Star Wars: The Force Awakens Page #30

The remaining X-Wings -- including Poe's -- BLAST the place --

and the structure begins to CRATER, deep underground

EXPLOSIONS!

EXT. FOREST - NIGHT

Amid the BARE WHITE TREES, ONLY TWO LIGHTSABERS -- LUKE'S

BLUE AND REN'S YELLOW-RED -- ILLUMINATE the FLURRIES OF SNOW

as Rey and Kylo Ren BATTLE HARD.

She seems to be, impossibly, STRONGER THAN HE IS for half a

dozen blows -- until he FINDS HIS STRENGTH and FIGHTS BACK --

MOVING FORWARD and PUSHING REY BACK, into the forest.

Suddenly a COLOSSAL CHUNK OF THE FOREST RIGHT BEHIND REY

DROPS AWAY! Rey is suddenly fighting on the EDGE OF A

MASSIVE, BRAND NEW CLIFF!

KYLO REN:

You need a teacher! I can show you

the ways of the Force!

REY:

The Force.

Rey closes her eyes for a long beat. When Rey opens them,

she is centered, fortified, and she POUNDS BACK, SINGLE HANDED

SWIPES, hitting Ren's gnarly, spitting saber with incredible

FORCE. It's so fast now, so furious, that Kylo Ren FALLS

BACK -- She ATTACKS HARDER!

Ren gets up again but she HITS HIS SABER'S HILT -- HIS BLADE

GOES FLYING OFF, TUMBLING INTO THE SNOW -- and she SLASHES

AGAIN AND AGAIN AND HITS KYLO REN SQUARE IN THE HEAD AND

CHEST. HE GOES DOWN, SUDDENLY A FEARFUL MAN, A LARGE BURN

SCAR SLASHED ACROSS HIS FACE! He still reaches for his saber.

And she could kill him -- right now, with ONE VICIOUS STRIKE!

But she stops. Realizing she stands on a greater edge than

even the cliff -- the edge of the dark side. The earth

SHAKES. The earth splits. A gully forms.

INT. STARKILLER BASE - CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT

The area where the RALLY was held is now COLLAPSING into a

giant sink hole! We WHIP PAN to a YOUNG TECHNICIAN, who

watches this out the control room window in horror. He

hurries off, passing COLONEL DATOO, who admonishes:

COLONEL DATOO:

Lieutenant, get back to your station!

YOUNG TECHNICIAN

(stops, fleetingly)

Just look. We won't survive -- even

Hux has gone!

As he hurries off, WE HEAR:

GENERAL HUX (V.O.)

Supreme Leader.

INT. STARKILLER BASE - ASSEMBLY ROOM - NIGHT

Hux stands before SNOKE'S IMAGE. Relative quiet here, but

distant SOUNDS OF DESTRUCTION. Hux tries to keep it together

but is horrified, heartsick:

GENERAL HUX:

The fuel cells have ruptured. The

collapse of the planet has begun.

Snoke takes this in. Furious, desolate... knowing.

SNOKE:

Leave the base at once and come to

me with Kylo Ren.

(GRIM)

It is time to complete his training.

EXT. FOREST - NIGHT

Rey turns, runs a hundred feet through the forest to:

FINN, who lies, near death, not far from where the GROUND

FELL AWAY. Rey falls to her knees near him, turns him over,

sees his cauterized but possibly fatal wound.

REY:

Finn! Finn...

Tears come to her eyes as she lifts him, holds his lifeless

body in her arms. Snow flurries around them as she cries,

holding this boy who she just met, who she already adores.

They are left here to die -- nearby MORE TREES DROP as the

planet continues to COLLAPSE. And just as it seems like all

is lost... Her wet eyes look up to see:

LIGHTS RISE FROM THE NEWLY-FORMED CANYON -- IT'S A SHIP WE

KNOW -- IT'S THE MILLENNIUM FALCON -- and its lights

ILLUMINATE REY, WHOSE FACE FILLS WITH HOPE!

CHEWIE IS AT THE CONTROLS. He ROARS to them!

EXT. FALCON - NIGHT

Chewie exits the ship.

MOMENTS LATER Chewie CARRIES FINN up the ramp. Rey hurries

with them back into the ship --

INT. FALCON - NIGHT

Chewie carries Finn inside, followed by Rey.

EXT. SPACE - NIGHT

And we FLY WITH THE FALCON as it leaves the planet -- we can

see CHEWIE AND REY PILOTING, the COLLAPSING PLANET BEHIND

US. The Resistance X-wings, led by Poe, follow the Falcon.

INT. X-WING - NIGHT

POE:

All teams! I got eyes on them!

SNAP:

Yes!

The X-wings ROAR OFF, skyward as the MUSIC SOARS, the PLANET

IMPLODES -- THE SUNLIGHT IT CONTAINS BURSTS FORTH, and as we

get further and further distance from what was Starkiller

Base, we witness the REBIRTH OF A SUN. Light restored to a

corner of the galaxy.

The Millennium Falcon and the X-wings RIP THROUGH SPACE,

headed home.

POE:

Our job's done here. Let's go home!

EXT. D'QAR - DAY

ESTABLISHING SHOT as the Falcon on the landing strip.

EXT. RESISTANCE BASE - DAY

The Falcon has landed among the remaining Resistance ships.

Poe is there, watching as Chewie scuttles down the ramp

carrying an unconscious Finn. Medical Personnel and Officers,

meet them, usher them inside.

MEDIC:

Easy, easy. He's hurt. We've got a

heartbeat.

Rey walks down the ramp and sees, for the first time, Leia.

C-3PO and BB-8 behind her. The crowds are cheering.

Rey is so sad for Leia, so sorry.

The two women move for each other. And Leia takes Rey's

face in her hands. Despite her heartbreak, she is grateful.

She embraces Rey. A mother's embrace.

Rey cries, too, in this emotional first meeting.

INT. RESISTANCE BASE - DAY

Chewbacca sits quietly, as do many in the base, mourning

their losses.

As BB-8 approaches R2-D2, the long dormant droid suddenly

stirs. The droids beep at each other.

C-3PO

R2-D2! You've come back! You found

what? How dare you call me that!

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

C-3PO (CONT'D)

(he swats R2-D2, who

CONTINUES BEEPING)

Find Master Luke how? Come, R2! We

must go tell the others at once!

INT. RESISTANCE BASE - DAY

Leia stands alone and in silence, heartbroken.

C-3PO (O.S.)

General? Excuse me, General?

Leia turns to see droids.

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