reason why the guy comments on how he's the best in the par cek instead of comparing him to the guild as a whole

[@cooper891]

Mando and Baby Yoda are probably gonna run into Chubbs again

[@NewtonDKC]

If it was any sort of chip or transmitter as we think of it then the technology to find it and remove it from one's body would be as readily available in the Star Wars Universe (er galactic areas where the story takes place ) as the average Astromech Droid especially given the shady nature of the clients typically being searched for. So it has to be based on a type of technology that isn’t easily detectable or identified by any bog standard scanner or it would just be removed or get cut off accidentally in a lightsaber fight and be useless to a guild like the Hunters. Obviously nothing we have, so the only thing in real science that comes to mind it could be based on is entangled particles, or what Einstein called “spooky action at a distance” whereby the spin of entangled particles always matches exactly no matter how far apart physically they get. This could be - for story purposes - something inherently biological and not necessarily something added to the being, *but* would at least require some sample of the being (of, obviously, at least one particle) or since we're in the realm of suoer advanced tech, at least one previous scan or medical data that contained enough reliable quantum details on subject to be able construct an entangled particle duplicate to key the tracker on. That way you'd never have to worry about a chip being removed, but rather the unique particle it is keyed on. Now of course our Earth biology involves almost every cell in a body being replaced within say 20 years as a rough average by natural biological processes so that you are quite literally not the same person you were 20 years ago, but perhaps Yoda baby's cell division - or Star Wars galaxy biology in general works differently. Or far more likely, we're just way overthinking a plot device that will not get explained, and doesn't even really need to be for this wonderful series to keep being as entertaining as anything since the OT! :-)

[@NeilGraham.I.M.F]

What I don't get is if they don't have grogu's chain code as the Mandalorian was told when he received it, then how does the fob work for grogu

[@YoungBison]

As far as why they return the fobs, there are tens of thousands of planets in star wars and trillions of intelligent life forms, there is a good chance that you could find a random person that looks like your target

[@johnwick8756]

Ep. 4 fob used to find the kid next theory.

[@Thomastaghon]

I believe it uses the dna of the target for locating the individual. Because have to put a tracker on the individual is sometimes impossible.

[@soulveiw]

If you can get someones DNA why could you not also put a tracker on them?

[@heathward9419]

I love you Allen

[@Baitullmaqdis]

I BECAME A MANDALORIAN FAN FULLSTOP

[@frostyguy9729]

Its easy, imagine a x and a y axis, x being distance=light and y being the direction= sound

[@ericsmith7176]

Advanced sensors pick up on the targets genetic code or brain waves.

[@TheHumanRanger]

"... or the curvature of the earth... If you believe in such things..." LOL!

[@blackspider-man9634]

One thing I don’t get is that in chapter 3 all the fobs in the guild go off because the mando has baby yoda near all the guild members but since he technically completed the bounty shouldn’t all the fobs be wiped of the bounty since he completed it? Like shouldn’t the fobs not work since he completed the bounty?

[@thanosattorneyatlaw4062]

I'm thinking the Fob instead measures metaclorians (No idea how to spell it lol) and anything above a certain amount would trigger it

[@JesiAsh]

Metachlorians are a fake definition that should be removed from urban dictionary. Its called Midi-Chlorians... and I doubt that they are tracking him like that unless all previous bounties were force-sensitive as well (That would actually interesting tho)

[@carl4043]

Also the fobs are used to track every bail jumper.. So has nothing to do with the force at all..

[@purefoldnz3070]

I think the targets having transmitter is false. Why would you need to hire a Bounty Hunter when you know where the target is. And if baby Yoda had one why wouldn't the Mandalorian have deactivated it?

[@FernandoRodriguez-jl7el]

where is the transmitters planted on the body

[@bobmaluga3150]

My guess of how this tracking fob works is a combination of quantum entanglement and DNA sequences. I assume a library of sentient lifeforms is registered at birth. That DNA can then be inserted into the fob itself (and through some as yet undiscovered quantum technology) be entangled or interconnected to its original genetic source regardless of distance. Because of the quantum entangled nature real-time instantaneous updating would be possible regardless of light year distances.

[@Ottophil]

I like this channel because you actually talk about star wars. All the other channels seem to be obsessed with “SJW”s for some reason

[@JohnBrowningsGhost]

I wonder why.

[@enginepy]

Perhaps bc Star Wars has shoved SJW shit down everyone’s throat at the expense of good storytelling, and real fans are sick of it.

[@stormtrooper8370]

My friend made me a tracking fob

[@Iceman4Christ]

Magic Satellites!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CaptainMetal92]

My personal understanding is that the fob reacts to the targets DNA or something. Most regular bounties are on criminals or people who owe money right? So getting a sample of their DNA is not that hard. We're just talking regular bread and butter bounties, not big stuff or when the target is widely known.

[@nonyabisness6306]

Fobs area really shitty example of plot-convenience. Basically they didn't want to show the mando actually looking for the baby and for some reason they also didn't want to just...tell him where it was. So now we're left with impossible technology that makes no sense. If there's a tracker people would know about it and remove it, we allready have a pretty good idea how star wars trackers work anyways. and it's way to small to be a sensor of the power neccessary to have detect specific lifesigns over that much of a distance. Hey, no show is perfect and hopefully they realise their mistake and avoid stuff like this in the future. They presumably have to adress it in the future again since he's now on the run with the baby. otherwise everyone would know where they are, allways.

[@dragonalpha9894]

Agreed

[@goodmind4940]

they work only on planet I think, not across the galaxy

[@Steelmage99]

We don't know.

[@Barit555]

For some reason Obi wan eluded one of these trackers in between episode 3 and a new hope...

[@nathanchun4880]

The tracking fob tracks a target someone through their chain code. I don't know if the tracking fob is a good addition or just a plot device. For me, if skilled bounty hunters used these to track their targets it kinda ruins how skilled they are.

[@ElevenEvilExes]

animals are sentient.

[@def-po8tu]

So a metal detector for living beings

[@N1ceDreamsz]

I'm pretty sure star wars antennas aren't the same as your AV TV aerial... So you can't compare it to our technology. Nah, the doctor may have prepared the fob but that doesn't mean he has anything to do with reactivating it. He already made the thing, so the empire has what they need already.

[@darksaberwolfakarex13]

It's biometric metric not chip And locks on to the targets unique bio signature

[@Karimsama]

Yeah. Have you seen the 4th episode? Those FOBs are bothering me...

[@arbiter690]

What could be done to hide baby Yoda from the tracking devices?

[@Desbo]

I’m sure they’re using radio waves in the Star Wars universe, but maybe something similar 😀

[@-AxisA-]

Des Did you mean they're not using radio waves?

[@dfernandez3482]

Fuckin FOBS 🇵🇭😂🚢

[@bursegsardaukar]

Most likely it is a chip implanted in the target. Anakin did mention having a chip in his body that prevents him from escaping as a slave.

[@MrSplinter345]

Incomplete chain code because probably baby Yoda is a clone - not a real person in the universal id system

[@MrSwitchblade327]

Bingo

[@Visbot-]

The answer to all impassible object lie rivers and mountains. Use a jet pack

[@rob_odd]

Thumbs up for the flat earth joke! :D

[@shadowjezzter]

Wait if the target was already captured to put a tracker on them why set a bounty up to get them if u already had to get the tracker on them? It’s star wars thats why

[@GooseGunner]

Damn first time i have been this early

[@jesupcolt]

The tracking fobs are plot devices that use lazy writing to find their targets.

[@extremelyboredtatsumaki.495]

Andy Williams Ewoks are plot devices that use lazy writing to defeat the Empire.

[@jesupcolt]

@@extremelyboredtatsumaki.495, also yes.

[@ceejay8155]

Andy Williams you made me sad because this is true :-(

[@jesupcolt]

@@ceejay8155, I still like the Mandalorian. But these fobs really annoy me. I was hoping to see some actual hunting from the bounty hunter.

[@carl4043]

Sadly this is the best theory so far