Star Wars: The Force Awakens Page #11

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT - DAY

Finn PLOPS into his seat, horrified.

FINN:

It's the First Order.

REY:

What do we do-- there must be

SOMETHING --

Finn's mind races -- then:

FINN:

You said poisonous gas --

REY:

-- Yeah, but I fixed that --

FINN:

Can you unfix it?

Rey stares at him -- and gets his plan! They head off --

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - LOUNGE AREA - DAY

The GAS MASKS hanging in the lounge are GRABBED.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

Finn and Rey, gas masks on, quickly climb into the open

grating area.

REY:

C'mon BB-8.

They help BB-8 down, too: they both struggle like crazy, he

weighs a TON.

FINN:

I got it.

REY:

Oooh...

FINN:

I'm okay. BB-8 get off me...

UNDER THE GRATING

Finn pulls the grating over them as Rey works on the controls.

REY:

You think this'll work on the

Stormtroopers?

FINN:

Yeah. Their masks filter out smoke,

not toxins.

LIGHTS COME ON! SOUND of the SHIP RAMP LOWERING! Finn PULLS

THE GRATING CLOSED as he says:

FINN (CONT'D)

Hurry!

REY:

I'm hurrying!

Suddenly the FALCON DOOR OPENS -- AND HAN SOLO AND CHEWBACCA

BOARD THE FALCON, weapons at the ready. PUSH IN ON THEM,

ready for combat, operating silently, with hand signals only.

HAN:

Chewie, we're home.

Han gives Chewie a nod to check out the ship. Chewie heads

off one way, Han in another.

The grating above LIFTS OFF -- hands in surrender, they look

up at Han, who's training his blaster on them, threatening.

They're SCARED.

HAN (CONT'D)

Where are the others? Where's the

pilot?

REY:

...I'm the pilot...

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

HAN:

You?

Chewie MOAN-TALKS. Rey responds to him --

REY:

No, it's true:
we're the only ones

on board.

FINN:

You can understand that thing?

HAN:

And "that thing" can understand you

too, so watch it. Come on outta

there.

They climb up -- BB-8 uses his magnetic arm to quickly pull

himself out.

HAN (CONT'D)

Where'd you get this ship?

REY:

Niima Outpost.

HAN:

Jakku?! That junkyard?

FINN:

Thank you! Junkyard!

HAN:

(TO CHEWIE)

Told ya we should've double-checked

the Western Reaches!

(TO REY)

Who had it, Ducain?

REY:

I stole it from Unkar Plutt. He

stole it from the Irving Boys, who

stole it from Ducain.

HAN:

Who stole it from me! Well, you

tell him Han Solo just stole back

the Millennium Falcon for good.

Han walks away, takes in the ship: it's his again. Doesn't

see that Rey is awed. His back to all of them, he smiles.

Chewie responds as Han heads toward the cockpit.

REY:

This is the Millennium Falcon? You're

Han Solo?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

HAN:

I used to be.

FINN:

Han Solo? The Rebellion General?

REY:

No, the smuggler!

FINN:

(TO CHEWIE)

Wasn't he a war hero?!

Chewie replies:
"Yeah, I guess, kinda..." Rey calls out:

REY:

This is the ship that made the Kessel

Run in fourteen parsecs...!

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT - SAME

Han enters the cockpit.

HAN:

Twelve! Fourteen.

A moment of private joy. Then he sees something that ANNOYS

HIM:

HAN (CONT'D)

Hey! Some moof-milker put a

compressor on the ignition line!

Han moves to the corridor.

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - LOUNGE AREA - DAY

REY:

Unkar Plutt did. I thought it was a

mistake too, puts too much stress on

THE HYPERDRIVE--

HAN:

(OVERLAPPING HER)

-- Stress on the hyperdrive--

(who is she? Then:)

Chewie, throw 'em in a pod, we'll

drop them at the nearest inhabited

planet.

REY:

Wait! No -- we need your help!

HAN:

My help?

REY:

This droid has to get to the

Resistance base as soon as possible!

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

FINN:

He's carrying a map to Luke Skywalker.

Yup:
Han stops in his tracks.

FINN (CONT'D)

You are the Han Solo that fought

with the Rebellion. You knew him.

The mention of Luke has really hit Han. He turns to Finn.

HAN:

Yeah, I knew him. I knew Luke.

Suddenly:
a distant, METALLIC KA-CHUNK!

HAN (CONT'D)

Don't tell me a Rathtar's gotten

LOOSE--

Han hurries out -- they all follow, (Chewie, Rey, Finn, then

BB-8), Finn with WILD CONCERN:

FINN:

Wait -- a what?! Did you just say

Rathtars? Hey!

INT. CARGO SHIP - HANGAR - DAY

The Falcon is parked in this giant freighter's hangar. Han

moves to a CONTROL PANEL, they all follow him.

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