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** [[Lampshaded]] in the novelization: A clone trooper, pretending to be dead for the benefit of a few battle droids, is able to communicate with his squad and receive orders, since his helmet is designed to work on voice commands and chin switches, so it can be used even when immobilized. He muses that while clones are becoming more like droids, droids are being made more human (such as being required to speak ''aloud'' when using their communicators).

** The droids' lack of intelligence ''may'' be explained by the various [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]s, especially the Neimodians, being extremely paranoid cowards that only used droid armies in the first place because they wanted soldiers that were one hundred percent loyal, constantly concerned about their subordinates turning on them, so could have intentionally had them programmed to be less than optimal. Also, it is well established that without constant memory wipes droids develop individual personalities, so this could have happened as well, though far less probable considering the aforementioned paranoia.

** The "FTL as a weapon" idea is averted ''hard'' in ''[[Star Wars]]''—if a hyperdrive approaches a gravity well, it automatically shuts down and reverts the starship to realspace. Or, failing that, melts. Which pulls the starship back into realspace. The time someone gets stranded in hyperspace, we find out [[Fate Worse Than Death|why there are so many safeguards]]. Also, if a ship hits a gravity well while in hyperspace, it's rather strongly implied that it will somehow be annihilated, killing all on board.

*** Also, with the kind of forces ''Star Wars'' throws around, "FTL as a weapon" might not always work. At one point in a ''Star Wars'' comic, [[La Résistance|The Rebels]] set up the Executor on a collision course with three Star Destroyers exiting hyperspace, which promptly [[Ramming Always Works|ram into the Executor at near light speed]]. The ([[Deflector Shields|fully shielded]]) Executor ''shrugs off'' the attack and casually proceeds with its original mission.

* One of the biggest problems of the main character in ''[[Click]]'' was that his job took too much time, leaving him too little to spend with his family. His magic remote has a Pause button he can use to freeze time, during which he can manipulate objects and people. He could have solved his biggest problem by doing his overtime work outside time entirely, but doesn't try that on screen. [[Gone Horribly Wrong|That doesn't even get into the remote's unexpected behavior.]]

* In ''[[Sherlock Holmes (film)|Sherlock Holmes]]'', Lord Blackwood's pet scientist has invented {{spoiler|radio control}} seven years before [[Nikola Tesla]] actually developed it. Instead of patenting it and making enough money to just buy control of the British government, he uses it to {{spoiler|remote detonate a chemical weapon, while pretending to be killing the victims by magic}}.

 

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