Star Wars: The Force Awakens Page #22

INT. RESISTANCE BASE - DAY

Leia hears the change in Han's voice and softens. She turns.

HAN:

Listen to me, will you? I know every

time you... every time you look at

me, you're reminded of him.

LEIA:

You think I want to forget him? I

want him back!

Han looks at her with sympathy.

HAN:

There was nothing we could've done.

(hard for him to say)

There was too much Vader in him.

LEIA:

That's why I wanted him to train

with Luke. I just never should have

sent him away. That's when I lost

him. That's when I lost you both.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

HAN:

We both had to deal with it in our

own way. I went back to the only

thing I was ever good at.

LEIA:

We both did.

HAN:

We lost our son, forever.

LEIA:

No.

(LONG BEAT)

It was Snoke.

Han takes this in.

LEIA (CONT'D)

He seduced our son to the dark side.

But we can still save him. Me.

You.

HAN:

If Luke couldn't reach him, how could

I?

LEIA:

Luke is a Jedi... you're his father.

There's still light in him. I know

it.

GENERAL STATURA:

General, the reconnaissance report

on the enemy base is coming.

INT. STARKILLER BASE - HOLDING CELL - DAY

Rey wakes, disoriented. She is in an angled, upright

restraining rig. Looks over, startled to see Kylo Ren, mask

in place, standing there.

REY:

Where am I?

KYLO REN:

(LONG BEAT)

You're my guest.

REY:

Where are the others?

KYLO REN:

You mean the murderers, traitors and

thieves you call friends?

(Rey stares at him)

You'll be relieved to hear that I

have no idea.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

Rey studies him. She's fearful... but curious.

KYLO REN (CONT'D)

You still want to kill me.

REY:

That happens when you're being hunted

by a creature in a mask.

Kylo Ren stops, considers her... then reaches up, unlatches

and REMOVES HIS MASK. Rey reacts, stunned. It takes a moment

before she regains her own mask of defiance.

KYLO REN:

Tell me about the droid.

REY:

(a nervous beat)

He's a BB unit with a selenium drive

and a thermal hyperscan vindicator --

KYLO REN:

He's carrying a section of a

navigational chart. We have the

rest, recovered from archives of the

Empire. We need the last piece.

And somehow, you convinced the droid

to show it to you. You. A scavenger --

Rey reacts -- afraid -- how does he know?

KYLO REN (CONT'D)

You know I can take whatever I want.

Trepidation flashes across Rey's eyes. Kylo Ren moves closer,

his hand rising toward her. She recoils, but has nowhere to

go. Kylo Ren nearly TOUCHES HER FACE...

THEY'RE BOTH SURPRISED: they react to a feeling that passes

between them -- AN ENERGY THEY RECOGNIZE IN EACH OTHER.

And then it's gone. Adversaries again. Rey can't move,

quietly strains in agony, trying to resist Ren's probing.

KYLO REN (CONT'D)

... You're so lonely... so afraid to

leave...

(then, slight smile)

At night, desperate to sleep... you

imagine an ocean. I see it -- I see

the island...

Tears stream down her face as she resists. She tries to

break free, but can't budge.

KYLO REN (CONT'D)

And Han Solo. You feel like he's

the father you never had. He would've

disappointed you.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

His hand still on her face, her eyes fierce through the agony:

REY:

-- Get out of my head --

But this just makes Kylo lean closer.

KYLO REN:

I know you've seen the map. It's in

there... and now you'll give it to

me. Don't be afraid. I feel it

too.

Where her strength comes from, she doesn't know, but:

REY:

I'm not giving you anything.

KYLO REN:

We'll see.

He peers into her eyes intensely. She meets his gaze --

DESPITE THE PAIN SHE IS STRONG.

On Ren's face as HIS CONFIDENCE BEGINS TO MELT AWAY. He has

slammed up against a barrier in her mind. He looks less

certain by the moment as Rey seems to GROW IN STRENGTH. The

FEROCITY of confrontation builds until it hits critical mass

AND REY DOES THE UNTHINKABLE! SHE ENTERS HIS HEAD, AMAZED

AT WHAT SHE IS SEEING!

REY:

... You... you're afraid... that you

will never be as strong as... Darth

Vader!

KYLO REN SUDDENLY WITHDRAWS HIS HAND, as if her face were

FIRE HOT. TAKES A STEP BACK, CONFUSED, RATTLED. Rey's body

is released, she breathes deeply, her powerful eyes still on

Kylo Ren, who starts to leave.

And we PRELAP:

SNOKE (V.O.)

This scavenger, resisted you?

INT. STARKILLER PLANET - ASSEMBLY ROOM - NIGHT

Kylo Ren, mask off, stands before Snoke.

KYLO REN:

She's strong with the Force, untrained

but, stronger than she knows.

And while Ren's mind no doubt goes to Luke:

SNOKE:

And the droid?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

Kylo Ren hesitates to reveal the truth. Then:

GENERAL HUX (O.S.)

Ren believed it was no longer valuable

to us.

Ren turns back -- Hux enters the large space, moves to the

platform beside Ren.

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