Rey followed Luke around and occasionally he would escape her view. Disappointed, she explored the island and found a cave with a Jedi library of ancient texts. As she touched the books, Luke appeared in the doorway.
"Who are you?" Luke asked her.
"I know this place. I've seen it in my dreams," Rey said to him.
"These texts contain the legends of the Jedi over a thousand generations. The original Jedi text; like me, the last of the Jedi," Luke mused.
"Who are you?" Luke repeated.
"The Resistance sent me," Rey told him.
"The Resistance sent you?" Luke asked skeptically. "What's so special about you? Where are you from?"
"Jakku," she replied.
"There was a great battle on Jakku. We thought the war against the Empire was over after the Emperor died but we were so wrong. There will always be people that desire order and structure over freedom. Many died there on both sides," Luke said sadly.
"You were there," Rey realized.
Luke nodded. "I was there," he said haunted. "And so were Han and Leia and all the others."
"I'm just a scavenger," Rey said to him.
"Why are you here, scavenger?" Luke asked curiously.
"To bring you back. We need your help," Rey sputtered.
"No," Luke shook his head. "What do you want?"
"I want to learn from you. I want to be your student. I have a power within me that has awoken, and I'm afraid. I need your help," Rey said to him.
"I sense something familiar about you. Could it be?" Luke wondered, studying her.
"I'm no one," she assured him.
"No, there's something there," Luke detected. "Let's see what you can do."
Leia and Poe sat across from each other as the Resistance cruiser exited hyperspace. "What you did was amazing," Poe complimented.
"Just a few tricks I learned from Luke. I'm no Jedi," she downplayed.
"I wish I could do that. It could come really handy in a firefight," Poe smiled.
Leia studied Poe's face. "Your flight reflexes are beyond anyone I have ever encountered. You remind me of Luke. You have the gift."
"The gift? Like, the Force?" Poe wondered.
"Yes, exactly," Leia agreed.
"Can you teach me? I'll be a good student. I promise," Poe said quickly.
"Come with me," Leia said to him.
Leia and Poe went to the brig where Finn was confined to a table with his limbs restrained. Finn was unconscious in front of them. "Can he be helped?" Poe asked.
"Maybe," Leia said uncertainly. She reached out to Finn's cheek with her hand. "Remember," she said softly as she closed her eyes.
She could see all of Finn's memories as if they were her own. She saw the brutal conditioning, the friendship he had made with one of the troopers, and then witnessing his friend's death. Finn woke up and stared at Poe.
"You killed him!" he shouted with a crazed expression.
Poe was taken aback by Finn's accusation. "Who did I kill?"
"My best friend. On Jakku," Finn spat.
"Remember who you are, Finn," Leia said as she continued the connection. Finn relaxed and then gave them both confused looks.
"Where's Rey?" he wondered. "And why I am like this?"
"He's back," Poe said happily.
"Seriously, what's going on?" Finn asked them.
Alarm bells suddenly went off all over the ship. "We have to get back to the bridge," Poe said to Leia.
The First Order armada including Snoke's Super Star Destroyer exited hyperspace right behind them. The Supremacy immediately fired on the Resistance ships. Leia and Poe entered the bridge. "They've tracked us," Poe realized.
"They tracked us through light speed," Leia added.
"That's impossible," a Resistance officer doubted.
"And yet they've done it," Leia wondered.
"Permission to blow something up?" Poe requested.
Leia gave him a sad look. "Permission denied. Take the remaining fighters and go to light-speed at different coordinates. They can't track you all," Leia said.
"Where will the rally point be?" Poe asked.
"Canto Bright, It's neutral territory," Leia told him. "I have an old friend there that can help you."
"Alright," Poe said and headed to the docking bay.
Kylo Ren emerged from the Supremacy in his Tie prototype fighter. Two Tie fighters escorted him as he engaged the Resistance fleet. "Cover me," he ordered the escorts and proceeded to fire on the ships creating small explosions on their hulls.
Leia sensed her son's presence as he came for a pass at her bridge. Poe ran as quickly as he could to the docking bay with BB-8 ahead of him. "Don't wait for me, BB-8," Poe shouted at the droid.
The droid was assumed up into the X-wing as Poe got in. Other Resistance pilots worked quickly to get ready. "You all know the plan?" Poe asked them.
"Rodger," they said to him in unison.
"Do not engage the First Order," Poe pressed. "Our mission is to survive."
As fighters exited the docking bay, Kylo Ren swept in and fired on one destroying it. He then gave chase to the other fighters that were fleeing. Several fighters immediately went to light-speed. Poe remained behind as one of the A-wing fighters failed.
"What's wrong?" Poe asked the female Resistance pilot.
"Malfunction: I am working to fix it," she said.
Kylo Ren went after the A-wing fighter forcing Poe to give chase. The other Republic ships went to light-speed leaving the lone cruiser behind. "Go," Leia said softly as she saw the fighters engage each other outside her window.
Poe fired on Kylo's escort destroying one instantly. The other Tie fighter got too close to Kylo Ren's ship and went into a spin. The spinning Tie fighter crashed into the cruiser. Kylo worked his controls as he avoided Poe's fire.
"Come back to the ship. We can't cover for you," Hux said through a hologram.
Kylo ignored the message and continued his chase of the A-wing. Poe found himself having difficulty for the first time in a dog fight. "Who is this guy?" he wondered.
Kylo Ren went up and behind Poe and the A-wing fighter. Poe evaded Kylo's fire while communicating to the A-wing pilot. "What's your status?" he asked her.
"Almost there," she said.
Poe separated from the A-wing and went straight for the First Order ships. Kylo broke off from the A-wing and continued his pursuit of Poe. The A-wing then went to light speed disappearing from view.
Finn got himself out of his restraints and went for an escape pod. As he got in, the pod had a pre-programmed route to Canto Bright. The pod shot off and instantly went light-speed. Other escape pods also departed the cruiser. The First Order fired on them in vain as they disappeared.
A hologram of Snoke appeared on Hux's bridge. "Concentrate your fire on that cruiser," he ordered.
"Yes, Supreme Leader," Hux said fearfully.
Leia saw Star Destroyers entering hyperspace and then exiting in front of her. They were slowly being squeezed by all sides. "Prepare for light speed at these coordinates," Leia said inputting coordinates into the computer.
"That's not the rally point," a Resistance officer told her.
"I know," Leia said.
The cruiser went to light speed as the Star Destroyers nearly ran into each other. "All ships halt!" Hux screamed as the incoming Star Destroyers slowed down.
Poe evaded surface cannons as Kylo navigated through the Star Destroyers. "Let's get out of here," Poe said to BB-8.
Kylo fired continuously at Poe missing each time until the X-wing went to light speed.
"Come back to the ship immediately!" Hux insisted to Kylo.
Kylo complied disappointed at his failure.
The Resistance cruiser then went to light-speed disappearing from view.
Luke entered the Millennium Falcon and basked in nostalgia. He then noticed R2D2 in the corner. The droid remained silent as Luke went passed it. "My old friend," Luke smiled resting his hand on the droid's top. The droid didn't activate and Luke walked away.
Meanwhile, Rey was in a stone hut. She felt a strange presence in her mind. She could see Kylo Ren going through a medical session to repair his face from the wound she had given him. Kylo also saw Rey in the hut. He couldn't make out where she was but figured she was on the planet with the island and Skywalker.
Rey fired her pistol into the wall as she aimed at him. Kylo felt the wound as if he had been shot. He stood up and realized the connection. "You will bring me to Skywalker," he said reaching out to her with his hand.
She didn't reply to him. "You can't be doing this. The effort would kill you," Kylo reasoned. "Can you see my surroundings?" he asked curiously wondering if their connection was a security threat.
"You're going to pay for what you did," Rey pledged.
"I can't see yours," Kylo ignored her. "Just you…and…someone else," he realized.
"What's that about?" Luke asked her. Temple caretakers gathered around working to clean the area and repair the hole Rey had just made.
"Kylo Ren and I are connected. He can see me, and I can see him. He spoke to me," Rey told him.
"You two have a history?" Luke asked.
"I wounded him with your lightsaber," Rey said.
Luke stared at her wondering if it could be true. "Show me."
