Star Wars: Episode IX

Reign of the Dark Side

By

TheJeanLantern
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....

STAR WARS

Episode IX

REIGN OF THE DARK SIDE

CRAWL
The Republic has fallen to the FIRST
ORDER. Following the death of Snoke,
KYLO REN has assumed the mantle of
Supreme Leader, using his
unparalleled power to grip the galaxy
in fear.

THE RESISTANCE, abandoned by all

their allies, has been forced into
hiding. Meanwhile, REY, the last
Jedi, seeks Force-sensitive recruits
to join the NEW JEDI ORDER.

Now the race is on. Resolving to find

these Force-users before the
Resistance, the First Order has
dispatched the ruthless GRAND MONITOR
TORQUE to the planet Naboo....

We pan across a starfield to find...

EXT. PLANET NABOO - SPACE

The pale blue dot of Naboo. Then...

BOOM. A SUPER STAR DESTROYER blasts out of lightspeed,

halting above the planet. This is the fearsome DEVIATOR.

Two more Star Destroyers follow in its wake.

CUT TO:

EXT. NABOO - CITY OF THEED - DAY

A First Order transport spills a long procession of

STORMTROOPERS onto Theed's thoroughfare.

Leading the way is GRAND MONITOR TORQUE: a wiry, silver-

haired man in a stiff, black tunic, like a priest of hell.

His cold, gray eyes scan the capital city. Its glory days
are long gone. Where the architecture is not covered in
weeds and ivy, it shows crumbling brick and scorch marks.
The statues

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lining the avenue have all been decapitated.

Every street is littered with abandoned vehicles of the

First Order. Rusty walkers, speeders, and tanks.

Sooty-faced, emaciated citizens dismantle them for metal and

wiring. They stop their work to watch the impressive
procession march by.

In the distance, makeshift recycling plants spew a toxic

haze into the air.

INT. ROYAL PALACE - MOMENTS LATER

The procession files into a grand hall. This room, once

beautiful and opulent, is now grimy and bleak.

At the far end sits QUEEN SIDDARTA, 60. Sunken eyes, stooped
neck, wheezing breath. Her gown fraying at the seams. She's
surrounded by FIVE ROYAL GUARDS: four humans and a Gungan.

QUEEN SIDDARTA
To what do I owe this surprise visit,
Grand Monitor Torque? More junk to
add to the pile?

Torque removes his black leather gloves, pacing the hall as

if apartment-shopping.

TORQUE
You sound ungrateful, Queen Siddarta.
I thought you were a people of
industry.

He gestures to the faded frescoes on the ceiling, paintings

of generations past.

We cut in CLOSE on the portraits' extremely realistic

eyes... so realistic that ______________
they're moving. Though Torque
doesn't realize it, there are real people back there.

BEHIND THE FRESCO

Looking through the peepholes, are two dozen RESISTANCE

FIGHTERS, led by POE DAMERON.

Beside him, CHEWBACCA whimpers, and FINN watches intently.

TORQUE (O.S.)
Don't forget, it was the Supreme
Leader that discovered Naboo's full

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potential as a recycling plant.

BACK IN THE PALACE

TORQUE
And you've exceeded that potential
marvelously.

Queen Siddarta COUGHS VIOLENTLY into a handkerchief.

QUEEN SIDDARTA
And we are forever indebted to him.

TORQUE
Speaking of which, he has sent me
here on a rather grave matter. The
Supreme Leader believes there are
enemies of the galaxy hiding right
under your nose. And to save you the
embarrassment, he's asked me
personally to...relieve you.

BEHIND THE FRESCO, Finn is panicking.

FINN
She's selling us out.

POE
Not yet. Stay calm.

Behind them, GENERAL LEIA ORGANA and ROSE keep totally

still.

IN THE PALACE

QUEEN SIDDARTA
Enemies? Here? I assure you, the
Resistance is no friend of Naboo.

TORQUE
Dear, no, your Majesty! The Supreme
Leader hardly considers those pests a
threat. He has sensed another
enemy... a disturbance in the Force.

She nearly HACKS UP A LUNG at this.

QUEEN SIDDARTA
I wouldn't know anything about the
Force, Grand Monitor.

Torque examines the Royal Guards up close.

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TORQUE
The so-called Light Side of the Force
is deceptive by nature, your Majesty.
If you ask me, the less you know
about them, the better.

A human Royal Guard is triggered by this. Gulps.

Torque notices and stops in front of him.

TORQUE
You would tell me, wouldn't you? If
you noticed anything or anyone...
suspicious... slimy...sinister...

The Guard is visibly shaking now.

QUEEN SIDDARTA
Of course. I'll have every home
searched immediately.

Torque holds a hand up, inches from the Guard's face.

Exerting some invisible power on his very being.

TORQUE
That won't be enough...You have to
search their very souls.

The Guard SCREAMS PAINFULLY. Then FORCE-PUSHES Torque back.

But Torque is more powerful. He FORCE-LIFTS the Guard into

the air in front of the huge windows.

The front line of Stormtroopers FIRE their blasters,

RIDDLING the Guard's body with lasers--

Which PUSH the Guard through the window, plummeting him over
the cliff, followed by raining glass shards.

BEHIND THE FRESCO

Leia clenches her jaw.

FINN
We have to move right now.

Poe doesn't move.

IN THE PALACE

The other Guards are on the defense.

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Torque straightens his tunic, smooths his hair.

Queen Siddarta is speechless.

TORQUE
I found them, your Majesty.
(then)
We'll take them off your hands.

The Stormtroopers descend on the Royal Guards.

BEHIND THE FRESCO

POE
This isn't our battle to fight.

Finn grimaces. He hates feeling helpless.

Poe looks back toward Leia...

but she's gone.

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EXT. THEED THOROUGHFARE - MOMENTS LATER

The last stormtroopers pull the Royal Guards (now prisoners)

aboard the transport. As they start to take off, Torque
walks up the ramp, looking pleased. Then--

The transport stops midair. Its metal GROANS.

__________________________

Torque is jolted. He turns and sees...

Leia, arms extended, holding the transport in a Force-grip.

He smiles devilishly.

AT THE PALACE STEPS

Poe and the Fighters rush out of the palace.

Poe's POV: Leia has pulled the transport back to the ground.
Torque and her are speaking, but we hear nothing.

POE
What is she doing...?

Stormtroopers release the four Royal Guards...

...then grab Leia instead.

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POE
No!

Poe charges forward, his blaster shouldered.

Leia's pulled into the transport as it takes off again.

POE
NOOOO!

Poe FIRES. The other Fighters follow suit.

Stormtroopers return fire as the transport ascends. Above,

the Deviator is barely visible through the hazy sky.

The Fighters take cover behind abandoned vehicles.

Finn and Rose pull the Royal Guards to safety.

Poe yells into his communicator.

POE
Nien, fire up the Falcon! Now!

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT - THAT MOMENT

NIEN NUNB, trusty pilot of the long-past Rebellion,

initiates Han Solo's old ship.

Behind him, BB-8 braces for a wild ride.

EXT. CLIFFSIDE - CONTINUOUS

Behind a waterfall, we see headlights turn on. And the sound

of the MILLENNIUM FALCON powering up.

Then it BURSTS through the waterfall from a hidden cave.

EXT. THEED - THAT MOMENT

The transport's gone now. The Fighters recover.

POE
(re: the Royal Guards)
Finn! Take them back to Rey! We'll be
right behind you!

FINN
What are you gonna do?!

VOOM--the Falcon SWOOPS overhead, swings back around.

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POE
I'll tell you when I figure it out!

With that, Poe and twelve Fighters jump aboard the Falcon.

Finn, Rose, and the four Guards watch as it takes off after
the transport.

That's when we hear the familiar voice of C-3PO...

THREEPIO (V.O.)
The Force judges not.

EXT. OVID MINOR - SPACE

We find the peaceful planet of Ovid Minor, the smaller of

twin planets circling each other in the Outer Rim.

THREEPIO (V.O.)
It hates not. It forgives not.

EXT. OVID MINOR - DAY

We fly between towering rock formations...

THREEPIO (V.O.)
Like a child, the Force welcomes all.

...through thick fog, into a dark jungle...

THREEPIO (V.O.)
Whether honorable...or dishonorable.
Whether peaceful...or violent.

...until we settle on...

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE - DAY

An ancient Temple of clay and bronze sits on a precipice.

THREEPIO (V.O.)
Thus, must the Jedi protect the
Force.

In a rocky clearing outside the Temple, SEVEN YOUNG PADAWANS

of various races stand in a line. C-3PO reads from a text.
REY watches on.

THREEPIO
"That is the duty of the Jedi."
(done reading)
At least that is a rough translation.

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The syntax is quite primitive and my--

REY
Thank you, Threepio.

Rey walks along the line of Padawans, examining the troops.

She's more sure of herself now, more battle-worn. Or at
least she presents herself that way.

REY
Padawans. This is what's at stake.
When you fight, you fight for the
Force itself.
(then)
Now. Who's first?

CUT TO LATER:

PLUM, a male Gamorrean padawan, is thrown FACE FIRST to the

ground in a cloud of dirt. He's just lost a fight, badly.

As Plum crawls off the rocky fighting ring, his opponent, a

male Gran named TITUS, stretches his arms.

TITUS
Anyone else? I can do this all day.

REY
Don't gloat, Titus. Victory is a
matter of duty, not pleasure.

A Twi'lek steps forward. This is GORO, 15, a mischievous and

intense young male.

GORO
I'll do it.

REY
Remember, the Jedi way is to defend,
never attack.

TITUS
One of us has to attack first. Bring
it on, Goro.

Titus is more nervous about fighting Goro than he sounds.

But he assumes his defensive stance.

Rey gets out of the way.

Goro LUNGES and JUKES Titus out, causing him to FLINCH.

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Goro laughs, which only pisses Titus off.

So Titus ATTACKS.

Every swing and kick is fluidly dodged by Goro. He pivots

and ducks over and over, tiring Titus out--

Till Titus loses his footing.

Goro PUNCHES him in the back, slamming him into the dirt.

The Padawans catcall and jeer.

TITUS
Uurrgghh!

Enraged, Titus SWIPES his legs. But Goro's faster.

Using the Force, he TRAPS Titus. Lifts him off the ground.

TITUS
(flailing, helpless)
That's...cheating...!

Goro tightens his grip. Titus GRUNTS.

REY
Goro! That's enough!

Goro slowly bends Titus' back...entranced by his own

power...

REY
Goro! Now!

He snaps out of it, lets Titus drop to the ground.

SU MIN, a female Kaminoan, sneers at him.

SU MIN
What's your problem?!

GORO
What? Our duty is to win. She said it
herself.

REY
Not at the cost of what's right. You
have to be more than your Force
powers...Now apologize.

The Padawans surround Titus to make sure he's okay. Plum,

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however, goes to Goro, his best friend.

GORO
No wonder the Jedi died off.

Rey can't believe he said that. But before she can respond,
R2D2 arrives, beeping urgently.

REY
They're back.
(rushing off)
We'll continue this lesson later.
Class dismissed.

She follows Artoo.

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE - CLEARING - CONTINUOUS

Rey runs up as the Resistance transport lands. Finn's the

first one out.

They rush into an embrace.

Rose exits next and sees them, discomfited by their

closeness.

REY
Where are the others?

FINN
Rey...

REY
Finn...what happened--

That's when Rose walks up with the Royal Guards, whom we'll
now refer to as the NEW RECRUITS.

ROSE
Welcome to Ovid Minor. It's not much,
but we call it home.

The four Recruits look on the humble temple with hesitation.

Rey puts on a welcoming face.

REY
Thank you. You don't know how much it
means to us that you're here. It took
a lot of courage to take this step.

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HUMAN RECRUIT
We are honored. Your legend is far-
reaching.

REY
That legend's what we hope to undo.
This is an academy for everyone.
Please, make yourselves at home.

The Recruits bow and follow Rose toward the temple.

Rey turns back to Finn, steeling herself for the news.

CUT TO:

INT. JEDI ACADEMY - REY'S ROOM - MOMENTS LATER

Finn and Rey's conversation has moved to the privacy of

Rey's room. It's in a series of huts attached to the Temple
that we'll call the Academy.

Note: inside the Academy, the hallways and rooms have

lighting strung up to the ceiling. But it's never used,
opting instead for torches. This will be explained later.

Rey busies herself by rolling up her mat, making her bed.

FINN
Don't you have anything to say?

REY
What can I say?

FINN
I don't know. A moment of silence?
For the leaders of the Resistance
that we might've just lost?

REY
Well, which is it? Do you want me to
speak or be silent?

FINN
You know what I meant.

REY
I'm here trying to carry the legacy
of the greatest Jedi to ever live. I
can't stop to cry every time someone
risks everything by handing
themselves over to the First Order!

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FINN
We were out there looking for
recruits for your academy!

REY
Oh, so this is my fault?!

FINN
I didn't say that.

REY
After everything you've seen, I
thought you believed in what I was
doing here.

Finn takes a beat. He doesn't want to fight.

FINN
Of course I do, but...I've been to
the Outer Rim and back. We've looked
everywhere. Either Force-sensitives
are too scared to show themselves
or...or they don't exist.

She nods. So that's how he feels.

REY
I can't expect you to believe me. But
I feel them. Whether they're scared
or not, I feel them.
(then)
And if we can reach them, maybe--just
maybe--they won't be scared anymore.

Rey let's that sink in and walks out on him.

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - SPACE

BB-8 rolls down a hall lined with twelve Resistance

Fighters. As he passes, each one bends to tap his head for
good luck.

He arrives at Poe's boots. Poe knocks on his head twice,

then addresses the troops.

POE
We should have a few hours before the
Deviator enters hyperspace.

We crane up to see the team is now outfitted in spacesuits.

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POE
That means a few hours to get in, get
General Leia, and get out. Nien will
keep the Falcon just out of their
sensor's reach until we call him for
extraction.

BB-8 beeps frantically. Poe smirks and responds:

POE
Good question. You don't have any
jets in there, do you?

INT. THE DEVIATOR - SPACE

Leia FALLS to her knees with a THUD. Wheezes painfully.

We're in a HUGE HALL that recedes off into darkness as far

as the eye can see. All sound echoes eerily off the black
metal.

LEIA
Is that any way to treat your boss's
mother?

GENERAL HUX, weaselly and pallid as ever, scoffs.

HUX
After all these years, you still
cling pathetically to the memory of
your dead son. Ben Solo is gone. The
Supreme Leader's power has far
surpassed anything he could have
possibly imagined.

Leia's head drops. It seems like she's sobbing...

...until it's clear that _______________________

she's actually laughing.

LEIA
You have no idea how happy it makes
me to hear you say that name.

HUX
Laugh all you want. He will never--

TORQUE (O.S.)
General Hux.

How long Torque's been standing in the shadows is unclear.

With surprising nobility, he helps Leia to her feet.

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TORQUE
That you share a title with General
Organa is an insult. We won't be
needing you anymore. You're
dismissed.

Hux sneers and stutters. Then storms off into the darkness.

LEIA
Flattery won't get you far.

TORQUE
Now, now. War is ugly enough. The
least I can do is pay respect to the
legendary Leia Organa. You still go
by that name, do you not?

LEIA
I owe my adoptive parents everything.

TORQUE
Well...not everything. I sensed your
power long before I stepped foot on
Naboo.

Torque holds a hand up to her, like he did with the Royal

Guard. As if feeding off her energy.

TORQUE
That's not Organa power...That's
Skywalker power.

LEIA
There's more to it than blood. Even
Vader gave in to weakness.

TORQUE
Quite true. The question is: which
was the weakness? The Light Side or
The Dark?

TOK...TOK...TOK...

Footsteps approach in the darkness.

TORQUE
That's what we're here to find out.

As Torque walks off, a spotlight illuminates a THRONE...

...where sits KYLO REN. A heavy black hood, like Emperor

Palpatine's, covers most of his face.

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HUX
All Hail The Supreme Leader!

On the flanks, rows of FIRST ORDER OFFICERS press their

fists to their chests.

FIRST ORDER OFFICERS

All Hail Lord Ren!

Leia eyes Kylo defiantly.

EXT. SPACE - THAT MOMENT

FWOOM-FWOOM -- the twelve Resistance Paratroopers WHIP past,

propelled by jet packs, toward:

The Deviator.

Poe looks through his helmet over to:

BB-8, experiencing some turbulence. A tiny jet engine pokes

out of his round body.

POE
Activate your magna-boots!

C'AI THRENALLI, the Abednedo, growls in his tongue.

C'AI
<We're coming in hot!>

He's not wrong. The Deviator is growing fast.

Chewie ROARS.

POE
Flip!

Synchronized, the troops flip over to approach feet-first.

They FIRE their decelerators...

...brace for impact...

...and HIT the hull.

Poe and Chewie SKIP across the white surface expertly.

BB-8 SLALOMS across at angles.

C'AI and the others tuck and roll. But a human named RHETT

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tumbles out of control. He SCREAMS for help.

Poe takes off after him in long strides.

Rhett bounces off the hull, up toward infinite space.

Poe LEAPS...

...CATCHES his hand...

...and magnetizes his boot to a wall at the last moment.

The momentum swings Rhett over his head--

And SLAMS him into the window of an OBSERVATION DECK.

INSIDE THE OBSERVATION DECK

A couple STORMTROOPERS mill about.

Behind them, Rhett flails in front of the window. He's

pulled out of the way, just before the Stormtroopers see
him.

BACK OUTSIDE

The other Fighters arrive to help them back to solid ground.

They collapse in an exhausted pile.

POE
Everyone okay?

CHEWBACCA
Rrurragh!

Everyone looks over at Chewie...

..whose hair is covering his eyes in the helmet.

His spacesuit's arm goes limp. He wiggles his arm through

the suit, up to the helmet to wipe the hair away.

CHEWBACCA
Errgh...

INT. THE DEVIATOR - THRONE ROOM

General Hux is reading statistics from a hologram computer.

HUX
...From Mon Calamari, thirty-seven.

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From Geonosis, fifty-three. From

Trandosha, seventy--

KYLO
Quiet.
(then)
The numbers are rising. Why?

HUX
The Light Side multiplies like Jawa,
my Lord. But our methods of tracking
them down have greatly improved.

Silence.

Then, Kylo stands. Throws back his hood.

The Dark Side of the Force has not been kind to Kylo. His
hair has fallen out, and his eyes have started to adopt the
yellow tinge that Palpatine's once did.

He raises his hand.

CREEEAAAK. The ship's innards groan.

The floor beneath Leia starts to move. Like a huge door, the
floor splits and opens, revealing another room beneath:

It's a holding cell, ____________________________________

filled with Prisoners of all species,
from Hutts and Toydarians to Bothans and Ewoks. They're
shackled together and ______________________________
wearing the same red jumpsuits.

Leia looks down on them with horror.

EXT. THE DEVIATOR - THAT MOMENT

A SPACEWALKING STORMTROOPER does his rounds on a catwalk.

He STOPS SHORT when he sees BB-8 farther down.

SPACEWALK STORMTROOPER
Hey!

BB-8 BEEPS and disappears around a corner.

The Trooper follows him round the bend--

--and finds nothing. He looks up--

Chewie, hanging upside down, KNOCKS HIM OUT.

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C'ai and Poe are holding Chewie by the ankles.

INT. THE DEVIATOR - THRONE ROOM

KYLO
For thousands of years, the Jedi have
proven too weak...too irresponsible
to wield the Force.

Torque smirks from the sidelines.

KYLO
No longer will that power rest in the
hands of a few.

He extends his hand toward the Prisoners. Concentrates.

Leia watches them for some sign.

One by one, the Prisoners start to reel... Soon enough, they

become a sea of roiling bodies.

Kylo strains to channel his power.

Screams and pleas in countless languages rise up when--

glowing, soul-like whisps escape their bodies.
_____________________________________________

The Prisoners all collapse. Their skin gray and dull. Not
dead, but dazed.

Kylo drops into his throne. Spent.

LEIA
I...I can't feel them.
(to Kylo)
What have you done...

Kylo doesn't look at her.

LEIA
What have you done?!

KYLO
They'll live...They're only dead to
the Force.

HUX
Your power knows no bounds, my Lord.
Now prove it to the galaxy. Finish
off the Resistance and sever General
Organa from the Force!

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KYLO
I don't need to prove anything.

The other Officers gulp nervously. Hux stammers:

HUX
Of course, my Lord. But she is the
enemy. Send the Resistance a message.
No one who crosses The Supreme Leader
shall ever escape unharmed--

Kylo stands and hulks back toward the darkness.

Torque hands Leia over to Stormtroopers to escort her out.

LEIA
Ben!

Kylo stops in his tracks, almost instinctively. He barely

glances over his shoulder.

Leia waits for a response...but he turns to leave instead.

The Stormtroopers drag Leia out.

INT. JEDI ACADEMY - GARAGE - NIGHT

One of the adjacent hovels of the Temple has been converted

into a makeshift garage. It's cluttered with machine parts
and FIVE MOSTLY-FINISHED SPEEDER BIKES.

Rose crawls out from underneath one of them, wiping her

greasy hands on her jumpsuit.

ROSE
I'm gonna turn in.

Finn calls out from under another bike.

FINN
Careful. If you don't put in the
hours, I'll be a better mechanic than
you someday.

ROSE
Uh-huh. I'll fix your mistakes in the
morning, hot shot.

Rose laughs and heads out.

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INT. JEDI TEMPLE - THAT MOMENT

The Temple is cavernous, but austere. A few lanterns provide

the only halos of light.

Rey is alone, sweeping the floorboards. Lost in thought.

Then, Rose, on her way to bed, finds her.

ROSE
So that's why this place is so clean.

Rey looks up and smiles.

ROSE
Always figured Artoo had a built-in
vacuum.

REY
Never thought to ask him. But I like
doing it myself. Clears the mind.

She puts the broom aside. Admires her handiwork.

ROSE
I don't know how you do it. Taking
over for Master Luke, starting the
new Jedi Order, all by yourself, with
hardly any training--
(catches herself)
Sorry...I'm not helping.

REY
No, it's okay. I'm glad somebody
noticed.

ROSE
Of course. I can't imagine how lonely
it must get.
(beat)
Not that Threepio isn't a blast.

REY
(chuckles)
I can't complain. I did spend most of
my life alone in a desert.

ROSE
Oh. Right.

Rey lays out two mats and sits cross-legged. Rose joins her.

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ROSE
I used to stay up for hours waiting
for my sister to come to bed. I don't
know if I'll ever get used to not
having her around.
(then)
What's your secret?

REY
I wish I knew...I spent a lot of time
talking to myself. Must've sounded
crazy.

ROSE
You haven't heard me talk to myself.
That's when I win all my arguments.

They laugh together.

REY
There were also...

She gets a far-off look. Memories flooding back. Some she

hasn't thought of in years.

REY
...voices. They sounded old somehow.
Like they'd always been there. They
kept me company for a while.

She shakes them out of her head. Returns to the present.

REY
Until I got too old for make-believe.
Realized the only one who'd ever be
there for me was myself.

They sit side-by-side for a moment. Rose wonders whether she

should speak. Then...

ROSE
We never would've gotten out of that
cave on Crait if it wasn't for you.
You were there for us. And we'll
always be there for you.

Rey smiles. Grateful to have a friend.

REY
Let's get some sleep.

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They roll up their mats and blow out the lanterns, when--

QUICK FLASH: the Prisoners crying out; the glowing whisps

escaping; the Prisoners collapsing.

Rey nearly faints, but Rose catches her.

ROSE
Rey?!

Rey tries to make sense of the vision.

REY
Something...terrible has happened.

ROSE
What is it?

REY
I...don't know. It's like...a tear.
In the Force.

Rose is out of her element. But she stays with her.

REY
We're running out of time.

INT. THE DEVIATOR - HOLDING CELL - A LITTLE LATER

The Stormtroopers throw Leia into the Prisoner stowage. SLAM

the doors behind her.

She gets back on her feet and looks at the POWs. They're
solemn and resigned. Crammed tightly into one seemingly
endless room.

Shafts of light pierce from overhead grates. Despite the

thousands of creatures in here, there's a deathly quiet.

Within the crowd, a wrinkled, bald head looks up. It's MAZ
KANATA. Looking even slighter and more jaundiced than usual.
Leia runs to her side.

LEIA
Maz!

MAZ
Leia. I feel...nothing. Empty.

LEIA
I'm so sorry.

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MAZ
Don't. There's nothing you could've
done.

Leia swallows the urge to cry.

She addresses anyone who will listen.

LEIA
There are so many of you. We started
to lose hope that we'd ever find Force-
users. Why did you hide?

An elderly male Togruta named AXAL OT'L speaks up.

AXAL
We were frightened, your Majesty.

LEIA
Please. That was a long time ago.
It's just Leia now.

AXAL
Some of us remember a time when
leaders were loved, not feared.

LEIA
Then you must be nearly as old as I
am.

She chuckles softly. Even Axal can muster a smile.

KSSS--sparks fly overhead. Someone's CUTTING THROUGH the

grates.

The Prisoners jump out of the way just as a chunk of the

ceiling falls between them.

Then, a FIGURE IN A SPACESUIT rappels through the smoke,

into the room. The Prisoners gasp.

It removes its helmet to reveal:

Poe Dameron, of course! Looking heroic as hell.

CRASH. BB-8 falls in behind him and ruins the moment.

POE
General, we have to move.

The rest of the Fighters continue to rappel in.

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LEIA
I'm not going anywhere.

POE
With all due respect, half of the
Resistance is in this room. And if
you haven't noticed, this is not a
good room.

LEIA
You're wrong.

POE
Seriously? It's a Super Star Destroyer--

LEIA
Not half of the Resistance.
(re: the Prisoners)
All of it.
(then)
We're right where we're supposed to
be.

Poe takes in the vastness of the room. The multitude of

sullen faces. He SIGHS.

LEIA
What good is war when there's no one
left to see what we fought for?

Poe nods. Steels himself for what's ahead.

POE
We're gonna need a plan.

Meanwhile, BB-8 notices something...

Among the Prisoners are the FOUR ROYAL GUARDS. _____________

The ones that
are supposedly on Ovid Minor.
____________________________

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE - MORNING

Goro sits on the veranda across from Plum with a bowl of

unappetizing stew. The other Padawans sit away from them.

GORO
If I have to eat one more bowl of
stew...

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PLUM
Kidding me? I'm on my third bowl.

Goro eyes the New Recruits, who sit apart from the others.

GORO
You think they have any news from the
front lines?

PLUM
(mouth full)
Who?

GORO
The new guys.

Finn joins Goro and Plum with his bowl.

FINN
Should probably give them some more
time.

GORO
Why's that?

FINN
They've still got the war ringing in
their ears. It can take a while to
hear yourself think again. I learned
that the hard way.

Goro feels bad for bringing up these bad memories.

GORO
Sorry. I'm just sick of being in the
dark. Rey never tells us anything.

FINN
You know we have to be careful. What
we're doing here isn't legal anymore.

GORO
Well...you get to leave. What's it
like out there?

FINN
Pretty much what you'd expect. A
whole lot of death, destruction, and
even more death.

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GORO
What about Ryloth?

Finn realizes he's put his foot in his mouth.

FINN
Is that your home planet?

Goro nods. Finn chooses his words carefully.

FINN
I wouldn't worry about them. People
always find a way to soldier on.

Goro frowns. Finn can tell he's unsatisfied with his answer.

They're conversation is cut short when Rey stands and

addresses the Padawans.

REY
Good morning, everyone. Eat up. We're
taking a field trip today.

EXT. KYBER CAVE - DAY

Rey guides the class, Finn, and Artoo down a steep ledge
carved into the sides of the vertical mountains.

The path leads into the dark valleys of Ovid Minor...

...to the mouth of a massive cave.

REY
According to the texts, these caves
have existed for millennia. They were
one of the first to be mined for the
Jedi's lightsabers.

The Padawans stare in awe at the yawning entrance.

REY
Artoo's mapped some of the passages,
but they could go much deeper than we
know. So be careful.

SU MIN
Aren't you coming with us?

REY
To a point. The way will be different
for each of us. You must let the

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crystals guide you.

Plum whispers to Goro.

PLUM
What does that mean?

GORO
Beats me. I doubt even she knows.

REY
Please keep in mind, this trip is not
without danger.
(pointedly to Goro)
Don't cause any trouble.

Finn notices the other Padawans giggling and gossiping.

Goro, sensing it too, sulks.

REY
Let's go.

As Rey leads them toward the cave, Finn catches up with her.

FINN
Hey.

REY
(cold)
Hi.

FINN
I just wanted to apologize. You've
got a lot on your shoulders. I should
be helping to carry it, not adding to
it.

REY
Thank you.

FINN
Yeah. Of course.

She senses that he has more to say.

REY
Is there anything else?

FINN
Well...not to start another fight or
anything...

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REY
But?

FINN
But maybe you could show that same
support to all the Padawans...
including Goro.

Rey's offended by this, but holds back a knee-jerk reaction.

As the group enters the cave, Rey activates her light-stick

lantern. The rest follow suit.

REY
(to Finn)
I'll take that into consideration.
Thank you.
(to the group)
Remember, no two paths are the same.
Let the crystals guide you.

INT. KYBER CRYSTAL CAVE - AN HOUR LATER

Deep in the caves, giant crystals jut out in every

direction. They sparkle as they catch the rays of Goro and
Plum's light sticks. And echo with their voices.

PLUM
You feel anything yet?

GORO
I dunno. I think so.

PLUM
(lying)
Yeah, me too. I'll probably split off
in a bit.

Goro stops short.

GORO
Check it out.

He points to a group of lights deeper in the cave: It's the

New Recruits.

GORO
So much for splitting up.

He takes off toward them, jumping from crystal to crystal.

Plum struggles to keep up.

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DEEPER IN THE CAVE

The New Recruits walk as a unit.

GORO (O.S.)
Hey guys.

They spin around to face Goro and Plum.

GORO
Funny bumping into you. Must be a
Force hot spot over here.

Goro brazenly strides through the group. The New Recruits

exchange glances, then tacitly agree to follow.

A Human Recruit talks first. In a stilted, eerie way.

HUMAN RECRUIT
Yes. These crystals have incredible
power. It's a shame they remained
hidden for so long.

GORO
I read that the Jedi could mine the
crystals forever, and they'd never
run out. But if anyone else did, the
cave would disappear.

HUMAN RECRUIT
(chuckles)
I, too, have heard that. It's no
surprise the Jedi would spread such a
myth.

GORO
What do you mean?

HUMAN RECRUIT
The story of the galaxy has always
been the story of power, don't you
think? Empire or Republic. Jedi...or
Sith.

Goro is struck by his frankness.

HUMAN RECRUIT
Over time, their differences fade.
And all that's left are people
ravaged by war.

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Plum's freaked out, glaring at Goro to try and get his

attention, when--

ARTOO
Booeeboo!

Goro and Plum nearly JUMP. Artoo rolls in from the darkness.

PLUM
Ugh, Artoo! Creepy much?

Artoo whistles apologetically.

GORO
Yeah, yeah, we know. Follow our own
path.

Artoo excuses himself and disappears down another passage.

Goro turns back to the Recruits--

But finds that ____________

they're gone.

PLUM
That's the last time I follow you
anywhere.

INT. KYBER CRYSTAL CAVE - ELSEWHERE - THAT MOMENT

Rey moves swiftly through the criss-crossing crystals,

before jumping into a clearing. Stops to catch her breath.

She raises her light stick to admire the cavern. Then closes
her eyes. Inhales...

Beat.

Sigh. She feels nothing.

REY
(sarcastic)
Let the crystals guide you...Who am I
kidding.

She unclips her utility pack and sits at the edge of an

abyss. From a pouch she pulls out:

A small crystal.

REY
Well, Luke. Three Jedi, two wars, and
one lightsaber. Leave it to me to

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break the cycle.

She holds up the power source of Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Luke's

lightsaber one last time...

REY
Welcome home, little guy.

...then CASTS it into the abyss.

It falls...

...and makes no sound.

Rey sighs.

INT. KYBER CRYSTAL CHAMBER - THAT MOMENT

Deeper in the cave, the New Recruits stand in a circle and

meditate. As they channel their mental energies, the crystal
walls begin to GLOW and HUM.

This causes the Recruits' appearances to change. Their Force-

generated facades dissipate, revealing:

THE KNIGHTS OF REN. Four Sith, their species and identities

hidden under tight, black wrappings. Four Men--SHEN, DOZU,
and GNU--and One Woman--TALITH.

CUT TO:

INT. THE DEVIATOR - MEDITATION CHAMBER - CONTINUOUS

A sleek, black pod floats in mid-air. It vibrates and hums,

the same hum we heard in the Kyber chamber.

Inside the pod, Kylo floats and meditates.

Now psychically linked to the Knights, a vision comes to him

in stages...

TIME-LAPSE: an ancient planet is STRUCK by a meteor, then

splits into Ovid Minor and Major.

TIME-LAPSE: tectonic shifts of Ovid Minor's surface.

TIME-LAPSE: kyber crystals bloom over millennia.

TIME-LAPSE: ethereal webs of the Force stretch across the

galaxy...

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...to Kylo, in the present.

INT. THE DEVIATOR - HOLDING CELL - THAT MOMENT

Leia awakens with a GASP. As though from the same vision as

Kylo's. Poe rushes to her side.

POE
General? What is it?

She waves away a horrible thought.

LEIA
Nothing...just a bad dream.

She turns and looks at BB-8, who stares back with curiosity.

INT. KYBER CAVE PASSAGE - THAT MOMENT

Goro's alone, following not sure what. Maybe the Force,

maybe instinct. But he thinks he's onto something.

That's when a pinprick glow catches his attention.

He follows the light.

Which leads to a whole chamber of glowing crystals.

Vibrating and glowing RED. He picks one off the wall. Then
realizes he's on an overhang that looks down on:

The Knights in their seance.

____________________________

ON GORO, his eyes wide. He ducks low, so as not to be seen.

The crystals start to come loose. The entire cave is

destabilizing.

The Knights reconjure their Force-disguises.

ON GORO as he simmers. He knew something was off. As the

Knights exit the chamber, Goro follows after them from a
safe distance.

INT. KYBER CAVE ABYSS - THAT MOMENT

Rey still sits on the edge of the abyss. She mutters, to no

one in particular:

REY
I'll take my crystal now...if it's
not a bother...

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The crystals, and the whole room, start to sway.

Uh oh. She's got a bad feeling about this. So she ups and
heads out the way she came.

REY
Padawans!

She hears yells coming from one direction and takes off.

INT. KYBER CRYSTAL CAVE - THAT MOMENT

Goro tries to keep up with the Knights. Their forms

disappear among shadows up ahead...until they're completely
gone.

Suddenly a CRACK sounds overhead.

Goro looks up at the ceiling where crystals and stalactites

jitter and sway. ________________________
Then come loose and fall.

Goro makes a run for it.

Giant crystals CRASH all around him.

He PARKOURS over and under crystals. Slips through them in

midair as they free fall.

SU MIN
Goro!

Su Min joins him at full tilt.

Up ahead, they see daylight. But the very structure of the

cave collapses, threatening to trap them.

The two Padawans, in sync, combine their Force powers to

LIFT and HOLD the falling walls.

GORO
Jump!

On cue, they SLIDE across the cave floor to the outside...

EXT. KYBER CAVE - DAY

But Goro realizes he's dropped his crystal. He snatches it,

just before the walls CRASH DOWN and narrowly miss him.

Everyone else is already outside. The Padawans catch their

breath, Artoo tends to some injuries, and Rey...is holding
an unconscious Plum.

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GORO
Plum?!

REY
He's still breathing. We have to
carry him back.

Goro's reeling, mind racing. His eyes land on:

The Knights, disguised as the New Recruits.

GORO
You!

They look up at him, innocent as can be.

GORO
You did this!

REY
Goro! Now's not the time!

GORO
They're responsible!

TITUS
You were the last one to be seen with
him.

GORO
We split up. Artoo, tell 'em.

Artoo doesn't dare contribute.

GORO
I didn't do anything...It was them!

REY
Don't point fingers.

GORO
You're not listening to me! They're
not who they say they are! They're
liars!

REY
Enough!

Goro seethes, fists clenched. The class watches tensely.

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REY
We have to work together. Plum is our
priority.

GORO
This is your fault.

REY
Excuse me?

GORO
This would never have happened if you
didn't make us go alone.

REY
This is how it's been done for
thousands of years--

GORO
And look where it got the Jedi!
Nowhere! Dead and gone! Just admit
you have no idea what you're doing!

As Goro rants and raves, the ground starts to SHAKE. Pebbles

RATTLE at the Padawans' feet. The cliffs SHUDDER around
them.

Goro suddenly realizes the Force-earthquake he's causing.

Rey extends a calming hand.

REY
Goro. Control your anger.

The quake stops. But Goro is focused on Rey.

GORO
Did you even get a crystal in there?

Rey's caught off guard, embarrassed.

REY
I'm doing my best, Goro. I don't have
all the answers.

GORO
Yeah, I noticed. We all noticed.
This...New Jedi Order...is a joke!

This cuts Rey deeper than anything. For a moment, Goro

almost seems to regret it. But then he doubles down.

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GORO
I should never have come here.

With that, he runs off into the jungle. Rey avoids the
stares of her Padawans.

REY
Give him time. We have to get back.

She lifts Plum and guides them back up the rock-hewn trail.

INT. THE DEVIATOR - HANGAR BAY - THAT MOMENT

Kylo marches to his transport in a hurry. Hux stumbles

behind him, clearly caught off guard by Kylo's sudden trip.

HUX
Where are you going? What about your
security detail?

Hux is suddenly Force-lifted and pulled along behind Kylo,

legs dangling.

KYLO
Does it look like I need security?

He TOSSES Hux aside and boards his transport.

IN THE CEILING

Poe and Chewie watch from a ventilation shaft as Kylo's

transport leaves.

Hux's voice echoes across the hall.

HUX
Prepare for lightspeed!

POE
Say goodbye to the Falcon, Chewie.
We'll have to find another ride.

Chewie whimpers.

Poe marches down the shaft, looking through the grates.

POE
Don't these guys ever take a day off?
There's gotta be an unmanned ship
around here somewhere.

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CHEWIE
Grrurgh.

POE
Just give me a second to think.

CHEWIE
Rarraargh.

POE
If it's so obvious, why don't you--

Chewie PULLS Poe around to look out a grate.

Their POV: ______________________________________________

The vast, white surface of the Deviator itself.

POE
Not the ship I had in mind.

EXT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - SPACE

In front of the Falcon, the Deviator hangs for a moment

before VANISHING into lightspeed.

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT

Nien watches in horror as his friends disappear.

INT. KYLO'S TRANSPORT - SPACE - AN HOUR LATER

Kylo pilots his ship, yellow eyes dead-set on: the twin
planets of Ovid coming into view outside.

Unbeknownst to him, BB-8 hides in the back of the ship.

INT. JEDI ACADEMY - DUSK

In a small room, dimly lit by torches, Plum lies unconscious

on a cot. Artoo replaces the hot towel on his forehead,
while Threepio confers with Rey.

THREEPIO
His brain activity appears normal. I
do believe he will convalesce in a
day or two.

REY
Thank you, Threepio. Please keep an
eye on him.

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THREEPIO
Of course.

At the entrance to the room, the Padawans watch nervously.

Rey ushers them out the door.

REY
He needs rest now. We could all use
some rest.

They slump back to the dormitories.

EXT. OVID MINOR - JUNGLE - DUSK

KRUNCH. Goro PUNCHES a tree, obliterates it into splinters.

He breathes heavily, worked into a fervor.

INT. KYLO'S TRANSPORT - THAT MOMENT

Kylo flips switches, preparing to enter Ovid's atmosphere.

BB-8 recognizes the nearing planet.

Then rolls to a nearby computer terminal and plugs in. He

rotates his comp link arm, but quickly realizes he can't
take control of the ship. Desperate times, desperate
measures...

He floods the system with an electrical surge.

_____________________________________________

Kylo's console LIGHTS UP.

The ship is passing through clouds and into turbulence.

Alarms sound. Kylo tries to take back control. Looks every

which way for an answer, until he finds it behind him...

The round orange-white droid plugged into his ship.

KYLO
You!

The ship drifts and tilts out of its trajectory, throwing

Kylo against the controls.

He FORCE-THROWS BB-8 against the wall.

Then manually opens a rear hatch. Outside, the world SPINS,

the wind ROARS.

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EXT. OVID MINOR - JUNGLE - THAT MOMENT

Goro lets out a SCREAM, disturbing a flock of birds.

He watches them fly off over the treetops, which brings his
eye-line to:

Kylo's ship spiraling through the clouds... and crashing

into the jungle several miles away.

Goro sets off toward it.

EXT. OVID MINOR - SINKHOLE - NIGHT

Kylo groans himself awake, covered in scratches and dirt.

Ahead, a trench has been carved through the trees. At the

end is a sinkhole where the ship crashed through.

Kylo trudges through the destruction and surveys the

scattered shrapnel of his ship.

He comes to the lip of the sinkhole and looks down. But

nothing's visible within. Then, in the brush, he hears the
distorted warble of a droid.

He reaches through the carpet of splinters and pulls out the

dented head of BB-8.

EXT. OVID MINOR - SINKHOLE - LATE NIGHT

A small campfire licks at a roasted beast on a spit. Kylo

chews the last bite, then tosses the bone... which bounces
casually off BB-8's head, propped up on a rock.

KYLO
What'll it take? Huh? To give up her
location. A new body? New paint job?

BB-8 whirrs sadly.

KYLO
Heh. Loyalty..we can program that out
of you.

GRUFF VOICE (O.S.)

This is just sad.

Kylo turns to find an old man sitting by the fire.

Translucent, phosphorescent. It's LUKE'S FORCE GHOST.

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LUKE
I knew you were petty. But picking on
a droid?

KYLO
So it's true.

BB-8, being a droid, can't see Luke. He answers Kylo with a

confused whistle.

KYLO
Not you.
(to Luke)
You really killed yourself for a
useless trick.

LUKE
I seem to recall you falling for that
useless trick.

KYLO
And yet, the Resistance is dead. Now
that you're gone, victory is all but
mine.

LUKE
He said from his throne of logs.

KYLO
How does it feel? Knowing you
sacrificed yourself for nothing.
(then)
Can you even feel anything at all?

Luke stares into the fire and thinks about this. A soft
smile cracks his face.

LUKE
Feeling was the problem. I'm finally
free of feeling. Of fear, anger,
hate.

KYLO
How about boredom...

LUKE
You were never one for conversation.

The sound of rustling in the trees. Luke vanishes just as

Goro pokes his head out of the brush, into the firelight.

He doesn't recognize Kylo as the Supreme Leader. But he's

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struck by Kylo's yellow eyes.

GORO
I...I saw your ship crash.

BB-8 whines for Goro's attention. Kylo quickly waves his

hand and deactivates BB-8, his red eye extinguished.

Kylo sizes Goro up. Then, his face and voice take on traits
we've never seen in Kylo: geniality and warmth.

KYLO
How embarrassing. I hoped no one saw
that. Not my best piloting.

GORO
Are you hurt?

KYLO
Not at all. Please, join me.
(as Goro sits)
Hungry?

Goro shakes his head.

GORO
Did your ship make it?

KYLO
(looks at the sinkhole)
It's not looking good.

He smiles. Imagine that: the Supreme Leader smiling. But

Goro is none the wiser.

KYLO
Aren't you going to offer me some
help? Or is this planet not known for
hospitality?

GORO
Oh...well...we don't have much. But
I'm sure we could help.

KYLO
No, no, that's okay. This is just the
turn of fortune I needed. A fire.
Barbecue. You can even see the stars
out here.

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GORO
Where are you from?

KYLO
Nowhere special. When you've seen as
much of the galaxy as I have, it all
starts to look the same.

GORO
What about the war?

KYLO
War?

GORO
Yeah. Between the First Order and the
Resistance.

KYLO
Oh, that? Well...I wouldn't call it a
war. That makes it sound like there's
actual fighting. And resisting.
(then)
No one likes change until they
realize it's better than what they
had.

Now Goro's more confused, more unsatisfied than ever.

GORO
I should probably get going.

KYLO
Of course. I'm sure your people are
looking for you.

Goro shuffles to the treeline, when--

KYLO
May the Force be with you.

He stops and looks at Kylo, who smiles.

Then heads off into the jungle.

INT. THE DEVIATOR - SPACE - NEXT DAY

A TEAM OF STORMTROOPERS prepare to enter the Prisoner hold.

TWO of them push a hover-container of rations, while ANOTHER
FIVE protect them with tasers and blasters.

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RATION STORMTROOPER #1
Don't be shy with your tasers this
time. I don't want those scum
anywhere near me.

The doors open and the team enters, lighting up their tasers
for intimidation.

RATION STORMTROOPER #2
Alright vermin! Rations!

RATION STORMTROOPER #1
Stay back or you get a shock to the
face for lunch!

They turn off the hover-container and it lands with a THUNK.

One Stormtrooper threatens a Hutt named SNEHA with his

taser. Sneha cowers in fear.

TASER STORMTROOPER #1
Heh. Pathetic.

The team turns to leave, but find the door blocked: by Poe
and the Fighters.

Chewie and Sneha BODY-SLAM two Stormtroopers. Then the

Fighters descend on the rest of them.

Poe starts unbuckling an unconscious Stormtrooper's uniform.

POE
There are more of us than there are
of them. If we split into three
teams, we can easily take over the
entire ship.
(to C'ai)
C'ai, you take the engine.
(to Rhett)
And Rhett? Flight deck. We can't let
any TIE Fighters out.
(then)
There are seven suits to go around.

He takes a helmet off one of the Troopers.

POE
(to Chewie)
Sorry, bud. Don't think any of these
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CHEWBACCA
Grraaghrruurgh.

POE
Handcuffs? That's a bit much, don't
you think?

Leia notices the worried faces of the Prisoners.

LEIA
My friends. I have to ask you to be
strong.

MAZ
What strength do we have without the
Force?

LEIA
The same strength as everyone else.
The strength my parents had. And my
husband.

SNEHA
We've depended on the Force for so
long. But we'll do whatever it takes.

Poe tosses a taser into Sneha's hands.

POE
Try that on for size.

As Sneha feels the weight of the weapon, the Stormtrooper

who wielded it last regains consciousness.

Sneha ZAPS him back down. That felt good.

MAZ
I'll take one of those.

INT. JEDI ACADEMY - DORMS - MORNING

Goro wakes up in the dorm--one large room with mats laid out
on the floor--and finds it's empty. He's overslept.

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE - VERANDA - MORNING

Goro follows a commotion to the other side of the veranda.

The class is in the middle of a lesson. Each student sits

cross-legged and Force-manipulate metal casings, batteries,
and their newfound Kyber crystals into lightsabers.

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Rey and Artoo keep an eye on them for safety, while Threepio
reads from the ancient texts.

THREEPIO
(reading)
The lightsaber is not a weapon, but a
tool. Not an arbiter, but a last
resort.

Goro takes some extra lightsaber parts sitting on the side

and takes a seat apart from the others. Rey pretends not to
notice. Better to avoid conflict.

THREEPIO
(reading)
Consider it and your hand one and the
same. Just as you would not strike
first, neither shall the lightsaber.

REY
Feel the tension between the crystal
and the casing. They want to be
partnered. You're simply a guide.

The Padawans' lightsaber parts gradually start to join.

Su Min is the first to finish. She activates her lightsaber

and--KSHH--produces _____________
a green blade.

REY
Good, Su Min!

KSHH. A Toydarian produces ____________

a blue blade.

REY
Well done!

Titus is overeager, forcing the pieces together.

REY
Titus, don't rush it. Let the parts
find each other.

He gets nervous, falters slightly.

REY
Control it. Focus.

The metal pieces twist and JAM. The crystal within GLOWS,
pushes back, like a reactor in full meltdown. Titus strains
to contain it.

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With a FLASH, the metal SNAPS and EXPLODES. Rey FORCE-

SHIELDS the class. The Padawans DUCK as debris WHIZZES past.

Shrapnel RICOCHETS off Artoo's head. He SPINS and SCREAMS.

As the smoke clears, Titus rubs his three eyes.

REY
Is everyone okay?

The Padawans slowly rise, one by one.

KSHH. They all turn to look at the back of the class.

Goro is awed by his completed lightsaber...his face glowing

in the light of a
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red blade.

Rey instinctually FORCE-PULLS the lightsaber to her hand and

shuts it off. She looks at Goro with fear...

...and he returns a furious stare.

INT. THE DEVIATOR - HALLWAY - SPACE

A glossy, black hallway. Empty and silent.

A Stormtrooper helmet peeks around the corner...then

retreats...

Then reappears again. This time followed by an awkwardly

large crowd of red-jumpsuited Prisoners.

The Stormtrooper sneaks ahead.

As he turns the corner, he bumps into two other

Stormtroopers chatting in the hall.

SOCIAL TROOPER #1
JL-0727! Back from prison duty?

SNEAKY STORMTROOPER
Oh! Hey...fellas.

He leans against the wall, one arm hidden behind the corner.
He uses it to wave down the Prisoners. Back! Go back!

The Prisoners scramble back the way they came.

SNEAKY STORMTROOPER
Yeah, couldn't get back soon enough.
Those cretins stink.

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Beat. The Stormtroopers stare back at him blankly. Then

LAUGH and elbow each other.

SOCIAL TROOPER #1
Heheh! Cretins! That's a good one!

INSIDE THE STORMTROOPER'S HELMET, we see that it's Rhett.

Relieved that the disguise works.

ON THE PRISONERS, they hear footsteps coming toward them.

They're trapped on both sides. So, thinking fast, they rush
through another set of doors.

ON RHETT, he laughs along with the Stormtroopers. Then turns

back to look behind him.

But the Prisoners are gone!

___________________________

SOCIAL TROOPER #2
Hey, 0727, you heading to the
cantina?

SOCIAL TROOPER #1
Yeah, I'm starving. Let's beat the
crowd.

That's when Rhett sees the source of the footsteps that

scared off the Prisoners: _____________________________
a whole rush of Stormtroopers
heading up the hall. It's lunchtime.
___________________________________

Rhett runs to catch up with the Troopers.

INT. THE DEVIATOR - KITCHEN - SECONDS EARLIER

The Prisoners stop short on the other side of the door--

They're in the back of the pantry that leads to the kitchen.

Through the door behind them, the rush hour of Stormtroopers
march past. Nowhere to go.

They spot aprons hanging on hooks. So they put them on and

grab items off the shelves: Containers of freeze-dried,
powderized, vacuum-sealed foods from across the galaxy.

They file through the next door into: a busy kitchen where
indentured cooks of various species prepare food for the
troops.

The HEAD CHEF, a male Adrennian, throws up his hands.

HEAD CHEF
Blast me to Mortis! For once can they

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warn me before sending newcomers?!

The Prisoners, frozen in place, exchange glances.

HEAD CHEF
Well, what are you waiting for?! Find
a station! I got mouths to feed!

INT. THE DEVIATOR - ELEVATOR - EARLIER

A Fighter plugs his computer into the control panel of an

elevator car.

ELEVATOR FIGHTER
It'll just be a moment.

He's talking to Poe who's now in a Stormtrooper uniform. And

behind him, packed like sardines, are Leia, Chewie, two
Fighters, and a dozen Prisoners.

Silence as everyone waits, squished together. Some sighs,

some coughs, some shifting weight.

DING. The car slows down.

POE
What's going on?

ELEVATOR FIGHTER
Uh oh. Someone called the elevator.

The car stops. The doors open.

Waiting on the other side is a little UGNAUGHT, stunned at

the sight of Prisoners packed into the car.

Chewie PULLS HIM into the car. Covers his mouth.

DING. The doors close.

Now there's even less space. Poe sighs.

POE
(into his comm)
C'ai, what's your status?

INT. THE DEVIATOR - ENGINE HALLWAY - THAT MOMENT

In a darker, danker part of the ship, C'ai watches as four

Fighters cut open a door with lasers. With him are a dozen
Prisoners, including Sneha.

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C'AI
(into his comm)
<Almost in the engine room.>

CLUNK. The door gives way. The team floods into--

THE ENGINE CONTROL ROOM

which is manned exclusively by droids. Through bay windows

they see MASSIVE TURBINES that power the entire ship.

C'AI
<Course. Droids doing all the work.>

ENGINE ROOM DROID

Alert! Engine room compromised--!

C'ai BLASTS him to pieces.

INT. ELEVATOR - THAT MOMENT

The car JOLTS to a stop.

ELEVATOR FIGHTER
That wasn't me.

POE
(into his comm)
C'ai, what's going on down there?

C'AI
<Droid must've got a distress call
out.>

POE
Let's hope it was local, 'cause we're
sitting ducks in here.
(into his comm)
Rhett, talk to me. Where are you?

INT. CANTINA - THAT MOMENT

Rhett's in line, pushing his tray along the food stations in

the cafeteria.

RHETT
(hushed)
Can't talk now.

He can see over the counter into the kitchen, where the
Prisoners man different stations. Maz cuts vegetables, but

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her eyes say, Get us out of here!

Rhett's tray is loaded with food. Now the line is leading

him to the CASHIER, an old female Besalisk.

INT. ELEVATOR - THAT MOMENT

POE
Plan B.

Poe FIRES at the ceiling, blasting a hatch open.

POE
Come on, I'll give you a boost.

The team helps each other up and through the hatch.

INT. CANTINA - THAT MOMENT

The Cashier scans the ID badges of the Social Troopers.

SOCIAL TROOPER #1
How's the food today, Mizzie?

MIZZIE
Inedible as ever.

The Troopers laugh and carry on their way. Mizzie stares

Rhett down drily. It's his turn.

RHETT
Oh, right.

He holds out the glove with the built-in chip. She scans it.

MIZZIE
You're broke again, JL-0727. Better
quit those second breakfasts.

SOCIAL TROOPER #1
What's the hold up?

RHETT
Uh...I'm sorry, I--

MIZZIE
I'll let it slide, but you owe me.
Again.

RHETT
Yeah, of course. Thanks, uh, Mizzie.

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She eyes him suspiciously as he moves along.

Rhett enters the dining hall and STOPS SHORT.

Before him is a huge hall of long tables where Stormtroopers

dine ______________________
with their helmets off. His Trooper friends sit and
remove theirs.

SOCIAL TROOPER #1
0727?

Rhett DROPS his tray on the floor. GRABS the first person to
walk by and holds a blaster to its head.

RHETT
Everyone stand back!

No one moves. Rhett realizes who he's taken hostage: a lowly

PROTOCOL DROID. Bad choice! So he grabs the next nearest
hostage: Mizzie.

MIZZIE
Just my luck.

As Rhett backs away toward the kitchen, Mizzie in tow, the

entire cantina of Troopers stands and draws their weapons.

IN THE KITCHEN

All the cooks scramble out of Rhett's way. He pulls Mizzie

down low, out of the Troopers' line of sight.

He guides the Prisoners through another door.

Then tosses Mizzie into the kitchen and slams the door shut,
barricading them in:

Darkness.

The Prisoners claw around for anything familiar.

MAZ
Where are we? It's freezing.

Rhett hits a button on his helmet, turning on the headlamp:

They're in a refrigerated MEAT LOCKER. Skinned animals hang

from hooks.

Maz realizes she's feeling up a Bantha carcass. Yuck!

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INT. ELEVATOR SHAFT - THAT MOMENT

Above the elevator car, the Prisoners and Fighters have

started climbing up a ladder built into the shaft.

Poe and Leia are the last ones left on the car.

POE
Can you do this? 'Cause I'll carry
you if I have to.

Inside the car, the doors are being pried open. Two
Stormtroopers squeeze in and spot them through the hatch.

ELEVATOR STORMTROOPER
There they are!

They SPRAY the ceiling with blaster fire. Poe and Leia duck
and pray the lasers don't punch through.

POE
"Carry you" it is.

But Leia has other plans. She extends her hand. FORCE-GRABS
the elevator car. It GROANS beneath them. The Stormtroopers
waiver.

The car gradually starts to RISE...

Then picks up speed...

The Prisoners and Fighters JUMP off the ladder onto the car
as it overtakes them.

Poe holds onto Leia for dear life.

Inside the car, the Stormtroopers collapse on the floor,

unable to even lift their blasters.

Floor after floor passes by in a BLUR.

Everyone straining to remain conscious.

The top of the shaft nears.

POE
General?!

The car doesn't stop.

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POE
Leia!!

Leia STOPS the car. Throwing the team into the air.

The Stormtroopers SLAM into the car ceiling, KNOCKED OUT.

The team lands in a pile. Groans all around.

LEIA
(catching her breath)
I'm not letting you carry me.

INT. JEDI ACADEMY - PLUM'S ROOM - NIGHT

Goro wipes beads of sweat from Plum's brow. Plum lies

unconscious by the dying light of a lantern.

With a jacket on and leather parcel in hand, Goro leaves the

room and heads out into the night.

EXT. OVID MINOR - JUNGLE - NIGHT

Goro huffs through the tangle of jungle vines. The glow of a

campfire catches his eye. He's close.

CUT TO:

Kylo meditates at his campfire, when a rustle of trees

disturbs him. He opens his eyes to find Goro before him.

KYLO
You came back.

We now see that Kylo was FLOATING, cross-legged. He smiles

at Goro and softly lowers himself back onto the log.

GORO
I thought you might be hungry.
(re: the barbecue scraps)
But it looks like you already ate.

KYLO
The Force provided.

Goro sits down at the fire, embarrassed about the parcel.

KYLO
Well...it wouldn't hurt to see what
you brought.

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Goro smiles and hands it over.

KYLO
Meiloorun fruit! My lucky day!
(takes out a knife)
This needs to be shared with a
friend.

As Goro accepts a piece, the word "friend" hits him hard.

Trapped in a bad mood that won't shake.

KYLO
So what's your name?

GORO
Goro. What's yours?

Beat.

KYLO
My name's Ben.
(then)
You know, Goro, it doesn't take a Bor
Gullet to see that something's
troubling you.

GORO
It's nothing.

KYLO
Doubting your path is not nothing.
Doubting the Force...even less so.

Kylo's intuition catches Goro off guard.

GORO
I don't doubt the Force. I can feel
it. Sometimes I think I feel it
stronger than anyone else. But...what
if what I'm feeling isn't the Light
Side?

KYLO
"The Force judges not. It hates not.
It forgives not. Like a child...the
Force welcomes all."

GORO
You've read the ancient texts?

KYLO
Read them? I breathed them!

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GORO
So you are a Jedi.

KYLO
No, thank the Force I'm not. Though
my master tried. In the end, all he
taught me was to be afraid.
(off Goro's confusion)
Afraid of the so-called Dark Side.
Which is code for "anyone more
powerful than a Jedi."

Kylo throws more wood into the campfire.

KYLO
Fortunately, someone else, someone
much wiser, took me in. He taught me
not to be afraid. To accept and
understand what I was capable of.

Goro is frustrated. Everything he knows could be a lie.

KYLO
There's no Light or Dark, Goro. Only
people who are powerful enough to
wield the Force...and everyone else.

Kylo's smile is gone, replaced by the intensity we know he's

capable of. Yellow eyes piercing right into Goro's soul.

KYLO
Don't ever apologize for your power.

INT. THE DEVIATOR - STABLES - THAT MOMENT

The last of Rhett's team climbs down out of a shaft. A shaft

that leads from the Meat Locker down into:

ANIMAL STABLES. A long corridor that echoes with the brays

and growls of Banthas, fathiers, tauntaun, and more.

MAZ
Are we anywhere near the flight deck?

Rhett puzzles over the floor plan on an imagecaster.

RHETT
We just took a minor detour.

A YUZZUM PRISONER eyes the live Banthas.

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YUZZUM PRISONER
I'd kill for some Bantha milk right
about now.

Rhett, deep in thought, is struck by an idea. He smirks at

the Yuzzum.

CUT TO:

INT. HANGAR BAY - MINUTES LATER

The soft din of a huge hangar bay. Mechanics at work,

Stormtroopers chatting, Officers loitering.

A GUARD by the entrance senses something. A deep RUMBLING.

It's getting closer. Then--

THOOM. The animals from the stables STAMPEDE through the

doors, into the hangar.

The Stormtroopers shoot some down, but are overtaken. TIE

Fighters and transports are tipped over.

INT. FLIGHT DECK - THAT MOMENT

Rhett and his team STORM the Flight Deck Control and pick
off GUARDS and AIR-TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS.

Rhett flips every switch to seal the hangar doors.

INT. HANGAR BAY - CONTINUOUS

Alarms BLARE as the massive metal doors descend.

A TIE FIGHTER PILOT jumps into his cockpit and takes off
before the stampede hits him.

He accelerates for the exit--but it's too late. His wings

CLIP the doors and RIP OFF. He EXPLODES out into space.

The doors SLAM SHUT behind him.

INT. FLIGHT DECK - CONTINUOUS

Rhett dials on his comm.

RHETT
Flight deck is ours.

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INT. ENGINE CONTROL ROOM - THAT MOMENT

C'AI
<That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!>

INT. VENTILATION SHAFT - THAT MOMENT

Poe's team treads cautiously down a large ventilation shaft.

POE
(hushed)
Attaboy, Rhett. Coming up on the
bridge now.

Leia hears voices ahead. Through slats in the floor, she can
make out a CABAL OF HIGH-RANKING FIRST ORDER OFFICERS. Their
voices waft up in echoes.

HUX (O.S.)
You saw how he protected her. Ren's
resolve is cracking.

Poe joins Leia to listen in on the conversation.

IN THE BRIDGE, the Officers are in a tense debate.

HUX
We must act now before he turns
against us.

TORQUE
Organa does hold remarkable power
over him. We could use that to our
advantage.

COLONEL KEPHID butts in, challenging Torque.

COLONEL KEPHID
(re: Torque)
One Force-wielder on this mission is
enough. Keeping Organa alive is far
too dangerous.

TORQUE
As long as Ren remains focused on
her, our operation can continue
unnoticed.

POE (O.S.)
Gonna have to put that on hold.

The Cabal turns to find Poe and his team swarming the
bridge.

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Torque strikes with FORCE-LIGHTNING, but Poe sees it coming.

He dodges behind a console.

Leia's there to DEFLECT the lightning into the surrounding

computers. SPARKS FLY.

She then clutches Torque in a FORCE-GRIP. Arms pinned. Feet

floating off the floor.

The rest of the team rounds up the Officers.

LEIA
I thought I heard my name.

TORQUE
Be careful with your emotions, Leia.
I sense anger in your voice.

She tightens her grip.

LEIA
What you sense is mercy.

Poe steps out from behind the console. Dusts himself off.

Chewie, suffering a bad case of static electricity, tries to

brush down his frizzy hair.

POE
Alright, Grand Poobah Whatever-your-
name-is. Why don't you tell me where
this ship is headed before we drop
you off on the nearest asteroid?

HUX
We're not telling you anything!

POE
Quiet, Hux. The adults are talking.

Still floating, Torque spits through Leia's Force-grip.

TORQUE
I laud your tenacity, Commander
Dameron. A marvelous display of
derring-do. But this impulsive
performance could negate a far more
meticulously premeditated plan that
ultimately benefits both our
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Beat.

POE
(to the Fighters)
Did anyone catch all that?
(to Torque)
Make it simple, we don't have all
day.

TORQUE
(sighs)
Listen carefully. We are on the same
side. This faction has been secretly
developing the means to neutralize
the Supreme Leader. If you don't
release me at this instant,
everything will fall apart and he
will murder us all.

POE
Okay, that I got.

Leia and Poe lock eyes. Neither of them knows who to trust.

POE
(to Torque)
So what makes you so important? And
remember, only words that Hux can
understand.

Chewie SNICKERS, his bowcaster right in Hux's sneering face.

Leia slowly lowers Torque to the floor. He adjusts his coat,

smooths his hair.

TORQUE
Not me, but rather your Force-
deprived compatriots.

LEIA
So that was your idea.

Torque looks upon the deathly pallor of the Prisoners'

faces. His expression is almost regretful.

TORQUE
No. I wouldn't wish that upon anyone.
But from that dishonor, an
opportunity arose... An army that no
one, not even Kylo Ren himself, could
ever detect.

Leia pieces this together. Terrified by the possibilities.

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LEIA
You're using them...But for what?

Torque smiles his devilish grin.

EXT. OVID MINOR - CLIFF EDGE - NIGHT

Kylo stops on the edge of a plateau to rest. BB-8's lifeless

head strapped to his backpack.

He looks across the treetops toward his destination: the

Jedi Temple, nestled peacefully in the jungle.

KYLO
If you're going to pester me, Luke,
now would be the time.

He waits for a response...which never comes.

So he closes his eyes...Concentrates to send out a psychic

message.

INT. JEDI ACADEMY - DORMS - THAT MOMENT

The Padawans sleep in rows in the dorm.

But four of the beds are empty.

_______________________________

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE - CONTINUOUS

On the veranda, the New Recruits stand in an evil congress.

They've just received Kylo's Force-message.

They enter the Temple, still disguised.

Right at that moment, Goro returns home from seeing Kylo. He

spots the Recruits as they disappear into the dark Temple.

He ducks for cover. Tempers the adrenaline coursing through

his body. Then, taking a breath, sneaks in after them.

INT. JEDI ACADEMY - CONTINUOUS

The hallway is dark, pierced by shafts of moonlight coming

from each room.

Goro spots three Recruits--two humans and a Gungan--marching

down the far end of the hall. But where's the fourth?

His question is answered: the fourth walks out of the first

room and turns to follow the others.

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Oh no. That's Plum's room. Once the Recruit is gone, Goro

rushes in and STOPS SHORT--

Under a blanket lies the huddled mass of Plum. ___________

With a hole
burned through the blanket where a lightsaber stabbed him.
__________________________________________________________

It takes everything in Goro not to scream.

IN THE HALL, OUTSIDE THE DORM

Threepio makes his rounds. He spots the Recruits

approaching.

THREEPIO
Oh! You startled me. Are you having
difficulty sleeping? I understand
Ovid Minor's shorter days can disrupt
one's circadian rhythm. If there is
anything I can do to...

The Recruits breeze past him, into the dorm.

THREEPIO
...make you more comfortable...

He notices they have their lightsabers drawn, then--

He PUNCHES a button rigged to the wall.

AN ALARM SOUNDS. The lights hanging from the ceiling, the

ones that are never used, BLAZE RED.

THREEPIO
Padawans! Wake up!

Su Min is the first to wake, confused by what she sees.

The Gungan Recruit raises his hand to Threepio.

THREEPIO
(to the Padawans)
Remember what you learne--!

He is instantaneously FORCE-SHREDDED into shrapnel and

wires.

Artoo, hidden farther down the hall, watches his best friend
reduced to metal debris...and retreats.

The Recruits activate their RED LIGHTSABERS.

SU MIN
Watch out!

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She FORCE-PUSHES the Recruits against the wall. Their

disguises dissipate, revealing them for who they really are:
Knights of Ren. Hellish, twisted, faceless.

SU MIN
Arm yourselves!

On cue, the five Padawans activate their lightsabers. The

room GLOWS with blue, green, and orange blades.

Then Goro arrives. Fueled by red-hot rage.

Red lightsaber ready, he ATTACKS the Four Knights. HACKING

away blindly.

While the other Padawans hesitate, Titus charges toward the

nearest Knight, Shen.

He doesn't last long. Shen parries, then FORCE-THROWS him--

KRASH--through the wooden ceiling, into the night. Splinters
rain down.

Now four Padawans engage the Knights from all sides.

IN THE HALL

Rey runs FULL TILT toward the dorm--

And finds all-out battle. Her students aren't ready for

this.

With no lightsaber, she goes hand-to-hand. GRABS Dozu's

wrist. FLIPS him over her shoulder. PUNCHES his face.

Dozu WINDMILL KICKS her, sending Rey back into the hall.
LUNGES at her with the lightsaber. She DODGES. The
___
lightsaber burns right through the wall.
_______________________________________

He yanks the saber out, raises it, and--

BOOF-BOOF-BOOF. BLASTER FIRE. Dozu DEFLECTS it into the

walls around him. Then turns his attention down the hall to:

Rose, rifle shouldered and ready.

REY
Rose, get out of here!

Dozu charges at Rose. She holds her ground.

He nears, then--KRZZT--an electric pulse wracks his body. He

collapses, body smoking.

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Finn steps out with a military-grade taser.

Seeing Rose and Finn safe, Rey turns back to:

THE DORM, where Shen and Gnu fend off three Padawans...

while Talith, the female Knight, has Su Min on her knees,

severing her from the Force.
___________________________

Rey witnesses a ghostly wisp escape Su Min's body!

Rey attacks Talith hand-to-hand, while evading her blade.

Rose and Finn run into the room. With so many blades
swinging and so many bodies, it's impossible to shoot
without hurting an ally.

EXT. JEDI ACADEMY - THAT MOMENT

Artoo prods Titus, passed out on the dirt outside. Fed up,
he uses his taser to SHOCK Titus awake.

TITUS
Agh!
(looking around)
What'd I miss?

Artoo WARBLES a warning.

INT. JEDI ACADEMY - DORMS - THAT MOMENT

ON GNU, who dodges and lets three Padawans crash into each
other. Their blades collide, splitting the hilts in half.

Gnu sends all three CRASHING through a clay wall.

Finn raises his rifle and BLASTS Gnu in the shoulder,

knocking him off balance...

...long enough for Goro to IMPALE him. One down, three to

go.

Finn steadies his next shot and--

VWOOM. _____________________________________________
A red blade SLICES through his rifle and arm!

FINN
GAAAH!

He falls to the feet of Dozu, who's now recovered.

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ROSE
Finn!

Rose fires at Dozu, who easily blocks it.

ON REY with Talith in a choke-hold. Tries to avoid her

blade.

She watches as Rose charges Dozu and locks her taser with
his lightsaber.

REY
Goro! Help!

Goro has full view of the battlefield:

- Finn lying in a pool of blood.

- Rose and Dozu locked.

- Rey holding Talith.

- Shen dueling three Padawans.

REY
Do something! Please!

Unable to move her lightsaber hand, Talith extends the other

hand toward the Padawans...

She locks on two of them and begins to extract the wisps.

Rey is out of hands. There's nothing she can do.

The Padawans collapse, severed from the Force.

This allows Shen to overpower the third Padawan, the

Toydarian, and SLICE him across the torso.

The Padawan falls, dead.

At that moment, Titus climbs back into the dorm through the
hole in the wall.

Shen severs him from the Force too.

Goro watches him collapse, pallid and shivering.

Now Shen turns to Goro and they face off.

Dozu gets the best of Rose. KICKS her down. He raises his
blade to finish off Finn and Rose...

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REY
NOOOOO!!

Dozu SWINGS DOWN--

VWOOM--

Another red blade LOPS OFF Dozu's arms--CARVES him in half--

saving Finn and Rose.

The blade belongs to Kylo Ren. He steps over Dozu's limbs.

_____________________________

His yellow eyes lock on Shen.

Kylo ATTACKS. Shen, a formidable warrior, does his best to

counter. But Kylo is another beast altogether. He HACKS AWAY
until Shen relents.

Kylo STRIKES him down, and keeps striking over and over.

BB-8's head falls off his pack and CLATTERS to the floor.

Kylo keeps battering Shen until there's nothing left of him.

The only one left is Talith, in a pitiful lock with Rey.

Kylo just stands there, watching them sweat and strain

against each other...until he's had enough. He raises his
hand...

Talith's outstretched lightsaber arm, held by Rey, SNAPS IN

HALF.

He then FORCE-PULLS Talith out of Rey's hold, across the

room, and right into his blade.

Holds her there, impaled. Then deactivates his lightsaber.

She drops.

Goro is stunned. The room is silent, Kylo's presence having

sucked the air out.

KYLO
(re: Gnu, dead)
Who did this?

Goro tries to take responsibility, but his voice chokes up.

Kylo nods.

Then looks at the Force-severed Padawans.

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KYLO
(to Rey)
So you turned me down for this.

Rey swallows her tears.

REY
This is your fault.

KYLO
(to Goro)
She was once in a very similar
position that you're in now, Goro.
Don't make the same mistake.

Kylo gives Rey one last look before marching out.

Now Goro looks at her, full of disappointment.

REY
Don't do this. Please.

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE - CONTINUOUS

Kylo boards the Resistance transport.

INT. RESISTANCE TRANSPORT - CONTINUOUS

He takes the pilot's seat and powers up the ship.

He looks out the window and waits...

Goro exits the Temple and boards the transport.

Now Kylo can take off.

As the ship ascends into the sky, Goro takes the co-pilot's
seat. Feeling more nervous than he anticipated.

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE - CONTINUOUS

The ship ascends into the sky and leaves Ovid Minor.

EXT. PLANET BELLOC - SPACE

The Deviator approaches a dull planet of barren rock bathed

in fog: this is BELLOC. Through the fog, we can see black
circuits of industry snaking across.

TORQUE (O.S.)
Congratulations.

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INT. THE DEVIATOR - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

Torque, Dameron, and Leia look out at the planet.

TORQUE
You have discovered the beating heart
of this operation. Our planet-sized
weapons factory.

LEIA
This is where you've been keeping
them. The other Force-users.

POE
You were hiding them right under
Ren's nose.

TORQUE
Precisely. An entire army,
undetectable by the Supreme Leader.

Hux sputters from his place on the floor.

HUX
Quiet! You've told them enough!

TORQUE
Settle down, Hux.

HUX
I won't stand idly by while you
destroy everything we've fought for!

TORQUE
We are all enemies of the Supreme
Leader here. If our coup is to
succeed, it requires a unified front.

Poe steps in to quell the argument.

POE
Every army in the galaxy has tried
and failed to stop Kylo. What makes
your plan any different?

TORQUE
(chuckling)
You don't give me enough credit,
Dameron. The key is not aggression...
but containment.

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LEIA
(ominously)
A tractor beam.

Torque smiles wide. He's impressed.

TORQUE
Exactly right, General! You'll be
pleased to know your Force-sensitives
have risen to the challenge and
constructed a formidable machine.

POE
You mean it's finished?

TORQUE
Indeed. All that remains is the
holding cell to contain him for the
rest of his miserable days.

Poe and Leia wrestle with this plan. It's certainly

tempting.

TORQUE
As you can see, the entire galaxy
hangs in the balance. But when the
dust settles, your people can be
remembered and glorified as the ones
who saved it.

A call comes through Poe's comm.

C'AI
<What's going on up there, Poe?>

INT. FLIGHT DECK - CONTINUOUS

Rhett chimes in on the comm.

RHETT
I don't know how much longer we can
hold the hangars.

He looks out the window at the hangar, where Stormtroopers

and pilots have gotten to work trying to get the doors open.

Animals wander about aimlessly.

INT. THE DEVIATOR - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

Leia looks to Poe for support.

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LEIA
What's our move, Commander?

Poe shoulders the weight of the entire Resistance.

POE
(to Torque)
I gotta say, I'm impressed. But
you're wrong about one thing. It's
not glory our people are after. It's
freedom. And that's not something you
can offer us.
(then)
Hey, Chewie. I bet this ship's got a
pretty mean comm satellite, huh.

Chewie growls in the affirmative.

TORQUE
What are you doing?

POE
Sending a message out to the entire
galaxy.

TORQUE
You can't do that.

POE
Last I checked, we had the keys.

Poe and Chewie get to work setting up the holo-recorder.

TORQUE
You don't understand. You'll alert
Ren to our whereabouts...He'll
destroy us!

LEIA
You said it yourself, he can detect
any Force-users. He'll find us both
sooner or later.

Poe pulls Leia aside.

POE
We got one shot at this. If you're
gonna convince the galaxy to stick
its neck out, you gotta make it
count.

LEIA
I'm not recording the message.

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POE
What? Why not?

LEIA
My time's past, Poe. They'll only
fight for someone who'll be around to
win it. You're the new face of the
Resistance.

Poe scans her eyes and finds resolve.

LEIA
And it's a nice face.

She smirks coyly.

Poe gives in and turns to his team.

POE
Fire it up, Chewie. And make sure you
get my good side.

INT. JEDI ACADEMY - NIGHT

Artoo warbles sadly as he sucks up what remains of Threepio.

(So he has a vacuum after all.)

Rose has stopped Finn's bleeding with a tourniquet. While he

rests, she tinkers with BB-8's head, trying to power him up.

Finn wakes up and immediately feels the pain. Winces.

FINN
Rose, I--I'm sorry.

She drops BB-8 to caress Finn's head.

ROSE
Shh, don't speak.

FINN
I was supposed to protect us. I can't
keep failing you.

ROSE
You didn't. We're still here.

Her eyes dart over to BB-8...His

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eye now glows a weak red.

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EXT. JEDI TEMPLE - CONTINUOUS

Outside, Rey and the four surviving Padawans bury their

fallen friends, Plum and the Toydarian. A somber quiet
reigns.

SU MIN
They never finished their training...
They weren't even Jedi.

REY
They were Jedi at heart. What matters
is that they chose the Light.

TITUS
What's the point? We're just as dead
as they are.

REY
Don't say that. We can't lose hope
now.

TITUS
What are we--what's the New Order--
without the Force? I can't feel
anything.

REY
But I can feel you.

SU MIN
That man...That was the Supreme
Leader, wasn't he?

The mere mention of Kylo causes Rey to choke.

SU MIN
He could have killed us if he wanted
to. He's the only reason we're alive.

REY
That's what he wants you to think.
Don't fall into his--

SU MIN
He wasn't scared of us at all. We
were nothing to him.

TITUS
Not even you could stop him.

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Titus immediately regrets saying this. And yet, no one can

deny that it's true. Rey looks to each Padawan's face only
to find hopelessness written there.

Before they can see her cry, Rey rushes off into the jungle.

EXT. OVID MINOR - JUNGLE - NIGHT

Rey runs full speed through the tangle of vines, if only to

keep herself from sobbing. The more ground she covers, the
more that sadness turns into determination...then anger.

She huffs through gritted teeth, fury in motion, and arrives

at...

EXT. KYBER CAVE - NIGHT

The entrance is still obstructed by caved-in crystals. She

heaves herself up and over them, into the cave.

INT. KYBER CAVE - CONTINUOUS

Rey's lightstick carves an eerie path through the dark. Her

anger, overpowering all fear, leads her back to...

THE ABYSS

Through tears and rage, she unloads into the darkness:

REY
I know you can hear me! I know you've
been watching me fail over and over.
And yet you say nothing! What did I
do to deserve this? I was only trying
to carry on YOUR LEGACY!!

Legacy--legacy--legacy... The word echoes down into the

darkness. She's taken aback by her fury. By feelings she's
suppressed for far too long.

REY
I'm not giving up. And I won't be
asking for your help anymore.
(then)
So if you have anything to say, you
better say it now.

Silence.

Spent and disappointed, she shakes her head. Turns to leave.

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Then...

The cave GROANS like the belly of a beast.

A wave of light bubbles up from the darkness. As it WHOOSHES

PAST, it reveals _________________
shadows of people within the kaleidoscopic
crystals, refracting all around her.

And with them come whispers, unintelligible but definitely

human. Everywhere and nowhere.

REY
Luke?

The shadows finally settle around the edge of the abyss.

Some tall, some short. __________________________
Almost like a Jedi Council.

REY
Who are you?

The whispers echo cacophonously.

SHADOW 1 SHADOW 2
Rey... Unlearn...

SHADOW 3 SHADOW 4
Forget... Renew...

REY
I...I don't understand.

The whispers continue, garbled and overlapped.

REY
You can do better than that.

She's had enough. She turns to leave again--

And bumps into Luke...insofar as you can bump into a Force

Ghost.

LUKE
Never could get anything past you.

Rey's surprisingly unfazed by her first Ghost.

REY
It's about time you showed up.

LUKE
Not even a hello?

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REY
I waited for you.

LUKE
I know--

REY
I called for you.

LUKE
Yes, I know--

REY
You ignored me.

LUKE
I wouldn't say "ignored"--

REY
I bet Master Kenobi never treated you
this way.

LUKE
Heh...Why don't you ask him yourself?

She whips around--

The shadows are now Force Ghosts. Not just of OBI-WAN

KENOBI, but also QUI-GON JINN, YODA, and even ANAKIN
SKYWALKER.

OBI-WAN
Hello, Rey. I'd introduce myself, but
...we've known each other a long
time.

Rey's speechless.

QUI-GON
You were just a girl then.

YODA
Awaken us, you did.

REY
But...I didn't do anything.

ANAKIN
You did so much more than you know.

YODA
Pure of heart, were you. By great
power, never corrupted.

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REY
What good has it done me? Look at the
Jedi Order now. Destroyed, and all
because of me.

LUKE
Don't you see? You didn't destroy the
Jedi Order...We did!

YODA
A legacy of failure, the Jedi left
behind. But in you, a new way forward
we found.

QUI-GON
We couldn't risk ruining the future
of the galaxy by meddling further.

OBI-WAN
Well, we meddled a little bit.
Watched over you in the desert.
Nurtured you.

ANAKIN
But the rest? You did that yourself.

LUKE
You have the power to start anew. You
always have.

REY
But what about the ancient texts?
Everything you taught me about the
Force?

Luke gestures to each of the Ghosts.

LUKE
Look around you. None of us ever
accomplished anything without
breaking a few rules.
(then)
And to prove it, we'll break one
more.

The Ghosts extend their hands. They focus their combined

energies into the depths of the abyss.

Sounds echo in the dark: falling crystals...

...groaning metal?

Rey's eyes go wide.

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Out of the abyss floats Kylo's beat-up transport.

________________________________________________

Right before her eyes, the Ghosts repair it.

Debris swirls around the skeleton of the ship...Broken

pieces coalesce and fuse...The engine revs to life...

Rey turns to Luke. No words can express her gratitude.

Luke holds out his hand.

LUKE
Now don't say I never gave you
anything.

In his hand is the crystal she had thrown away.

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE - NIGHT

The Padawans sit around the graves and stare off

despondently...when the hum of a ship approaches. They look
up as Kylo's transport descends into the clearing.

In fear, they start to retreat.

But once it lands, the doors open and Rey SPRINTS out, past
the confused Padawans, into the Temple.

INT. JEDI TEMPLE

No time to lose, Rey lifts a still-unconscious Finn and

carries him out. Rose, who was fiddling with BB-8, watches
dumbfounded.

INT. KYLO'S TRANSPORT

Rey lays Finn on a medical table and gets to work

programming the equipment.

Rose and the Padawans enter as the automated machine begins

performing surgery on Finn's arm stump.

ROSE
I...don't know where to start.

REY
Tell me about it.

Rose spots BB-8's body in the corner. She attaches his head
to the ball's magnet, and...His eye SPARKS back to life. He
immediately whistles deliriously.

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ROSE
Whoa, slow down, buddy.

BB-8's whistling turns frantic.

ROSE
You're getting a message?

REY
All the way out here?

ROSE
Whatever it is, the signal must be
strong. Like, really strong.

Blue light flickers from one of his bulbs. He concentrates

all his power on projecting a hologram onto the floor.

Warped at first, it then takes on the shape of Poe and Leia.

POE'S HOLOGRAM
...under the boot of tyrants for far
too long. Today is the day we fight
back. But we can't do it alone. We
are stronger together. Help and
reclaim the freedom that our parents
won. They're watching you. Counting
on you...You are the galaxy's only
hope.

Rose looks to Rey for her leadership. Expectant.

REY
I'm going alone.

ROSE
What? But they need us!

REY
Finn needs you.

SU MIN
And what about us?

REY
I trained you to use the Force. But
now...you're too vulnerable.

SU MIN
You told us to be more than our Force
powers.

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TITUS
When will we ever prove it, if not
now?

Rey's not so sure. She cares about them too much.

SU MIN
It's now or never.

ROSE
We're ready, Rey.

INT. RESISTANCE TRANSPORT - SPACE

CLOSE on Poe and Leia's hologram.

POE
...You are the galaxy's only hope.

The hologram PAUSES. Poe's frozen face glitching.

KYLO
Whoever you thought he was, he doesn't--

GORO
You don't need to convince me. He's
on the losing side. I know that now.

Fair enough. Kylo turns back to the navigation system.

KYLO
Hm.

GORO
What is it?

KYLO
They're not where they're supposed to
be.
(Re: Leia's hologram)
But she won't get far.

GORO
I'll locate her.

Goro closes his eyes and meditates. Kylo's impressed.

INT. THE DEVIATOR - BRIDGE - THAT MOMENT

Leia watches the comm closely for any sign of life, any

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response from across the galaxy. The whole bridge is dead

silent. Everyone hanging on baited breath for incoming
messages.

But nothing comes.

TORQUE
A sad end to the Resistance. Not with
a bang, but with utter...deafening...
silence.

Leia GLARES at him. She's about to respond, when--

BEEEEP. BEEEEP. The Deviator's detected an approaching ship.

Everyone tenses up. All eyes are on the monitors and out the
bay windows.

They wait, staring at the lonely stars...

...when a new star glints into existence...

Poe squints at it. Then looks to the monitors...

...which show a Resistance transport approaching.

POE
Rey?

LEIA
No...

TORQUE
He's here.

INT. RESISTANCE TRANSPORT - THAT MOMENT

Kylo gazes upon the surface of Belloc for the first time. At
its black veins of industry and towers that peek through the
fog, spewing out smoke.

Goro registers the rage in Kylo's face. He steels himself

for the coming fight as Kylo accelerates the transport
toward the Deviator.

EXT. THE DEVIATOR

The transport FIRES its blasters at the hangar doors,

BLOWING THEM WIDE OPEN.

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INT. THE DEVIATOR - HANGAR BAY

Stormtroopers and animals alike are SUCKED OUT into space.

As Kylo guides the transport into the hangar, the surviving

Stormtroopers power up their TIE Fighters and speed out of
the Deviator.

IN THE BRIDGE

Poe's team watches the TIE Fighters pouring out.

POE
Man the turrets! Go, go, go!

Chewie and the Fighters take up posts at the controls.

OUTSIDE

TIE Fighters pepper the Deviator's hull with laser-fire. The

turrets return fire and pick them off.

IN THE DEVIATOR

Kylo leads the way down a hallway, a bloodhound on the

scent.

IN THE BRIDGE

Leia catches a glimpse of Kylo on the security camera video-

feeds. And following close behind...Goro.

The sight of the young Padawan breaks her heart.

POE
Is that...?
(to Torque)
Looks like you've been replaced.

TORQUE
So have you.

POE
When you're right, you're right.
(to Chewie)
Where are the nearest escape pods?

Torque clocks everyone's positions: Poe and Chewie at the

controls; Leia at the monitors; the Fighters at the
entrance.

So he JUMPS TO ACTION and YELLS into the comms.

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TORQUE
This is Grand Monitor Torque on the
Deviator! Activate the Lasso! TAKE US
DOWN! NOW--!

BAM! Leia FORCE-THROWS him against the ceiling, DROPS him to

the floor.

INT. TRACTOR BEAM TANK - ON BELLOC - THAT MOMENT

A FIRST ORDER ENGINEER inside a HEAVILY ARMORED TANK

receives Torque's message. He turns to his OFFICER.

TANK OFFICER
You heard him! Activate the Lasso!

The Engineer flips a series of switches, causing the entire

vehicle to VIBRATE.

EXT. TRACTOR BEAM TANK

The tank, mounted to an oily-black construction platform, is

shrouded in fog...until the cannon starts to GLOW.

BRRRM. The barrel rises, pointing to the sky...

...and FIRES a white-hot beam that pierces through the

fog...

...through the atmosphere...

...to CAPTURE the Deviator.

INT. THE DEVIATOR - BRIDGE

The ship LURCHES...The floor KEELS...

Everyone grabs whatever they can hold...

As the entire ship TILTS.

INT. KYLO'S TRANSPORT - THAT MOMENT

As their ship arrives at Belloc, Rey, Rose, and the four

Padawans peer out the window to witness:

The Deviator in the grip of the tractor beam's halo.

Pitching over toward Belloc's surface. TIE Fighters whizzing
around it like pesky flies.

Rose runs to the back of the transport to check on Finn.

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He lies unconscious on the medical table. The surgical

machine performing tests on _______________________________
a brand new mechno-arm attached
to his stump.
____________

INT. THE DEVIATOR - HALLWAY

With the Deviator now on its side, Kylo and Goro skip across
the walls of the hallway. Lights flicker and doors
malfunction, as the ship's power grid goes on the fritz.

IN THE BRIDGE

Through the bay windows, the black of space gives way to

Belloc's thin, gray atmosphere.

All of the Fighters and First Order Officers clutch

consoles, monitors, anything, as the ship goes into free
fall.

Poe grabs Leia's hand. In this together.

Everything SHUDDERS and GROANS, threatening to BREAK APART.

The windows GLOW with the heat of atmospheric friction.

EXT. BELLOC AIRSPACE

The transport, piloted by Rey, RACES after the Deviator as

it SCREAMS toward the ground. The tractor beam dragging it
down at terminal velocity.

Rey VEERS to avoid white-hot shrapnel CHIPPING OFF its hull.

Belloc's thick clouds CHURN in the Deviator's wake...

...revealing lights of industry below, twinkling from oily

black structures built into the planet's canyons.

INT. KYLO'S TRANSPORT

Rey watches in horror as the Deviator heads straight for one

of these canyons.

EXT. BELLOC - CANYON

The Deviator, canted at an angle, SLAMS into Belloc's

surface, sending WAVES of gray soil into the air.

It GRINDS along the ground...SLICES across the canyon...

CUTS through the black tunnels and factories...

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In a BLAST of fire and smoke...

Before sliding to a stop.

...

Echoes of the crash peter out through the canyons.

The fog rolls back in...

...and settles around the ship.

INT. TRACTOR BEAM TANK - THAT MOMENT

The Engineer sits stunned at the destruction ahead.

TANK OFFICER
Shut it off!

The Engineer's shaken from his stupor. Deactivates the beam.

TANK OFFICER
Hang on...What's that?

They peer out narrow slats in the tank to the hazy sky...

As the computers detect Kylo's transport.

ENGINEER
He found us.

INT. KYLO'S TRANSPORT

Rose keeps an eye on Finn as he emerges from his sleep. He

struggles to operate the new mechno-arm. Then--

The transport lands with a CLANK.

ROSE
I'll be right back.

She heads back to the front, where Rey and the Padawans
prepare to disembark. Securing utility belts, holstering
lightsabers.

REY
Everyone stick together.

The Padawans nod, hiding their youthful fear with resolve.

Rey's proud of them. She turns to open the exit door.

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EXT. KYLO'S TRANSPORT

A plank descends from the door to the ground.

Rey leads the team out cautiously.

Endless fog coats the landscape. Gray dirt crunches beneath

their boots. An eerie calm. In the distance, lights from the
factories.

REY
We'll head for the lights.

Suddenly--TOOM--a white beam SHOOTS through the fog--

--and CAPTURES Rey!

The Padawans and Rose jump back.

As the dust settles, they see Rey, held in a frozen state by

the tractor beam. She STRAINS with all her might to break
free...but it's too strong.

Titus LEAPS forward, activating his lightsaber--

ROSE
No, don't!!

--and swipes at the beam--only for the blade to get trapped.

The plasma flickering and distorting in the beam's grip.

Titus pulls and pulls, but it won't budge. Finally, he

deactivates the lightsaber and breaks free.

ROSE
Titus! Stand back!

Titus looks in Rey's frantic eyes, when--

WHOOSH--Rey's whisked away by the beam, into the fog.

FINN
REY!!

Finn's at the door, having seen everything. Too weak to

stand, he collapses on the plank.

Rose heads up the plank...and walks right past him. There's

no time to lose.

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TITUS
What are we doing?! We have to go
after her!

CHUNK--the back of the transport opens...

VROOMMM--an engine revs up...

Rose steers a speeder bike out of the ship. Circles to a

stop in front of the group. The homemade engine RUMBLING.

ROSE
Let's move.

INT. THE DEVIATOR - BRIDGE - THAT MOMENT

The Bridge sits in a dark and quiet aftermath. Sparks from a

damaged console momentarily illuminate the space.

The bay windows, shattered from the impact, let in a soft

breeze. Which causes Poe to STIR AWAKE.

He groans. Everything hurts.

Taking stock, he finds Leia, Chewie, and the Fighters in

similar shape. Injured and shaken.

POE
Everyone okay?

He only gets groans and nods in response.

POE
(into his comm)
Rhett, you there?
(radio silence)
Come in, C'ai.

No reply. He checks the survivors.

POE
Where's Torque?

Chewie grunts and points to the window...

out of which we see nothing but fog.

Hux pops up into the foreground. It's clearly written on his

face: Torque abandoned me.

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POE
(yanking Hux to his feet)
You need new friends.

Poe addresses the team.

POE
He couldn't have gotten far.
(checking with Leia)
Can you keep going?

She stands and dusts herself off.

LEIA
Don't worry about me. Lead the way,
Commander.

EXT. THE DEVIATOR WRECKAGE

The team's boots clank along the metal hull. Chewie shoves
Hux along, who struggles to maintain balance with his hands
tied behind his back.

The demolished Deviator sits inundated in a sea of fog. The

ship's hull buckled in the crash, forming waves of metal as
far as the eye can see.

As they come over the crest of one of these crunched waves,

Poe spots something on the white metal horizon:

Torque limping away.

POE
There he is!

Torque sees Poe, then disappears over the next wave.

EXT. BELLOC - THAT MOMENT

Artoo rolls through the gray terrain. BB-8's close behind,

whistling curiously. He has no idea where Artoo's headed,
but he's not leaving him.

One of the factories materializes out of the fog. An oily

black structure built into a canyon, spewing smoke and
bursts of flame.

BB-8 gazes at it, trembling with fear.

But Artoo speeds right for an entrance. BB-8 follows.

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INT. BELLOC FACTORY - CONTINUOUS

Artoo hurries along the industrial hallway, on a mission.

The overhead pipes drip and spout steam. The walls ring with
echoes of far-off machinery.

Artoo's dome swivels back and forth, looking for something.

BB-8 beeps questioningly, but Artoo ignores him.

A group of ALIENS IN RED JUMPSUITS run out of a side

passageway, almost stumbling over the droids.

They stop to inspect Artoo and BB-8. ___________________

These alien factory
workers are the Force-severed.
______________________________

Artoo BEEPS urgently, then activates something inside him.

His innards CHURN... Then a hatch opens and he produces his
mechanical arm, ____________________________
holding a tiny computer chip.

The Aliens exchange dark looks...

then continue running down the hall, leaving Artoo behind.

He groans sadly.

EXT. BELLOC - CANYON

FWOOSH--a speeder bike BLASTS through the fog carrying Rose.

Finn holds onto her with his mechno-arm. The Padawans are
close behind on the other four bikes.

Up ahead, the tank comes into view...and it's MASSIVE. Like

a bunker on wheels. Fog swirling in its wake.

The bikes pull up alongside the speeding tank. The treads

SPIN and TEAR UP the earth just feet away.

Finn stands on the bike seat--balances himself--and--

LEAPS off the bike, over the spinning treads--

and SLAMS into the side of the tank. His robot hand GRIPS
the hull before he can slide off. The arm STRAINS Finn's
shoulder, shooting pain through his body.

Rose keeps the bike in pace as Finn FLAILS against the tank.

On the opposite side of the tank, the four Padawans mount

their own attack. Su Min steadies her bike--crouches on the
seat--and JUMPS--

Clean over the treads--onto the tank with a CLANK.

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INSIDE THE TANK

A PILOT detects the bikes on his radar. So he activates a

TURRET on the back of the tank.

TITUS ON HIS SPEEDERBIKE

approaches, when a hatch opens and a turret POPS OUT. He

SWERVES as the turret PEPPERS him with laser fire. His bike
nearly collides with the other Padawans.

His bike TEETERS as he loses control--it VEERS toward the

wheels--and he LEAPS--

--just as the bike gets CRUSHED by the treads.

He SLAMS against the tank's hull--fails to hold on--and

starts SLIDING OFF, when--

Su Min GRABS HIS HAND and PULLS him to safety atop the tank.

TITUS
(catching his breath)
Thanks.

Then, the sound of a dangerous weapon powering up...

They turn to find a BLACK STORMTROOPER, in a badass new suit

we've never seen before, wielding an electrostaff.

Su Min and Titus assume defensive stances. The Trooper

TWIRLS the staff around, showing off. Then--

WHAM! The Trooper's head is PUNCHED CLEAN THROUGH--by Finn's

mechno-fist. He shakes the arm out, still not used to it.

The headless Trooper collapses, revealing a neck stump full

of sparking circuitry. _______________________
He was actually a droid.

TITUS
(still catching his breath)
Thanks!

Su Min runs to the front of the tank and kneels over some
grating. White light PULSES through the slats. She squints
against the light to see the silhouette of:

REY

frozen in a cell within the tank, surrounded by the tractor

beam's energy.

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EXT. THE DEVIATOR WRECKAGE

Poe and company approach the edge of the Deviator. They

climb the last wave of rippled metal--the Prisoners helping
Leia, Chewie pulling Hux--and reach the crest:

to be met with a HUGE ARMY OF BLACK DROID-TROOPERS. Torque

in command at their head.

TORQUE
Glad you could join us.

At the wave of his hand, more droid-troopers appear behind

the Resistance team and take them hostage.

Hux is let free. He rubs his sore wrists. SNEERS at Chewie,

who GROWLS back.

TORQUE
Come in, Lasso. Do you copy?

INT. TRACTOR BEAM TANK

TANK OFFICER
Affirmative, Grand Monitor. Heading
your way, with dangerous cargo in
tow.

TORQUE
(over the comm)
What cargo?

TANK OFFICER
We got him, sir. We got the Supreme
Leader, and holding strong.

EXT. THE DEVIATOR WRECKAGE

TORQUE
How is that possible?

Static comes through over the comm.

TORQUE
Officer?...Are you there?

INT. TRACTOR BEAM TANK

The tank's dashboard FIZZLES with sparks, fried by blaster-

fire. The Officer holds up his hands in surrender as Rose
points a blaster at him.

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ROSE
Stop the tank!

TANK OFFICER
I-I-I can't. It's on auto-pilot.

ROSE
To where?

TANK OFFICER
The holding cell.

ROSE
Well, then override it!

The Officer glances at the destroyed console, then back at

Rose, who's feeling bashful now.

ROSE
Right...

EXT. THE DEVIATOR WRECKAGE

Torque stares off darkly. Dread dawning on him. Behind him,

the sound of Hux chuckling bubbles up.

As Hux stands on the wreckage, chuckles give way to full-on

maniacal laughter.

HUX
I admit, I doubted you, Torque. I
never imagined it would be this easy.

TORQUE
Hux...

HUX
If you can look past my doubts, I
will forgive you for abandoning me.

Hux continues grandstanding atop the Deviator as Torque's

eyes scan the wreckage...the landscape...looking for Kylo...

TORQUE
Quiet, Hux.

HUX
The Resistance has been reduced to
rubble. The Supreme Leader a
pathetic, caged pet. The full might
of the First Order is at our command!

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THOOM. In the sky, a Star Destroyer blasts to a stop and

hovers over the planet. THOOM. And another arrives.

HUX
And there they are! Just in time to
reclaim what is ours!

In the distance, the distinct sound of TIE FIGHTERS

SCREAMING TOWARD US. Torque slowly backs away, suddenly
distrustful.

HUX
No longer shall we answer to the
whims of a dead religion! The galaxy
belongs to the people!

POE

hears something coming from his pocket. He discreetly

produces his holo-recorder. The other hostages--Chewie,
Leia, the Fighters, and the Prisoners--look down:

A tiny hologram of Queen Siddarta of Naboo looks up at them.

___________________________________________________________

Meanwhile, Hux gets carried away with his glorious speech...

HUX
At last, we can safely say, VICTORY.
IS. OURS--

VOOM--WHAM! In an instant, Hux is SLAMMED--OBLITERATED--by a

SPEEDING METAL BLUR--leaving his boots behind.

The blur VEERS back around, so we get a good look at it: the
MILLENNIUM FALCON TO THE RESCUE.

NIEN NUNB

CHEERS in the cockpit.

The TIE Fighters SCREAM PAST the Falcon, LIGHTING UP the

droid army with cannon-fire.

Poe and team run for cover.

The droid-troopers FIRE at the TIE Fighters--

which dodge and swoop back. We can see now that they're not
the sleek models of the First Order, _______________________
but old and rusty ships
recycled by the Naboo.
_____________________

Poe ducks behind Deviator debris and talks to Siddarta:

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POE
Boy, am I glad to see you!

QUEEN SIDDARTA
(via hologram)
Hope we didn't keep you waiting too
long, Commander.

POE
Better late than never.

TORQUE

finds the nearest droid-troopers and shouts commands:

TORQUE
You! Come with me!

The droids form a protective phalanx around him and move in

unison away from the battlefield, toward the factory.

POE

hails the Falcon. While the battle rages, Poe and Chewie run
to where the Falcon hovers and lowers its boarding ramp. On
the ramp, Poe glances back to see:

Leia heading after Torque. She gives him one last

look...then disappears into the fog.

Poe struggles with the urge to save her again...but decides

she'll be okay. He follows Chewie into the Falcon.

AT THE DEVIATOR WRECKAGE

A dark form hides in the debris: Kylo Ren, slightly wounded

from the crash. He sets his sights on Torque, and Leia close
behind him.

INT. BELLOC HANGAR

Droid-troopers run to shiny, new models of the TIE Fighter.

They pilot the ships out of the hangar in droves, to join
the battle over Belloc.

INT. TRACTOR BEAM TANK

Rose and Finn peer out the window as the tank approaches a
MASSIVE GATE into the factory. Finn speaks into a comm:

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FINN
Artoo. BB-8. Can you hear me.

INT. DROID FACTORY

Artoo and BB-8 have their mechanical arms full as they try
to operate an assembly line of shiny black PROTOCOL DROIDS.

Artoo WHISTLES frantically into the comm.

FINN
(over the comm, breaking up)
Hel----I----hear---ou!

Artoo ignores him and carries on.

INT. BELLOC FACTORY - HOLDING CELL

The tank rolls into a loading bay, which is attached to a

MASSIVE CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER, ringed with many levels of
circular catwalks.

The tank compartment opens...

The white beam guides Rey's frozen body horizontally into

the chamber, where another vertical beam ACTIVATES and HOLDS
HER.

Rose, Finn, and the Padawans run into the chamber and stand
at the edge of a curved catwalk. They look out to see:

Rey floating in a VERTICAL COLUMN OF LIGHT.

__________________________________________

ROSE
We gotta find Artoo and BB-8.

SU MIN
We'll wait here. Go.

With one last look of resolve, Rose and Finn exit into one
of the dark passages that offshoots from the holding cell.

INT. DROID FACTORY

Artoo and BB-8 stare in awe as the factory's assembly line

hisses steam and ejects:

A SHINY BLACK PROTOCOL DROID. Sleeker and more articulated

than the design we know.

They wait expectantly for the droid to speak...

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When its round yellow eyes suddenly LIGHT UP. It turns its
head to the two droids, and speaks in a familiar voice:

THREEPIO
Artoo? BB-8?

The droids WHISTLE and SHAKE in celebration. Threepio

registers his surroundings...

Then zeroes back in on the droids.

THREEPIO
Intruders!

Uh-oh.

INT. HOLDING CELL

Kylo and Goro BURST into the chamber, ready to fight Torque--

And instead find a CRACKLING COLUMN OF LIGHT. Inside, Rey

GRITS HER TEETH, struggling against its impossible power.

On the catwalk above them, the Padawans stand helplessly.

TORQUE (O.S.)
Amazing, isn't it?

Torque emerges from the shadows, holding Leia hostage with

his hand gripped around her neck.

TORQUE
We devoted our lives to study and
meditation. We trained under the best
Jedi and Sith. I served under you as
a Knight of Ren...And yet we are
helpless against a little
technological ingenuity.

He admires his handiwork: the chamber, the pulsing beam.

Then he SNAPS HIS FINGERS.

Droid-troopers emerge from every shadow around the chamber

to surround Kylo and Goro, and the Padawans above them.

KYLO
I'm not a fool. This prison was meant
for me.

TORQUE
And I was meant to be your
apprentice.

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How quickly things change.

He glances contemptuously at Goro.

TORQUE
Nevertheless, Lord Ren...You are my
Supreme Leader. You are the only one
who could bring peace--and truly
enforce peace--throughout the galaxy.
I believed in you...Until I saw your
weakness.
(he looks at Leia)
As long as she lives...
(he looks at the Padawans)
As long as the Jedi exist...
(and back at Kylo)
there can be no peace.

Torque releases Leia and lets her crumple to the floor.

TORQUE
You may have dispatched your father.
A scoundrel who showed you no love.
But this...This is the true test.

Leia looks up at her son with pleading eyes.

LEIA
Ben...please...

TORQUE
Prove you can rule dispassionately,
and I will follow you to the end of
the galaxy.

Kylo glares at Torque with the intensity of a Death Star.

TORQUE
Can you say the same for your
new...apprentice?

Kylo doesn't bother to look at Goro. He simply waves his

hand in a dismissive order.

KYLO
The Jedi. Take care of them.

Goro peers up at the Padawans. Reality sets in as his old

classmates stare back fearfully. He hesitates.

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TORQUE
It should be a fairly simple task.
After all, they've already been
severed from the Force.
(then)
I'll even give you a head start.

He gives one small gesture to the droid-troopers. On cue,

the droids BARRAGE the Padawans with blasterfire. They try
to deflect it with their lightsabers, until it's too much.
One of them, a Mon Calamari, is overpowered and PUMMELED.

SU MIN
Nooo!!

The droids cease fire as he COLLAPSES. The Padawans kneel

and cradle his scorched body.

Goro SHUDDERS at the sight of his lifeless classmate.

TORQUE
Like I said. Simple.

Kylo throws a threatening glance to his Twi'lek apprentice.

Receiving the message, Goro steels himself...

And LEAPS up onto the Padawans' catwalk.

They exchange some awkward looks. This is really happening.

Goro assumes a fighting stance. The Padawans follow suit.

EXT. BELLOC AIRSPACE

POOM-POOM-POOM! The Falcon BLASTS a new TIE Fighter out of

the air, then moves onto the next.

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT

Poe's back at the controls.

POE
Pick up the pace, Chewie! That's two
more for Nien!

Nien LAUGHS in his gunner bay as Chewie GROWLS from his.

EXT. BELLOC AIRSPACE

A rusty Naboo TIE Fighter pursues a shinier model, which

tries to shake it off with bee-line moves. But it's soon
BLOWN TO BITS by the expert Naboo pilot.

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The battle over the factories looks like a swarm of locusts.

Black TIE Fighters everywhere, hard to tell them apart.

INT. DROID FACTORY

Hidden in a dark corner, Artoo and BB-8 TREMBLE WITH FEAR at

the sound of Shadow Threepio's menacing footsteps.

THREEPIO
(sincere)
You should not have come here, Artoo!
I don't want to hurt you!
(then, possessed)
But I will fulfill my directive!
(suddenly self-aware)
Oh, what's come over me!

He creeps down each aisle in search of his friends. Steam

swirls up and around him from the factory's bowels.

FINN (O.S.)
Threepio? Is that you?

Finn and Rose appear at the end of the catwalk.

THREEPIO
Master Finn! Master Rose! I...I...

Threepio's arm suddenly POPS OPEN and produces ________

a hidden
blaster. The weapon WHINES as it POWERS UP.
_______

THREEPIO
Forgive me, my friends--

Finn and Rose stare back, confused, when--

BEEEOOO! Artoo screams an alarming cry. They quickly get the

message--and DIVE TO SAFETY, just as Threepio's blaster
FIRES and LIGHTS UP the factory machines!

Artoo and BB-8 escape into the steam.

THREEPIO
Come back here!

INT. HOLDING CELL

Goro and the three remaining Padawans circle each other in a

cautious game of chess -- LUNGE, STRIKE, and RETREAT.

Titus hazards another attack --

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As Goro defends, Su Min takes advantage -- But Goro sees her

coming -- FORCE-PUSHES her back -- and spins back in time to
ROUNDHOUSE KICK Titus to the floor.

The other Padawan sees a window to strike -- takes it -- but

Goro's lightsaber gets there first -- VWOOM! -- SLASHING the
Padawan across the chest.

The body slumps off the catwalk --

and SLAMS onto the floor next to Kylo. Torque smiles

deliciously.

GORO

is suddenly stunned by his own violent instincts. His

lightsaber shakes in his hand. What have I done?

INT. DROID FACTORY

Finn hides behind some droid-producing machinery, on the

lookout for Threepio. He sneaks a peek around the corner.

FINN
I can't see anything. We better go
around...

But Rose isn't listening. She's too busy gazing up at the

ceiling, the technology, something.

FINN
Rose! Pay attention!

ROSE
That's gotta be the droid control
hub.

Finn follows her eyeline up to a glowing central hub on top

of a tower.

ROSE
Our comms don't work in here. I gotta
go topside and get someone's
attention.

FINN
Okay, what do you need me to do?

She brings her eyes back to him and tells it straight:

ROSE
I need a distraction.

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INT. HOLDING CELL

Su Min whimpers in disbelief. Titus speechless. They feel

terrifyingly unsafe, and there's nowhere to run.

GORO
I--I--

With all eyes on him and his murder, Goro stutters. He

doesn't know if he can do this anymore. Then--

REY
Goro...

The room resonates with a voice, captivating everyone's

attention. It takes a moment for everyone to realize it's
coming from Rey.

Still trapped, she yells over the hum of the beam.

REY
I'm sorry... I... I failed you... I
failed you as a teacher. I failed you
as a Jedi... I failed you as a
friend.

These are words Goro never expected to hear.

Rey's overcome with emotion. This is not just a confession

to Goro, but to herself.

REY
You deserved better. You all did.
(then)
And I won't give up until I've made
it right.

Rey's body goes still as she stops fighting against the

beam.

She closes her eyes. Centers her mind...

From her body, white whisps emerge...Like those pulled from

the Prisoners, but stronger. Tendril-like.

Ethereal and unaffected by the tractor beam, they stream out

across the chamber. Some through the cell walls...others
pour into Titus and Su Min.

Leia, despite lying injured on the floor, cries tears of joy

at the rivers of light swirling around her.

Kylo and Torque seethe, knowing there's nothing they can do.

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As the last of the whisps leave Rey...her body goes dim.

Limp with exhaustion.

But Titus and Su Min discover newfound power coursing

through their veins now that _______________________________
they've been reconnected to the
_____
Force.

KYLO
GORO!!

Goro is too awed to react.

Titus and Su Min raise their hands. Instantly, every droid-

trooper around the room CRUMPLES into scrapmetal.

Then they turn their attention to Goro, who stands there

stunned. Clearly teetering on the edge of a decision.

BMFF -- a muffled explosion outside causes the chamber to

RUMBLE. The battle's getting closer.

INT. DROID FACTORY

The rumbling affects the droid factory too. It vibrates all

the way down the service ladder of the droid control tower--

causing Rose to SLIP. She HANGS BY ONE HAND a hundred feet

up the ladder.

Below: the steamy, grimy factory floor.

She regains her footing. Continues the climb.

ON THE FLOOR

Finn's positioned himself out in the open. He calls out:

FINN
Alright, Threepio!! Let's handle this
like droids!

MEANWHILE

Artoo gets to work. He inserts his comp link into a computer

terminal.

FINN

readies himself as he sees the steam part...and Threepio

steps into the clearing.

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THREEPIO
I do hope we can remain friends when
this is over, Master Finn.

Finn loosens up his mechno-arm like a boxer.

FINN
We'll see about that, buddy.

He THROWS A PUNCH --

But Threepio CATCHES IT -- TWISTS IT. Finn SCREAMS. Then he

PUNCHES Threepio's face with his other hand (the real one)
--

CLANK! Ow!! Finn shakes out his hand. Then--

ZZZZIP--BB-8 RAPPELS down from above on his retractable

cable. Then he runs circles around Threepio's legs--round
and round--until he's all tied up in the cable.

THREEPIO
BB-8! What are you doing?!

BB-8 detaches the cable as Threepio realizes that it's

tightening...and the other end is attached to an overhead
CONVEYOR BELT.

THREEPIO
Oh dear...

Finn panics. Threepio's still got him by the mechno-arm!

FINN
Oh no.

THREEPIO
BB-8, I never liked YOUUUU!

Threepio's YANKED into the air and WHISKED AWAY--taking Finn

with him! BB-8 SQUEALS and rolls after them on the catwalk.

EXT. DEVIATOR WRECKAGE

On the battlefield, Rhett and C'ai are side-by-side again,

holding back an onslaught of droid-troopers, when--

distant explosions pull their attention toward the factory

and the holding cell. Through the fog they make out what
looks like a tornado of black debris: the TIE swarm.

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EXT. DROID FACTORY

Rose climbs out of a hatch, onto the peak of the factory

tower. She's immediately met by the deafening buzz of the
TIE Fighter swarm. Thick enough to blot out the sky.

As she holds onto the tower antenna, whipped by the wind of

the swarm, she yells into her comm:

ROSE
Hello! Can anyone hear me?!

EXT. BELLOC AIRSPACE

Wherever the Falcon goes, swooping through smokestacks and

exhaust pipes, the TIE Fighters follow. The Falcon's laser
cannons hardly making a dent in their massive numbers.

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT

Poe's intensely focused on evading the swarm, though he can

hardly see where he's going. That's when a call comes in on
the Falcon's comms.

ROSE
(on the comm)
Is anyone there?!

POE
Rose? Is that you?

ROSE
(on the comm)
Poe! I'm on the droid control tower!
You need to take it out!

POE
Stay where you are! I'm--

CLANK. What the...?

Again, CLANK. Impacts on the hull of the Falcon.

POE
I have a bad feeling about this.

Now TIE Fighters start crashing below, as if they've been

ditched by their pilots.

_______________________________________________________
Poe's eyes go wide when a droid-trooper crawls onto the
cockpit window.
______________

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Poe BRAKES HARD, and the droid goes FLYING OFF.

EXT. MILLENNIUM FALCON

From outside, we get a better view of the Falcon swarmed

with spider-like droids crawling all over the hull.

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - GUNNER BAY

CHEWIE roars as a droid appears outside his gunner bay. The

droid punches the glass -- CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! -- until it
SMASHES its fist through.

But Chewie's not afraid. He grabs the fist, PULLS the droid
through the shattered window, and BEATS HIM TO A PULP.

NIEN uses a blaster to fend off droids invading his bay.

INT. HOLDING CELL

TORQUE
You've made it abundantly clear, Ren.
If you won't do what has to be done,
I will.

Torque's hand crackles with a spark of FORCE-LIGHTNING. --

Kylo TENSES, ready to attack. -- Then --

BOOM--the tractor beam SHUTS OFF--letting Rey's body DROP

thirty feet to the chamber floor.

She lands with a THUD!

TORQUE
Well...Things have just gotten
interesting.

INT. DROID FACTORY

Artoo, still connected to the terminal where he freed Rey,

whistles with joy. Then turns his attention above:

Finn and Threepio dangle from the conveyor belt...from which

hang HUNDREDS OF MORE PROTOCOL DROIDS. Except they haven't
been activated. Yet.

INT. HOLDING CELL

Rey's lungs heave, utterly exhausted.

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TORQUE
You should have put her out of her
misery long ago, Ren. But I'm willing
to compromise... Kill the Jedi, and
the General goes free.

Rey gasps out a plea from the floor.

REY
Kylo, no...We can stop him...

TORQUE
(re: Leia)
And risk her life? I don't think so.

REY
Please...

Kylo growls like a cornered animal. His furious, yellow eyes

are impossible to read. Then--

He CHARGES Rey with a guttural WAR CRY. She activates her

lightsaber just in time to BLOCK his.

Tapping into what little strength she has left, Rey jumps to
her feet and tries to counter Kylo's every move.

Torque watches with relish. Leia watches in horror.

UP ABOVE

As the last two Padawans move to aid Rey, Goro intercepts

them with a FORCE-HOLD.

But they have the Force now, too. They push back with their
own powers, locking into a tug-of-war. Goro's strong enough
to match them both. Stalemate.

KYLO

attacks wildly. Rey, physically spent and Force-deprived,

can barely keep him at bay.

TORQUE
No more holding back, Ren! Finish
her!

Kylo punctuates his strikes with Force-pushes and -pulls.

Knocking Rey off balance. Tossing her to and fro.

UP ABOVE

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the catwalks BEND and WARP around the pocket of Force-

tension that surrounds the Padawans.

REY

grits her teeth. She can do nothing more than block Kylo's
saber over and over. Kylo grows increasingly frustrated by
her resilience.

TORQUE
How about some added motivation?

Torque extends his hand. A coil of FORCE-LIGHTNING BLASTS

Leia's body. She SEIZES UP, unable to scream.

Torque's insane eyes FLICKER with blue electricity.

This sends Kylo into a BLIND RAGE. He WALLOPS Rey's blade,

OVER AND OVER, trying to break her down.

INT. DROID FACTORY

Finn grapples with Threepio, whose vice-like grip won't let

go of his mechno-arm.

The other dormant droids sway and jostle against each other
as the conveyor belt rushes along.

FINN
Threepio!...What's your directive!

THREEPIO
To serve and protect the First Order
at all costs--

FINN
No, your other directive!

THREEPIO
Well... I've been programmed for
etiquette, translation, protection of
a princess--
(turning)
You're playing mind games! Traitor!

FINN
I've been told what to do my whole
life, Threepio. Eventually it stops
making sense.

Threepio trails off and his round eyes get as far-off a look

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as they possibly can.

That's when the other protocol droids, hanging next to them

from the conveyor belt, start to activate one by one. They
immediately lock targets onto Finn.

PROTOCOL DROIDS
Intruder! / Intruder! / Intruder!

Finn's running out of time. He pleads with Threepio.

FINN
It's time you chose your own
directive.

EXT. BELLOC AIRSPACE

The Falcon bobs, weighed down by a hundred droid-troopers

hanging on the outside of the ship.

What looks like the entire First Order TIE Fighter fleet
barrels down on the Falcon.

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT

The cockpit windshield is completely blotted out by the droid-

troopers. Poe's flying blind.

POE
Chewie! Nien! Talk to me!

In the hallway behind him, Chewie and Nien have been forced
out of the gunner bays as the droid-troopers invade the
ship. They SPRAY the metallic multitudes with blasterfire.

POE
(to himself)
How're you gonna get out of this one,
Poe...

INT. HOLDING CELL

Rey and Kylo's blades are locked. Kylo leans in, inches from
her face. Yellow eyes burning. Red saber crackling.

KYLO
I tried to save you.

Rey tries to hide her exhaustion with ferocity.

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KYLO
You could have had everything. But
now...your Jedi will die. You will
die. And your "sacrifice" will mean
nothing.

Rey looks to her Padawans, who hold steady...

to Leia, in the grip of Torque's Force-Lightning...

and finally to Kylo.

REY
Tell that to them.

Kylo's fury gives way to confusion.

Out of the dark passages, onto the catwalks, emerge

dozens...then hundreds of PRISONERS AND FACTORY WORKERS IN
RED JUMPSUITS. At the forefront is Maz.

Goro and the Padawans release their Force-hold.

The Force-Severed (as we've known them) raise their hands...

The tendrils of Torque's Force-Lightning begin to spread

thin. They break free of Leia's body, until they form a cage
around her, leaving her unaffected.

Leia collapses, her robes smoking.

The Force-Severed have been reconnected to the Force by Rey.

___________________________________________________________

Torque tries to focus his energies. He GNASHES his teeth,

GROANS, FIGHTS BACK.

TORQUE
NOOOO!!

Their collective power is too much for Torque to bear. The

tendrils turn on him -- envelope him -- and FRY him.

He SCREAMS as he FORCE-ELECTROCUTES HIMSELF.

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT

With all his focus on not crashing the Falcon, Poe suddenly
JUMPS as the ship VIBRATES with cannon fire -- BOM-BOM-BOM
-- and the droid-troopers fall off the hull in droves.

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EXT. BELLOC AIRSPACE

Droids are being picked off the Falcon by cannons from other
ships...and not the recycled Naboo TIEs...

but more ships from across the galaxy. Old X-Wings, B-wings,
Y-wings, Mon Calamari cruisers, Paladin-class corvettes,
light freighters, and thousands more.

They swoop in to scatter the TIE swarm and thin out their
numbers.

We cut to various pilots of different species:

- A Rodian announces his call sign.

- An Utapaun cheers.

- Aqualish and Cerean co-pilots high-five.

- And finally, Wedge Antilles announces:

WEDGE
Wedge Antilles, reporting for duty.

POE
(over the comm)
I was starting to think you didn't
get my message.

WEDGE
Had to clear my schedule. Hope you
don't mind I brought a few friends.

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT

POE
Happy to have you. Let's save the
introductions for later.

WEDGE
(over the comm)
Following your lead, Commander.

Poe grins as he tilts the Falcon toward:

EXT. DROID FACTORY

Rose beams at the arrival of the entire galaxy... then

realizes they're coming right for her.

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POE
(over the comm)
This is your cue, Rose.

ROSE
Yep, I'm out.

With little time to act, she heads straight for a cable

attached to the tower and undoes her utility belt. She loops
it around the cable, takes a breath, and...JUMPS.

Hanging by the belt, she ZIPLINES away from the tower.

Behind her, the Falcon and the other ships PELT the factory
with their cannons.

The factory EXPLODES --

Rose SLIDES AT FULL SPEED, barely ahead of the blast.

INT. DROID FACTORY

BB-8 and Artoo BARREL through the labyrinth of exploding

equipment -- and, close behind, ____________________________
Threepio carries Finn in his
arms, sprinting and dodging debris.
____

FINN
Not what I had in mind, Threepio, but
thank you!

THREEPIO
Thank you! I've never felt so alive
in my life!

INT. HOLDING CELL

The walls shake from the earth-quaking explosions, and the

chamber fills with smoke. Titus and Su Min run to Rey's
side.

Kylo, however, ignores the reconnected Force-users, the

chaotic din of battle, and Torque's smoking corpse...and
walks directly toward Leia. He kneels next to her.

EXT. THE DEVIATOR

Rhett and C'ai peek out from their cover, as every droid-
trooper across the battlefield DEACTIVATES AND COLLAPSES.

INT. HOLDING CELL

Kylo cradles Leia's head...feels her wheezing breath...as

her

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eyes find his. And her hand finds his cheek.

Rey kneels on Leia's other side and takes her hand.

LEIA
(weakly, to Kylo)
I don't think...I ever said...I'm
sorry.

Kylo's yellow eyes fill with tears. He shakes his head, but
can't get any words out.

LEIA
Let's just say mistakes were made.

She smiles--Leia always has strength for a wry smile.

The Padawans and Force-users keep a respectful distance.

LEIA
Goodbye, Ben.

With her last breath, she squeezes Kylo and Rey's

hands...and closes her eyes. Then--

BOOM. Another explosion RATTLES the chamber. Rey stands to

leave...but Kylo stays put. Head bowed over his mother.

KYLO
Go.

The multitudes of Force-users split to let Rey through. But

before she does, she turns to Goro. In his face, she reads
remorse. And with a look, she expresses forgiveness.

Goro follows her out with the others...

As fire overtakes the chamber and surrounds Kylo and Leia.

EXT. THE DEVIATOR

Rey emerges into the daylight, followed by the hundreds of

Force-users. Resistance members, old and new, sift through
the remains of the war.

The Millennium Falcon, looking worse for wear, lands nearby.

Poe, Chewie, and Nien step out.

Poe and Rey run to each other and embrace on the

battlefield.

With one glance, Poe knows Leia is gone.

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ELSEWHERE

Finn stumbles out of the factory with the droids. He

frantically looks among the survivors, until...

he spots her through the smoke: Rose sprinting toward him.

They wrap their arms around each other. Relieved to be

together again.

Then Poe and Rey find them. There are hugs all around...

when suddenly, Rey notices the BLACK PROTOCOL DROID nearby

and GASPS as though it were an enemy. But Finn puts his arm
around her.

Threepio awkwardly approaches, embarrassed of his new shell.

THREEPIO
Master Rey.

REY
But...how are you...?

THREEPIO
Alive?

He looks at Artoo, BB-8, and Finn.

THREEPIO
My friends gave me a reason to be.

CUT TO:

A series of moments from across the galaxy as species

reclaim their planets from the First Order. We begin with:

EXT. NABOO - CITY OF THEED - DAY

Stormtroopers are marched through the streets as prisoners.

Sooty-faced citizens, armed with blasters, have reclaimed
their city.

EXT. MON CALA - DAY

A crashed Star Destroyer sinks into the sea as Mon Calamari

swarm its decks.

EXT. ENDOR - DAY

Resistance members carry crates of rations out of their

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transports. Starved Ewoks appear from the forest to welcome

them with open arms.

EXT. KASHYYYK - NIGHT

In a huge celebration, Wookiees dance and toss Stormtrooper

armor into a flaming pile.

EXT. CORELLIA - NIGHT

Children gather on a garbage heap on the industrial planet

to watch--and re-watch--Poe's holo-message. His flickering
blue image glows in their wonderstruck eyes.

EXT. JEDI ACADEMY - DAY

On the lawn of the Jedi Academy, a dozen new Jedi recruits

float in lotus position.

Leading the meditation are Titus, Su Min,...and Goro.

Threepio and Artoo, standing side-by-side again, watch them

together.

EXT. CORUSCANT - DAY

The people of the city-planet work together to repair their

infrastructure. Collecting garbage, fixing windows,
restoring vehicles.

INT. CORUSCANT SENATE - DAY

In an antechamber, Poe looks nervous as Chewie helps him

adjust the collar of a sharp-looking suit.

POE
Do I look stupid? I feel like I look
stupid.

Chewie shrugs.

FINN
(pulling at his collar)
I hope not. We're wearing the same
thing.

Rose squirms in her dress.

ROSE
Can't wait to get back into a
jumpsuit.

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As uncomfortable as she feels, Finn is dumbstruck by how

beautiful she looks.

POE
Any word from her?

FINN
Relax, Poe. She'll be fine.

POE
I know. But she deserves to be here
more than anyone.

BB-8 whistles from a doorway. That's their cue. Poe, Finn,

and Rose take deep breaths...then walk out into:

THE SENATE CHAMBER

Where they're met with thunderous applause from the galaxy's

thousands of Senators and Representatives.

Finn sees a big smile on Poe. He's not so nervous after all.

EXT. JAKKU DESERT OUTPOST - DAY

Life in this isolated outpost carries on much as it did two

films ago. Scavengers sell parts for rations. Vendors sell
their wares from tents.

A LONE FIGURE passes through, hardly turning its scarved,

goggled head. This is Rey, of course, and she's not staying
for long.

IN THE DESERT

Rey hitches a ride on a scrap metal trawler.

She disembarks on a dune and bids her driver goodbye.

Then begins a long trek on foot.

As the sun begins to set, painting the sky in beautiful

pinks and purples, she arrives at her destination:

The half-buried, gutted shell of an AT-AT Walker she once

called home. All is quiet, save for the wind and sand that
lashes its sides.

INT. AT-AT SHELL - CONTINUOUS

Rey surveys the interior through her dark goggles.

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This place feels smaller somehow. Dirtier and more lived-in.

She bends to get a closer look at the contents of a shelf:
tools, metal plates and cups, dolls...

one of which she recognizes as her old Rebel Pilot toy. But
it's been joined by others: Jedi
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dolls that look like Rey
and Luke. Little accessory lightsabers and all. Then--
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SWISH--a metal cup WHIZZES past her head, as if it had a

mind of its own. She narrowly dodges it.

She looks around the hovel.

Then peels back the scarf and goggles to reveal the Rey we
know and love.

REY
I like what you've done with the
place.

Beat.

Then the tiny shape of a YOUNG BOY, 10, shuffles out from
his hiding place.

REY
Hi, there.

He's cautious, but he recognizes goodness in her. She kneels

to meet his eyes and smiles sweetly.

REY
I'm Rey. May the Force be with you.

END.

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