Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Page #13

REBEL:
Come on!

BODHI ROOK:
Melshi. Melshi, come in please.

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.

REBEL:
I'm going!

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:
I’ve got it.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Careful! You okay?

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:
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!

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:
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. 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, come back!

Chirrut ignores it and pulls the master switch blindly.

BODHI ROOK:
Yes!

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Keep going. Keep going!

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:
Cassian.

BAZE MALBUS:
Chirrut, come! Come with me!

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

BAZE MALBUS:
Chirrut! Chirrut, don’t go. Don’t go.

BAZE MALBUS:
I’m here. I’m here. It’s okay. It’s okay.

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:
Look for the Force…

BAZE MALBUS:
Chirrut.

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:
…and you will always find me. The Force is with me. I’m one with the Force. The Force is with me. I’m one with the Force. The Force is with me.

BAZE MALBUS:
and I’m one with the Force.

The rebel cruiser is taking heavy damage.

LIEUTENTANT:
Deflector shield’s down to 50%, we’re sustaining heavy damage.

ADMIRAL RADDUS:
There’s no turning back now, we have to press the attack.

GOLD LEADER:
Hit that opening.

GOLD NINE:
We see it, Gold Leader. Ion torpedoes away.

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:
That Star Destroyer is disabled.

BODHI ROOK:
This is Rogue One, calling any Alliance ships that can hear me! Is there anybody up there? This is Rogue One! Come in, over.

ADMIRAL RADDUS:
This is Admiral Raddus, Rogue One, we hear you!

BODHI ROOK:
We have the plans! They found the Death Star plans. They 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:
Call up a Hammerhead corvette. I have an idea. Standby, Rogue One, we’re on it.

BODHI ROOK:
This is for you, Galen.

BAZE MALBUS:
The Force is with me. I’m one with the Force.

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.

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:
Reset antenna alignment. Reset antenna alignment. Reset 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:
Reverse engines, full power!

COMPUTER:
Antenna alignment. Ready to transmit.

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:
You know who I am. I’m Jyn Erso. Daughter of Galen and Lyra. You’ve lost.

DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Oh, I have, have I?

JYN ERSO:
My father’s revenge. He built a flaw in the Death Star. He 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:
Transmitting. Transmitting.

REBEL LIEUTENANT: Admiral, receiving transmission from Scarif.

Jyn rushed to the unconscious Krennic to kill him, but Cassian drags her away.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Hey, leave it. Leave it. That’s it. That’s it. Let’s go.

COMPUTER:
Transmission received.

LIEUTENANT:
Admiral, we have the plans!

ADMIRAL RADDUS:
She did it.

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

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Do you think anybody is listening?

JYN ERSO:
I do. Someone’s out there.

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:
Sir, we’re detecting a massive object emerging from 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:
Rogue One, may the Force be with you. All ships, 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:
I’m glad you came.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
You father would have been proud of you, Jyn.

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.

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