Star Wars: The Force Awakens Page #21

HAN (CONT'D)

... I saw him. Leia, I saw our son.

He was here.

Leia hears this.

Maz watches through the smoke.

EXT. SPACE - DAY

The FALCON and surviving X-WINGS ROAR past camera toward a

PLANET WITH GREEN FLORA AND A RING OF ASTEROIDS.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

This is D'QAR.

EXT. D'QAR - DAY

The SHIPS DESCENDING among grassy mounds and sunken

structures.

EXT. RESISTANCE BASE - DAY

LARGE GRASS MOUNDS cover HANGARS, beneath the odd, giant

trees. BOOM DOWN as RESISTANCE GROUND CREW direct an X-WING

to a LANDING. In the FOREGROUND, another X-wing canopy OPENS,

a PILOT climbs out. PAN TO REVEAL the landed Millennium

Falcon. Finn runs down the ramp, UP TO CAMERA, desperate,

searching.

Then BB-8 SPEEDS RIGHT PAST HIM, almost knocking him down --

Finn watches as BB-8 rolls over to the PILOT GETTING OUT OF

THE BLACK-MARKED X-WING. The Pilot's helmet comes off.

IT IS POE!

Finn can't believe what he's seeing. And Poe, kneeling in

WARM REUNION with BB-8, listens and reacts to something the

droid tells him. Poe looks up and sees Finn -- and he can't

believe it either! Poe smiles, points at Finn. From a

distance, Finn gestures in sheer amazement that Poe is alive.

FINN:

Poe. Poe Dameron.

They move to each other -- and embrace.

FINN (CONT'D)

You're alive!

POE:

So are you!

FINN:

What happened to you?

POE:

What happened? I got thrown from

the crash, woke up at night -- no

you, no ship, nothing--

BB-8 BEEPS -- Poe listens, turns to Finn.

POE (CONT'D)

BB-8 says that you saved him.

FINN:

No, no, no. It wasn't just me.

POE:

You completed my mission, Finn.

That's my jacket?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

FINN:

Oh here.

POE:

No, no, no. Keep it. It suits you.

You're a good man, Finn.

FINN:

Poe -- I need your help.

INT. RESISTANCE BASE - DAY

MOVE FAST with Finn and Poe. Finn takes in this makeshift

command center, buried deep among vines and roots. They

arrive at Leia, who stands with a group of Resistance

Officers, including ADMIRALS ACKBAR and STATURA:

POE:

General Organa. Sorry to interrupt,

this is Finn, he needs to talk to

YOU --

LEIA:

(takes Finn's hand)

And I need to talk to him. That was

incredibly brave, what you did.

Renouncing the First Order, saving

this man's life --

FINN:

(surprised she knows)

Thank you, ma'am -- but a friend of

mine was taken prisoner--

LEIA:

Han told me about the girl, I'm sorry.

Finn is startled -- Poe jumps in:

POE:

Finn's familiar with the weapon that

destroyed the Hosnian system. He

worked on the base.

LEIA:

We're desperate for anything you can

tell us.

FINN:

That's where my friend was taken --

I've got to get there, fast.

LEIA:

And I will do everything I can to

help, but first you must tell us all

you know.

INT. RESISTANCE BASE - DAY

Chewbacca sits on a bed in the med bay. DR. KALONIA uses a

device to help heal his shoulder. Chewie TALKS.

DR. KALONIA

(CHEWIE TALKS)

That sounds very scary.

(CHEWIE TALKS)

You must be so brave.

Chewie agrees.

INT. RESISTANCE BASE - DAY

C-3PO takes the DATA DEVICE from BB-8 and inserts it into a

BASE COMPUTER. THE PROJECTED MAP APPEARS in HOLOGRAM. Leia

enters, studying it, dispirited. PAN as she moves, REVEALING

HAN. C-3PO is here and some others.

C-3PO

General, I regret to inform you, but

this map recovered from BB-8 is only

partially complete. And even worse,

it matches no charted system on

record. We simply do not have enough

information to locate Master Luke.

LEIA:

I can't believe I was so foolish to

think that I could just find Luke

and bring him home.

HAN:

Leia...

LEIA:

Don't do that.

HAN:

Do what?

She heads off.

LEIA:

Anything.

Flummoxed, Han follows looking at C-3PO.

C-3PO

Princesses.

Han follows Leia across the base floor:

HAN:

I'm trying to be helpful!

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

LEIA:

When did that ever help? And don't

say the Death Star.

HAN:

(SIGHS)

INT. RESISTANCE BASE - DAY

LOW WITH BB-8 as he rolls over and finds, under a dark and

dusty tarp in a corner, R2-D2. BB-8 BEEPS at R2, pulls off

the tarp and tries to start a conversation. But R2 DOESN'T

RESPOND AT ALL. BB-8 tries again. Nothing. BB-8 NUDGES

R2. Nothing. Then:

C-3PO (O.S.)

BB-8. You're wasting your time.

BB-8 looks up at C-3PO, who stands there. C-3PO SIGHS.

C-3PO (CONT'D)

It is very doubtful that R2 would

have the rest of the map in his backup

data.

(BB-8 BEEPS)

I am afraid not. R2-D2 has been in

low power mode ever since Master

Luke went away. Sadly, he may never

be his old self again.

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