Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Page #8

STORMTROOPER 1:
Go, go, go, go!

STORMTROOPER 2:
Fall back! Fall back!

Captain Pterro runs up to Krennic and helps him up. They begin hurrying to 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:
Papa. Papa, it’s me. It’s Jyn.

GALEN ERSO:
Jyn. Stardust.

JYN ERSO:
Papa. I’ve seen your message. The hologram, I’ve seen it.

GALEN ERSO:
It must be destroyed.

JYN ERSO:
I know. I know. We will.

GALEN ERSO:
Jyn. Look at you. I’ve so much to tell you.

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

JYN ERSO:
Papa. No. No. Papa! Papa! Come on.

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

STORMTROOPER:
Over there, take them down.

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

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Come on. Jyn, we’ve got to go. Come on.

JYN ERSO:
I can’t leave him.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Listen to me. He’s gone. There’s nothing you can do. Come on.

JYN ERSO:
I can’t leave him.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Come on! Help me. Move!

More stormtroopers appear and the pair ducks into cover as the stormtroopers are mowed down by Baze.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Down!

CASSIAN ANDOR:
Come on. Come on.

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:
Let’s go, let’s go. Come on, let’s move! Come on, let’s 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:
Ion thrusters low until we cleared the storm.

K-2SO [KAY-TUESSO]: Understood.

Jyn walks over to Cassian inside the shuttle and confronts him.

JYN ERSO:
You lied to me.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
You’re in shock.

JYN ERSO:
You went up there to kill my father.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
You don’t know what you’re talking about.

JYN ERSO:
Deny it.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
You’re in shock, and looking for someplace to put it. I’ve seen it before.

JYN ERSO:
I bet you have. They know. You lied about why we came here and you lied about why you went up alone.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
I had every chance to pull the trigger. But did I? Did I?

JYN ERSO:
You might as well have. My father was living proof and you put him at risk. Those were Alliance bombs that killed him!

CASSIAN ANDOR:
I had orders. Orders that I disobeyed. But you wouldn’t understand that.

JYN ERSO:
Orders? When you know they’re wrong? You might as well be a stormtrooper.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
What do you know? We don’t all have the luxury of 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:
You can’t talk your way around this.

CASSIAN ANDOR:
I don’t have to. Yavin Four! Make sure they know 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:
My lord, Director Krennic has arrived.

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 Krennic.

DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Lord Vader.

DARTH VADER:
You seem unsettled.

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

DARTH VADER:
My apologies. You do have a great many things to 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:
Its power to create problems has certainly been confirmed. A city destroyed. An Imperial facility openly attacked.

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

DARTH VADER:
You were not summoned here to grovel, Director Krennic.

DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: No, it’s...

DARTH VADER:
There is no Death Star. The Senate has been informed that Jedha was destroyed in a mining disaster.

DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC: Yes, my lord.

DARTH VADER:
I expect you to not rest until you can assure the 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:
Be careful not to choke on your aspirations, Director.

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:
Are we really talking about disbanding something that we’ve worked so hard to create?

ADMIRAL RADDUS:
We can’t just give in.

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

BAIL ORGANA:
We’ve only now managed to gather our forces.

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?

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