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Rogue One: A Star Wars

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By Chris Weitz

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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....
Opens on a shot of a planet which pans up to a view of planetary rings with
a small ship flying through them. Switches to a shot of the planet Lah’mu
and the ship flying through the rings. A shot of the planet closer up with
the ship flying towards the surface. The ship flies down across a farm and
passes by a white worker droid, who watches the ship. Cuts to a young Jyn
Erso running across the rocky plain with the ship following behind her.
INT. ERSO HOMESTEAD (Inside the Erso homestead)

YOUNG JYN ERSO:

LYRA ERSO:
The ship lands near the Erso homestead. Lyra contacts Saw Gerrera.

SAW GERRERA:

LYRA ERSO:

SAW GERRERA:

GALEN ERSO:
protect you. Say you understand.
Galen embraces Jyn and the two stand still for a few moments.

YOUNG JYN ERSO:

GALEN ERSO:

YOUNG JYN ERSO:

LYRA ERSO:

GALEN ERSO:
EXT. ERSO HOMESTEAD (Outside the home)

LYRA ERSO:
Lyra takes off a pendant and hands it over to her daughter, fastening it
around her neck.
In front of the Erso home stands Director Orson Krennic flanked by
Deathtroopers. Galen confronts Krennic.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: You’re a hard man to find, Galen. But farming?
Really, a man of your talents?

GALEN ERSO:

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DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: It’s lonely, I imagine.

GALEN ERSO:
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Oh. Oh. My condolences. Search the house!

DEATHTROOPER:

GALEN ERSO:
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: The work has stalled, I need you to come back.

GALEN ERSO:
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: We’re on the verge of greatness. We were this close
to providing peace, security for the galaxy.

GALEN ERSO:
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Do I, huh? You have to start somewhere.

GALEN ERSO:
was. I have trouble remembering, even simple things.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Galen, you’re an inspired scientist but you’re a
terrible liar. Now I admire the effort, I really do.
Lyra emerges from the grass, holding a blaster.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Oh look, here’s Lyra back from the dead. It’s a
miracle.
Lyra aims her blaster at Krennic.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Stop!
Deathtroopers aim their weapons at Lyra as she approaches.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Oh, Lyra. Troublesome as ever.

LYRA ERSO:
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: No, of course I’m not. I’m taking you all. You’ll
all come. You, your child, You’ll all live in comfort.

LYRA ERSO:
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: As ‘heroes of the Empire.’

GALEN ERSO:

LYRA ERSO:
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Do it.
(A deathtrooper shoots Lyra right as she hits Krennic in the shoulder. Lyra
falls down dead.)

GALEN ERSO:

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DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: They have a child. Find it!
Deathtroopers march off to find Jyn. One of them picks up a stormtrooper
toy that she had dropped. Jyn hides in a cave and climbs into a secret
hatch. Deathtroopers walk by but don't see the hatch and leave. Later, the
hatch is opened. Jyn sees the face of Saw Gerrera peering down at her.

SAW GERRERA:
Theme song plays as the camera slowly reveals the title.

ROGUE ONE:
Jyn wakes up in an Imperial prison cell. Her cellmate snores loudly on the
bunk opposite. She wipes her face with a cloth and stares through the bars.

STORMTROOPER:
A stormtrooper walks past, checking on the cell. Cuts to a large asteroid
with a trading outpost built on top of it.

RING OF KAFRENE:
A busy street is full of people and aliens. Cassian Andor pushes through
the crowd and then ducks into an alleyway where he meets Tivik, an
informant.

TIVIK:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

TIVIK:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

TIVIK:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

TIVIK:
yesterday. He’s telling people they’re making a weapon. The kyber crystals,
that’s what they’re for.

CASSIAN ANDOR:

TIVIK:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

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TIVIK:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

TIVIK:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

TIVIK:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

TIVIK:
spies everywhere.
A pair of stormtroopers appears in the alleyway.

STORMTROOPER 1:

STORMTROOPER 2:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Cassian pulls a blaster and kills the stormtroopers.

TIVIK:

STORMTROOPER 3:
Cassian quickly nods towards a wall lined with sticking out wires and
tubes.

TIVIK:
A squad of stormtroopers races towards the place of the incident.

STORMTROOPER:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Cassian pretends to comfort Tivik but shoots him in the back. As the
stormtroopers approach, he manages to climb up the wall and disappear
before they can see him.

JEDHA:

MILITIA:
A group of Militia are walking across a desert with a prisoner. The Militia
pulls a bag off of the head of Bodhi Rook, a defected Imperial Pilot.

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BODHI ROOK:

MILITIA:

BODHI ROOK:
Okay, we’re just wasting time that we don’t have. I need to speak to Saw
Gerrera! I keep telling them before, before it’s too late.

EDRIO TWO TUBES:

searching for him…

BODHI ROOK:
to Jedha City. What part of urgent message do you guys not understand? Hey!
we’re all on the same side, if you just see past the uniform for a minute.
I’ve got to speak to ah... I’ve got to speak to Saw Gerrera.
He continues mumbling as a bag is put on his head again and he is pulled
away.

WOBANI:
INT. TRANSPORT (Inside a transport)
Jyn, in restraints, is sitting amongst other prisoners in a transport
guarded by stormtroopers. The transport suddenly stops.

STORMTROOPER:

STORMTROOPER 2:

STORMTROOPER 1:
The door to the transport bursts open and Rebel Alliance soldiers file in,
killing the stormtroopers.

SOLDIER:
SERGEANT RUESCOTT MELSHI: Hallik! Liana Hallik!

SOLDIER:
SERGEANT RUESCOTT MELSHI: You want to get out of here?
Jyn nods as she is freed from her restraints.

PRISONER:
Jyn kicks the Rebel, grabbing a shovel, and hits the other soldiers out of
the way before jumping out of the transport. However, at the exit she is
grabbed and chokeslammed to the ground by a tall Imperial droid, K-2SO.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Congratulations.You are being rescued. Please do not

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resist.

YAVIN 4:
The camera shifts from the gas giant Yavin to its small satellite Yavin 4.

PA:
INT. MASSASSII REBEL BASE (Inside the temple)
Jyn is led to a table where members of the Rebel council are assembled. She
sits down, uncomfortable.
GENERAL DAVITS DRAVEN: You’re currently calling yourself Liana Hallik. Is
that correct? Possession of unsanctioned weapons, forgery of Imperial
documents, aggravated assault,escape from custody, resisting arrest.
Imagine if the Imperial authorities had found out who you really were. Jyn
Erso? That’s your given name, is it not? Jyn Erso? Daughter of Galen Erso.
A known Imperial collaborator in weapons development.

JYN ERSO:
SENATOR MON MOTHMA: It’s a chance for you to make a fresh start.
Cassian Andor appears from behind a wall and approaches the meeting.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
SENATOR MON MOTHMA: This is Captain Cassian Andor, Rebel Intelligence.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
father?

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Imperial war machine?

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
agree to meet you, if you came as a friend.
GENERAL DAVITS DRAVEN: We’re up against the clock here, girl, so if there’s

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nothing to talk about, we’ll just put you back where we found you.

JYN ERSO:
But I’ve no idea where he is. I haven’t seen him in years.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
we need is someone who gets us through the door without being killed.

JYN ERSO:
SENATOR MON MOTHMA: Yes, but Saw Gerrera’s an extremist. He’s been fighting
on his own since he broke with the Rebellion. His militancy has caused the
Alliance a great many problems. We have no choice now but to try to mend
that broken trust.

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
being held by Saw Gerrera. He’s claiming the Emperor is creating a weapon
with the power to destroy entire planets. The pilot says he was sent by
your father.
SENATOR MON MOTHMA: We need to stop this weapon before it is finished.
GENERAL DAVITS DRAVEN: Captain Andor’s mission is to authenticate the
pilot’s story and then, if possible, find your father.
SENATOR MON MOTHMA: It appears he is critical to the development of this
superweapon. Given the gravity of the situation and your history with
Saw,we’re hoping that he will help us locate your father and return him to
the Senate for testimony.

JYN ERSO:
SENATOR MON MOTHMA: We’ll make sure you go free.
EXT. MASSASSII REBEL BASE (Outside the temple)
Jyn and Cassian approach a vessel stationed on a landing pad. General
Draven calls out to Cassian from a distance.
GENERAL DAVITS DRAVEN: Captain Andor!
Cassian approaches him, leaving Jyn behind. She climbs into a U-Wing
sitting on the landing pad and sees the droid she's been rescued by.
INT. U-WING (Inside a U-Wing)
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: I’m K-2SO. I’m a reprogrammed Imperial droid.

JYN ERSO:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: I see the Council is sending you with us to Jedha.

JYN ERSO:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: That is a bad idea. I think so, and so does Cassian.

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What do I know? My specialty is just strategic analysis.
Outside the ship, Draven confronts Cassian while Jyn isn't there.
GENERAL DAVITS DRAVEN: Galen Erso is vital to the Empire’s weapon program.
Forget what you heard in there, there will be no extraction. You find him,
you kill him. Then and there.
INT. U-WING (Inside the U-Wing)
Cassian climbs inside the U-Wing and looks at its passengers.

CASSIAN ANDOR:

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
It’s a by-product of the reprogram.
Jyn loads a blaster and spins it in her hands. K-2SO looks at her, alarmed.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Why does she get a blaster, and I don’t?
Cassian turns around sharply.

CASSIAN ANDOR:

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

JYN ERSO:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: I find that answer vague and unconvincing.

JYN ERSO:
Cassian sighs and hops into the pilot seat.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: You’re letting her keep it? Would you like to know the
probability of her using it against you? It’s high.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: It’s very high.
The U-Wing takes off and leaves Yavin 4.
PARTISAN BASE ON JEDHA
The camera slowly moves up to reveal Saw Gerrera, a man-machine with a
respirator and a prosthetic leg. Bodhi is brought before him and he still
has the sack on his head.

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SAW GERRERA:
pilot. Local boy, huh?

BODHI ROOK:
Edrio passes Saw a holopad that had been taken from Bodhi earlier.

EDRIO TWO TUBES:

BODHI ROOK:
myself. I defected, I defected.

SAW GERRERA:

BODHI ROOK:
have time for this! I have to speak to Saw Gerrera before it’s too late.
The sack is pulled off of Bodhi’s head. He shakes his head and blinks at
the sight of Saw.

BODHI ROOK:
gave it to them, they did not find it! I gave it to them. Galen Erso. He
told me to find you.

SAW GERRERA:
Saw nods to Edrio and Bodhi visibly begins panicking,

BODHI ROOK:
His voice is muffled and confused as the sack is pulled over his head again
and he is dragged away.
STAR DESTROYER "EXECUTRIX" (A Star Destroyer overlooking the construction
of the Death Star)
A TIE fighter flies towards what looks like the stars but reveals itself as
an Imperial Star Destroyer. Behind the ISD, an even more massive structure
emerges from the darkness - the Death Star.
Imperial officers sit in command pits on both sides of the bridge. Director
Krennic approaches Grand Moff Tarkin who is standing with his back to the
camera as he watches the construction of the Death Star. Tarkin turns
around to face the camera.
GRAND MOFF WILHUFF TARKIN: Most unfortunate about the security breach on
Jedha, Director Krennic. After so many setbacks and delays, and now this.
We’ve heard word of rumors circulating through the city. Apparently you’ve
lost a rather talkative cargo pilot. If the Senate gets wind of our
project, countless systems will flock to the Rebellion.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: When the battle station is finished, Governor
Tarkin, the Senate will be of little concern.

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GRAND MOFF WILHUFF TARKIN: When has become now, Director Krennic. The
Emperor will tolerate no further delay, you have made time an ally of the
Rebellion. I suggest, we solve both problems simultaneously with an
immediate test of the weapon. Failure will find you explaining why to a far
less patient audience.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: I will not fail.
Krennic turns around and signals to his bodyguards to flank him as he
leaves. Tarkin watches the superlaser being set into place, completing the
Death Star.
Inside Jyn’s dream, she sees herself as a little girl. Her father is still
an Imperial officer on Coruscant. He is drinking and laughing together with
a younger Krennic. She is peering into the room and her father walks over
to her and picks her up, placing her in bed. There are blurred visions of
her mother, Lyra.

GALEN ERSO:
always protect you. Stardust. Don’t ever change.

LYRA ERSO:

LYRA ERSO:
Jyn wakes up inside the U-Wing and blinks as Cassian speaks up.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
The U-Wing lands in front of a view of the Holy City of Jedha with a Star
Destroyer hovering in the sky just above it. Multiple smaller shuttles and
TIE fighters are going back and forth between the destroyer and the city.
The two rebels and the droid disembark and get on the ground to look at the
city through binoculars.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
find your father.

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
been attacking the cargo shipments.

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
they can get. We wondered why they were stripping the temple, now we
know.It’s the fuel for the weapon.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO], coming out of the U-Wing: The weapon your father’s

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building.

JYN ERSO:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Are you talking about me?

CASSIAN ANDOR:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: I can blend in. I’m an Imperial droid. This city is
under Imperial occupation.

JYN ERSO:
want to put a hole in your head.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: I’m surprised you’re so concerned with my safety.
Jyn walks past him, slamming a bag into his hands as she walks by.

JYN ERSO:
K-2SO drops the bag on the ground as they leave.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Doesn’t sound so bad to me.
INT. PARTISAN BASE (In the Partisan base.)
Bodhi is strapped to a chair. A strange bloblike alien with long tentacles
emerges from the darkness. Bodhi shivers and tries moving back, but fails.
He watches in horror as the alien approaches.

SAW GERRERA:
have you really brought me, cargo pilot? Bor Gullet will know the truth.
The unfortunate side effect, is that one tends to lose one’s mind.
Bor Gullet’s tentacles begin to wrap around Bodhi and stroke his head,
reaching into his thoughts.

BODHI ROOK:
(In the Holy City of Jedha)
Cassian and Jyn walk through a crowd in a narrow street. Jyn accidentally
bumps into Dr. Evazan and Ponda Baba, who turn to them, annoyed.
DR. CORNELIUS EVAZAN: Hey, you just watch yourself.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Come on. Come on.
A squad of stormtroopers is seen distributing holopads with the face of
Bodhi Rook on them and questioning citizens.

STORMTROOPER:
information of the location of this missing cargo pilot. A reward of 600
credits for the information shall be awarded.

CASSIAN ANDOR:

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gone missing. His sister will be looking for him. The temple’s been
destroyed but she’ll be there waiting. We’ll give her your name and hope
that gets us a meeting with Saw.

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
The squad of stormtroopers approaches a citizen and is about to search
their house. The citizen protests inaudibly in an alien language.

STORMTROOPER:
some identification. Check inside.

JYN ERSO:
She notices Chirrut Imwe, blind and dressed in monk-like robes, sitting
beside the street.

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:
others be with you.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Cassian walks off, leaving Jyn standing there.

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:
others be with you.

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:
future? (Jyn turns around and comes closer, alarmed and interested). Yes,
I’m speaking to you. I am Chirrut Îmwe.

JYN ERSO:

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:
kyber crystals?

JYN ERSO:
Cassian returns and finds her talking to Chirrut.

CASSIAN ANDOR:

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:
Cassian pulls Jyn away as Chirrut speaks.

CASSIAN ANDOR:

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JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Temple. But there’s nothing left to protect, so now they’re just causing
trouble for everybody.

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Cassian and Jyn push quickly throught the crowd when they notice a heavily
guarded Imperial transport move along the street. Jyn looks up to see armed
people waiting on the roofs and several more hiding in the pathways next to
the main street. She looks at Cassian nervously.

STORMTROOPER 1:
A partisan throws a thermal detonator underneath the tank accompanying the
transport. The tank explodes and Partisans begin fighting the
stormtroopers. Chaos begins as people run away and firing begins. Jyn and
Cassian hide behind a wall, blasters ready.

JYN ERSO:

STORMTROOPER 1:

STORMTROOPER 2:

STORMTROOPER 1:

JYN ERSO:
Jyn sees a small child standing under a tall tower, crying. She runs to
save her and covers her with her body as the two fall to the ground. A
partisan shoots the stormtroopers from the top of the tower.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
The child’s mother quickly arrives and takes her daughter.

MOTHER:

STORMTROOPER:

CITIZEN:
A stormtrooper aims a rocket at the tower and fires. Jyn barely makes it
out and runs to cover. Next to the ruins of the tank, partisans gather to

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take out something from the transport.

PARTISAN:
kyber. Come on!

CASSIAN ANDOR:
They are surprised by an Imperial droid that looks exactly like K-2SO. Jyn
shoots it and it falls to the ground. K-2SO walks out from behind it. K-2SO
looks startled.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Did you know that wasn’t me?

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: You did, but I thought it was boring, and you were in
trouble. There are a lot of explosions for two people blending in.
A grenade sails towards K-2SO, but he catches it without looking and throws
it backwards towards a group of stormtroopers.

STORMTROOPER:
The grenade explodes, killing the entire squad of stormtroopers. Jyn and
Cassian exchange looks.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: You’re right, I should just wait on the ship.
Cassian, Jyn and K-2SO walk into a clearing with multiple stormtroopers.

STORMTROOPER:

STORMTROOPER:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: These are prisoners.

STORMTROOPER:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: I am taking them... to imprison them. In prison.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
K-2SO slaps Cassian.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Quiet! And there’s a fresh one if you mouth off again!

STORMTROOPER:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: That’s okay. If you could just point me in the right
direction, I can take them, I’m sure. I’ve taken them this far…
The stormtroopers grab Jyn and Cassian and cuff them to take them away. The
two struggle to break free.

CASSIAN ANDOR:

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STORMTROOPER:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Wait!

STORMTROOPER:
We need to check your diagnostics.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Diagnostics? I’m capable of running my own diagnostics,
thank you very much.
Chirrut emerges from a doorway, drawing the attention of stormtroopers, and
walks towards them, tapping his staff on the ground.

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:
Force is with me, and I am with the Force. And I fear nothing, for all is
as the Force wills it.

STORMTROOPER 1:

STORMTROOPER 2:

STORMTROOPER 1:

STORMTROOPER 2:
Chirrut stops, listening closely to the stormtroopers’ movements. As they
begin firing, he waits for the right moment and springs into action, easily
beating up the stormtroopers. He is impossible to hit and dodges every shot
directed at him, covering himself with other

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:
Chirrut knocks down the last stormtrooper, but many more surround him.
Suddenly, rapid blaster fire kills all the stormtroopers. It has come from
Chirrut’s friend, Baze Malbus.

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:

BAZE MALBUS:
Cassian, Jyn and K-2SO emerge from a hiding spot.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Clear of hostiles!
Baze aims his blaster at K-2SO at the sight of an Imperial droid.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: One hostile!
Jyn jumps out in front of K-2SO with her arms in the air.

JYN ERSO:

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:

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K-2SO removes their handcuffs.

JYN ERSO:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Cassian, I’m sorry about the slap.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
K-2SO leaves obediently. Cassian turns to Baze, rubbing his wrists. 

CASSIAN ANDOR:

BAZE MALBUS:
fool.

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:

BAZE ÎMWE:

JYN ERSO:

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:
The Partisans suddenly surround the group. The rebels are disarmed and
handcuffed again.

EDRIO TWO TUBES:

JYN ERSO:
Gerrera.

EDRIO TWO TUBES:

JYN ERSO:

EDRIO TWO TUBES:

Sacks are put over everyone’s heads.

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:
INT. PARTISAN BASE (Inside the prison cells in the Partisan base.)
Chirrut, Baze and Cassian are thrown into a cell all together. In the next
cell is Bodhi Rook, silently staring into space.

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:
one with the Force and the Force is with me.

BAZE MALBUS:

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CHIRRUT ÎMWE:

BAZE MALBUS:

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:

BAZE MALBUS:

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:
Malbus was once the most devoted Guardian of us all.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
priorities.

BAZE MALBUS:
one.

CASSIAN ANDOR:

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:
sense that you carry yours wherever you go.
Outside of the prison, Jyn is taken to meet Saw Gerrera in his command
room.

SAW GERRERA:

JYN ERSO:

SAW GERRERA:

JYN ERSO:
blaster and told me to wait in a bunker until daylight.

SAW GERRERA:

JYN ERSO:

SAW GERRERA:

JYN ERSO:

SAW GERRERA:

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JYN ERSO:

SAW GERRERA:
People were starting to figure that out. People who wanted to- to use you
as a hostage. Not a day goes by that I don’t think of you. But today, of
all days? It’s a trap, isn’t it?

JYN ERSO:

SAW GERRERA:
you? Did you come here to kill me? There’s not much of me left.

JYN ERSO:
message about a weapon. I guess they think by sending me you might actually
help them out.

SAW GERRERA:

JYN ERSO:
The rest of you can do what you want.

SAW GERRERA:

JYN ERSO:
Whatever it is you’re calling yourself these days? All it’s ever brought me
is pain.

SAW GERRERA:
galaxy?

JYN ERSO:

SAW GERRERA:
The two walk towards a holopad lying on the floor.
Switches to shot of Jedha City. The Star Destroyer is seen leaving the
city, followed by numerous TIE fighters and smaller craft. The citizens
look up in surprise as they hear its engines whirring to life.
INT. DEATH STAR (On the Death Star)
Grand Moff Tarkin and Director Krennic stand in the control room in front
of a giant screen with the city of Jedha pictured on it.
GRAND MOFF WILHUFF TARKIN: The Emperor is awaiting my report.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: One had hoped that he and Lord Vader might have
been here for such an occasion.
GRAND MOFF WILHUFF TARKIN: And I thought it prudent to save you from any

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potential embarrassment.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Your concern is hardly warranted.
GRAND MOFF WILHUFF TARKIN: If saying it would only make it so.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: All Imperial forces have been evacuated, and I
stand ready to destroy the entire moon.
GRAND MOFF WILHUFF TARKIN: That won’t be necessary. We need a statement,
not a manifesto. The Holy City will be enough for the day.

KRENNIC:
Gunners get in their positions and prepare to fire.
CAPTAIN DUNSTIG PTERRO: Sir, we’re in position, ready to...
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Fire!
Pterro walks off to give the command to his officers.
CAPTAIN DUNSTIG PTERRO: Commence primary ignition.
INT. PARTISAN BASE (In the Partisan prison)

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Baze looks through the hole in the wall and sees Bodhi.

BAZE MALBUS:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

BAZE MALBUS:
Baze starts trying to break the bars separating the two cells.

CASSIAN ANDOR:

BAZE MALBUS:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

BAZE MALBUS:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Cassian tries to talk to Bodhi in a calmer voice, but Bodhi keeps staring
into space and mumbling.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
shuttle pilot? Pilot?

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:

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CASSIAN ANDOR:

BODHI ROOK:
the pilot.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
INT. DEATH STAR (On the Death Star)

GUNNER:
The camera pans to show levers being pulled. A gunner raises his hand and
drops it as a signal. A bright array of lights comes on across the control
panel. The Death Star eclipses the sun over Jedha. A blinding green ray
emerges from the reactor as two gunners manning it turn away to cover their
eyes.
INT. PARTISAN BASE (In the Partisan base)

SAW GERRERA:
The holoprojector lights up and a hologram of Galen Erso appears.

GALEN ERSO:
chance to save the Alliance. Perhaps there’s a chance to explain myself
and, though I don’t dare hope for too much, a chance for Jyn, if she’s
alive, if you can possibly find her to let her know that my love for her
has never faded and how desperately I’ve missed her. Jyn, my Stardust, I
can’t imagine what you think of me. When I was taken, I faced some bitter
truths. I was told that, soon enough, Krennic would have you as well. As
time went by, I knew that you were either dead or so well hidden that he
would never find you. I knew if I refused to work, if I took my own life,
it would only be a matter of time before Krennic realized he no longer
needed me to complete the project. So I did the one thing that nobody
expected: I lied. I learned to lie. I played the part of a beaten man
resigned to the sanctuary of his work. I made myself indispensable, and all
the while I laid the groundwork of my revenge. We call it the Death Star.
There is no better name. And the day is coming soon when it will be
unleashed. I’ve placed a weakness deep within the system. A flaw so small
and powerful, they’ll never find it. But, Jyn. Jyn, if you’re listening My
beloved, so much of my life has been wasted. I try to think of you only in
the moments when I’m strong, because the pain of not having you with me
Your mother. Our family. The pain of that loss is so overwhelming I risk
failing even now. It’s just so hard not to think of you. Think of where you
are. My Stardust. Saw, the reactor module, that’s the key. That’s the place
I’ve laid my trap. It’s well hidden and unstable, one blast to any part of
it will destroy the entire station.

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The Death Star blasts the Holy City of Jedha, vaporising it in an instant.

GALEN ERSO:
Death Star to find the reactor. I know there’s a complete engineering
archive in the data vault at the Citadel Tower on Scarif. Any pressurized
explosion to the reactor module will set off a chain reaction that will
destroy the entire station...
The hologram cuts off because of the earthquake going through the Partisan
base due to the Death Star’s fire. Jyn falls to her knees, crying. The
partisans guarding the cells scream and scatter, leaving the prisoners
behind. The three manage to break the lock and free themselves.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Cassian screams into his comlink.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
The camera reveals K-2SO in the U-Wing, staring at the explosion of Jedha.
A huge earthquake is lifting rubble high into the air and the shockwave is
coming closer to his location.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: There you are. I’m standing by as you requested.
Although there’s a problem on the horizon. There is no horizon.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Cassian breaks off from the group and runs off.

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

BAZE MALBUS:
Baze walks up to Bodhi's cell.

BAZE MALBUS:
He aims his blaster at Bodhi.

BODHI ROOK:
He fires but the blaster hits the cell door, freeing Bodhi.

BAZE MALBUS:
Cassian finds Jyn with Saw in the control room. She is still on the floor,
shocked by the hologram.

CASSIAN ANDOR:

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SAW GERRERA:

JYN ERSO:

SAW GERRERA:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

SAW GERRERA:
dream!
Jyn and Cassian run off. Saw limps over to the window, rips his oxygen mask
off and silently watches the shockwave.
INT. DEATH STAR (On the Death Star)
The staff and officers watch the giant screen in the control room as it
shows them the destruction of Jedha City. Krennic looks up in awe with a
distant smile.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Oh. It’s beautiful.
EXT. PARTISAN BASE (Outside the Partisan base)
Partisans are seen running off and screaming as the shockwave comes closer.

BAZE MALBUS:

CASSIAN:
They all pile into the U-Wing. Bodhi barely makes it on board as they close
the door.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
K-2SO is at the controls, starting the hyperdrive.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: I’m not very optimistic about our odds.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: I haven’t completed my calculations.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Cassian grabs the hyperdrive lever and pulls it sharply. The U-Wing shifts
into hyperspace and zips away from Jedha seconds before the rubble from the
shockwave destroys the mountain.
INT. DEATH STAR (On the Death Star)
The officers talk quietly amongst themselves. Krennic walks by Tarkin,
intentionally shoving him in the shoulder.

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GRAND MOFF WILHUFF TARKIN: I believe I owe you an apology, Director
Krennic. Your work exceeds all expectations.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: And you’ll tell the Emperor as much?
GRAND MOFF WILHUFF TARKIN: I will tell him his patience with your
misadventures has been rewarded with a weapon that will bring a swift end
to the Rebellion.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: That was only an inkling of its destructive
potential.
GRAND MOFF WILHUFF TARKIN: I will tell him that I will be taking control
over the weapon I first spoke of years ago, effective immediately.
Krennic's face turns into a grimace. He starts yelling at Tarkin.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: We stand here amid my achievement, not yours!
GRAND MOFF WILHUFF TARKIN: I’m afraid these recent security breaches have
laid bare your inadequacies as a military director.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: The breaches have been filled, Jedha has been
silenced.
GRAND MOFF WILHUFF TARKIN: You think this pilot acted alone? He was
dispatched from the installation on Eadu. Galen Erso’s facility.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: We’ll see about this.
Krennic walks off angrily, flanked by his death troopers. Tarkin turns away
and pulls a smile.
INT. MASSASSII REBEL BASE (In the Rebel base on Yavin 4)
Rebel communication experts sit at a control panel when one of them
receives a message. He turns to General Draven.

REBEL:
Jedha destroyed. Mission target located on Eadu. Please advise.
GENERAL DAVITS DRAVEN: Destroyed? Proceed. Tell him my orders still stand.
Tell him to proceed with haste and keep to the plan. We have no idea what
he is building for the Empire. We have to kill Galen Erso while we have the
chance.
INT. U-WING (In hyperspace, in the U-Wing.)
The group sits solemnly in the U-Wing.

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:

BODHI ROOK:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Setting course for Eadu.

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

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BODHI ROOK:

JYN ERSO:

BODHI ROOK:

JYN ERSO:

BODHI ROOK:
He said I could make it right, if I was brave enough and listened to what
was in my heart. Do something about it. Guess it was too late.

JYN ERSO:

BODHI ROOK:

JYN ERSO:
message, I’ve seen it.They call it the Death Star. But they have no idea
there’s a way to defeat it. You’re wrong about my father.

CASSIAN ANDOR:

JYN ERSO:
choice. He sacrificed himself for the Rebellion. He’s rigged a trap inside
it. That’s why he sent you. To bring that message.

CASSIAN ANDOR:

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

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BAZE MALBUS:

JYN ERSO:
hiding it for years. He said if you can blow the reactor- the module- the
whole system goes down. You need to send word to the Alliance.

CASSIAN ANDOR:

JYN ERSO:
They have to go to Scarif to get the plans.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Imperial territory.

JYN ERSO:
them himself.
INT. DEATH STAR (On the Death Star)
Krennic stands next to Pterro, visibly nervous.
CAPTAIN DUNSTIG PTERRO: Course set for Eadu, sir.

EADU:
The U-Wing flies carefully through the rainy, dark canyons of Eadu. Cassian
and K-2SO pilot the ship, dodging constantly to avoid crashing.

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: 20 degrees to the right. 10 degrees up.

BODHI ROOK:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Are you sure this is the way?

BODHI ROOK:
You’ve got to stay in the canyon, keep it low.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
The U-Wing manoeuvres carefully between the canyons, barely avoiding a
collision with a cliff.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: There’s a 26% chance of failure.

CASSIAN ANDOR:

BODHI ROOK:
way, but we’re close, we’re close. I know that.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Well, now there’s a 35% chance of failure.

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BODHI ROOK:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: I understand.

BODHI ROOK:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: The wind...

BODHI ROOK:
depot. Watch out!
The U-Wing hits its engine on a rock and the ship begins to fall.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Hey!

CASSIAN ANDOR:
The U-Wing lands roughly in a dark canyon. A ridge separates them from the
bright lights of the Imperial facility.
INT. MASSASSII REBEL BASE (On Yavin 4)
Draven and a rebel try to contact Cassian, but there's no signal. Draven
slaps his hand on the table impatiently.
GENERAL DAVITS DRAVEN: Try them again.

REBEL:
GENERAL DAVITS DRAVEN: Squadron up, target Eadu.
EADU (On Eadu)
The group is trying to fix the U-WIng and get it back in the air, but
nothing seems to work.

BODHI ROOK:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

BODHI ROOK:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

BODHI ROOK:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
are sure of that?

BODHI ROOK:
left to steal.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
up and keeps us hidden down here. Bodhi, you’re coming with me. We’ll go up

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the ridge and check it out.

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
the messenger.

JYN ERSO:
knows it.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: One blast to the reactor module and the whole system
goes down. That’s how you said it. The whole system goes down.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
now is get a handle on what we’re up against.So, we’re going to go very
small and very carefully up the rise and see what’s what. Let’s get out of
here.
Cassian pulls up his hood and disappears in the rain.

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:

BAZE MALBUS:

JYN ERSO:

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:

JYN ERSO:
killer?

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:
kill.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: His weapon was in the sniper configuration.
Jyn goes pale and dashes off into the rain.
EXT. ROCKY RIDGE (On a rocky ridge.)

BODHI ROOK:
down there. This way.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
The two go over the ridge overlooking the Imperial facility and Cassian
looks for a good spot.
INT. U-WING (In the crashed U-Wing.)
Chirrut is about to climb out of the craft when Baze stops him.

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BAZE MALBUS:

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:

BAZE MALBUS:

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: What are they doing? If Cassian comes back, we’re
leaving without them.
EXT. IMPERIAL RESEARCH FACILITY - RIDGE OVERLOOK (On a ridge overlooking
the Imperial Research Facility.)
Cassian and Bodhi finally settle on the ridge and look at the facility
through binoculars.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Switches to Baze and Chirrut climbing the rocks somewhere in the area.

BAZE MALBUS:

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:
Bodhi spots

BODHI ROOK:
A shuttle zooms overhead, showering water over the two. They duck to avoid
being caught in its headlights.

CASSIAN ANDOR:

BODHI ROOK:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

BODHI ROOK:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
EXT. IMPERIAL RESEARCH FACILITY - LANDING PLATFORM (On the landing platform
in front of the research facility.)
Krennic’s shuttle lands and he walks out, flanked by deathtroopers, heading
towards a group of stormtroopers and engineers.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Excellent news, Galen. The battle station is
complete. You must be very proud.

GALEN ERSO:
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Gather your engineers, I have an announcement.

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Switches to a shot of Jyn running across the ridge to the giant staircase
that goes up to the facility. Back on top, a group of engineers steps
forward nervously.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Is that all of them?

GALEN ERSO:
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Gentlemen. One of you betrayed the Empire. One of
you has conspired with a pilot to send messages to the Rebellion. And I
urge that traitor step forward.
The engineers whisper and murmur amongst themselves. Krennic waits. Seeing
that no one replies, he gestures to his troopers.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Very well, I’ll consider it a group effort, then.
Ready!
The deathtroopers raise their blasters.

ENGINEER 1:

ENGINEER 2:
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Aim... and...
The troopers stand with their rifles aimed.

ENGINEER:
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Fire!
Just before the shooting begins, Galen jumps in front of his engineers to
stop him. Cassian watches through the scope, aiming at Galen's head, but
doesn't shoot.

GALEN ERSO:
have nothing to do with it. Spare them.
Krennic pauses, looking at him, then turns to his troopers.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Fire!
The engineers scream and fall under the fire. Krennic slaps Galen across
the face and he falls to the ground.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: How do I know the weapon is complete?

GALEN ERSO:
Jyn climbs the onto the platform using the ladder and throws a stormtrooper
down into the abyss. Cassian watches the scene through his scope and
notices her when K-2SO comes in over the comlink.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Cassian. Cassian, can you hear me?

CASSIAN ANDOR:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Affirmative yes, although we have a problem! There’s an
Alliance squadron approaching.

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Switches to a shot of the canyon, then pans to show an X-WIng squadron
approaching the facility.

REBEL PILOT:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
platform!
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Jedha. Saw Gerrera. His band of fanatics. Their
Holy City. The last reminder of the Jedi. Gone.

GALEN ERSO:
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Now where have I heard that before?
K-2SO attempts to reach the rebel base to delay the attack. On Yavin 4, a
rebel comms expert calls General Draven to come over.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Relay from Captain Andor.

REBEL:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Captain Andor requesting a delay on squadron support.
Alliance forces onsite. Please confirm.
GENERAL DAVITS DRAVEN: Get the squadron leader on, get him on now!

REBEL:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
The rebel squadron begins shooting at the platform and there are several
explosions. Baze stares at the attack in horror. On the platform, Krennic
and his troops take cover. Jyn sneaks by, unnoticed, and hides behind a
container.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Return fire! To your stations! Get our fighters in
the air now!
In the chaos, Galen gets up and Jyn runs out towards him.

JYN ERSO:
Krennic and Galen hear her at the same time and turn around. Krennic pulls
out his blaster but before he can shoot, an explosion rocks the platform,
knocking all three to the ground. TIE fighters burst out of hangars and
engage the X-Wings. There are instantly several casualties on both sides. A
few Imperial gunners are seen in an ion cannon as they shoot down a rebel
craft.

STORMTROOPER 1:

STORMTROOPER 2:
Captain Pterro runs up to Krennic and helps him up. They begin hurrying to

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the shuttle, guarded by death troopers. Switches to Chirrut Îmwe, who
breathes in his hand, then pulls a bow off his shoulder, aims and fires
blindly at a TIE fighter, shooting it down and directing the falling
fighter at the ion cannon, which explodes in flames.
CAPTAIN DUNSTIG PTERRO: Director, we need to evacuate.
Jyn gets up slowly and runs across the burning platform to her father, who
has been wounded in the explosion. She kneels by his side, but Krennic's
shuttle takes off and pours water all over her. She loses her balance and
slides across the platform, almost falling into a hole made by the
explosions. She crawls back up and runs to her father, kneeling by his
side.

JYN ERSO:

GALEN ERSO:

JYN ERSO:

GALEN ERSO:

JYN ERSO:

GALEN ERSO:
He goes silent and his hand falls from hers as he closes his eyes. Jyn's
eyes fill with tears.

JYN ERSO:
Stormtroopers emerge from the facility and are about to begin shooting.

STORMTROOPER:
Cassian's shots take the troopers down and he runs over to Jyn to take her
away.

CASSIAN ANDOR:

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Come on.

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
More stormtroopers appear and the pair ducks into cover as the

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stormtroopers are mowed down by Baze.

CASSIAN ANDOR:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Cassian and Jyn make their way to the stolen Imperial cargo shuttle that
hovers in the air, taking down the stormtroopers chasing them. In the
cabin, K-2SO and Bodhi pilot the shuttle.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Well done. You’re a Rebel now.
All the rebels get into the shuttle and Bodhi helps them up the ramp.

BODHI ROOK:
get out of here. Move, move, move. Okay, K-2, let’s go.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Copy that.
The shuttles takes off as the Imperial facility bursts into flames in the
background. It shakes violently in the storm raging over Eadu.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Understood.
Jyn walks over to Cassian inside the shuttle and confronts him.

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
I’ve seen it before.

JYN ERSO:
and you lied about why you went up alone.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Did I?

JYN ERSO:
put him at risk. Those were Alliance bombs that killed him!

CASSIAN ANDOR:

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wouldn’t understand that.

JYN ERSO:
a stormtrooper.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
deciding when and where we want to care about something. Suddenly the
Rebellion is real for you? Some of us live it. I’ve been in this fight
since I was 6 years old. You’re not the only one who lost everything. Some
of us just decided to do something about it.

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
we’re coming in with a stolen ship. Anybody else?
Switches to a shot of the planet Mustafar, following Krennic's shuttle that
is heading to a pyramid-shaped building standing on the edge of a cliff
with lava streaming down it. The shuttle lands on a landing platform and
the camera switches to a blast door in front of which a hooded man stands.
The door slides open and the man walks in to a dark room with Royal Guards
by the door and a bacta tank in the center. The man, who is Vader's servant
Vanee, kneels down in front of the tank.

VANEE:
The bacta fluid level drops and the camera reveals Vader's body suspended
in the tank. Vanee turns away as Vader begins breathing. Switches to a
grand hallway in the castle. Krennic waits anxiously as the sliding door
opens and Vader walks out to meet him.

DARTH VADER:
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Lord Vader.

DARTH VADER:
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: No. Just pressed for time. There’re a great many
things to attend to.

DARTH VADER:
explain.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: I’ve delivered the weapon the Emperor requested. I
deserve an audience to make certain he understands its remarkable…
potential.

DARTH VADER:
confirmed. A city destroyed. An Imperial facility openly attacked.

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DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: It was Governor Tarkin that suggested the test.

DARTH VADER:
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: No, it’s...

DARTH VADER:
that Jedha was destroyed in a mining disaster.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Yes, my lord.

DARTH VADER:
Emperor that Galen Erso has not compromised this weapon in any way.
Vader starts walking away. Krennic takes a small pause.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: So I’m still in command? You’ll speak to the
Emperor about…
He stops abruptly, grabs himself by the collar and falls to his knees,
choking. Vader extends a hand and turns around.

DARTH VADER:
YAVIN 4
The Rebellion's war council is gathered at a large table in the command
centre. Rebel senators and leaders argue while pilot squads and technicians
crowd around, murmuring nervously.
SENATOR TYNNRA PAMLO: We must scatter the fleet. We have no recourse but to
surrender.

BAIL ORGANA:
we’ve worked so hard to create?

ADMIRAL RADDUS:
SENATOR VASP VASPAR: We joined an Alliance, not a suicide pact!

BAIL ORGANA:
SENATOR NOWER JEBEL: Gather our forces? General Draven’s already blown up
an Imperial base!
GENERAL DAVITS DRAVEN: A decision needed to be made.
SENATOR TYNNRA PAMLO: If it’s war you want, you’ll fight alone!
SENATOR VASP VASPAR: If that’s the way it’s going, why have an Alliance at
all?

ADMIRAL RADDUS:
SENATOR MON MOTHMA: Councilors, please!

ANTOC MERRICK:
destruction. The Rebellion does not.

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SENATOR NOWER JEBEL: A Death Star, this is nonsense.

JYN ERSO:
would it bring him?
GENERAL DAVITS DRAVEN: To lure our forces into a final battle. To destroy
us once and for all.
SENATOR VASP VASPAR: To risk everything, based on what? The testimony of a
criminal? The dying words of her father, an Imperial scientist?
SENATOR NOWER JEBEL: Don’t forget the Imperial pilot.

JYN ERSO:
defeat this.
GENERAL JAN DODONNA: So you’ve told us.
SENATOR TYNNRA PAMLO: If the Empire has this kind of power, what chance do
we have?

JYN ERSO:
Run? Hide? Plead for mercy? Scatter your forces? You give way to an enemy
this evil with this much power and you condemn the galaxy to an eternity of
submission. The time to fight is now!

REBEL 1:

JYN ERSO:
of Jedha.

REBEL 1:

REBEL 2:

JYN ERSO:
fleet if you have to. We need to capture the Death Star plans if there is
any hope of destroying it.
SENATOR TYNNRA PAMLO: You’re asking us to invade an Imperial installation
based on nothing but hope?
Jyn's voice trembles and she looks like she's about to shed a tear.

JYN ERSO:
SENATOR VASP VASPAR: There is no hope!

ADMIRAL RADDUS:
SENATOR NOWER JEBEL: I say the Rebellion is finished!
SENATOR MON MOTHMA: I’m sorry, Jyn. Without the full support of the
council, the odds are too great.

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The councilors whisper inaudibly. Bail Organa looks defeated. Jyn pushes
through the crowd and leaves, followed by glances. After a momentary pause,
Bodhi rushes after her. The meeting scatters, murmuring in disapproval.
In the main hangar, Jyn makes her way to Baze and Chirrut, looking angry.

DISTANT PA:

BAZE MALBUS:

JYN ERSO:

BAZE MALBUS:

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:

BODHI ROOK:

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:

JYN ERSO:

BAZE MALBUS:

JYN ERSO:
Cassian appears from behind her with a group of about thirty rebels.

CASSIAN ANDOR:

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
of us... ... most of us, we’ve done terrible things on behalf of the
Rebellion. We’re spies. Saboteurs. Assassins. Everything I did, I did for
the Rebellion. And every time I walked away from something I wanted to
forget I told myself it was for a cause that I believed in. A cause that
was worth it. Without that, we’re lost. Everything we’ve done would have
been for nothing. I couldn’t face myself if I gave up now. None of us
could. It won’t be comfortable.

BODHI ROOK:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Go, go, go!
The rebels scatter to gather weapons and supplies. Jyn stands still with a

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weak smile on her face.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Jyn. I’ll be there for you.
She smiles at him. K-2SO looks as displeased as a droid can be.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Cassian said I had to.

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Jyn and Cassian return to the Imperial shuttle they had arrived on.

DISTANT PA:
mission report.
Once they're inside, the assembled rebel screw stands up to greet them

JYN ERSO:
There are several cheers and small applause from the team. The shuttle door
closes.
FLIGHT CONTROLLER: Cargo shuttle, read back, please. What’s going on out
there? That ship’s off limits. No one is suppose to be on board until
farther instructions.
Jyn sits next to Bodhi, concerned and nudging him to talk to the
controller.

BODHI ROOK:
FLIGHT CONTROLLER: That’s an impounded Imperial ship. What’s your call
sign, pilot?

BODHI ROOK:
Jyn looks up at him and mouths,

JYN ERSO:

BODHI ROOK:

JYN ERSO:

BODHI ROOK:
FLIGHT CONTROLLER: Rogue One? There is no Rogue One.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Well, there is now.

BODHI ROOK:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Pulling away.
The shuttle takes off and leaves Yavin 4. Switches to a brief shot of the
flight control tower with a rebel officer watching them leave. The gas

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giant Yavin is seen in the background. Switches to a shot of Mon Mothma and
Bail Organa walking through the HQ.
SENATOR MON MOTHMA: Despite what the others say, war is inevitable.

BAIL ORGANA:
people that there will be no peace. We will need every advantage.
SENATOR MON MOTHMA: Your friend, the Jedi.

BAIL ORGANA:
in hiding since the Emperor’s purge. Yes, I will send for him.
SENATOR MON MOTHMA: You’ll need someone you can trust.

BAIL ORGANA:
He turns around and leaves, greeting captain Antilles on his way.

BAIL ORGANA:
CAPTAIN RAYMUS ANTILLES: Senator.
The shuttle sails through hyperspace with engines whooshing loudly. It
jumps out of hyperspace and the camera pans to follow it across the surface
of the large tropical planet of Scarif. A blockade of two Star Destroyers
and a defensive shield hangs above the surface.

BODHI ROOK:
shield with a single main entry gate. This shuttle should be equipped with
an access code that allows us through.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Assuming, the Empire hasn’t logged it as overdue.

BODHI ROOK:

JYN ERSO:

BODHI ROOK:
the cold, dark vacuum of space.
The shuttle passes under the massive hull of a Star Destroyer.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Not me, I can survive in space.

BODHI ROOK:
He contacts the shield gate via comms.

BODHI ROOK:
SHIELD GATE OFFICER: Cargo shuttle SW-0608, you’re not listed on the
arrival schedule.

BODHI ROOK:

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Flight Station. Transmitting clearance code now.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Transmitting.
There is a tense silence as they wait for clearance. Jyn pulls out the
necklace her mother gave her, smiles and closes her eyes. Cassian climbs up
the ladder and looks anxiously at Bodhi.
SHIELD GATE OFFICER: Cargo shuttle SW-0608? You are cleared for entry.
Bodhi immediately lets out a relieved cry.

BODHI ROOK:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Impressive.

JYN ERSO:

BODHI ROOK:
She goes down the ladder as Bodhi pilots the shuttle through the shield
gate. There is an announcement of a tractor beam test in the background as
they descend.
FLIGHT CONTROLLER: SW-0608 clear for landing pad 9. Acknowledge, please.

BODHI ROOK:
The shuttle gets closer to the surface and a tall pyramidal tower with a
dish at the top comes into view.

CASSIAN ANDOR:

BODHI ROOK:
structure archives in there. If the plans are anywhere, they’ll be there.

CASSIAN ANDOR:

BODHI ROOK:
files out.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Landing track engaged.

BODHI ROOK:
Downstairs, Jyn notices the rebels silently sitting in the hold of the
shuttle, all looking tense and worried. She catches Baze's eye as Cassian
climbs down to make an announcement.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Jyn gets up, swallows, and starts speaking to lift the morale. As she
begins, rebels lift their heads to listen.

JYN ERSO:

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and nothing left to lose can take the day. They have no idea we’re coming.
They have no reason to expect us. If we can make it to the ground, we’ll
take the next chance. And the next. On and on until we win... or the
chances are spent. The Death Star plans are down there. Cassian, K2, and I
will find them. We’ll find a way to find them.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
move east and get wide of the ship. Find a position between here and the
tower. Once you get to the best spot, light the place up. Make ten men feel
like a hundred.

BAZE MALBUS:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

BODHI ROOK:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
here.
The shuttle finally lands on LP 9 and an inspection team of an officer,
flight controller and two stormtroopers walks out to meet them.
LANDING PAD OFFICER: Cargo shuttle SW-0608, be prepared to receive
inspection team.

JYN ERSO:
Bodhi opens the door to the shuttle and the inspection team sees nothing
but an empty cargo hold.
LANDING PAD OFFICER: Hello.

BODHI ROOK:
LANDING PAD OFFICER: That would be helpful.

BODHI ROOK:
Bodhi smiles and points to the ladder leading downstairs.
At the same time, Krennic's shuttle emerges from hyperspace and descends
into the shield gate. Krennic is on board with his bodyguards.

PILOT:
General Ramda has been informed of your arrival.
On Scarif, two rebels are seen dragging the body of a stormtrooper into the
shuttle. Jyn and Cassian are putting on their disguise uniforms. Once
they're done, Jyn walks out to say goodbye to the crew. She holds Chirrut's
hands and he smiles. Baze puts a gentle hand on her shoulder.

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BAZE MALBUS:
They both smile softly. Cuts to Bodhi watching a few Imperials outside the
shuttle. Once they turn away, he yells downstairs to the rebel crew.

BODHI ROOK:
SERGEANT RUESCOTT MELSHI: All right, let’s go! Come on. Move, move, move!
The rebels open a hatch at the bottom of the shuttle and jump onto the
ground, scattering in their assigned positions. In turn, Jyn and Cassian in
Imperial disguise and K-2SO walk out of the shuttle and head towards the
elevator that will take them to the facility. As the rebels disappear into
the tropical forest, K-2SO, Jyn and Cassian walk into the elevator and
watch the doors close.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: I have a bad feeling about…

CASSIAN ANDOR:

JYN ERSO:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: What?
The doors close, cutting them off. The elevator slides towards the tower at
the same time as Krennic's shuttle lands right next to it.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Well, I’m sure there’s one just lying about.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
The elevator door opens and they walk out into a hallway of the facility,
full of Imperial officers and stormtroopers. On their way they pass a droid
identical to K-2SO and exchange glances when he walks by. Meanwhile, the
rebel assault team is giving out thermal detonators as they watch an
Imperial hangar in the distance.
SERGEANT RUESCOTT MELSHI: One per pad. Pick your spot. We want to draw them
out. I’ll call the timing. Go!
Stormtroopers walk across the hangar, chatting peacefully.

STORMTROOPER 1:

STORMTROOPER 2:

STORMTROOPER 1:

STORMTROOPER 2:
They don't even have time to react when Chirrut jumps out of the bushes and
knocks them out with his staff, then disappears just as quickly. The rebel
forces run by, unnoticed. Another stormtrooper hears someone coughing

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behind him and turns around to see Baze just before he is dropped to the
ground. Rebels plant their detonators on the landing pads and scatter.

STORMTROOPER 1:

STORMTROOPER 2:
The stormtrooper is electrocuted to the neck by Baze. Cuts to Krennic
walking across the command centre of the tower followed by General Ramda.
GENERAL SOTORUS RAMDA: Director, what brings you to Scarif?
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Galen Erso, I want every dispatch, every
transmission he has ever sent called up for inspection.
GENERAL SOTORUS RAMDA: All of them?
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Yes. All of them. Get started.
In the hallways of the facility, Jyn, Cassian and K-2SO are hiding in a
small nook while K-2SO hacks into the Imperial droid they had noticed
before. Both the droids' eyes start blinking. Cuts to the rebel group
taking positions in front of the elevator entrance.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Our optimal route to the data vault places only 89
stormtroopers in our path. We will make it no more than 33% of the way
before we are killed.
Jyn looks up at Cassian, worried. He pulls out a comlink and contacts
Melshi.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
SERGEANT RUESCOTT MELSHI: Ready, ready. Standing by.
Cassian looks at Jyn and she nods from behind her helmet.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
The rebels set off their detonators and a chain reaction of explosions goes
off. Stormtroopers walking by are killed instantly. Krennic, standing in
the command centre, overhears the blasts and looks out the window. The
officers gather around to look.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Are we blind?! Deploy the garrison! Move!
Krennic swallows nervously. Cuts to Jyn, Cassian and K-2 walk across a
corridor when a battallion of stormtroopers runs past them and they move
aside, realising the distraction worked. Inside the Rogue One shuttle,
rebels spot the stormtroopers.
CORPORAL STORDAN TONC: Troopers! Troopers! Troopers on the left. Get in!
Get in!
The rebels hide in the depths of the shuttle and stay hidden. The ones in
cover emerge from behind the containers and start shooting the
stormtroopers.

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Int. DEATH STAR - Control Room
Grand Moff Tarkin stands in front of the large screen when General Romodi
walks up.
GENERAL HURST ROMODI: Sir? Scarif base, they’re reporting a rebel
incursion.
GRAND MOFF WILHUFF TARKIN: I want to speak to Director Krennic.
GENERAL HURST ROMODI: He’s there, sir. On Scarif.
GRAND MOFF WILHUFF TARKIN: The original plans for this station are kept
there, are they not?
GENERAL HURST ROMODI: They are.
GRAND MOFF WILHUFF TARKIN: Prepare for the jump to hyperspace and inform
Lord Vader.
Tarkin pulls a smirk.
Back in the facility, the trio walks into a room where an officer is at a
control panel next to the archives entrance.

OFFICER:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: That won’t be necessary.
K-2SO slams the officer on the head and takes control of the panel.
On Yavin 4, a rebel private runs across the whole HQ to reach Mon Mothma,
Merrick and Draven, yelling.

REBEL:
Merrick grabs the soldier and stops him from reaching Mon.
GENERAL ANTOC MERRICK: Stop right there, Private!
SENATOR MON MOTHMA: Let him speak.

REBEL:
SENATOR MON MOTHMA: I need to speak to Admiral Raddus.

REBEL:
Back on Scarif, the rebels are engaging Imperial forces in a fierce battle.
It is unclear who's winning. A rebel screams as he gets shot.

REBEL:
On Yavin 4, rebel crews are hurrying to their ships as an announcement
rings across the PA. R2D2 and C3PO watch from the shadows of the hangar.

PA:
immediately. Attention all flight personnel, please report to your
commanders immediately. We have been redirected to Scarif. Pilots, you’ll
be briefed by your squadron leaders on route. May the Force be with you.
C-3PO [SEE-THREEPIO]: Scarif? They’re going to Scarif? Why does nobody ever
tell me anything, Artoo?

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R2-D2 [ARTOO-DETOO]: [beeps]
Melshi and his crew are still engaged in the battle.
Move, move, move!
SERGEANT RUESCOTT MELSHI: Forward! Forward!

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:
In the control room in the tower, Imperials are panicking as they contact
their landing pads. Krennic looks desperate.

IMPERIAL 1:
outnumbered.

IMPERIAL 2:
All Pads report in immediately.

IMPERIAL 1:

IMPERIAL 2:
Bodhi takes the opportunity and directs the Imperials away with an
announcement of his own.

BODHI ROOK:
Pad 2. Get on there, tell him pinned down by rebels on Pad 5.
CORPORAL STORDAN TONC: This is Pad 5, we’re being overrun. Help us!

IMPERIAL:
Get reinforcements down to Pad 5 immediately!
Cassian, Jyn and K-2SO are busy trying to open the archive door.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Right hand.
Jyn grabs Cassian's hand and presses it to the scanner. Immediately the
door slides open. Back on the beach, Chirrut overhears a thumping noise and
feels the ground shaking. He yells at Baze to turn around and he sees a
massive AT-ACT emerging from the jungle and shooting at the rebel forces.

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:

BAZE MALBUS:

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:

PAO:

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REBEL:
The rebels scatter, may falling under fire. At the same time the Rebel
fleet emerges out of space over the defensive shield.

ADMIRAL RADDUS:
Squadron leaders report in.
GENERAL ANTOC MERRICK: Admiral, this is Blue Leader standing by.
JON VANDER (GOLD LEADER): This is Gold Leader, standing by.
GARVEN DREIS (RED LEADER): This is Red Leader, standing by.
An Imperial shield crew member alerts his commander of the rebel fleet.
IMPERIAL CREW MEMBER: Sir, those are rebel ships.
IMPERIAL LIEUTENANT: Get Admiral Gorin, immediately!
Down on Scarif, Krennic has been alerted too.
LIEUTENANT MYTUS ADEMA: Director, the rebel fleet, it’s amassing outside
the shield.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Lock down the base. Lock down.
LIEUTENANT MYTUS ADEMA: And close the shield?
LIEUTENANT ORSON KRENNIC: Do it!
In the air, the rebels are getting into formations to attack the shield and
get past the blockade.

ADMIRAL RADDUS:
fleet. Blue squadron, get to the surface before they closed that gate.
GENERAL ANTOC MERRICK: Copy, your Admiral. Blue squadron, on me.
BARION RANER (BLUE FOUR): Copy, Blue Leader.
FARNS MONSBEE (BLUE FIVE): Copy, Blue Leader.
HEFF TOBBER (BLUE EIGHT): We won’t have long.
Aboard the shield gate, officers are hurrying to lock down the base. An
officer pushes a button and the gate slowly closes.
SHIELD GATE OFFICER: Close the field aperture now. Close it!
Rebel pilots racing towards the shield pull up in panic, but not all of
them manage to. A few ships crash onto the surface of the shield and
explode.
VANGOS GREK (BLUE SIX): Come on, come on, come on!
BARION RANER (BLUE FOUR): Pull up!
Back on Scarif, K-2SO calls out to Jyn as he intercepts transmissions.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Rebel fleet has arrived.

JYN ERSO:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: There’s fighting on the beach, they’ve locked down the
base, they’ve closed the shield gate.
Jyn runs over to him and Cassian.

JYN ERSO:

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Cassian gives her a grim look, and she nods solemnly.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: We could transmit the plans to the rebel fleet. We’d
have to get a signal out to tell them it’s coming. It’s the size of the
data files. That’s the problem.They’ll never get through. Someone has to
take that shield gate down.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
out there. Bodhi!

BODHI ROOK:
fighting, the base is on lockdown!

CASSIAN ANDOR:
You’ve got to tell them to blow a hole in the shield gate so we can
transmit the plans.

BODHI ROOK:
not tied in.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Find a way! Cover our backs.

JYN ERSO:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Your behavior, Jyn Erso, is continually unexpected.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
The AT-ACT is preparing to fire at the remaining few rebels.

AT-AT PILOT:
Baze loads a rocket launcher and fires at the neck of the AT-ACT, but the
walker only flinches and lifts its head back up. However, it's instantly
shot by an X-Wing coming out of nowhere with a few more following it. The
rebels erupt in cheers.

BAZE MALBUS:
Inside the shuttle, Bodhi prepares to make a run for it. Another rebel
stops him.

BODHI ROOK:

REBEL:

BODHI ROOK:
rebel fleet is pulling in.We just have to get a signal strong enough to get

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through to them and let them know we’re trapped down here. For that, we
have to connect to the communications tower. Now, I can patch us in over
here, the landing pad but you have to get on the radio, get one of the guys
out there to find a master switch. Get them to activate the connection
between us and that comm tower.

REBEL:

BODHI ROOK:
Raddus and his crew sit aboard the Mon Calamari cruiser bridge.

ADMIRAL RADDUS:

LIEUTENANT:
are blocked.

ADMIRAL RADDUS:
start probing that shield.

LIEUTENANT:
The Red squadron pilots are busy shooting at the shield gate and dodging
shots from cannons built on top of it. An X-Wing is hit and goes down in
flames.
GARVEN DREIS (RED LEADER): We’re going in! Stay with me.
Jyn and Cassian are in a small control room in the archive tower, searching
for the location of the plans. K-2SO is outside by the control panel.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Schematics bank, Data tower two.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Searching. I can locate the tape, but you’ll need the
handles for extraction.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
They turn around to see the vault door closing. K-2SO is surrounded by
stormtroopers and tries to point them away.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Well, finally.

STORMTROOPER:
The trooper notices the officer on the floor.
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: The rebels! They went over there.
Cassian speaks into the comlink, revealing himself.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Before the stormtroopers can shoot, K-2 reacts.

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K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: There’s one. Oh well.
He beats up the troopers easily. Up in the sky, the bombers are preparing
to attack. Just as they start the attack run, TIE fighters come in from the
shield and swarm the rebel fleet.
JON VANDER (GOLD LEADER): Red Leader, this is Gold Leader, we’re starting
our attack run on the shield gate. Keep it tight and watch out for those
towers.

GOLD PILOT:
REBEL LIEUTENANT: Sir, enemy fighters coming in.
The TIEs zoom past the Mon Cala cruiser bridge.
CORPORAL STORDAN TONC: Melshi. Melshi, come in, are you there? Bodhi will
send a signal from here. He’s patching us in. But you guys have to open up
a line for the tower.
SERGEANT RUESCOTT MELSHI: How? Please advise.
CORPORAL STORDAN TONC: There’s a master switch to the base of the Comm
tower.
SERGEANT RUESCOTT MELSHI: Master switch, describe, what are we looking for?
CORPORAL STORDAN TONC: What does it look like? The master switch? Where is
it?
Merrick leads his Blue Squadron into attack, covering the rebels on the
beach.
GENERAL ANTOC MERRICK: Two wings, reinforce those troops on the beach. All
fighters, on me. We have to shield them from air attack.
LAREN JOMA (BLUE ELEVEN): Troop reinforcements. Here we go!
A craft full of reinforcements lands and disembarks on the beach with a war
cry, attacking the stormtroopers.

REBEL MARINE:

MARINE:
The rebels attempting to take down the shield are having no effect on it
and are still pressed by TIE fighters.

RED PILOT:

BLUE PILOT:
GARVEN DREIS (RED LEADER): Stick close, Red 5, where are you going?
PEDRIN GUAL (RED FIVE): I’m trying to lose them. This is Red 5, I need
help!
Red Five is caught in the scopes of a TIE pilot and goes down in flames. Up
in the tower, Jyn and Cassian are going through archive after archive.

JYN ERSO:

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K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Two screens down. Structural engineering, open that
one!
A stormtrooper walks in and K-2 shoots him without even looking his way. Up
in the air, the battle rages on. The more advanced TIE Strikers are now
chasing down the rebels.

BLUE PILOT:

BLUE TWO:
Bodhi connects the cable to the radio while Jyn keeps rummaging through
Engineering files.

JYN ERSO:
War-Mantle. Cluster-Prism. Black-Saber.
She stops dead in her tracks.

CASSIAN ANDOR:

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:

JYN ERSO:
Bodhi is fiddling with wires when he is surprised by a stormtrooper aiming
at him.

STORMTROOPER:

BODHI ROOK:

STORMTROOPER:
The trooper yells at his colleague but is shot down instantly by the
rebels.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Stardust.

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Climb. Climb. You can still send the plans to the
fleet. If they open the shield gate, you can broadcast from the tower!
Locking the vault door now.
His voice gets high-pitched and he starts closing the door hurriedly as a

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squad of stormtroopers bursts into the room shooting at him. With his last
effort he punches the vault door shut.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Good bye.
K-2SO's eyes go dark.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Krennic is standing at the window nervously when news arrives.
LIEUTENANT MYTUS ADEMA: Sir, unauthorized access at the data vault.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: What? 
LIEUTENANT MYTUS ADEMA: It’s just come in, sir.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Send my guard squadron into battle! Two men with me
now! Get that beach under control!
Cassian calls out to Bodhi via comlink.

CASSIAN ANDOR:

BODHI ROOK:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
shield’s open, we can send the plans!
Merrick is hit by a TIE Striker shot and goes down just as a Blue pilot
warns him.

BLUE:

JYN ERSO:
Jyn shoots a hole through the glass in the control room, opening up an
alternative exit. A TIE fighter hits the wing of Blue Eleven and the pilot
screams.

BLUE ELEVEN:
The beach battle rages on. No side seems to be winning so far, but a squad
of death troopers arrives. Inside the tower, Jyn takes off her uniform
jacket and climbs out the window. They jump over from the wall to the
archives at a dazzling height.

REBEL:

BODHI ROOK:
SERGEANT RUESCOTT MELSHI: I’m tied in at my end, I just need an open line.
Hang on. The master switch, it’s over at that console.

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REBEL:
He peeks out, but is instantly shot by a sniper death trooper. Jyn, in
turn, almost drops the data disc, but grabs it in the last moment and
straps it onto her belt. Krennic is seen walking rapidly towards an
elevator.

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
The master switch remains untouched. Chirrut emerges from his cover and
walks across the battlefield, immune to all shots, as he mumbles his words
like a mantra.

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:
one with the Force and the Force is with me.

BAZE MALBUS:

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:
one with the Force and the Force is with me. I’m one with the Force and the
Force is with me. I’m one with the Force and the Force is with me. I’m one
with the Force and the Force is with me. I’m one with the Force and the
Force is with me.

BAZE MALBUS:
Chirrut ignores it and pulls the master switch blindly.

BODHI ROOK:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Jyn keeps climbing up to the exit hatch. Krennic emerges from an elevator
door and, after a brief exchange, shoots Cassian and he falls off the tower
onto one of the bars below.

JYN ERSO:

BAZE MALBUS:
Chirrut is hit by an explosion, and Baze runs to him in slow motion.

BAZE MALBUS:

BAZE MALBUS:

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:

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BAZE MALBUS:

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:
I’m one with the Force. The Force is with me. I’m one with the Force. The
Force is with me.

BAZE MALBUS:
The rebel cruiser is taking heavy damage.

LIEUTENTANT:
damage.

ADMIRAL RADDUS:
attack.

GOLD LEADER:

GOLD NINE:
The Gold squadron launches torpedoes at the ISD and power goes out on the
massive vessel.
STAR DESTROYER CAPTAIN: What’s happening?
IMPERIAL CREW MEMBER: We’ve lost engine power, sir.

ADMIRAL RADDUS:

BODHI ROOK:
hear me! Is there anybody up there? This is Rogue One! Come in, over.

ADMIRAL RADDUS:

BODHI ROOK:
have to transmit them from the communications tower! You have to take down
the shield gate. It’s the only way to going to get them through!

ADMIRAL RADDUS:
Standby, Rogue One, we’re on it.

BODHI ROOK:

BAZE MALBUS:
A Hammerhead corvette is seen speeding towards the disabled ISD at full
power. The crew braces for impact.
HAMMERHEAD CAPTAIN: Corvette 5, locked on target. Prepare for impact.

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HAMMERHEAD CAPTAIN: Sublight thrusters, full power!
The corvette crashes into the side of the disabled ISD, bringing it towards
the second Destroyer. A horrible collision forces the Destroyers to fall
slowly towards the shield gate, breaking it in half. Imperial crew members
scream in pain as the ships go down, exploding. Jyn climbs out of the
hatch, avoiding its sharp edges, and races to the antenna to send off the
plans, but encounters a problem.

COMPUTER:
antenna alignment. Reset antenna alignment.
Jyn looks over to the side of the tower where there is another control
panel, but a TIE Striker almost shoots her off the edge. She barely makes
it up and fixes the antenna.

ADMIRAL GORIN:

COMPUTER:
Jyn turns away to hear the click of a blaster and Krennic aiming said
blaster at her.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Who are you?

JYN ERSO:
Lyra. You’ve lost.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Oh, I have, have I?

JYN ERSO:
put a fuse in the middle of your machine and I’ve just told the entire
galaxy how to light it.
DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: The shield is up, your signal will never reach the
rebel base. All the ships in here will be destroyed. I lose nothing but
time. YOU, on the other hand die with the Rebellion.
He never finishes, as Cassian shoots him in the shoulder and Jyn sends off
the plans in a hurry.

COMPUTER:
REBEL LIEUTENANT: Admiral, receiving transmission from Scarif.
Jyn rushed to the unconscious Krennic to kill him, but Cassian drags her
away.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
go.

COMPUTER:

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LIEUTENANT:

ADMIRAL RADDUS:
In the elevator back to the landing pad, Cassian and Jyn smile at each
other weakly.

CASSIAN ANDOR:

JYN ERSO:
The Mon Cala cruiser has received the transmissions, but someone catches a
massive object on the horizon. It's the Death Star. Krennic opens his eyes,
and a look of horror flashes on his face as he sees it too.

LIEUTENANT:
hyperspace.
Aboard the Death Sta stand Tarkin and Romodi, ready to give the command to
fire.
GENERAL HURST ROMODI: Sir, shall I begin targeting their fleet?
GRAND MOFF WILHUFF TARKIN: Lord Vader will handle the fleet. Target the
base at Scarif. Single reactor ignition.
GENERAL HURST ROMODI: Yes, sir.
GRAND MOFF WILHUFF TARKIN: You may fire when ready.
GENERAL HURST ROMODI: Commence primary ignition.
The Death Star control panels are ignited and the same green ray emerges
from the reactor. Krennic watches silently as it fires, destroying the
antenna and hitting the ocean, where a giant wave rises from the impact.
Raddus watches the destruction from above.

ADMIRAL RADDUS:
prepare for jump to hyperspace!
Just before the fleet can make the jump, The Devastator jumps out of
hyperspace, and Darth Vader stands on the bridge as his ISD destroys the
remnants of the rebel fleet. On the beach, Jyn and Cassian hug as they fall
ont othe sand and watch the wave come toward them.

JYN ERSO:

CASSIAN ANDOR:
The music intensifies and the two watch the wave with tears in their eyes
as it engulfs them. Everything goes silent. On board the Devastator, Vader
is preparing to board the cruiser.
CAPTAIN SHAEF CORSSIN: The rebel flag ship is disabled, my lord, but has
received transmission from the surface.

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DARTH VADER:
CAPTAIN SHAEF CORSSIN: Yes, my lord.
On the cruiser, the rebels barely get the plans onto a hard drive and race
to the escape pods, but some of them are cut off by a locked door.

REBEL:

REBEL 2:

REBEL 1:

REBEL:

REBEL:

REBEL:
The music stops, and only the sirens blare in the darkness. Then someone
starts breathing, and a crimson lightsaber ignites, revealing Darth Vader
himself.

REBEL:

REBEL:

REBEL:
Vader slaughters the rebels easily and cold bloodedly, despite all their
efforts. Someone manages to pass on the plans to the outside before being
impaled by his saber. The survivors run to the Tantive IV that's docked to
the cruiser.

REBEL:

REBEL:

REBEL:
The smaller ship launches the second Vader makes his way to it. He stands
on the side of the cruiser, watching the Tantive leave. On board the
smaller ship, captain Antilles finds Princess Leia of Alderaan.
CAPTAIN RAYMUS ANTILLES: Make sure you secure the airlock. And prepare the
escape pods.
CAPTAIN RAYMUS ANTILLES: Your Highness. The transmission we received. What
is it they’ve sent us?
Leia smiles.
PRINCESS LEIA ORGANA: Hope.

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