STAR WARS EPISODE VIII
THE LAST JEDI
A LONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR FAR AWAY…
The New Republic has been decimated
and all that stands between the First Order
and ruling the Galaxy is the Resistance…
Supreme Leader Snoke is sending
His fleet to the Resistance base to end
them once and for all. General
Solo is sending a distress signal
throughout the galaxy in a desperate
call for help…
Meanwhile Rey has found Jedi Master
Luke Skywalker Seeking his help in a
race against time to defeat the First Order
and restore freedom to the Galaxy…
AHCH-TO – TEMPLE OF THE FIRST JEDI
REY
Rey stands behind a hooded figure in a brown robe; when he turns to face her. They stare at each other for a few minutes. Then she takes the lightsaber from her sack and hands it to him. He slowly takes the lightsaber and examines it. "Who are you and where did you get this from?" Luke asks.
"My name is Rey…I came to ask your help…The Resistance needs you. Your sister General Leia Solo needs you…"
"I can't help you…I can't help anyone…" He shakes his head and throws the lightsaber behind him and walks off.
She looks confused, "Hey wait a minute…Wait a minute…" She grabs his arm. "I have been through hell getting here…You're a Jedi…You are Luke Skywalker…You are supposed to help people!"
"That was a long time ago…The Jedi are…I cannot help you." He enters the hut and slams the door.
Rey walks back to the Falcon, after waiting for hours. Chewbacca is working on the Falcon and when Rey returns he growls a question, "He threw the lightsaber away and walked off…I told him about his sister and he brushed me off…"
LUKE
Luke stares at a holo-pick of his family. In the moving hologram is Leia, Han, their son Ben at twelve and a woman with red hair and a swollen stomach. He spins around when the door to his home is kicked down. Chewie enters and roars. "Chewie…" There is a whistle and Artoo enters with Rey. "Artoo…"
"Rawoor…Grrr…"
Luke sighs and looks at all of them, "Where is Han?" When Chewbacca tells him Luke sits down.
"How could you not know your friend is dead?" Rey asks.
"It's complicated." Artoo whistles a statement. "Don't give me that! I trusted you with that map…You could have led them to her." He whistles a reply. "Look stay here I'm hungry…"
"Her who?" Rey asks as Luke leaves. She walks up to the mantle and stares at the holo-pic. A flash goes through her mind of the redheaded woman. Artoo whistles at Rey, She looks at the Droid, "His wife!"
Luke walks to side of the cliff and grabs a big pole. He swings out on it and brings up a huge fish. Later he is cooking it on the fire "What happened to your wife? Is she a Jedi as well?"
"You ask a lot of questions…" Luke says looking at her.
PLANET VASH – FORTRESS OF THE FIRST ORDER
A shuttle carrying Kylo Ren leaves the Star Destroyer and goes down to the planet. It lands in a hanger where the six members of the Knights of Ren are waiting. When Kylo walks down the ramp everyone but Jarro Sade bows. "Kylo Ren! Master of Ren…Son of Han Solo…"
"Kneel!" When he refuses to kneel a woman with half her head shaved wearing black armor and a cloak stands up, her hand falls to her lightwhip.
"Why should I kneel to a man who was bested by a scavenger?"
"Enough!" A man in red armor yells, his helmet is under his arm. "Jarro you and the Knights get to your shuttle…Now! Kylo the Supreme Leader is waiting for you."
Kylo follows the man in the red armor and the woman follows him, "You're injured." She says.
"It's nothing."
"I will kill the bitch who injured you."
The doors open and they enter the throne room of Supreme Leader Snoke. The man in the red armor bows and takes his place at Snoke's side. There are four other men in red armor all members of the Red Praetorian Guard. Kylo and the woman drop to one knee. "Lady Mina you are supposed to be with the Knights of Ren to aid my troops in destroying the Resistance…" She stands, bows and leaves the throne room. Snoke is wearing a gold robe, "Arise! And remove that ridiculous helmet!" He obeys, "Now tell me my most favorite servant…how did this scavenger filth defeat the Master of the Nights of Ren?"
MINA
Mina is waiting outside fingering her lightwhip. Finally the doors open, "What happened?"
"He wants to complete my training after I have healed." Kylo replies with a limp.
They walk up the hallway, "You are stronger than that old fool…Now is the time to strike…While the Knights of Ren are away." She grabs his arm, "The troops are with us and so is General Carden and Captain Phasma…"
He looks Mina and kisses her, "I admire your devotion my love…After I have healed…We will destroy Snoke and rule as King and Queen…"
RESISTANCE BASE – D'QAR
"This is a general distress call to all Free systems…The First Order knows the location of our base…We are evacuating now, but we need help…" A man says into his head mike.
"This is the Mon Calamari defense force we are preparing a fleet as we speak…It will take a few hours over…"
"All ships are converging on Mavo IX…"
"Copy that and may the Force be with you…"
Threepio is listening and the man hands him a holodisk to take to General Leia Organa Solo. "General Organa we just got word from the Mon Calamari home world…"
"Thank the force…" She looks at Poe Dameron, "Get all our fighters in the air now!"
"Yes ma'am…"
"Shuttle 39 you are cleared for takeoff…Shuttle 39 you are cleared for departure…"
Poe and the remaining resistance fighters take off, "All heavy bombers take up position on the far side of the moon."
"Copy that Black Leader…"
JARRO
A lone stealth fighter emerges from hyperspace and scans the planet, "This Jarro to General Hux…My scans of the planet are complete…Transport ships are jumping to lightspeed as soon as they make orbit…Resistance fighters have taken up defensive positions around the planet…Scans also indicate heavy bombers on the far side of the planet's moon…Sixty percent of their forces are still on the planet surface…"
"Copy that…I will send in the Dreadnaught first…Take out those bombers…"
That is when Leia senses Jarro's presence and orders the shields up around the base, "Damn…we have been made General Solo senses our presence…"
POE
"Poe this is General Organa I sensing a dark presence nearby…It is probably one of Snoke's Nights…be careful and may the force be with you…"
"Copy that General…Gold Squadron do a sweep of the area two parsecs wide…"
As the fighters pan out a Dreadnaught class Star Destroyer exits hyperspace, along with two stealth fighters piloted by Knights of Ren members. "Form up on my six…Poe Dameron is mine!" Jarro says.
"This is Black Leader to bomber squadron…We will clear the deck and you can take down that big bitch."
Poe leads five fighters towards the Dreadnaught. That is when a Star Destroyer appears from on the other side of the moon and attacks their bombers. Captain Regina Antillies the daughter of Wedge Antillies leads red squadron to protect the bombers. "Take out her shield array…Red six and eight…after we take out the shields you hit that bridge…"
"Copy that Red Leader…"
They fire their lasers at the shield projectors destroying both, then Red Six and Eight fire their missiles destroying the bridge. A bomber drops half its payload on the Star Destroyer and blows it up. Meanwhile Poe has two wingmen as he flies across the Dreadnaught taking out as many cannons as he can. "Poe you have…" His voice vanishes from the COM.
"Brip boop bop reoneeer!"
"Right my sensors aren't detecting the bastard!" Poe says as a Stealth Fighter flies up behind him. Poe ducks and dodges as he is fired at. He slams the jet breaks and makes a sharp turn to try and get behind the fighter, but Jarro performs the same maneuver. "Damn this guy is good."
"Good bye…Poe Dameron…"
Jarro fires ripping apart Poe's right wing, as BB screeches. "Hold on buddy." The ship tumbles out of control heading for the planet.
"Poe! Poe!" Regina screams.
When his ship hits the atmosphere Poe and BB-8 ejects from the X-Wing. BB deploys a parachute while Poe activates his antigravity belt and slowly floats down. "This Commander Poe Dameron to Resistance Base I am thirty clicks north I need a pick up…"
LEIA
"General the Dreadnaught is in firing position and we just lost our last bomber…" She walks off and goes to her room, then Leia sits crossed leg and closes her eyes.
"Fire mega-cannons!" General Hux yells aboard the Dreadnaught. The massive cannons fire on the Resistance Base. When the energy bolts hit the shields a wave reveals the shields, but they hold.
"Sir…Resistance Base shields are holding at 100%."
"What! That is impossible…Fire again…"
On his commands they fire again, but the shields still hold. "I don't believe it, but the shields are still holding…" The COM officer says in the command center of the Resistance Base.
"General Hux this is Jarro acting Master of the Knights of Ren…Your cannons are useless…The shields are being strengthened through the force…"
"Are you saying Luke Skywalker is down there?"
"No General…But his sister is…Recommend sending a landing party down…I will lead them…"
"Very good then…" Hux looks at Captain Phasma, "Captain you will be in second command of the ground forces…Take no prisoners…"
"As you command General."
JEDI
Drop ships land on the surface deploying Imperial Walkers and troops. "Prepare for a surface attack…Any fighters left we can use some help down here…" The Officer says into his head mike.
Blaster bolts fly back and forth as the Resistance desperately tries to hold off Legions of Storm Troopers, AT-AT walkers, battle bridges, and speeders. Poe runs across the ground alongside an AT-AT and throws an acid grenade beneath the foot of the Walker. It explodes and the metal is eaten away, the AT-AT falls and explodes.
"General Hux!"
"What is it?"
"There are two fighters…X-Wing class coming out of hyperspace in sector 3…"
"Two fighters! Show me!"
The two fighters barrel role as they approach the battle. "Head for the Planet surface I will take out that Dreadnaught…"
"Yes Master…and may the force be with us…"
Dozens of Fighters head for the new arrival. The pilot points her hand at one of the fighters and with a shove in the force the ship goes tumbling into its comrade; the explosion takes out five fighters. She fires her lasers destroying the rest in the blink of an eye. "Pilot identify yourself." Regina says over the COM.
"This is Jedi Master Mara Jade…" She smiles as people on the surface and in orbit cheer. "All units follow my lead and stay in formation. She destroys one cannon after another. Then she fires her ion missiles at the Mega-cannons.
"General the Mega-Cannons are ionized…It will be two hours before we can fire again…"
"I see that!"
"General we are being boarded…"
Mara Jade fires her guns at the power converters turning off the shields to the main hanger, then she lands her ship. Storm Troopers fire as she leaps from the cockpit of her fighter. She draws a lightsaber with a violet energy blade and blocks blaster bolts from all directions.
"You kill those enemy troops…"
Under the influence of the force nine troopers start shooting at their own comrades. Mara throws her lightsaber at a hanging frame then she flips and lands behind a trooper snapping his neck. She takes his blaster and shoots down fifteen men while her lightsaber cuts through the beams and wires holding up the frame. It falls and kills dozens of troops as the lightsaber returns to Mara's open hand.
"We will deal with this." Kanno says leading the remaining two Knights on board.
Mara stabs a trooper while force choking another. She makes her way to the bridge via a turbo-lift. She enters it and takes it up. Meanwhile Kanno opens the turbo-lift door before it reaches the commons deck and cuts the lift cord. Alarms go off as Mara's lift drops, she cuts a hole in the top with her saber and leaps out. Then she cuts her way onto the barracks deck.
The door opens and standing there are Kanno, Nina, and Dallas. "Where is your Master Kylo Ren?"
"Training with Supreme Leader Snoke Jedi…"
"They said you were dead…" Nina says.
"You mean Kylo said I was dead…He lied…" She attacks Kanno who is armed with a double edge lightsaber. Nina has a lightspear and Dallas a regular lightsaber. Nina tries to attack Mara from behind, but she spins around batting her weapon to the side and with continued motion she kicks her in the face. She force pushes Dallas and presses the attack against Kanno. With Master level speed she cuts his saber in half, spins around and blocks an attack from Dallas, she continues the spin and takes off his right arm. With a back kick she breaks Nina's leg and decapitates her. Then Mara cuts off Kanno's left arm and kicks him down. She drops to one knee and blocks an overhead attack, spins off her knee and comes up behind Dallas. Mara stabs him in the back and as he falls to the floor she walks off.
General Hux is monitoring the fight from the bridge. "Lock down the bridge!" He commands.
"She is scaling the turbo-lift shaft Sir…"
"Abandon ship! All hands Abandon ship…Pilot point this ship at the resistance base and drive it through their rebellious hearts…"
"Yes General."
PLANET SURFACE
The Jedi Apprentice flies his fighter down and shoots down the AT-AT Walkers to the cheers of the Resistance. Their cheers stop as they must pull back towards the base. The Apprentice pilot lands his ship and gets out. He runs toward the attacking forces igniting a yellow blade lightsaber. The Apprentice is a male Zabrak.
"For the Resistance!" He screams and the Rebels follow his charge into battle. A speeder comes strait at him, the Zabrak points his hand stopping the speeder and the rider flies off and is impaled on the Zabrak's saber. He leaps onto the speeder and turns it around. As he travels forward he shoots down troops and cuts off heads with his saber.
That is when three dark robed figures point their hands at him and he goes flying off the speeder shoved by the force. He rolls and comes up on his feet. Kanno ignites two lightsabers, "He is mine!" The Zabrak blocks left and right, down and diagonally, he roars as he is cut on his left arm. Kanno spins into the Zabrak and after six moves he disarms him. He throws out his hands and sends Kanno flying across the battlefield. The Zabrak leaps into the air summoning his lightsaber, but before he can kill him, San throws her lightsaber killing him. He hits the ground dead.
"Let us finish this…" Kanno says, he is about to pick up the Zabrak's lightsaber when his throat is grabbed in the force. Leia Organa is walking across the field pointing a clawed hand at three Knights. The other two fall to their knees as they are choked to death. Leia bends down by the Zabrak and closes his eyes. "You are one with the force now…"
"Captain…The three Knights are dead! And the Dreadnaught has been compromised. The Mon Calamari fleet is here."
"This is Captain Phasma all troops retreat…Fall back to the transports…" As they retreat the Resistance fighters cheer.
As the First Order retreats the Mon Calamari fleet arrives. As for the Dreadnaught it does not crash into the base Mara manages to get to the bridge and redirect it into a distant mountain. Her fighter lands on the surface as the base personnel continue the evacuation. Mara Jade stands over the body of her apprentice.
"Mara Jade Skywalker…It has been a long time."
She keeps her back to Leia, "It certainly has…" She sighs, "I feel your sorrow…I am sorry about Han."
"Thank you…Why are you here?"
She finally turns to face Leia, "I felt a disturbance in the Force and I have been listening to Resistance Transmissions…I thought I could lend a hand…"
"I feel your sorrow as well…What was his name?"
"Lehith…I have been training him for the past six years…He was very gifted…I should have kept him at my side…"
"Are you staying we could use a Jedi's help…"
"That depends are you willing to admit that your son must die…"
Leia is offended and responds, "I was trying to find Luke…" At the mention of his name she walks away from Leia. Within two hours the Resistance has packed everything and leaves the planet.