Star Wars: The Force Awakens Page #12

FINN:

You're not hauling Rathtars on this

freighter, are you?

HAN:

I'm hauling Rathtars.

On the CONTROL PANEL: IMAGES ON SCREENS FROM ALL AROUND THE

SHIP. Including the EXTERIOR, where a TRANSPORT SHIP is

LANDING ON THE FREIGHTER. Han is fearful.

HAN (CONT'D)

Oh great. It's the Guavian Death

Gang -- they must've tracked us from

Nantoon.

Han heads off as:

REY:

What's a Rathtar?

INT. CARGO SHIP - CARGO CONTAINER CORRIDOR - DAY

Han leads our group down a LONG NARROW HALL lined with cargo

containers.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:
HAN

They're big and dangerous...

FINN:

Y'ever heard of the Trillia Massacre?!

REY:

No.

FINN:

Good.

They turn a corner:

HAN:

I got three of 'em going to King

Prana.

FINN:

THREE?! How'd you get them on board?

HAN:

I used to have a bigger crew.

Chewie GROAN-TALKS, concurring.

CUT TO:
LOOKING UP AS A HATCH OPENS IN THE FLOOR. HAN AND

CO. ARE THERE.

HAN:

Get below deck and stay there until

I say so -- don't even think about

taking the Falcon.

REY:

What about BB-8?

HAN:

He stays with me -- until I get rid

of the gang, then you can have him

back and be on your way.

FINN:

What about the Rathtars... where are

you keeping them?

A TERRIFYING BAM: a GROTESQUE RATHTAR GIANT TONGUE SLAMS

into the CARGO CONTAINER window behind Finn, whose heart

stops.

HAN:

There's one.

REY:

What are you gonna do?

HAN:

Same thing I always do: talk my way

out of it.

(CHEWIE MOAN-TALKS)

Yes, I do. Every time.

INT. CARGO SHIP - NARROW CORRIDOR - DAY

A PORTAL opens. The GUAVIAN DEATH GANG enters. One man in

a SUIT (BALA-TIK), and five SECURITY SOLDIERS in badass

UNIFORMS with ROUND-FACE HELMETS. They turn into and stop

at one end of the corridor. Han, Chewie and BB-8 forty feet

away in the middle of the long hall.

BALA-TIK

Han Solo. You are a dead man.

Han smiles innocently, friendly. BB-8 nervously looks back

and forth at the gang, and Han.

HAN:

Bala-Tik. What's the problem?

BALA-TIK

The problem is we loaned you fifty

thousand for this job.

INTERCUT WITH:

INT. CARGO SHIP - BELOW FLOOR GRATING - DAY

They look up, trying to get a view.

REY:

Can you see them?

FINN:

No.

They start crawling down the crawl space.

BALA-TIK

I heard you also borrowed fifty

thousand from Kanjiklub.

HAN:

You know you can't trust those little

freaks! How long've we known each

other?

Rey and Finn arrive under the gang. They WHISPER:

REY:

They have blasters...

FINN:

A lot of 'em.

We RISE THROUGH THE FLOOR to see the GANG and Han and company

in the distance.

BALA-TIK

The question is how much longer will

we know each other? Not long. We

want our money back now.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

HAN:

Ya think hunting Rathtars is cheap?

I spent that money.

BALA-TIK

Kanjiklub wants their investment

back, too.

HAN:

I never made a deal with Kanjiklub!

BALA-TIK

Tell that to Kanjiklub.

The SOUND of a PORTAL OPENING. Han's face GOES WHITE as he

turns to the OTHER END OF THE CORRIDOR, where KANJIKLUB

MEMBERS APPEAR. A GANG in a MEDIEVAL BANDITO style.

Han smiles uncomfortably at the Kanjiklub members. Its

LEADER, TASU LEECH, out front. Han tries to play it off:

HAN:

Tasu Leech. Good to see you.

Tasu speaks an alien language, we SUBTITLE:

TASU LEECH:

Wrong again, Solo. It's over for

you.

Tasu C*CKS HIS WEAPON, there for blood. BB-8 is nervous.

Finn and Rey react to the sounds of the new gang -- start

CRAWLING BACK the other way to see them.

HAN:

Boys. You're both gonna get

what I promised! Have I ever

not delivered for you before?

BALA-TIK

Yeah.

TASU LEECH:

Twice!

Han realizes he's right.

HAN:

What was the second time?

BALA-TIK

Your game is old. There's no one in

the galaxy left for you to swindle.

TASU LEECH:

Nowhere left for you to hide.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

BALA-TIK

That BB unit... the First Order is

looking for one just like it. And

two fugitives.

Finn and Rey SUDDENLY STOP CRAWLING, tense.

BB-8 hides behind Han's leg. PUSH IN ON Han as he realizes:

Finn and Rey are in real trouble.

HAN:

First I've heard of it.

Below the grating, Finn and Rey look at each other, afraid.

Above, another Kanjiklubber (RAZOO QIN-FEE) says (SUBTITLED):

RAZOO QIN-FEE

Search the freighter.

One of the Kanjiklubbers begins moving down the corridor,

AIMING A FLASHLIGHT DOWN BELOW, searching for:

FINN AND REY, in a QUIET PANIC BELOW: THEY START CRAWLING

FAST in the opposite direction they came.

Rey crawls off fast, Finn follows. They quickly arrive at

a JUNCTION BOX AREA, Rey looking at the controls.

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