Star Wars: The Force Awakens Page #6

GENERAL HUX:

Yes, and he had help.

(VEXED)

From one of our own.

PUSH IN ON REN as Hux says:

GENERAL HUX (CONT'D)

We're checking the registers now to

identify which Stormtrooper it was.

KYLO REN:

... The one from the village. FN-

2187.

Hux is unnerved that Ren knows -- he chalks it up to Ren's

Force ability. Kylo Ren heads off.

LIEUTENANT MITAKA

Sir. Ventral cannons hot.

GENERAL HUX:

Fire.

EXT. STAR DESTROYER - DAY

Massive WARHEAD LAUNCHERS SPIN and FIRE BLASTS toward the

TIE fighter, which flies EVASIVE MANEUVERS -- most blasts

hit the DEBRIS from the TURBOLASER DESTRUCTION.

The TIE fighter then PULLS A BIG TURN, BACK TOWARD JAKKU,

THE SANDY PLANET WHERE POE LEFT BB-8.

INT. TIE FIGHTER - DAY

POE:

One's coming towards you. My right,

your left. Do you see it?

FINN:

Hold on! I see it!

POE:

Nice shot.

Finn looks up suddenly in alarm --

FINN:

Where are you going?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

POE:

We're going back to Jakku. That's

where.

FINN:

No no no! We can't go back to Jakku!

We need to get outta this system!

NEAR-MISS LASER BLASTS as Poe pilots aggressively.

POE:

I got to get to my droid before the

First Order does!

FINN:

What - a droid?!

POE:

That's right. He's a BB unit! Orange

and white:
one of a kind.

FINN:

I don't care what color he is! No

droid can be that important!

POE:

This one is, pal.

FINN:

We need to get as far away from the

First Order as we can! We go back

to Jakku, we die!

POE:

That droid's got a map that leads

straight to Luke Skywalker!

FINN:

Oh, you gotta be kidding me!!! I--

Suddenly BAM! THEY ARE HIT!

EXT. TIE FIGHTER - DAY

The TIE FIGHTER SPARKS AND SMOKES, SPIRALING out of control

toward the surface of Jakku!

INT. STAR DESTROYER MAIN BRIDGE - DAY

Captain Phasma and General Hux stand before a holographic

projection detailing FN-2187's service records.

CAPTAIN PHASMA:

FN-2187 reported to my division, was

evaluated and sent to Reconditioning.

GENERAL HUX:

No prior signs of non-conformity?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

CAPTAIN PHASMA:

This was his first offense.

A technician checks her readings, reports to General Hux.

TECHNICIAN #1

General. They've been hit.

GENERAL HUX:

Destroyed?

TECHNICIAN #1

(GETTING READINGS)

Disabled. They were headed back to

Jakku -- the fighter's projected to

crash in the Goazon badlands.

GENERAL HUX:

They were going back for the droid --

send a squad to the wreckage.

EXT. JAKKU DESERT - DAY

TIGHT ON FINN'S FACE: His EYES OPEN. He goes from unconscious

to terrified, fast. He sits up, looks around. CUT BACK

WIDE:
he sits in the middle of an EPIC DESERT, DUNES FOREVER.

A BLACK CHUTE blows in the wind behind him, scattered debris.

Then he sees, over distant dunes, RISING BLACK SMOKE. He

gets up -- moves toward it, calling out:

FINN:

Poe! Poe!

Finn scrambles over the massive dune to the TIE FIGHTER,

SMOKING AND ON FIRE, small debris around it. He thinks he

sees POE'S ARM -- he pulls on it, but it's JUST POE'S JACKET.

He throws that off and tries to find a way in -- even a way

to LOOK INSIDE, but the smoke and heat make it impossible.

FINN (CONT'D)

Poe!!! POE!

Suddenly the ship BEGINS TO SINK -- like it's being CONSUMED

INTO QUICKSAND -- Finn is slipping in too --

FINN (CONT'D)

POE!!! POE!!!

It becomes clear fast: if Finn doesn't get away, he's gonna

get sucked in too! So Finn scampers away from the TIE FIGHTER

as it SINKS INTO THE SAND! We're in the Sinking Fields. A

few moments and IT'S GONE.

Finn's out of breath. Horrified. Then A GIANT EXPLOSION

ERUPTS FROM below, SENDING SAND AND DEBRIS EVERYWHERE!

Finn sees this, disoriented, scared, exhausted and defeated.

And all alone.

EXT. DESERT - DAY

ENDLESS DUNES BEHIND HIM, Finn walks, removing pieces of his

Stormtrooper gear, using Poe's FLIGHT JACKET for shade.

EXT. DESERT - DAY

Exhausted, Finn continues his trek across the endless, sandy

nothingness.

EXT. DESERT - DAY

Finn, parched and losing hope, he walks to the edge of a

massive dune, looks out into the epic valley below. Miles

ahead:
NIIMA OUTPOST.

INT. STAR DESTROYER - BRIDGE - DAY

General Hux and Kylo Ren walk the length of the bridge.

GENERAL HUX:

Supreme Leader Snoke was explicit.

Capture the droid if we can, but

destroy it if we must.

KYLO REN:

How capable are your soldiers,

General?

GENERAL HUX:

(WITH VITRIOL)

I won't have you question my methods.

KYLO REN:

They're obviously skilled at

committing high treason. Perhaps

Leader Snoke should consider using a

clone army.

GENERAL HUX:

(YOU SON-OF-A-B*TCH)

My men are exceptionally trained --

programmed from birth--

KYLO REN:

Then they should have no problem

retrieving the droid. Unharmed.

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