Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

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The dead speak! The galaxy has heard a mysterious broadcast, a threat of revenge in the sinister voice of the late Emperor Palpatine.

General Leia Organa dispatches secret agents to gather intelligence, while Rey, the last hope of the Jedi, trains for battle against the diabolical First Order.

Meanwhile, Supreme Leader Kylo Ren rages in search of the phantom Emperor, determined to destroy any threat to his power....

[The crawl finishes. Pan across the star field to follow three First Order TIE ships soaring to a Star Destroyer as it hovers in front of the volcanic planet Mustafar]

EXT. MUSTAFAR - CORVAX FEN - FOREST - DAY

[In Corvax Fen, the forest of scorched irontrees on the planet surface, small fires lick the ground and charge trunks. SUPREME LEADER KYLO REN, alias BEN SOLO, now 30, uses his lightsaber to cut down Mustafarian warriors known as the ALAZMEC OF WINSIT wearing helmets outfitted with glowing yellow light to resembling eyes. With First Order stormtroopers easily taking down the natives with blasters, Kylo Ren runs straight to the warrior, slamming it to the ground. Sliding backwards, Kylo Ren spreads a small ground fire as he thrusts his lightsaber through an Alazmec behind him. Using the Force, he draws a guard to him and dispatches it before cutting off another's right arm. Eventually, he stops, breathing heavily. All of the Mustafarians are dead. Kylo then pushes the lid of a tomb the warriors had been protecting. He pulls a triangular device out of it. The Sith Wayfinder has been found. The camera zooms in at the device]

EXT. SPACE

[It transitions to Kylo Ren's Silencer, being steered through a red nebula. Kylo seems determined when he reaches his destination]

EXT. EXEGOL - DESERT - DAY

[The enormous Sith temple comes into view, shrouded in darkness and lightning. Ren leaves his ship, draws his lightsaber and activates it as he walks to the temple's opening. Brief cut to black. A hexagonal platform is lowered down into the catacombs of the planet. A familiar, ominous voice fills the air]

PALPATINE:
At last...

[Ren seems uneasy. He walks through the darkness. Lightning shows the room is filled with gigantic statues from Sith leaders]

PALPATINE:
Snoke... trained you well...

KYLO REN:
I killed Snoke. I’ll kill you.

PALPATINE:
My boy... I made Snoke... (when Kylo stands still) I have been every voice.... (as Snoke) ....you have ever heard.... (as Darth Vader) ....inside your head.

[As Darth Vader's iconic gasps vanish, we're shown a different part of the ruins. Sith acolytes are connecting wires to a tank, which contains mangled bodies, several mutilated copies of Snoke. Kylo passes it, coming closer and closer to where the voice is coming from]

PALPATINE:
The First Order was just the beginning... I will give you so much more...

KYLO REN:
You’ll die first.

PALPATINE:
I have died before.

[The leader of the First Order turns his head and steps towards the voice]

PALPATINE:
The dark side of the force is a pathway to many abilities, some considered to be....

[Lightning illuminates Palpatine's face]

PALPATINE:
...unnatural.

[It's clear that, whatever the Emperor has been using to sustain himself, hasn't been kind to him. His body is frail, his skin pale, his eyes empty. Ren lifts his saber, holding it mere inches away from the Emperor's throat]

KYLO REN:
What could you give me?

PALPATINE:
(determined) Everything.

[He spreads his mangled fingers. Force lightning sparkles between them]

PALPATINE:
A new Empire.

[The Imperial March makes itself heard as a massive fleet of Star Destroyers break through the icy surface of Exegol]

PALPATINE:
The might of the Final Order will soon be ready. It will be yours if you do as I ask. Kill the girl! End the Jedi.... and become what your grandfather Vader could not.

[Kylo Ren lowers his lightsaber]

PALPATINE:
You will rule all the galaxy as the new Emperor. But beware.... she is not who you think she is.

KYLO REN:
Who is she?

[Thunder rumbles as Palpatine smiles. Cut to black]

EXT. HYPERSPACE

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - CENTRAL HOLD AREA

[Game pieces chittering]

[Chewbacca grunting softly]

POE:
Are you ever going to go?

FINN:
He can't beat us every time.

POE:
Apparently he does.

FINN:
How does he do it?

POE:
This guy right here? It's cause he cheats.

[Groans]

POE:
I'm kidding!

FINN:
Oh, come on. Take your turn.

POE:
You're 250 years old.

FINN:
You're taking forever. That's cheating.

POE:
Of course you're better than this.

FINN:
That's why we think you're cheating.

[Electronic chiming]

[Chewie grunting]

FINN:
Don't worry!

POE:
We're not going to turn it off.

[Chewie groans]

FINN:
He's cheating.

POE:
Definitely. Klaud, I hope you fixed that surge.

[Klaud responds in alien language]

POE:
T-minus 5.

[R2-D2 chirps]

FINN:
R2.

[R2-D2 chirps]

FINN:
Boolio, good to see you. You got something for us?

BOOLIO:
From a new ally. A spy in the First Order!

FINN:
A spy? Who?

BOOLIO:
I don't know. Transfer the message! Give it to Leia, hurry!

[R2-D2 chirps]

FINN:
This could be big, R2.

[R2-D2 chirps]

[Beeps]

TIE PILOT:
Locked on target.

POE:
Finn, we're about to be cooked!

FINN:
We're almost there!!!

[Beeping]

FINN:
Poe, we got it. How do we thank you?

BOOLIO:
Win the war!

[Chewie groans]

POE:
Sorry, I'm sorry! I know! Finn, you're supposed to be getting of those things!

FINN:
Ooh! I got one!

POE:
How many are left?

FINN:
Too many.

[Groans]

POE:
What?!

[Continues grunting]

POE:
Good thinking, Chewie. Finn, we can boulder these TIEs!

FINN:
I was just thinking that. Ha!! Get us back to base!

POE:
How thick do you think that ice wall is?

[Grunts]

[Finn grunts]

FINN:
Poe?!

POE:
I know, I know!

FINN:
What are you dong?!

POE:
Lightspeed skipping.

FINN:
How do you know how to do that?

[Chewie groans]

POE:
Yeah, well, Rey's not here, is she?

[Alarm wails]

POE:
Last jump, maybe forever.

[Klaud screams]

POE:
Hold on!!!

EXT. AJAN KLOSS - JUNGLE - DAY

[Animals chittering in distance as she’s practicing using the Force with Leia training her]

REY:
(softly) Be with me. Be with me. Be with me. (opens her eyes) They’re not with me. Ugh.

LEIA:
Rey. Be patient.

REY:
(sighs) I’m starting to think it isn't impossible.... to hear the voices of the Jedi who came before.

LEIA:
Nothing's impossible.

REY:
Nothing's impossible. I’m going to run the training course.

[Panting]

[Grunting]

[Soft chime]

[Soft chime]

[Grunts]

[Grunting]

[Groans]

[Panting]

[Screams]

[Rey gasps]

YOUNG REY:
No!

KYLO REN:
(echoing) Join me.

DARTH VADER:
Join me.

LUKE:
Ben, no! You killed him!

HAN:
Ben!

[Whimpering softly]

[BB-8 chirping]

REY:
BB-8, I'm so sorry. I didn’t finish the training course. Got distracted. I’m just not feeling myself. I know it looks.... it looks like I’m making excuses.

LEIA:
Don’t tell me what things look like. Tell me what they are.

REY:
I think I’m just tired. That’s all.

KAYDEL KO CONNIX: General.... the Falcon still hasn't arrived. Commander's asking for guidance.

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