Star Wars: The Last Jedi Page #3

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REY:
I'm not leaving without you!

Rey follows the ex Jedi master where ever he goes. On a rainy day, he goes fishing. He uses a strong rod to go to the other side of the cliff.

REY:
Careful!

Luke looks back at Rey, and she seems relaxed that he didn't get hurt.

LUKE:
You are wasting your time.

LUKE:
Who are you?

REY:
I know this place.

LUKE:
Built a thousand generations ago... to keep these. The original Jedi texts. Just like me, they're the last of the Jedi religion. You've seen this place. You've seen this island.

REY:
Only in dreams.

LUKE:
Who are you?

REY:
The Resistance sent me.

LUKE:
They sent you? What is special about you? Where are you from?

REY:
Nowhere.

LUKE:
No ones from nowhere.

REY:
Jakku.

LUKE:
All right, that is pretty much nowhere. Why are you here, Rey, from nowhere?

REY:
The Resistance sent me. We need your help. The First Order has become unstoppable.

LUKE:
Why are you here?

REY:
Something inside me has always been there Then now it's awake. And I'm afraid. I do not know what it is... or what to do with it. And I need help.

LUKE:
You need a teacher. I can't teach you.

REY:
Why not? I've seen your daily routine. You're not busy.

LUKE:
I will never train another generation of Jedi. I came to this island to die. It's time for the Jedi to end.

REY:
Why? Leia sent me here with hope. If she was wrong, she deserves to know why. We all do.

With the Resistance, Leia is seen slapping Poe.

LEIA:
You're demoted.

POE:
What? Wait! We took down a dreadnought.

LEIA:
At what cost?

POE:
If you start an attack, you follow through.

LEIA:
Poe, get your head out of your cockpit. There are things you can not solve... By jumping into an X-wing and blowing something up! I need you to learn that.

POE:
There were heroes on that mission.

LEIA:
Dead heroes, No leaders.

FINN:
We're really nowhere. How's Rey going to find us now? A cloaked binary beacon?

LEIA:
To light her way home.

FINN:
Alright, Well, until she comes back, what's the plan?

LEIA:
We need to find a new base.

LARMA D'ACY:
One with enough power to get a distress signal to our allies. scattered in the Outer Rim.

ACKBAR:
Proximity alert!

RESISTANCE FEMALE SOLDIER: They found us.

POE:
That's impossible. It's Snoke's ship. You've gotta be kidding me. Can we jump to lightspeed?

KAYDEL KO CONNIX: We have enough fuel for just one jump.

POE:
Do it. We have to get out of here.

LEIA:
Wait. They tracked us through lightspeed.

FINN:
That's impossible.

LEIA:
Yes. And they've done it.

FINN:
So if we jump to lightspeed... they'll just find us again, and we'll be out of fuel. They've got us.

POE:
Not yet, they don't. Permission to jump in an X-wing and blow something up?

LEIA:
Permission granted. Admiral, spin us around!

ACKBAR:
Reverse. Rotate the shields!

RESISTANCE MONITOR: To your stations! Move, move, move!

KYLO REN:
Follow my lead.

MALE ANNOUNCER:
Green squadron to launch position. Clear the launch traffic.

POE:
Don't wait for me! Jump in and fire her up!

MALE ANNOUNCER:
Technicians, secure supplies for launch conditions.

PILOT:
Move, move!!

FINN:
Poe, are you alright?

POE:
We need to get outta range of those Star Destroyers.

ACKBAR:
We need to what?!

LEIA:
Full engines ahead. Get out of range of the Star Destroyers and the fighters will fall back.

ACKBAR:
All craft, full engines! Concentrate rear shields.

ARMITAGE HUX:
Ren, the Resistance have pulled out of reach. We can't cover you at this distance. Return to the fleet. What is the point of all this if we can't blow up three tiny cruisers?

PEAVEY:
They are faster and lighter, sir. They can't lose us but they can keep at a range where our cannons are not effective against their shields.

ARMITAGE HUX:
Well, keep up the barrage. Let's at least remind them that we're still here.

PEAVEY:
Very good sir.

ARMITAGE HUX:
They won't last long burning fuel like this. It's just a matter of time.

POE:
Move! Outta the way, everybody! Make way! Make room!

MEDIC DROID:
Her vital signs are weak, but she is fighting.

LUKE:
Artoo? Artoo! Yes. Yes I know. Hey, it's a sacred island, watch the language. Old friend. I wish I could make you understand. But I'm not coming back. Nothing can make me change my mind.

LEIA IN HOLOGRAM: Years ago, you served my father in the Clone Wars. Now he begs you to help him in his struggle against the Empire. It hurts me not to be able to fulfill my father's request in person...

LUKE:
That was a cheap move.

LEIA IN HOLOGRAM: But they are attacking my ship... and I fear that my mission to bring you to Alderaan failed. It is our most desperate hour. Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope.

LUKE:
Tomorrow at dawn. Three lessons. I will teach you the ways of the Jedi... and why they need to end.

LARMA D'ACY:
General Organa... Leia... is unconscious but recovering. This is the only good news I have. Admiral Ackbar... all our leadership, they're gone.

C-3PO:
Oh, dear, oh, dear.

LARMA D'ACY:
Leia was the sole survivor on the bridge. If she were here, she'd say save your sorrow for after the fight. And to that end... The chain of command is clear as to who should take her place. Vice Admiral Holdo... of the cruiser Ninka.

AMILYN HOLDO:
Thank you, Commander. There are four hundred of us... on three ships. We're the very last of the Resistance But we're not alone. In every corner of the galaxy... the downtrodden and oppressed know our symbol... and they put their hope in it. We are the spark that will ignite the fire that will restore the Republic. That spark... this Resistance, must survive. That is our mission. Now, to your stations. And may the Force be with us.

POE:
That's Admiral Holdo? Battle of Chyron Belt, Admiral Holdo? Not what I expected. Vice Admiral? Commander Dameron. With our current fuel consumption... there is a very limited amount time... That we will stay out of range of those Star Destroyers.

AMILYN HOLDO:
Very kind to make me aware.

POE:
Let's get me those fuel projections. And we need to shake them before we find a new base, so... What's our plan?

AMILYN HOLDO:
Our plan, captain? Not commander, right? Wasn't it Leia's last official act to demote you? Because of your dreadnought plan... Where we lost our entire bombing fleet?

POE:
"Captain." "Commander." You can call me whatever you like. I just want to know what's going on.

AMILYN HOLDO:
Of course you do. I understand. I've dealt with plenty of trigger happy flyboys like you... You are impulsive. Dangerous. And the last thing we need right now. So stick to your post... and follow my orders.

FEMALE P.A. ANNOUNCER: Turbo-lifts seven and eight disconnected for maintenance.

ROSE:
What are you doing here?

FINN:
Hey, hi. Uh, I was... Uh, you know...

ROSE:
You are Finn! The Finn!

FINN:
The Finn?

ROSE:
Sorry... I work behind pipes all day. Doing talking with the Resistance heroes is not my forte. Doing... Doing talking, yeah... I'm Rose.

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