Star Wars: The Force Awakens Page #25

FINN:

We're gonna make our landing approach

at lightspeed?!

Chewie, thinking it's crazy too, says: HELL YES WE ARE!

HAN:

Alright, Chewie, get ready.

Chewie GROANS:
he's ready. Han studies the PANEL INDICATORS.

HAN (CONT'D)

And Now!

Chewie and Han hit switches --

EXT. LIGHTSPEED SPACE/STARKILLER BASE - DAY

The Falcon's ENVIRONMENT SHIFTS INSTANTLY FROM LIGHTSPEED TO

PLANET ATMOSPHERE -- it's suddenly FLYING 100 FEET ABOVE THE

SNOWY, ROCKY GROUND, HEADED FOR A THICK FOREST!

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT - DAY

CHEWIE GROANS:

HAN:

I AM PULLING UP!!!

EXT. STARKILLER BASE - DAY

But the Falcon has no time -- it PLOWS through the trees!

It then RISES --

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT - DAY

ALARMS BLARE as the ship SLAMS THROUGH BRANCHES, SHOOTS TOWARD

SKY! Han does his best to steer -- Chewie GROANS -- in the

madness Han YELLS:

HAN:

I get any higher, they'll see us!

And the ship DIVES again, back into the trees!

EXT. STARKILLER BASE - CLEARING - DAY

A quiet CLEARING on the forest TREELINE. Suddenly the

MILLENNIUM FALCON HURTLES OUT OF THE FOREST! From an eruption

of BRANCHES and PINE, the ship DIVES -- SLAMS INTO THE SNOW!

It DIGS THROUGH A THOUSAND YARDS OF WHITE until it finally

comes to a canted stop, half buried in the snow!

INT. STARKILLER BASE - DAY

OFFICER:

Sir, she was not found in hangar 718

but all troops are on alert.

KYLO REN:

Put every hangar on lock-down. She's

going to try to steal a ship to--

Suddenly, Kylo senses something. Something familiar.

KYLO REN (CONT'D)

Han Solo...

EXT. STARKILLER BASE - DAY

MASSIVE WIDE SHOT of an EPIC SNOWSCAPE. Han, Finn and Chewie

cross the terrain. WALKERS appears on the horizon. Han,

Finn and Chewie take cover behind a base structure. Chewie

carries a BLACK DUFFEL of EXPLOSIVES.

FINN:

The flooding tunnels are over that

ridge. We'll get in that way.

HAN:

What was your job when you were based

here?

FINN:

Sanitation.

HAN:

Sanitation? Then how do you know

how to disable the shields?

FINN:

I don't. I'm just here to get Rey.

HAN:

People are counting on us! The galaxy

is counting on us--!

FINN:

Solo, we'll figure it out! We'll

use the Force!

HAN:

That's not how the Force works--!

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

Chewie MOANTALKS.

HAN (CONT'D)

Oh really, you're cold?

FINN:

Come on!

They follow Finn on the snowy hike. On the horizon, THE

LASER SIPHON SHOOTING INTO THE SKY, SLOWLY SUCKING THE SUN

DRY.

INT. STARKILLER BASE - CONTROL ROOM - DAY

Technicians at work, the SUN SUCKING seen in the window behind

him.

GENERAL HUX:

Report.

FIRST ORDER OFFICER

Weapon charged in fifteen minutes,

sir.

INT. STARKILLER BASE - CORRIDOR 4 - DAY

A STORMTROOPER waits to board a Transport Compartment. The

door WHOOSHES open -- HAN, FINN and CHEWIE are there!

STORMTROOPER FN-9330

Hey!

He fumbles for his blaster but Chewie shoots first. WIDE

ANGLE of the corridor as the Trooper flies back, dead.

Chewie drags him out of sight. Han and Finn peer around a

corner, wary.

HAN:

The longer we're here, less luck

we're going to have. The shields?

FINN:

I have an idea about that.

Han and Chewie follow Finn.

INT. STARKILLER BASE - CORRIDOR - DAY

Captain Phasma heads down a corridor, distant Stormtroopers.

Suddenly Phasma is T-BONED HARD AND FAST -- SHOVED OUT OF

FRAME BY CHEWIE!

And now we're in a NARROW CROSS-CORRIDOR, CHEWIE WITH HIS

ARMS AROUND PHASMA, FORCED TO FACE FINN, WHO HOLDS HIS BLASTER

ON HIS FORMER CAPTAIN. Han stands behind Finn.

FINN:

Remember me?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

CAPTAIN PHASMA:

FN-2187.

FINN:

Not anymore. The name's Finn, and

I'm in charge. I'm in charge now,

Phasma. I'm in charge.

HAN:

Bring it down. Bring it down.

FINN:

Follow me.

Finn SMILES as we CUT TO:

INT. STARKILLER BASE - ATRIUM AREA - DAY

TIGHT ON REY'S FACE as she peers nervously around a corner.

Rey runs down a long, glossy hall, taking cover in an alcove,

the Trooper Guard's rifle HELD TIGHT.

From this alcove, she can see down another LONG, PERPENDICULAR

WALKWAY -- on one side, a STONE AND STEEL WALL. On the other

side, a VAST ATRIUM, with a railing-free DROP OFF, the white

pill-light design descending HUNDREDS OF FEET.

At the end of this walkway is an OPEN HANGAR DOOR, revealing

HUNDREDS OF TIE FIGHTERS parked outside.

TIGHT on Rey's face as her plan is clear. But the problem:

between her and the ship she wants to steal, is a GROUP OF

STORMTROOPERS. Guards, in conversation.

As she tries to think about what to do next, we see, FAR

BEHIND HER in the perpendicular hall, ANOTHER GROUP OF STORM-

and SNOWTROOPERS headed her way!

Rey's mind races -- another peek out and she RUNS FAST, across

the walkway, and CLIMBS DOWN -- her fingertips disappearing

over the edge just as the Troopers approach and continue.

WIDE SHOT as Rey holds on carefully as the guards walk off,

not seeing her over the edge, a death drop below her.

But then she SEES SOMETHING and has a brainstorm. She

strenuously cross-climbs to an invisible SERVICE HATCH, which

She opens, and climbs INSIDE THE WALL, closing the hatch

behind her.

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