LEAKED 'rough draft' Star Wars 8 Script!
transcribed by TS Caladan
[note: Since about all the YT comments blasted this "fan BS" and only a few thought it was great and might be real, I was intrigued. I had previously read a leaked SW script before a premiere and it was 'right on the money.' Sometimes they'll put the pure truth out there in plain view, then ridicule the fools that refuse to believe it. I'm not afraid to take chances and go out on shaky branches. It could be true; we'll see in December].
[scroll]: The seat of the New Republic government along with most of their fleet has been destroyed. With the galaxy in chaos, the First Order has begun to terrorize and subjugate core worlds. Although Starkiller base was destroyed, the resistance forces under the command of General Leia Organa do not yet have the strength to protect the galaxy. In this dark time, Luke Skywalker has been found at the First Jedi Temple. The resistance can only hope that Luke's return can help them defeat the First Order before Supreme Leader Snoke and Kylo Ren can manifest their dark vision.
Through a star field, the triangular nose of a Star Destroyer comes into view.
~ Bridge of Star Destroyer:
General Hux and Kylo Ren stand on bridge, looking out.
Hux says, "If you hadn't allowed the girl to escape, Ren...if you had been able to identify the disloyal traitor in your midst. I imagine Supreme Leader will not be pleased with either of us, Ren."
Kylo Ren says, "We will pass this test. The First Order is still the strongest force in the galaxy. With the Republic out of the way, we will be even stronger."
The General responds, "I am pleased we are in agreement about that. I hope Supreme Leader shares our optimism. Lieutenant. Make the jump to light-speed."
~ Exterior shot:
The destroyer vanishes to a point in space.
~ Wipe to Exterior shot: Planet Ahch-To and island of first Jedi Temple:
Luke says to Rey, "That saber. How did you get it?"
She says, "The saber called to me...through the Force. Do you know who I am?"
"Not slightly. Do you?"
She answers, "Not really."
"Come." Luke walks passed Rey, still holding the light-saber.
She awkwardly puts the saber back and follows him down the hill and into the interior of a stone room.
Luke tells her: "Sit."
Rey sits.
He pours her some tea.
"Your sister, General Leia Organa, needs your help. The First Order has destroyed the New Republic home world."
"You're the girl from Jakku?"
'Yes. My name is Rey."
"Rey. I don't know if I can help. I've strengthened the Dark Side."
She replies, "I heard what happened. I've faced Kylo Ren. He can be defeated. I know it...through the light of the Force."
"It's not that simple," Luke says with reluctance.
She pleads, "Then tell me more. Teach me."
"I once thought as you do: that the Jedi were the Guardians of the Light Side of the Force using their powers only for defense, never for attack. I refused to fight my father, my father, Darth Vader. He killed the Emperor. He was the Jedi. Not me."
"I don't understand."
Luke stands and walks to a small window in the stone hut. "A Jedi cannot run from the Dark Side of the Force. A Jedi can't be purely in the Light. A Jedi must be at the edge and control the Darkness." Luke's voice begins to tremble with emotion. "Can you look into the eyes of Kylo Ren and kill him? Can you kill the thousands of soldiers, innocents under his command in order to get to him? A Jedi walks a fine line treading in the balance of the Force. I've never found that balance. Maybe you can find it?"
Rey insists, "The resistance needs you. Your experience, your power to fight Snoke and the First Order. You must come and help us."
Luke whirls toward her and begins to pace. "I must, but I can't help you. I can't train you. I can't. I tried to show Ben Solo the Light Side of the Force. I only increased his power. When he used the power against me, I reacted with anger. I summoned a Darkness. The Republic destroyed. My pupil killed his own father, my friend. Yes. I felt it. All because of my failure. Go."
"Please."
"Go. Go!" Luke pulls out his light-saber and its blade sputters to life.
Rey is shocked and stands up quickly.
Luke looks frightening in the green glow of his blade.
Rey staggers back. She trips over her chair and runs away. She runs back to the Millennium Falcon, weeping.
On the ship's ramp is Chewbacca and R2.
She passes them and orders: "We're leaving!"
The news surprises Chewbacca. He asks in groans: "We are? When?"
"Now!"
~ Falcon cockpit:
Rey is in pilot's seat. She frantically turns on different systems.
Chewie comes in and sits down next to her.
She fires up the engines and takes off. Suddenly, the ship stops...
She tells Chewbacca, "Something's got us in a tractor beam." Rey powers down the engines. She lifts her hands, looking shocked. She looks at Chewie and unbuckles. She goes down a hatch with Chewie in pursuit.
~ Scene changes to Luke using the Force. He settles the Falcon to the ground:
Rey is amazed at his show of Force Power.
Chewbacca grunts.
"Don't leave, please. I'm sorry," Skywalker says regretfully.
She asks again, "Come with us."
He sadly tells her, "I don't want to destroy you like I did Ben Solo."
She smiles. "You won't."
Luke stands with his head down. He raises his head. He cries and drops his head down again.
Chewie walks over to Luke and shakes him to his senses.
Luke looks up and finally recognizes him. He smiles and they have a big hug.
R2 rolls over, also in joy.
(To R2) "It's good to see you, R2."
R2 beeps in excitement.
"I'll go with you, if that's what you wish? But, Rey? There's something I want to show you first..." Wipe to...
~ The resistance base:
Po Dameron and a doctor confer quietly over a bed with an unconscious Finn.
General Leia Organa walks in. "How is he, doctor?"
"We've kept him in a medical coma to try to decrease the damage to his nervous system. He sustained a light-saber wound to his spine from...here to here. We've attempted to regenerate the nerves, but it's slow work."
Leia asks, "How long can you keep him in a coma, doctor?"
"With every passing day, there's danger that he may suffer brain damage."
The General asks, "What are our options?"
The doctor responds: "He's likely looking at a long rehabilitation with a moderate chance of partial functionality in his legs. On the other hand, the recently-discovered archives contain references in cases like this..."
Po asks, "Robot legs?"
The doctor answers, "It's a quick road to recovery, but would require amputation of the lower half of his body."
Po says, "I think it should be up to him."
Leia agrees.
BB8 whines.
~ Wipe to Ahch-To and island with first Jedi Temple:
Luke and Rey walk through a stone archway and into a protected area.
He gestures toward a tree that curls around a dark opening in the hillside. He informs her, "After the defeat of the Empire, I discovered the locations of 12 ANCIENT JEDI TEMPLES...all of them, including the one on Dagobah, where I trained with Jedi Master Yoda, had a cave such as this."
Rey is amazed and expresses in a daze, "It...feels..."
Luke answers, "Cold. Yes. The Dark Side is strong in these places. The cave produces visions, visions which show you the Darkness that exists within you. You should go in."
"When I touched the light-saber for the first time, I had visions, too. I did not enjoy the experience."
He tells her, "A Kyber Crystal in a light-saber can act as a focus for the Force, much in the same way the cave does."
"Should I bring the light-saber with me?"
"Do what you feel is best."
Rey walks into the cave, holding the light-saber. She hears a crackling to her left. She sees two, shadowy figures in Force Lightning. The saber moves on its own accord and slices upward. She again hears crackling and sees a falling body, just like Han Solo. "No!"
She sees a row of clone troopers in front of her. She turns around and sees her young self and many other children in Jedi robes.
The light-saber once more moves up to strike. Then she throws the weapon down. She was in peaceful woods, but now swept up and finds herself on a thin pathway.
Kylo Ren is pursuing her. Suddenly, Kylo morphs into Darth Vader with a red saber.
She looks down for her saber. But there is a severed hand holding it. Rey looks down at her own arm and her hand is missing. Her arm reappears, grasping a larger hand. She sees a younger Luke. She hears a voice...
Rey's mother says to Luke, "You can't train him (Kylo). You'll endanger us all. He's evil. How do you not sense this?"
Luke says, "Fear is the path to the Dark Side. There's good in him. He's just a boy. Don't worry. I will protect you."
Rey's mother says, "You won't. You can't. We're leaving."
"[whatever mother's name]," Luke says, desperately.
There is a shot of Rey's face, present-day, as she realizes she is looking at her mother. The vision continues...
Luke's head is down on a table. When he looks up, he has Vader's mask on. We hear Anakin's screams! Same as when he was cut down on Mustafar.
The mask dissolves into a windy, desert night.
Rey's mother looks at Rey, who breaths heavy and appears stressed.
There are shouts in the distance.
She tells the little girl: "Stay here, sweetheart. Stay right here. We'll be back for you, I promise." Her mother sprints over a sand dune.
A spaceship is visible on the next hill.
There are sounds of the clash of light-sabers, red and green.
Young Rey says to someone (Saw), "I have to wait here for my family."
"They'll be back to pick you up; just had to go away for awhile. Come on."
Scene dissolves to Rey's mother, father and brother. They are dead and sink into the sand.
Kylo Ren watches. He boards her parents' ship.
Cut to young Rey who screams, "Come back!"
~ Rey emerges from the cave, tears streaming down her face. She grips her light-saber tightly and stares at Luke.
He turns away and raises his hood. "Do you still want me to come with you?"
Rey walks quickly passed the slow-walking Skywalker. She declares, angrily: "Yes!"
"Good. Because the First Order has found us..."
Rey looks up to see advancing TIE fighters and heavy bombers!
Luke, Rey and Chewbacca run up the ramp of the Falcon. The ship takes off into the setting sun.
First Order ships fire on the Jedi Temple. Explosions occur and the old stones collapse!
The Falcon speeds along mere meters from the ocean's surface.
Pilot Rey says, "We'll stay low until we get out of range."
The Falcon speeds over the ocean then arches high into the sky. The craft makes the jump to hyperspace. Wipe to...
~ The resistance base:
General Organa is around a strategy table with other resistance leaders.
A lieutenant states, "Preparations are complete. We should be able to begin the evacuation within a few days. We'll regroup in the Kashyyyk System."
Leia says, "Good. I'd like to evacuate before the First Order attacks."
An officer says, "General Organa. Sensors are picking up several First Order destroyers dropping out of hyperspace."
"Of course...sound the signal! Activate defenses. We'll evacuate now."
Po asks the General, "What about Finn?"
"Go get him. Bring him aboard the Eagle."
~ Scenes of chaos and destruction at the base:
Po runs into the medical facility with BB8 close behind.
"Doctor, we've got to get him out of here."
"We can't move him yet. If I disconnect him from the stasis machine, the shock will kill him. The process has to be done slowly."
Po suggests, "We'll bring the machine with us."
Doctor replies, "You can't. It would take 20 men to move. Not designed to be portable."
"How long will it take to bring him out of it?"
"At least one hour."
(Po over intercom to Leia) "How long until First Order gets troops in here?"
"They're already here, Po. You need to get to the hangar, now!"
"Negative. I need an hour to get Finn out of here."
Leia tells him, "You don't have it. You'll be captured too, Po. The resistance can't lose you. You've got to leave him behind."
Po looks at his friend. He takes something from his pocket and slips it under Finn's back. He leans in and says, "Sorry, buddy. I'll come back for you. I promise. I promise."
Another explosion rocks the building.
Po and BB8 leave the building. They meet General Organa.
She says, "I got separated from my group. I came to get on the Eagle, but it's been disabled and blocking the hangar opening."
Po says, "Take this jumper here."
Leia replies, "There's not enough room to get it out."
"We'll make it."
Leia, Po and BB8 get aboard the quad jumper and narrowly escape.
C-3PO rounds the corner and sees the ship leave. "Wait! Oh, dear."
~ Inside the quad jumper:
Leia orders, "Set course for the _____ System."
"I thought we were rendezvousing at Kashyyyk?"
The General responds, "Change of plans. I'm going to see an old friend that owes me a favor." Wipe to...
~ Interior of the resistance base:
Stormtroopers roughly grab C-3PO.
The robot says, "Careful. I just had that arm repaired."
Trooper tells C-3PO, "You're property of the First Order now."
Captain Phasma walks in.
"I am C-3PO, human-cyborg relations..."
"Who gave you permission to speak?" Phasma sternly asks.
"Ah. No one."
"Access his memory banks, " she orders. "See if you can extract anything useful. There must be some reason they'd keep this useless antique around."
"Antique? How rude."
Stormtroopers hustle the robot away.
Phasma turns and walks through the wreckage of the base. She receives a transmission...
"Captain. We've found someone in the medical facility," he tells Phasma.
~ In medical facility:
The doctor is cowering by a still unconscious Finn.
The Captain walks in and says, "So. It's our old friend 'fn-2187,' the traitor. Take him aboard my ship."
The frightened doctor says, "Please. He's coming out of stasis. He might not survive, if you move him."
Phasma replies, "Oh, really. That would be a pity. You know, I used to be a doctor myself." Suddenly, she takes out a blaster and shoots the doctor! "Take him to the medical facility aboard my ship. And make sure he gets a private room."
~ Wipe:
We see a caped, older man from behind. He walks down a hallway.
An assistant walks up to him. "Sir. The Republic transport has landed."
Lando Calrissian says, "Good. No payment? No communication from the Republic in almost a week? They've got some explaining to do."
Camera pans to see the quad jumper. The door opens. Po walks out.
Lando asks him, "Who are you? Where's my usual contact?"
"I'm Po Dameron, resistance pilot."
Lando reacts. "Oh, no. If anyone connects us to the resistance, the public will have my ass!"
Po tells him, "You've got bigger problems."
Leia walks down the ramp.
"Oh, boy. You said it, flyboy."
She says, "I don't know what you're trying to pull, Lando. First Order's Super Weapon destroyed the entire Hosnian System. The Republic government, Senate there, and...the fleet were wiped out."
"Good, God. They really did it."
"And I need a favor."
"Oh. You need a favor?"
"You owe me, Lando."
"I owe you?" He sighs and then says, "Come on in quickly."
~ Interior of Lando's facility:
"One day, I'm a senator, a respected leader inline for the chancellorship of the New Republic. Then you ask me for a favor to help build the resistance. And within a year...I am disgraced, out of office, sneaking around running a clandestine operation on some backwater planet. Now the Republic is gone and I've got a thousand workers who aren't going to get paid. Next thing you're going to tell me is that son of yours is walking around in a black cape and a mask?"
She sincerely looks at Lando. "Han's dead."
"What?"
"Ben, Kylo Ren, killed him," she sadly says.
"Oh, my." Calrissian changes his tune. "Leia, I'm so sorry."
They share a short hand clasp.
"We managed to destroy the Starkiller Base, but the resistance sustained heavy losses. First Order is going to start central control over the core worlds. It's like the Empire all over again. We've got to stop it. We need you to convert your mining vessels, the delivery fleet you have here into warships."
"I don't know if I can do that. My workers are here for the money. You're asking them to be soldiers for the Resistance Army."
Leia insists, "The First Order is going to come for all of you sooner or later."
"These are mining ships. They have no weapons."
"Are you telling me you don't have a stockpile of weapons lying around?"
Lando smiles. "You do know me well."
She tells him to, "Use your charm on your people. You always gave a great speech. You're a natural leader."
"I'll try."
"I know you can do it, Lando. For the resistance. For Han."
He nods and holds her hand. "Hey. Did you ever have any luck finding Luke?" Wipe to...
~ The Millennium Falcon:
Rey and Chewie are in the cockpit. They come out of hyperspace right in front of a First Order Destroyer. She pulls on the controls and the Falcon lurches violently. "Whoa!"
Luke runs into the bridge. "What is it?"
"It's the First Order," she answers. "Looks like they've attacked the resistance base. I only hope our friends escaped. Do you think you can manage to operate the firing turret?"
"I can do it."
"Hopefully, it's easier than balancing the Force. And all I've got to do is get us out of range of their turbo cannons."
Chewbacca makes the calculations for the rendezvous on Kashyyyk.
~ On the bridge of the Star Destroyer:
An officer says to Captain Phasma: "Sir. A ship's come out of light-speed. It's a freighter."
Phasma orders, "Scramble fighters! Destroy the ship!"
The officer obeys. "Yes, Captain."
~ Inside the Millennium Falcon:
Rey says, "We got company, multiple TIE fighters."
Luke says, "I see them."
The ship jerks, violently.
Luke can't get a bead. "What's going on up there?"
"I'm taking evasive action."
He states confidently, "Don't worry. They can't outrun you. Keep it steady. I can't take aim." Luke fires and misses.
The fighter gets a shot in.
Rey says, "We're losing thrusters. They're gaining on us."
Luke sees a TIE fighter fly by, but he has trouble with the laser.
Another blast hits the Falcon!
"They've got our shields down to 40%. If they knockout the hyper-drive, we're finished."
Luke concentrates with the Force. When the fighter flies by, he stops it with the Force. Luke flings it into the other fighter, destroying them both! He freezes another one. He shoots it and misses. His hand shakes with arthritis. Luke opens the fighter's cockpit with the Force and the pilot is swept out into space.
Chewie gives an affirmative grunt.
Rey says, "Hold on."
The Falcon jumps to hyperspace...
~ Interior of the Star Destroyer.
(Intercom) "We had them. But when we got close, our ships froze and crashed into each other."
Captain Phasma states, "Either they've developed some sort of new tractor beam, or...(to the lieutenant) Send a message to Hux. Tell him that it appears our old Jedi has returned." Wipe to...
~ The interior of Kylo's ship:
General Hux receives the transmission. He speaks to Kylo. "According to Captain Phasma, there's evidence Luke Skywalker has returned and is aboard the freighter."
Ren slams his hand down, then gets control. He says, "I assume Captain Phasma was not able to capture or destroy them."
"No. But she captured our traitor: fn-2187 and I'm sure he will be made an example of."
~ Dark Side planet:
Kylo's ship arrives at Snoke's location. It is a bleak, partially-ruined castle of grey stones against a black sky of brilliant stars.
Hux and Kylo step off the ship.
"Enter," Snoke's deep voice tells them.
They walk through the tumbled stones and into a great hall. Inside the hall, all is in perfect order.
Snoke sits. He is tall, but not as tall as his projections.
Hux begins: "Supreme Leader. I have brought Kylo Ren here as you have asked."
"Thank you, General Hux. You may go."
Hux turns and exits. There is a long silence.
Kylo says, "Supreme Leader, I..."
"You have done well in your elimination of Han Solo. Do you feel your power growing in the Dark Side of the Force?"
"Oh, yes."
"Good."
"Supreme Leader. Captain Phasma reports..."
Snoke tells Kylo, "Luke Skywalker has returned. But he is weakened. The girl strengthens him. She is the greater threat."
Ren says, "With your training, I could eliminate them both."
"Who is she?"
Kylo answers, "A scavenger from Jakku...strong with the Force, oriented toward the Light. I do not know if she can be turned. Her mother was the one who sensed, when I came to Skywalker. After I betrayed Skywalker, I took the Knights of Ren to go after her, as you instructed. I eliminated her and her family..."
Snoke interrupts again, "But not all of her family, the youngest."
Ren says, "She was only a small child, hidden by her mother. I left her with nothing but sand, junk and the scavengers of Jakku. I thought: if the Force awakened in her, it would just as likely be Dark."
"You were weak."
The young man admits, "I was. But not anymore."
"You should not hide your weakness from me. You need to face this, to eliminate it...if we are to bring order from the chaos this galaxy has become. Do you understand?"
"Yes, Supreme Leader."
"The girl had the map fragment back then; I'm convinced of it. Your sentiment for the girl, it has not been eliminated, even now."
"Help me, Supreme Leader. The girl..."
"The call to the Light is relentless, You must learn to recognize it, control it and dominate it. Are you ready to accept my training?"
"I am, Supreme Leader."
Snoke stands. "Then follow me into this place..." He gestures toward an opening in the floor. "...A place where you will come face-to-face with your compassion and sentiment and learn to recognize it and control it. And in this way, we shall control the foolish Jedi who dabble in the Force. And the galaxy shall know the glory of the Dark Side." Wipe to...
~ The Millennium Falcon lounge:
Luke is sitting at the chess table.
Rey walks in. She is still angry with Luke, but goes about configuring controls. "Some pretty good shooting there, old man."
"Ah. Thanks."
"For what?"
"For whatever role I played in you losing your family. I felt the loss in the Force. I should have been able to prevent it."
Rey responds, "I really don't need your apology. It doesn't help. The past is the past." She slows down her adjustments at the controls. Her face softens. She turns and looks at Luke. "When I remember as a girl, seeing my parents ship leave...to think it was Kylo Ren up there, that monster."
Luke tells her: "That monster is my nephew."
She says, "I don't envy you. I can't imagine if a member of my own family..." Rey looks at Luke, suddenly. "Oh, no. Don't tell me?"
"Relax. You're not related."
"Oh." She breathes a sigh of relief. "Whew."
"Would you like to know how I came to know your parents?"
"Yes. Very much so." She walks over and sits across from Luke.
"Your mother and I grew up together on Tatooine. An old Jedi, Obi-wan Kenobi..."
"I've heard the name."
"Obi-wan had brought me there as a child...to live with my aunt and uncle and to hide me from my father..."
"Darth Vader."
"Yes. And the Emperor. How do you know this, Rey?"
"A lot of legends and stories made their way through the junk town where I lived. I loved the stories of the Jedi."
"At the time, the Jedi Order had just been destroyed and the Jedi declared enemies of the Empire. With no Jedi Order, Obi-wan stayed on Tatooine and took the name: Ben. He had a lover and a son. I'm not sure he even knew about his son. If he did, he never told me. Years after I left Tatooine, my old friend, your mother, married this son of Kenobi. They had a child that was strong in the Force...and they brought her to me. That child...is you."
Rey asks, "So, are you telling me that Obi-wan Kenobi is my grandfather?"
"Was. He sacrificed himself so that Han, Leia and I could escape with the plans to the first Death Star."
She wondrously asked, "Is it true you blew it up with one shot?"
He sincerely answers: "With the help and sacrifice of many brave souls, with the help of your grandfather."
"I thought he sacrificed himself?"
"Some Jedi have been able to retain their identity passed the transition of death. At certain times, Obi-wan has spoken to me...and I see him."
"I think I may have heard him, at Maz's castle, when I touched the light-saber."
"I wouldn't be surprised. Tell me about when you faced Kylo Ren."
"He wore this ridiculous mask. He found me in the woods outside of Maz's castle. I tried to shoot him, but he kept blocking the bolts...how does he do that?"
Luke says, "It's a Jedi technique...you can learn it."
Rey says, "He froze me with the Force. I couldn't move."
"Snoke taught him that."
"First he tries to access my mind. Then he kills Han Solo; he almost kills Finn. He says: I can teach you the ways of the Force. I say: no, thank you."
"I think he likes you."
"Ugh," she grunts with revulsion. "Disgusting. Stop it."
Skywalker asks her, "Who is Finn?"
She smiles and says, "He's the one who got me into all this. He was a stormtrooper, but he ran away from the First Order. We escaped in the Falcon from Jakku, together. Later, he came with Han and Chewie to rescue me from Starkiller Base. He's a good friend. I hope he's Okay?"
"Reach out with the Force. See if you can sense him?"
She closes her eyes. Her smile turns to a frown. She opens her eyes and looks at Luke, frantically. Wipe to...
~ The interior of medical bay in Phasma's ship:
Finn is on a slanted platform, Vader's platform. He slowly opens his eyes and adjusts to bright lights.
Captain Phasma stands over him.
Finn tries to run, but he can't move. He looks down and sees a robotic pelvis and legs. "What the..."
"Looking for these?" Phasma says. She gestures toward Finn's legs, hanging from the ceiling. "Standard procedure for a stormtrooper with a spinal injury such as yours. Natural rehabilitation is far too costly and time-consuming. Pity, though. You will no longer have much appeal to that girlfriend of yours."
"Rey? She's alive?"
Phasma realizes she's let something slip she didn't mean to. This angers her. She removes her helmet. She leans into Finn and spits in his face. "You humiliated me. Now you'll discover the cost of that action. You will suffer. She will suffer...as will anyone else who's survived our destruction of the resistance...So much anger is not becoming of someone running around with an old Jedi weapon saving weak souls. Would you like to come after me? Yes? I'll just unlock your restraints, then...do your worst." She clicks a button.
He jumps at her with his mechanical legs, but Phasma controls his legs.
Finn starts to dance around looking ridiculous.
She laughs. "I control you now, fn-2187." She hits another button and he collapses on the floor.
"No. No. Please."
"You will live your remaining days in a pile of disgusting waste, your body responding to my whim...as an example of what happens to any stormtrooper foolish enough to disobey my orders and act against the First Order."
A door opens in the room.
Finn, unable to control his legs, walks right in and falls down into...
The trash-compactor! She also throws him his old legs. We see Phasma's satisfied and very evil grin. She puts her helmet on and turns toward the door. Wipe to...
~ The Millennium Falcon:
Rey runs into the cockpit and Luke follows. She tells the Wookiee, "Chewie, we're changing course. (To Luke) He's suffering; I've got to save him."
"Can you see where he is?" Luke asks Rey.
"With the First Order, on a ship of some kind. Ah. Maybe that way?" She points in a general direction.
"Not good enough. They could be anywhere."
She asks him, "Can't you tell where they are?"
"I don't have a connection with Finn. It's difficult to pinpoint people in the Force from that distance."
"I wish I could see more."
"The Force will show you what I can show you. You can't force it to show you more, ironically enough."
Rey looks at him sideways. "What kind of Jedi Master are you, anyway?"
"Not a very good one, apparently."
Chewbacca grunts: "We're arriving in Kashyyyk. My home."
Luke comments, "Hopefully, we can find more information..." Wipe to...
~ The Dark Side cave:
Kylo Ren moves into the cave and around a corner. He is on a balcony on Naboo. Darth Vader is at the railing and we hear his breathing. The background is stunning.
"Grandfather."
Vader turns to Kylo and removes his helmet. He is fully Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen). He looks at Kylo, sadly. "You've grown powerful. You remind me so much of myself."
"All I've ever wanted to do is finish what you started."
Darth says, "I'm so sorry that I wasn't there to hold you in my arms, to see you grow, to help you reach your potential, son. There is so much you have to learn."
"Teach me."
"Come here."
Anakin touches Kylo's cheek, like Han did. Darth grabs Kylo's head and then fully embraces him. "I love you."
We see Ren's face. Tears are streaming down, running into his facial scar.
Suddenly, we hear the sound of a light-saber.
Kylo's face registers total shock as he is stabbed! He falls to his knees.
We see a side view as Anakin pulls out the blade, through Kylo. It is red coming out his back, but it is blue coming out his chest.
Anakin is now in a completely WHITE VADER OUTFIT!
Snoke appears behind him with Force Lightning.
White Vader reaches back and slices Snoke in half! "Aaah!"
General Hux and Phasma appear...
Anakin also cuts them down with the light-saber! White Darth looks up to the sky...
There are two Star Destroyers high overhead. Anakin CRASHES THEM INTO EACH OTHER!
The Explosion results in purple sparks. They rain down onto the scene. We see these beautiful sparks raining down on Kylo. His facial scar heals.
Ren falls back and struggles for breath.
White Vader takes off his mask...It is the young face of his mother, Leia Organa.
Kylo can't move. He appears to die. He closes his eyes. Then a hand reaches down and opens his eyes...
Purple sparks fade and Kylo is back in the moment and inside Snoke's lair.
Snoke tells him: "The next time you see your grandfather, you should kill him." Wipe to...
~ The Kashyyyk base:
The Millennim Falcon lands. The ramp comes down. Leia, Po and BB8 are waiting. Chewie, Rey, R2 and finally Luke come down the ramp.
Leia runs to brother Luke and Chewie. They affectionately hug. She says, "Oh, Luke! It's so good to see you!"
He replies, much more serious: "I heard about Han."
Soon their embrace breaks...
"She asks, "Did you hear how it happened?"
"I know."
"I'm trying to hold it together. I don't blame you. I trusted him too many times. He's my son."
"And he's my nephew."
Rey speaks up and says, "I'm not related to him in the slightest..."
Luke and Leia look at Rey.
Rey says, "I'm just saying: when the time comes, he must be stopped. I won't hesitate."
Po says, "Speaking of not hesitating, I've got a signal from Finn."
"What?" Rey expresses in surprise. "How?"
"I put a homing-beacon on his back, a device-thing. Just got a signal relayed from it. He's in the Corellian System."
Rey says, "What are we waiting for? Let's go."
Leia states, "So my best pilot and most talented Jedi prospect want to risk their lives to rescue a friend? Without a plan? How does that make sense?"
Luke tells his sister: "They really are a lot like us, aren't they?"
From across the room, Maz Kanata ambles toward them. Maz says, "Rey. Rey Kenobi."
Rey asks, "Maz, did you know? Why didn't you tell me?"
Maz answers, "I would have if you hadn't run away."
Rey also asks, "What are you doing here?"
"I started to rebuild my castle, but then I thought: maybe I should get out and see the galaxy more, move forward into the future?" Maz looks at Chewie. "Well, if it isn't my number one boyfriend." She hugs Chewbacca's leg.
He grunts, uncomfortably.
Rey introduces Luke to Maz. "...She had your light-saber."
Luke says, "Really?"
"Nice to meet you at last. You know, your Obi-wan was a friend of mine?"
"If you don't mind me asking, how did you get my light-saber?"
Maz tells him: "It's a long story, for another time." She asks Rey, "Where is your boy, Finn, the one who always wants to run away?"
"The First Order's got him. He is on a ship someplace..."
Maz says, "Saw it with the Force, did you?"
"Yes."
"At a girl. He's on a ship, you say?"
Rey confirms. "Po's found the location. We're going to go rescue him."
Maz informs her, "Ships move. And First Order ships move to find you." Maz looks at Luke.
R2 beeps.
Luke asks Leia, "Where's 3PO?"
Leia tells him, "He was cut-off from us. He didn't make it off the base."
Luke says, "If the First Order has 3PO and Finn, there's a good chance they know we're here."
General Organa says, "We need to create a perimeter and get all our ships on high alert. They're coming for us."
Po Dameron asks Rey, "Do you know how to fly an X-wing?"
"I've done it on a simulator. But we'll take the Falcon."
Po turns to Luke. "How about you?"
Luke shoots him an amused look. "Ha. I've done it once or twice."
transcribed by TS Caladan
[note: Since about all the YT comments blasted this "fan BS" and only a few thought it was great and might be real, I was intrigued. I had previously read a leaked SW script before a premiere and it was 'right on the money.' Sometimes they'll put the pure truth out there in plain view, then ridicule the fools that refuse to believe it. I'm not afraid to take chances and go out on shaky branches. It could be true; we'll see in December].
[scroll]: The seat of the New Republic government along with most of their fleet has been destroyed. With the galaxy in chaos, the First Order has begun to terrorize and subjugate core worlds. Although Starkiller base was destroyed, the resistance forces under the command of General Leia Organa do not yet have the strength to protect the galaxy. In this dark time, Luke Skywalker has been found at the First Jedi Temple. The resistance can only hope that Luke's return can help them defeat the First Order before Supreme Leader Snoke and Kylo Ren can manifest their dark vision.
Through a star field, the triangular nose of a Star Destroyer comes into view.
~ Bridge of Star Destroyer:
General Hux and Kylo Ren stand on bridge, looking out.
Hux says, "If you hadn't allowed the girl to escape, Ren...if you had been able to identify the disloyal traitor in your midst. I imagine Supreme Leader will not be pleased with either of us, Ren."
Kylo Ren says, "We will pass this test. The First Order is still the strongest force in the galaxy. With the Republic out of the way, we will be even stronger."
The General responds, "I am pleased we are in agreement about that. I hope Supreme Leader shares our optimism. Lieutenant. Make the jump to light-speed."
~ Exterior shot:
The destroyer vanishes to a point in space.
~ Wipe to Exterior shot: Planet Ahch-To and island of first Jedi Temple:
Luke says to Rey, "That saber. How did you get it?"
She says, "The saber called to me...through the Force. Do you know who I am?"
"Not slightly. Do you?"
She answers, "Not really."
"Come." Luke walks passed Rey, still holding the light-saber.
She awkwardly puts the saber back and follows him down the hill and into the interior of a stone room.
Luke tells her: "Sit."
Rey sits.
He pours her some tea.
"Your sister, General Leia Organa, needs your help. The First Order has destroyed the New Republic home world."
"You're the girl from Jakku?"
'Yes. My name is Rey."
"Rey. I don't know if I can help. I've strengthened the Dark Side."
She replies, "I heard what happened. I've faced Kylo Ren. He can be defeated. I know it...through the light of the Force."
"It's not that simple," Luke says with reluctance.
She pleads, "Then tell me more. Teach me."
"I once thought as you do: that the Jedi were the Guardians of the Light Side of the Force using their powers only for defense, never for attack. I refused to fight my father, my father, Darth Vader. He killed the Emperor. He was the Jedi. Not me."
"I don't understand."
Luke stands and walks to a small window in the stone hut. "A Jedi cannot run from the Dark Side of the Force. A Jedi can't be purely in the Light. A Jedi must be at the edge and control the Darkness." Luke's voice begins to tremble with emotion. "Can you look into the eyes of Kylo Ren and kill him? Can you kill the thousands of soldiers, innocents under his command in order to get to him? A Jedi walks a fine line treading in the balance of the Force. I've never found that balance. Maybe you can find it?"
Rey insists, "The resistance needs you. Your experience, your power to fight Snoke and the First Order. You must come and help us."
Luke whirls toward her and begins to pace. "I must, but I can't help you. I can't train you. I can't. I tried to show Ben Solo the Light Side of the Force. I only increased his power. When he used the power against me, I reacted with anger. I summoned a Darkness. The Republic destroyed. My pupil killed his own father, my friend. Yes. I felt it. All because of my failure. Go."
"Please."
"Go. Go!" Luke pulls out his light-saber and its blade sputters to life.
Rey is shocked and stands up quickly.
Luke looks frightening in the green glow of his blade.
Rey staggers back. She trips over her chair and runs away. She runs back to the Millennium Falcon, weeping.
On the ship's ramp is Chewbacca and R2.
She passes them and orders: "We're leaving!"
The news surprises Chewbacca. He asks in groans: "We are? When?"
"Now!"
~ Falcon cockpit:
Rey is in pilot's seat. She frantically turns on different systems.
Chewie comes in and sits down next to her.
She fires up the engines and takes off. Suddenly, the ship stops...
She tells Chewbacca, "Something's got us in a tractor beam." Rey powers down the engines. She lifts her hands, looking shocked. She looks at Chewie and unbuckles. She goes down a hatch with Chewie in pursuit.
~ Scene changes to Luke using the Force. He settles the Falcon to the ground:
Rey is amazed at his show of Force Power.
Chewbacca grunts.
"Don't leave, please. I'm sorry," Skywalker says regretfully.
She asks again, "Come with us."
He sadly tells her, "I don't want to destroy you like I did Ben Solo."
She smiles. "You won't."
Luke stands with his head down. He raises his head. He cries and drops his head down again.
Chewie walks over to Luke and shakes him to his senses.
Luke looks up and finally recognizes him. He smiles and they have a big hug.
R2 rolls over, also in joy.
(To R2) "It's good to see you, R2."
R2 beeps in excitement.
"I'll go with you, if that's what you wish? But, Rey? There's something I want to show you first..." Wipe to...
~ The resistance base:
Po Dameron and a doctor confer quietly over a bed with an unconscious Finn.
General Leia Organa walks in. "How is he, doctor?"
"We've kept him in a medical coma to try to decrease the damage to his nervous system. He sustained a light-saber wound to his spine from...here to here. We've attempted to regenerate the nerves, but it's slow work."
Leia asks, "How long can you keep him in a coma, doctor?"
"With every passing day, there's danger that he may suffer brain damage."
The General asks, "What are our options?"
The doctor responds: "He's likely looking at a long rehabilitation with a moderate chance of partial functionality in his legs. On the other hand, the recently-discovered archives contain references in cases like this..."
Po asks, "Robot legs?"
The doctor answers, "It's a quick road to recovery, but would require amputation of the lower half of his body."
Po says, "I think it should be up to him."
Leia agrees.
BB8 whines.
~ Wipe to Ahch-To and island with first Jedi Temple:
Luke and Rey walk through a stone archway and into a protected area.
He gestures toward a tree that curls around a dark opening in the hillside. He informs her, "After the defeat of the Empire, I discovered the locations of 12 ANCIENT JEDI TEMPLES...all of them, including the one on Dagobah, where I trained with Jedi Master Yoda, had a cave such as this."
Rey is amazed and expresses in a daze, "It...feels..."
Luke answers, "Cold. Yes. The Dark Side is strong in these places. The cave produces visions, visions which show you the Darkness that exists within you. You should go in."
"When I touched the light-saber for the first time, I had visions, too. I did not enjoy the experience."
He tells her, "A Kyber Crystal in a light-saber can act as a focus for the Force, much in the same way the cave does."
"Should I bring the light-saber with me?"
"Do what you feel is best."
Rey walks into the cave, holding the light-saber. She hears a crackling to her left. She sees two, shadowy figures in Force Lightning. The saber moves on its own accord and slices upward. She again hears crackling and sees a falling body, just like Han Solo. "No!"
She sees a row of clone troopers in front of her. She turns around and sees her young self and many other children in Jedi robes.
The light-saber once more moves up to strike. Then she throws the weapon down. She was in peaceful woods, but now swept up and finds herself on a thin pathway.
Kylo Ren is pursuing her. Suddenly, Kylo morphs into Darth Vader with a red saber.
She looks down for her saber. But there is a severed hand holding it. Rey looks down at her own arm and her hand is missing. Her arm reappears, grasping a larger hand. She sees a younger Luke. She hears a voice...
Rey's mother says to Luke, "You can't train him (Kylo). You'll endanger us all. He's evil. How do you not sense this?"
Luke says, "Fear is the path to the Dark Side. There's good in him. He's just a boy. Don't worry. I will protect you."
Rey's mother says, "You won't. You can't. We're leaving."
"[whatever mother's name]," Luke says, desperately.
There is a shot of Rey's face, present-day, as she realizes she is looking at her mother. The vision continues...
Luke's head is down on a table. When he looks up, he has Vader's mask on. We hear Anakin's screams! Same as when he was cut down on Mustafar.
The mask dissolves into a windy, desert night.
Rey's mother looks at Rey, who breaths heavy and appears stressed.
There are shouts in the distance.
She tells the little girl: "Stay here, sweetheart. Stay right here. We'll be back for you, I promise." Her mother sprints over a sand dune.
A spaceship is visible on the next hill.
There are sounds of the clash of light-sabers, red and green.
Young Rey says to someone (Saw), "I have to wait here for my family."
"They'll be back to pick you up; just had to go away for awhile. Come on."
Scene dissolves to Rey's mother, father and brother. They are dead and sink into the sand.
Kylo Ren watches. He boards her parents' ship.
Cut to young Rey who screams, "Come back!"
~ Rey emerges from the cave, tears streaming down her face. She grips her light-saber tightly and stares at Luke.
He turns away and raises his hood. "Do you still want me to come with you?"
Rey walks quickly passed the slow-walking Skywalker. She declares, angrily: "Yes!"
"Good. Because the First Order has found us..."
Rey looks up to see advancing TIE fighters and heavy bombers!
Luke, Rey and Chewbacca run up the ramp of the Falcon. The ship takes off into the setting sun.
First Order ships fire on the Jedi Temple. Explosions occur and the old stones collapse!
The Falcon speeds along mere meters from the ocean's surface.
Pilot Rey says, "We'll stay low until we get out of range."
The Falcon speeds over the ocean then arches high into the sky. The craft makes the jump to hyperspace. Wipe to...
~ The resistance base:
General Organa is around a strategy table with other resistance leaders.
A lieutenant states, "Preparations are complete. We should be able to begin the evacuation within a few days. We'll regroup in the Kashyyyk System."
Leia says, "Good. I'd like to evacuate before the First Order attacks."
An officer says, "General Organa. Sensors are picking up several First Order destroyers dropping out of hyperspace."
"Of course...sound the signal! Activate defenses. We'll evacuate now."
Po asks the General, "What about Finn?"
"Go get him. Bring him aboard the Eagle."
~ Scenes of chaos and destruction at the base:
Po runs into the medical facility with BB8 close behind.
"Doctor, we've got to get him out of here."
"We can't move him yet. If I disconnect him from the stasis machine, the shock will kill him. The process has to be done slowly."
Po suggests, "We'll bring the machine with us."
Doctor replies, "You can't. It would take 20 men to move. Not designed to be portable."
"How long will it take to bring him out of it?"
"At least one hour."
(Po over intercom to Leia) "How long until First Order gets troops in here?"
"They're already here, Po. You need to get to the hangar, now!"
"Negative. I need an hour to get Finn out of here."
Leia tells him, "You don't have it. You'll be captured too, Po. The resistance can't lose you. You've got to leave him behind."
Po looks at his friend. He takes something from his pocket and slips it under Finn's back. He leans in and says, "Sorry, buddy. I'll come back for you. I promise. I promise."
Another explosion rocks the building.
Po and BB8 leave the building. They meet General Organa.
She says, "I got separated from my group. I came to get on the Eagle, but it's been disabled and blocking the hangar opening."
Po says, "Take this jumper here."
Leia replies, "There's not enough room to get it out."
"We'll make it."
Leia, Po and BB8 get aboard the quad jumper and narrowly escape.
C-3PO rounds the corner and sees the ship leave. "Wait! Oh, dear."
~ Inside the quad jumper:
Leia orders, "Set course for the _____ System."
"I thought we were rendezvousing at Kashyyyk?"
The General responds, "Change of plans. I'm going to see an old friend that owes me a favor." Wipe to...
~ Interior of the resistance base:
Stormtroopers roughly grab C-3PO.
The robot says, "Careful. I just had that arm repaired."
Trooper tells C-3PO, "You're property of the First Order now."
Captain Phasma walks in.
"I am C-3PO, human-cyborg relations..."
"Who gave you permission to speak?" Phasma sternly asks.
"Ah. No one."
"Access his memory banks, " she orders. "See if you can extract anything useful. There must be some reason they'd keep this useless antique around."
"Antique? How rude."
Stormtroopers hustle the robot away.
Phasma turns and walks through the wreckage of the base. She receives a transmission...
"Captain. We've found someone in the medical facility," he tells Phasma.
~ In medical facility:
The doctor is cowering by a still unconscious Finn.
The Captain walks in and says, "So. It's our old friend 'fn-2187,' the traitor. Take him aboard my ship."
The frightened doctor says, "Please. He's coming out of stasis. He might not survive, if you move him."
Phasma replies, "Oh, really. That would be a pity. You know, I used to be a doctor myself." Suddenly, she takes out a blaster and shoots the doctor! "Take him to the medical facility aboard my ship. And make sure he gets a private room."
~ Wipe:
We see a caped, older man from behind. He walks down a hallway.
An assistant walks up to him. "Sir. The Republic transport has landed."
Lando Calrissian says, "Good. No payment? No communication from the Republic in almost a week? They've got some explaining to do."
Camera pans to see the quad jumper. The door opens. Po walks out.
Lando asks him, "Who are you? Where's my usual contact?"
"I'm Po Dameron, resistance pilot."
Lando reacts. "Oh, no. If anyone connects us to the resistance, the public will have my ass!"
Po tells him, "You've got bigger problems."
Leia walks down the ramp.
"Oh, boy. You said it, flyboy."
She says, "I don't know what you're trying to pull, Lando. First Order's Super Weapon destroyed the entire Hosnian System. The Republic government, Senate there, and...the fleet were wiped out."
"Good, God. They really did it."
"And I need a favor."
"Oh. You need a favor?"
"You owe me, Lando."
"I owe you?" He sighs and then says, "Come on in quickly."
~ Interior of Lando's facility:
"One day, I'm a senator, a respected leader inline for the chancellorship of the New Republic. Then you ask me for a favor to help build the resistance. And within a year...I am disgraced, out of office, sneaking around running a clandestine operation on some backwater planet. Now the Republic is gone and I've got a thousand workers who aren't going to get paid. Next thing you're going to tell me is that son of yours is walking around in a black cape and a mask?"
She sincerely looks at Lando. "Han's dead."
"What?"
"Ben, Kylo Ren, killed him," she sadly says.
"Oh, my." Calrissian changes his tune. "Leia, I'm so sorry."
They share a short hand clasp.
"We managed to destroy the Starkiller Base, but the resistance sustained heavy losses. First Order is going to start central control over the core worlds. It's like the Empire all over again. We've got to stop it. We need you to convert your mining vessels, the delivery fleet you have here into warships."
"I don't know if I can do that. My workers are here for the money. You're asking them to be soldiers for the Resistance Army."
Leia insists, "The First Order is going to come for all of you sooner or later."
"These are mining ships. They have no weapons."
"Are you telling me you don't have a stockpile of weapons lying around?"
Lando smiles. "You do know me well."
She tells him to, "Use your charm on your people. You always gave a great speech. You're a natural leader."
"I'll try."
"I know you can do it, Lando. For the resistance. For Han."
He nods and holds her hand. "Hey. Did you ever have any luck finding Luke?" Wipe to...
~ The Millennium Falcon:
Rey and Chewie are in the cockpit. They come out of hyperspace right in front of a First Order Destroyer. She pulls on the controls and the Falcon lurches violently. "Whoa!"
Luke runs into the bridge. "What is it?"
"It's the First Order," she answers. "Looks like they've attacked the resistance base. I only hope our friends escaped. Do you think you can manage to operate the firing turret?"
"I can do it."
"Hopefully, it's easier than balancing the Force. And all I've got to do is get us out of range of their turbo cannons."
Chewbacca makes the calculations for the rendezvous on Kashyyyk.
~ On the bridge of the Star Destroyer:
An officer says to Captain Phasma: "Sir. A ship's come out of light-speed. It's a freighter."
Phasma orders, "Scramble fighters! Destroy the ship!"
The officer obeys. "Yes, Captain."
~ Inside the Millennium Falcon:
Rey says, "We got company, multiple TIE fighters."
Luke says, "I see them."
The ship jerks, violently.
Luke can't get a bead. "What's going on up there?"
"I'm taking evasive action."
He states confidently, "Don't worry. They can't outrun you. Keep it steady. I can't take aim." Luke fires and misses.
The fighter gets a shot in.
Rey says, "We're losing thrusters. They're gaining on us."
Luke sees a TIE fighter fly by, but he has trouble with the laser.
Another blast hits the Falcon!
"They've got our shields down to 40%. If they knockout the hyper-drive, we're finished."
Luke concentrates with the Force. When the fighter flies by, he stops it with the Force. Luke flings it into the other fighter, destroying them both! He freezes another one. He shoots it and misses. His hand shakes with arthritis. Luke opens the fighter's cockpit with the Force and the pilot is swept out into space.
Chewie gives an affirmative grunt.
Rey says, "Hold on."
The Falcon jumps to hyperspace...
~ Interior of the Star Destroyer.
(Intercom) "We had them. But when we got close, our ships froze and crashed into each other."
Captain Phasma states, "Either they've developed some sort of new tractor beam, or...(to the lieutenant) Send a message to Hux. Tell him that it appears our old Jedi has returned." Wipe to...
~ The interior of Kylo's ship:
General Hux receives the transmission. He speaks to Kylo. "According to Captain Phasma, there's evidence Luke Skywalker has returned and is aboard the freighter."
Ren slams his hand down, then gets control. He says, "I assume Captain Phasma was not able to capture or destroy them."
"No. But she captured our traitor: fn-2187 and I'm sure he will be made an example of."
~ Dark Side planet:
Kylo's ship arrives at Snoke's location. It is a bleak, partially-ruined castle of grey stones against a black sky of brilliant stars.
Hux and Kylo step off the ship.
"Enter," Snoke's deep voice tells them.
They walk through the tumbled stones and into a great hall. Inside the hall, all is in perfect order.
Snoke sits. He is tall, but not as tall as his projections.
Hux begins: "Supreme Leader. I have brought Kylo Ren here as you have asked."
"Thank you, General Hux. You may go."
Hux turns and exits. There is a long silence.
Kylo says, "Supreme Leader, I..."
"You have done well in your elimination of Han Solo. Do you feel your power growing in the Dark Side of the Force?"
"Oh, yes."
"Good."
"Supreme Leader. Captain Phasma reports..."
Snoke tells Kylo, "Luke Skywalker has returned. But he is weakened. The girl strengthens him. She is the greater threat."
Ren says, "With your training, I could eliminate them both."
"Who is she?"
Kylo answers, "A scavenger from Jakku...strong with the Force, oriented toward the Light. I do not know if she can be turned. Her mother was the one who sensed, when I came to Skywalker. After I betrayed Skywalker, I took the Knights of Ren to go after her, as you instructed. I eliminated her and her family..."
Snoke interrupts again, "But not all of her family, the youngest."
Ren says, "She was only a small child, hidden by her mother. I left her with nothing but sand, junk and the scavengers of Jakku. I thought: if the Force awakened in her, it would just as likely be Dark."
"You were weak."
The young man admits, "I was. But not anymore."
"You should not hide your weakness from me. You need to face this, to eliminate it...if we are to bring order from the chaos this galaxy has become. Do you understand?"
"Yes, Supreme Leader."
"The girl had the map fragment back then; I'm convinced of it. Your sentiment for the girl, it has not been eliminated, even now."
"Help me, Supreme Leader. The girl..."
"The call to the Light is relentless, You must learn to recognize it, control it and dominate it. Are you ready to accept my training?"
"I am, Supreme Leader."
Snoke stands. "Then follow me into this place..." He gestures toward an opening in the floor. "...A place where you will come face-to-face with your compassion and sentiment and learn to recognize it and control it. And in this way, we shall control the foolish Jedi who dabble in the Force. And the galaxy shall know the glory of the Dark Side." Wipe to...
~ The Millennium Falcon lounge:
Luke is sitting at the chess table.
Rey walks in. She is still angry with Luke, but goes about configuring controls. "Some pretty good shooting there, old man."
"Ah. Thanks."
"For what?"
"For whatever role I played in you losing your family. I felt the loss in the Force. I should have been able to prevent it."
Rey responds, "I really don't need your apology. It doesn't help. The past is the past." She slows down her adjustments at the controls. Her face softens. She turns and looks at Luke. "When I remember as a girl, seeing my parents ship leave...to think it was Kylo Ren up there, that monster."
Luke tells her: "That monster is my nephew."
She says, "I don't envy you. I can't imagine if a member of my own family..." Rey looks at Luke, suddenly. "Oh, no. Don't tell me?"
"Relax. You're not related."
"Oh." She breathes a sigh of relief. "Whew."
"Would you like to know how I came to know your parents?"
"Yes. Very much so." She walks over and sits across from Luke.
"Your mother and I grew up together on Tatooine. An old Jedi, Obi-wan Kenobi..."
"I've heard the name."
"Obi-wan had brought me there as a child...to live with my aunt and uncle and to hide me from my father..."
"Darth Vader."
"Yes. And the Emperor. How do you know this, Rey?"
"A lot of legends and stories made their way through the junk town where I lived. I loved the stories of the Jedi."
"At the time, the Jedi Order had just been destroyed and the Jedi declared enemies of the Empire. With no Jedi Order, Obi-wan stayed on Tatooine and took the name: Ben. He had a lover and a son. I'm not sure he even knew about his son. If he did, he never told me. Years after I left Tatooine, my old friend, your mother, married this son of Kenobi. They had a child that was strong in the Force...and they brought her to me. That child...is you."
Rey asks, "So, are you telling me that Obi-wan Kenobi is my grandfather?"
"Was. He sacrificed himself so that Han, Leia and I could escape with the plans to the first Death Star."
She wondrously asked, "Is it true you blew it up with one shot?"
He sincerely answers: "With the help and sacrifice of many brave souls, with the help of your grandfather."
"I thought he sacrificed himself?"
"Some Jedi have been able to retain their identity passed the transition of death. At certain times, Obi-wan has spoken to me...and I see him."
"I think I may have heard him, at Maz's castle, when I touched the light-saber."
"I wouldn't be surprised. Tell me about when you faced Kylo Ren."
"He wore this ridiculous mask. He found me in the woods outside of Maz's castle. I tried to shoot him, but he kept blocking the bolts...how does he do that?"
Luke says, "It's a Jedi technique...you can learn it."
Rey says, "He froze me with the Force. I couldn't move."
"Snoke taught him that."
"First he tries to access my mind. Then he kills Han Solo; he almost kills Finn. He says: I can teach you the ways of the Force. I say: no, thank you."
"I think he likes you."
"Ugh," she grunts with revulsion. "Disgusting. Stop it."
Skywalker asks her, "Who is Finn?"
She smiles and says, "He's the one who got me into all this. He was a stormtrooper, but he ran away from the First Order. We escaped in the Falcon from Jakku, together. Later, he came with Han and Chewie to rescue me from Starkiller Base. He's a good friend. I hope he's Okay?"
"Reach out with the Force. See if you can sense him?"
She closes her eyes. Her smile turns to a frown. She opens her eyes and looks at Luke, frantically. Wipe to...
~ The interior of medical bay in Phasma's ship:
Finn is on a slanted platform, Vader's platform. He slowly opens his eyes and adjusts to bright lights.
Captain Phasma stands over him.
Finn tries to run, but he can't move. He looks down and sees a robotic pelvis and legs. "What the..."
"Looking for these?" Phasma says. She gestures toward Finn's legs, hanging from the ceiling. "Standard procedure for a stormtrooper with a spinal injury such as yours. Natural rehabilitation is far too costly and time-consuming. Pity, though. You will no longer have much appeal to that girlfriend of yours."
"Rey? She's alive?"
Phasma realizes she's let something slip she didn't mean to. This angers her. She removes her helmet. She leans into Finn and spits in his face. "You humiliated me. Now you'll discover the cost of that action. You will suffer. She will suffer...as will anyone else who's survived our destruction of the resistance...So much anger is not becoming of someone running around with an old Jedi weapon saving weak souls. Would you like to come after me? Yes? I'll just unlock your restraints, then...do your worst." She clicks a button.
He jumps at her with his mechanical legs, but Phasma controls his legs.
Finn starts to dance around looking ridiculous.
She laughs. "I control you now, fn-2187." She hits another button and he collapses on the floor.
"No. No. Please."
"You will live your remaining days in a pile of disgusting waste, your body responding to my whim...as an example of what happens to any stormtrooper foolish enough to disobey my orders and act against the First Order."
A door opens in the room.
Finn, unable to control his legs, walks right in and falls down into...
The trash-compactor! She also throws him his old legs. We see Phasma's satisfied and very evil grin. She puts her helmet on and turns toward the door. Wipe to...
~ The Millennium Falcon:
Rey runs into the cockpit and Luke follows. She tells the Wookiee, "Chewie, we're changing course. (To Luke) He's suffering; I've got to save him."
"Can you see where he is?" Luke asks Rey.
"With the First Order, on a ship of some kind. Ah. Maybe that way?" She points in a general direction.
"Not good enough. They could be anywhere."
She asks him, "Can't you tell where they are?"
"I don't have a connection with Finn. It's difficult to pinpoint people in the Force from that distance."
"I wish I could see more."
"The Force will show you what I can show you. You can't force it to show you more, ironically enough."
Rey looks at him sideways. "What kind of Jedi Master are you, anyway?"
"Not a very good one, apparently."
Chewbacca grunts: "We're arriving in Kashyyyk. My home."
Luke comments, "Hopefully, we can find more information..." Wipe to...
~ The Dark Side cave:
Kylo Ren moves into the cave and around a corner. He is on a balcony on Naboo. Darth Vader is at the railing and we hear his breathing. The background is stunning.
"Grandfather."
Vader turns to Kylo and removes his helmet. He is fully Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen). He looks at Kylo, sadly. "You've grown powerful. You remind me so much of myself."
"All I've ever wanted to do is finish what you started."
Darth says, "I'm so sorry that I wasn't there to hold you in my arms, to see you grow, to help you reach your potential, son. There is so much you have to learn."
"Teach me."
"Come here."
Anakin touches Kylo's cheek, like Han did. Darth grabs Kylo's head and then fully embraces him. "I love you."
We see Ren's face. Tears are streaming down, running into his facial scar.
Suddenly, we hear the sound of a light-saber.
Kylo's face registers total shock as he is stabbed! He falls to his knees.
We see a side view as Anakin pulls out the blade, through Kylo. It is red coming out his back, but it is blue coming out his chest.
Anakin is now in a completely WHITE VADER OUTFIT!
Snoke appears behind him with Force Lightning.
White Vader reaches back and slices Snoke in half! "Aaah!"
General Hux and Phasma appear...
Anakin also cuts them down with the light-saber! White Darth looks up to the sky...
There are two Star Destroyers high overhead. Anakin CRASHES THEM INTO EACH OTHER!
The Explosion results in purple sparks. They rain down onto the scene. We see these beautiful sparks raining down on Kylo. His facial scar heals.
Ren falls back and struggles for breath.
White Vader takes off his mask...It is the young face of his mother, Leia Organa.
Kylo can't move. He appears to die. He closes his eyes. Then a hand reaches down and opens his eyes...
Purple sparks fade and Kylo is back in the moment and inside Snoke's lair.
Snoke tells him: "The next time you see your grandfather, you should kill him." Wipe to...
~ The Kashyyyk base:
The Millennim Falcon lands. The ramp comes down. Leia, Po and BB8 are waiting. Chewie, Rey, R2 and finally Luke come down the ramp.
Leia runs to brother Luke and Chewie. They affectionately hug. She says, "Oh, Luke! It's so good to see you!"
He replies, much more serious: "I heard about Han."
Soon their embrace breaks...
"She asks, "Did you hear how it happened?"
"I know."
"I'm trying to hold it together. I don't blame you. I trusted him too many times. He's my son."
"And he's my nephew."
Rey speaks up and says, "I'm not related to him in the slightest..."
Luke and Leia look at Rey.
Rey says, "I'm just saying: when the time comes, he must be stopped. I won't hesitate."
Po says, "Speaking of not hesitating, I've got a signal from Finn."
"What?" Rey expresses in surprise. "How?"
"I put a homing-beacon on his back, a device-thing. Just got a signal relayed from it. He's in the Corellian System."
Rey says, "What are we waiting for? Let's go."
Leia states, "So my best pilot and most talented Jedi prospect want to risk their lives to rescue a friend? Without a plan? How does that make sense?"
Luke tells his sister: "They really are a lot like us, aren't they?"
From across the room, Maz Kanata ambles toward them. Maz says, "Rey. Rey Kenobi."
Rey asks, "Maz, did you know? Why didn't you tell me?"
Maz answers, "I would have if you hadn't run away."
Rey also asks, "What are you doing here?"
"I started to rebuild my castle, but then I thought: maybe I should get out and see the galaxy more, move forward into the future?" Maz looks at Chewie. "Well, if it isn't my number one boyfriend." She hugs Chewbacca's leg.
He grunts, uncomfortably.
Rey introduces Luke to Maz. "...She had your light-saber."
Luke says, "Really?"
"Nice to meet you at last. You know, your Obi-wan was a friend of mine?"
"If you don't mind me asking, how did you get my light-saber?"
Maz tells him: "It's a long story, for another time." She asks Rey, "Where is your boy, Finn, the one who always wants to run away?"
"The First Order's got him. He is on a ship someplace..."
Maz says, "Saw it with the Force, did you?"
"Yes."
"At a girl. He's on a ship, you say?"
Rey confirms. "Po's found the location. We're going to go rescue him."
Maz informs her, "Ships move. And First Order ships move to find you." Maz looks at Luke.
R2 beeps.
Luke asks Leia, "Where's 3PO?"
Leia tells him, "He was cut-off from us. He didn't make it off the base."
Luke says, "If the First Order has 3PO and Finn, there's a good chance they know we're here."
General Organa says, "We need to create a perimeter and get all our ships on high alert. They're coming for us."
Po Dameron asks Rey, "Do you know how to fly an X-wing?"
"I've done it on a simulator. But we'll take the Falcon."
Po turns to Luke. "How about you?"
Luke shoots him an amused look. "Ha. I've done it once or twice."