* The Hyperspace Generator on the [[StarWars Millenium Falcon]], mainly during ''The Empire Strikes Back'', where it fails critically at just the right moment in not one, not two, but ''three'' {{Daring Escape}}s.
** It didn't work, because it was broken. At the end, it gets fixed, and works like a charm.
** The second time, the hyperdrive was said to be disabled by an Imperial officer.
*** It got disabled by whoever captured them every time. One would think that Han would've gotten keen to this notion by the second time, but nope, every time he expects it to work just fine and is dramatically shocked every time he realizes the Empire used the bag of tricks anybody with half a brain would utilize as a backup strategy if they were to flee.
*** Officially, it was half-working when they were flying to Bespin, despite the [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale original intent to have the ship just fly to another system at sublight speeds.]]
** Note to the Empire: Do NOT repair your prisoners' ship until they are safely off-planet. In fact, if you don't need the ship, scrap it or hurl it into a star.
*** But the Empire didn't repair it, Lando's people did. The Empire merely sabotaged it so that the Rebels couldn't escape after rescuing Luke. Vader presumably had a premonition that Luke might escape and realized that a contingency plan would be useful.

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