Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Page #6

JYN ERSO:
Come with us.

SAW GERRERA:
I will run no longer.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Come on.

JYN ERSO:
But you must save yourself.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Come on.

SAW GERRERA:
Go! There’s no time! Save the Rebellion! Save the 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:
Chirrut, let’s go!

CASSIAN:
Come on! Let’s get out of here!

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

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Get us out of here! Punch it!

K-2SO is at the controls, starting the hyperdrive.

K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: I’m not very optimistic about our odds.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Let’s not, K. Come on! Punch it.

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

CASSIAN ANDOR:
I’ll make them for you.

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.

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:
A coded message from Captain Andor, sir. Weapon confirmed. 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:
Baze, tell me. All of it? The whole city? Tell me.

BODHI ROOK:
All of it.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Understood. Set a course for Eadu.

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

JYN ERSO:
Is that where my father is?

CASSIAN ANDOR:
I think so.

BODHI ROOK:
So you’re Galen’s daughter.

JYN ERSO:
You know him?

BODHI ROOK:
I’m Bodhi, the pilot.

JYN ERSO:
You brought the message.

BODHI ROOK:
Yes, your father... He said I could get right by myself. 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:
It wasn’t too late.

BODHI ROOK:
Seems pretty late to me.

JYN ERSO:
No. We can beat the people who did this. My father’s 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:
He did build it.

JYN ERSO:
Because he knew they’d do it without him. My father made a 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:
Where is it? Where’s the message?

JYN ERSO:
It was a hologram.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
You have that message, right?

JYN ERSO:
Everything happened so fast.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Did you see it?

JYN ERSO:
You don’t believe me.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
I’m not the one you’ve got to convince.

CHIRRUT ÎMWE:
I believe her.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
That’s good to know.

BAZE MALBUS:
What kind of trap? You said your father made a trap.

JYN ERSO:
The reactor. He’s placed a weakness there. He’s been 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:
I’ve done that.

JYN ERSO:
They have to know there’s a way to destroy this thing. They have to go to Scarif to get the plans.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
I can’t risk sending that. We’re in the heart of Imperial territory.

JYN ERSO:
Then we’ll find him. And bring him back, and he can tell 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:
IMPERIAL RESEARCH FACILITY

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

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

BODHI ROOK:
No, no, no, lower. Lower!

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

BODHI ROOK:
They have landing trackers. They have patrol squadrons. You’ve got to stay in the canyon, keep it low.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Watch your right!

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:
How much farther?

BODHI ROOK:
I don’t know. I’m not sure, I never really come this way, but we’re close, we’re close. I know that.

K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Well, now there’s a 35% chance of failure.

BODHI ROOK:
I don’t want to know, thank you.

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

BODHI ROOK:
Now! Put it down now!

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

BODHI ROOK:
If you keep going, you’ll be right over the shuttle 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:
Hold on tight! We’re coming down hard!

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.

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