Next follows the introduction to Rey and this doesn't need any changes I feel. So in this version, we are introduced to Rey exactly as in the original movie. She scavenges, sells her findings to Unkar Plutt, has her meal and comes across BB-8.


Poe Dameron is secured to a torture-chair onboard the Star Destroyer. He slowly wakes up and becomes aware of his surroundings. He is joined in the room by Kylo Ren.

"Why did the Republic send you here?" Kylo asks. "What did the old man give you?"

"I don't know what you're talking about" Poe says.

"Wedge Antilles, a New Republic admiral, just happens to show up on a planet deep within First Order controlled territory. And visits the village where Lor San Tekka is hiding. Quite a coincidence."

"If you say so."

"He gave you something" Kylo says. "What?"

"I'm telling you" Poe says, "I have no idea what you're talking about."

"We'll see" Kylo says.

Kylo reaches out with his hand at Poe's face, but never touches him. It is evident that Kylo is using the Force on Poe. Poe tries to resist, his face twisting with pain and discomfort. In the end, Poe lets out a frightening scream.

Kylo exits the torture-chamber and outside General Hux is waiting.

Kylo turns to Hux. "They came for a map that would lead them to Skywalker."

"Skywalker?" Hux says. "Surely he must be dead by now."

"The map is in a droid. A BB-unit" Kylo says. "We can not let the Republic convince Skywalker to return from exile. We will find the map and I will kill Skywalker myself."

Hux nods. "Well then, if the droid is on Jakku we'll soon have it."

"I leave that to you" Kylo says and walks off.

Hux frowns, clearly hating Kylo Ren, and then walks off himself. A stormtrooper enters the torture-chamber now that Kylo and Hux have left and releases Poe from the chair but puts handcuffs on him instead.

"I would like to file a complaint with management" Poe says.

The stormtrooper drags Poe along. "Move it" he says and pushes Poe.


Poe is escorted at gunpoint down the corridors of the Star Destroyer. The stormtrooper pushes Poe into a narrow maintenance-compartment and then shove him up against the wall.

"Hey!" Poe says. "Easy!"

"Listen carefully" the stormtrooper says. "Do exactly as I say and I can get you out of here."

Poe looks at the stormtrooper with some disbelief. "What?"

The stormtrooper removes his helmet; it is FN-2187. "This is a rescue. I'm helping you escape. You're a pilot aren't you?"

"I can fly anything" Poe says. "Why are you helping me?"

"Because it's the right thing to do" FN-2187 says.

Poe smiles. "You need a pilot to get out of here."

"I need a pilot to get out of here" FN-2187 admits.

Poe grins. "Let's do this."


FN-2187 wears his helmet again, and Poe is handcuffed to keep up appearance. They enter a large hangar-bay and FN-2187 takes them to a shuttle. Poe inspects the shuttle.

"We'll never outfly them in that thing" Poe says.

"Look, we have not much time" FN-2187 says. "We gotto go, now."

They get onboard and removes the handcuffs and Poe gets in the pilot-seat and FN-2187 gets in the co-pilot seat next to him.

"It wont take long for them to figure out somethings wrong" Poe says. "Can you shot?"

"Blasters I can" FN-2187 says.

"Alright. Same principle" Poe says while he starts up the shuttle. "Use the toggle on the left to switch between cannons. You should be able to remote-control the aft-turret. Use the sight on the right to aim, triggers to fire."

FN-2187 looks over his controls. "This is very complicated."

The shuttle takes off, but doesn't get very far since it is connected to fuel-lines.

"Why aren't we moving?!" FN-2187 asks.

"Just a minor setback" Poe says. "Nothing to worry about. I can fix this."

In the control-room overlooking the hangar-bay, a young lieutenant turns to a superior officer.

"Sir, we have an unsanctioned departure from bay two."

The officer walks up and looks out the windows of the control-room. "What are they doing? Disable that shuttle, now!"

A unit of stormtroopers hurry into the hangar-bay and begin to set up two heavy repeating blaster-cannons.

"Take out those troopers!" Poe says and points.

FN-2187 tries to operate the gunnery-controls and opens fire. The forward-turret on the shuttle fires wildly all over the place, killing the stormtroopers by chance, ripping the hangar-bay apart.

In the hangar-bay control-room, the superior officer turns around. "Inform General Hux! Destroy that shuttle!"

At that point, the control-room gets blasted to pieces by a salvo from FN-2187. FN-2187 keeps blasting and eventually blasts the fuel-depot and cuts the fuel-line, allowing the shuttle to fly off.

"There we go!" Poe says as he gains control over the shuttle.

The shuttle exits the Star Destroyer at full speed.


On the bridge of the Star Destroyer, a lieutenant turns to face General Hux. "Turbo-lasers are locked on, sir."

"Hold your fire" Hux says. "We need that Republic pilot alive. Deploy fighters and disable them. Ready tractor-beams to bring them back onboard."

"General Hux" Kylo Ren says as he enters the bridge. "Is it the Republic pilot?"

"Yes" Hux says. "And he had help, from one of our own. We're checking the registers now to identify which stormtrooper it was."


In the shuttle, FN-2187 spots something on the scanners. "Multiple contacts coming up behind us."

"TIE Fighters" Poe says. "Power up the guns."

"Got it" FN-2187 says.

"What's your name, anyway?" Poe asks.

"FN-2187."

"What?"

"It's the only one they ever gave me."

"Well I aint using it" Poe says. "FN, huh? Finn. I'm gonna call you Finn. That alright with you?"

"Finn?" FN-2187 says and tries out the name. "Yeah, I like that."

"I'm Poe. Poe Dameron."

"Good to meet you, Poe."

"Good to meet you too, Finn. Now stay sharp 'cos here they come!"

Four TIE Fighters ( more akin to Tie Phantoms than anything else ) catch up and opens fire with their blasters while the shuttle tries to evade the incoming fire. The shuttle returns fire sporadically from its rear turret. Eventually, the shuttle manage to gun down one of the Tie Fighters.

"I got one!" Finn says with excitement.

"I saw it" Poe smiles. "Nice shot."

"I can only hold them off our backs for so long" Finn says. "How long until the hyperdrive is ready?"

"Not anytime soon" Poe replies.

"What?" Finn says in disbelief. "Where are you going?"

"We're going back to Jakku" Poe says. "That's where."

"No, no, no!" Finn growls. "We can't go back to Jakku! We need to get out of this system!"

The shuttle takes some hits and Finn begins to fire back again while Poe evades as best he can.

"I got to get my droid before the First Order does" Poe says.

Finn cant believe it. "A droid?!"

"That's right" Poe says. "He's a BB-unit. Orange and white. It's one of a kind."

"I don't care what color he is!" Finn argues. "No droid is that important!"

"This one is, pal" Poe says.

Finn shakes his head. "We need to get as far away from the First Order as we can! We go back to Jakku, we die!"

"That droid's got a map that leads straight to Luke Skywalker!" Poe explains.

Finn can believe it. "Oh, you gotta be kidding me!"

At that point, they take several hits and spin out of control. The three TIE's veers off as the remains of the shuttle hits atmosphere and begins to burn up.


On the Star Destroyer, General Hux and Captain Phasma watch a holographic projection detailing FN-2187's service-records.

"During the debriefing" Phasma says, "it was discovered that FN-2187's blaster was functioning properly. He had deliberately not fired a single shot during the engagement. After the evaluation, he was sent to reconditioning."

"No prior signs of non-conformity?" Hux asks.

"This was his first offense" Phasma says. "His results during training suggested he would perform better than most stormtroopers and quickly earn promotions. I personally had him assigned to my division because of this. There was nothing to suggest that he would turn against us."

An officer walks up to Hux. "General, they have been hit."

"Destroyed?" Hux asks.

"Disabled" the officer explains. "They were heading back for Jakku. They are currently crashing through the atmosphere."

"They were going back for the droid" Hux says and then turns to Phasma. "Send a squad to the wreckage. See to it personally, captain."

"Yes, sir" Phasma says and turns to leave.


Finn wakes up, secured to his co-pilots seat; a large parachute stretching out behind him. He disconnects himself from the chair and as he spots a large plume of smoke, he heads for it. Behind a large sand-dune, he finds the burning wreckage of the shuttle.

"Poe!" Finn calls out and runs for the shuttle. "Poe!"

Finn climbs inside the burning wreckage but the flames and smoke stop him from going anywhere. He picks up Poe's jacket and runs back out. He backs away from the burning shuttle and looks on is despair, unable to do anything. He hears a sound and looks up, spotting a First Order troop-transport in the sky. Finn hurries and runs away, fleeing in panic. Finn throws himself over the ridge of a sand-dune, crawls into hiding and peeks back at the burning wreck. The First Order transport lands and stormtroopers disembark, together with Phasma. Finn crawls out of sight and once the stormtroopers cant see him, he begins to run.

Finn walks through the deserts of Jakku, removing his stormtrooper armor a piece at a time, finding shade beneath Poe's jacket. After some time, exhausted and parched, Finn climbs a dune and looks out over a valley and spots a small settlement; Niima Outpost.


Rey enters Niima Outpost and helps BB-8 down from her speeder. "Don't give up" she says. "He still might show up, whoever it is you're waiting for. Mister Classified. Believe me, I know all about waiting." BB-8 chirps and beeps. "For my family" Rey replies, indicating BB-8's question. "They'll be back, one day." She tries a smile but it is awkward. "Come on" she says and she and BB-8 head for Unkar Plutt.

Rey and BB-8 step up to Unkar Plutt and Rey places mechanical pieces on his counter. Unkar Plutt eyes the pieces, but also BB-8.

"These pieces are worth" Unkar says and thinks, "let me see here… one half portion."

"Last week they were half a portion each!" Rey says a bit angrily.

Unkar scratches his chin. "What about the droid?"

"What about him?"

"I'll pay for him" Unkar says.

BB-8 backs off a few inches. Rey can't help but consider the offer.

"Sixty portions" Unkar says and piles the rations on the counter.

Rey cant believe the amount of food offered her. BB-8 beeps desperately and Rey looks down on him. Looking between the food and the droid, she finally gives Unkar her response.

"Actually" she says, "the droid is not for sale." Rey grabs her half-portion for the parts and she and BB-8 leaves.

Unkar picks up a communicator. "Follow the girl and get that droid!" He then slams the service-window shut.


Finn enters Niima Outpost, desperately looking for water as he stumbles through the settlement. Eventually, he comes across a large pool of water where a massive Happabore is drinking. Finn ignores the huge hippo-like creature and runs up to the pool and drinks. He is at first revolted by the water but thirst wins him over and he swallows down mouthfuls of the filthy water.

Not that far off, Rey and BB-8 are cut off by two thugs. One pulls a bag over BB-8 and the other grabs Rey. She begins to fight back and kicks, tearing down merchandize in the market.

The noise from the fighting catches Finns attention and he looks up and spots Rey and her attackers. He looks on as Rey manage to turn the fight around and relying on her staff to strike the thugs to the ground. Finn makes a face that tells us he's impressed. Rey removes the bag from BB-8 and Finn can't believe his eyes; a white and orange BB-unit! BB-8 is nervously looking around for threats when he suddenly spots Finn. BB-8 begins to beep frantically and Rey looks around and soon spots Finn as well. Finn doesn't understand what is going on.

Suddenly, Rey charges at Finn with her staff. Realizing he is the target, Finn turns and runs, chased through the market by an enraged Rey! He makes a couple of tight turns to lose her, but then, out of nowhere, he gets hit over the head by Rey and her staff. Finn lands hard in the sand and as he looks up, Rey is aiming the staff at him threateningly.

"What's your hurry, thief?!" Rey snarls.

"What? Thief?!" Finn says, not knowing what is going on.

BB-8 rolls up to Finn and extends a small robotic arm and sends an electrical shock at Finn.

"OW!" Finn reacts. "Hey!"

"The jacket!" Rey growls. "This droid says you stole it!"

"I didn't steal anything!" Finn defends but gets zapped by BB-8 again. "OW! Stop it!"

"Where'd you get it?" Rey demands. "It belongs to his master."

Finn looks at the droid and connects the dots. "It belonged to Poe Dameron" he then says. "That was his name, right?" Finn asks BB-8. "He was captured, by the First Order. I helped him escape, but our ship crashed." Finn then sighs. "Poe didn't make it." BB-8 hangs his head and rolls off, obviously depressed. "I tried to help him" Finn says. "I'm sorry."

But it doesn't help. BB-8 can't be cheered up. Finn gets back on his feet. Rey looks at BB-8 and then at Finn.

"You fought against the First Order?" Rey then asks. "Are you with the Resistance?"

Finn looks at her for a brief moment. "Yes… Yes, I am."

Rey is a bit awestruck. "I've never met a Resistance fighter before."

Finn hushes Rey. "Not so loud. You never know who is listening. The First Order has spies everywhere."

They walk off and find a quiet spot.

"BB-8 says he's on a secret mission" Rey then says, whispering. "He has to get back to your base."

Finn looks at the depressed droid. "He's carrying a map. A very important map."

"What kind of map?" Rey asks.

"Apparently" Finn says, "it's a map that reveals the location of Luke Skywalker."

Rey can't believe it. "Skywalker?" she says. "The Skywalker who killed Darth Vader, destroyed the Death Star and defeated the Galactic Empire?!"

Finn shrugs his shoulders. "Apparently" he says.

"I thought he was just a myth" Rey says, still not believing it.

BB-8 rolls up to them, beeping desperately.

"What is it?" Finn asks.

Rey follows BB-8 and Finn runs after them. They stop when the have a clear view of Unkar Plutt, standing in front of a First Order troop-transport, talking to Phasma. Unkar points at the market-place. Phasma gives a hand-signal and the stormtroopers hurry towards the marketplace.

"We gotto go!" Finn says and grabs Rey by the hand and drag her with him.

"What are you doing?!" Rey asks as she is dragged along.

"Come on!" Finn tells her.

Finn and Rey, holding hands, and BB-8 hurry through Niima Outpost. It does not take long before they are spotted by stormtroopers who begin to fire at them.

"Let go of me!" Rey yells.

"No, we gotta move!" Finn replies.

Rey pulls her hand free. "I know how to run without you holding my hand! BB-8, stay close! This way!" Rey takes the lead and guides the other two through Niima Outpost.

"Come on, BB-8!" Finn says and runs after Rey, closely followed by BB-8.

Running through a tent, as they come out on the far side, they spot the First Order troop-transport hovering in the air. They hurry out of the way in the last second as the transport opens fire, blasting the market. The transport fires time and time again, and eventually our heroes get caught in one of the explosions and are thrown to the ground. Rey shakes her head as she wakes up, she spots Finn knocked unconscious and runs over to him.

"Hey!" she calls out and shakes Finn.

Finn wakes up and looks around. Then he looks at Rey. "Are you alright?"

Rey is clearly taken by the question. "Yeah" she says with a smile.

Finn looks around and spots stormtroopers closing in on them.

"We have to go!" Finn says and grabs Reys hand once more as he begins to run, dragging her with him.

"Let go of my hand!" Rey growls and pulls free. "Follow me!" she then says and Finn and BB-8 follow Rey through the market.

They leave the market behind and run out on a large flat where several ships have landed. Phasma spots them running with BB-8 following them.

"They are trying to escape" Phasma says. "Destroy those ships."

Rey, Finn and BB-8 run out among the parked starships, when the troop-transport flies in over them and guns down one of the landed ships.

"We can't outrun them!" Finn calls out.

Rey points up ahead at a ship with four massive engines. "We might in that quad-jumper!"

Another ship gets blown up not far from them.

"We need a pilot!" Finn says as they run.

"We've got one!" Rey tells him.

"You?!" Finn says, a bit in disbelief, and at the same time yet another ship gets shot to pieces. "What about that ship?!" he then says and points to a ship off-camera.

"That one's garbage!" Rey says and ignores it.

They have almost reached the so-called quad-jumper when it too gets blown up by incoming fire.

Coming to a halt, Rey turns to Finn. "The garbage will do!"

Our heroes runs on over to the garbage-ship, and of course, it is the Millennium Falcon! Rey points to a ladder that runs through the ship.

"The gunners position is up there!" she says and then runs to the cockpit. "Keep them off me while I get this thing running!"

Finn quickly climbs up the ladder and into the gun-pit and climbs into the gunners seat. The seat and the gun suddenly move to the left and Finn grabs the controls to just hang on. He then spots the First Order troop-transport coming towards them. In the cock-pit, Rey is flipping switches and starting up the Falcon; then she too spots the hostile ship.

"They're about to shoot at us!" Rey calls out. "You have to shoot them, now!"

Finn tries to get a hang on the controls and eventually steadies the gun on the troop-transports. He begins to fire, the first two volleys miss, but the third hits the troop-transports engines. The transport crashes into the ground and is wrecked! Finn lets out a cheer!

Phasma looks on as stormtroopers run over to the Falcon, firing their blasters. But the Falcon ignores the handheld blasters and takes off as Phasma watches. Unkar Plutt comes running as he watches the Falcon fly away.

"Hey! That ship is mine!" Unkar Plutt growls in anger.

Phasma speaks over the com-unit. "Send in the TIE Fighters."

To be continued…

So far the story is very much close to the actual movie, with only slight changes in events and dialogue. A big change is that First Order TIE's look more like Phantoms instead of the standard Fighters. And of course that Poe and Finn escaped in a shuttle instead of a fighter-craft. As we move on, there will be a big change on how Finn and Rey comes across Han and Chewie, but that is for a future chapter.