On the Star Destroyer, reports came in that Captain Phasma had been defeated. "Fire down on the surface," the outraged captain ordered.
The Millennium Falcon suddenly exited hyperspace and let loose mines near the Star Destroyer. Before the warship could fire down on the planet, the mines created shock waves that ripped through the Star Destroyer's hull disabling it.
Poe, Finn, and the other Resistance fighters saw the Star Destroyer lit up in the night sky and then explode in a fireball. "That's what I'm talking about," Poe said pleased.
Tie fighters chased after the Falcon to the planet below. Chewie piloted the Falcon towards the ground as porgs chirped in excitement. Tie fighters fired wildly hitting an expensive yacht that promptly exploded.
Poe gathered the remaining Resistance fighters. "Back to the ships. We're going to find a new rally point," he ordered.
Poe then turned to Finn. "Let's move," he said to him.
Finn felt conflicted and looked over at Lando. "I can't. I have to stay here," he said.
"Why?" Poe wondered.
"That man is my father," Finn told him.
Poe looked at Lando and then back at Finn. "Maybe our paths will cross again one day," Poe said sadly.
"I hope so too," Finn replied.
"May the Force be with you," Poe said and shook Finn's hand.
BB-8 stared at Poe and back at Finn. "Let's go, BB-8," Poe told the droid.
The droid beeped sadly, gave Finn one last look, and then rolled after Poe.
The Falcon continued to dodge the Tie fighters as they blasted the forest creating large forest fires. Chewie growled as the Falcon was hit a few times. Resistant fighters led by Poe shot towards the Falcon head-on and fired on the pursuing Tie fighters destroying them.
Lando and Finn nodded approvingly as the Resistance fighters disappeared into hyperspace. "That's one hell of a ship," Lando said nostalgic.
"Yes, she is," Finn agreed.
Kylo Ren escorted Rey in handcuffs to Supreme Leader Snoke in an elevator leading to the throne room. "You don't have to do this," she said to him.
"I feel the conflict within you. It's tearing you apart," Rey sensed.
Kylo eyed her uncomfortably. "Snoke will ask me to kill you. When that time comes, there will be no mercy."
"Why? I know why you are doing all this," Rey said to him.
"Then you know there is no other choice," Kylo replied.
"I want to help you," Rey said getting closer to him.
"You will," Kylo agreed.
Admiral Holdo supervised as the last crew members of the Resistance cruiser entered the transport ships. A still unconscious Leia was placed on a stretcher and brought onboard the transport. "May the Force be with you," she said to them.
The transport ships exited the Resistance cruiser and sped towards Crayt. Leia awoke on one of the transport ships and realized she was no longer on the cruiser. "Where's Admiral Holdo?" she demanded.
"She's still on board the cruiser," she was told.
"No," Leia said realizing what she had done.
The doors opened and Kylo escorted Rey to Supreme Leader Snoke. He was sitting on his throne while his Red Guards stayed at attention. Rey came before Snoke while Kylo took a knee.
"Young Rey, welcome," Snoke smiled and then used the Force to take her light saber. He placed the light saber next to his arm on his throne and controlled it with his left hand.
"Many Jedi were slaughtered with this light saber. Appropriate that it should find you," Snoke said amused.
Snoke allowed Rey's handcuffs to come off. "Come closer, child," he gestured. "So much strength, where there is darkness there is light to meet it. I warned my apprentice that as he grew stronger his opposite in the darkness would grow stronger," Snoke mused.
Rey gave Snoke a confused look. "You don't understand do you, child? Kylo Ren is from a powerful family of Jedi, his uncle, his grandfather, and even his mother. That is why he continues to fail me. The light pulls to him," Snoke said.
Kylo looked up briefly and then lowered his head in humiliation. "But you are from the darkness. I can sense it in you. You will succeed where Kylo Ren has failed," Snoke said confidently.
"I will never join the Dark Side," Rey told him.
"It's not a matter of will. It is a matter of destiny," Snoke told her. "It is in your blood."
Rey simply gave him a defiant stare. "I once had an ambitious apprentice that grew too powerful to control. So I created from the Force itself, his equal in the light. As I predicted, my creation destroyed my apprentice allowing me to return from the Unknown regions."
Rey gave him a shocked look and then looked back at Kylo. "Yes, I created the Skywalker bloodline starting with Anakin Skywalker," Snoke revealed.
"There were so many failed experiments, so many disappointments. No matter what I did, these experiments in the Force always fell to the Light eventually. The Jedi, in their foolishness, thought it meant the fulfilling of some great prophecy," Snoke said amused.
"You don't own him," Rey said referring to Kylo.
"Did you sense a weakness in my apprentice? Is that why you came?" Snoke asked in mock terror. "This galaxy is mine. The Force is mine," Snoke said to her.
Snoke then toyed with Rey sending her into the air and paralyzing her body. He gradually crushed her body with the Force causing her to scream out in pain. Kylo watched emotionless as he witnessed the spectacle. Snoke then dropped her to the floor.
"Sadly, I couldn't kill my apprentice myself. You will have to do," Snoke said angrily and shocked her with Force lightning.
Rey cried out in pain as all her muscles tensed up at once. Even through the pain, Rey slowly regained control of her muscles and stood up. Snoke increased his power but now Rey was deflecting all of it with her right palm. She pushed back on Snoke sending the lightning back on him.
"What spunk!" Snoke laughed unaffected. "Of course you would be the one to resist such an attack," he laughed.
He then used the Force to throw Rey up against a view screen showing empty space. "General Hux, begin firing at these coordinates," Snoke said and then inputted them into a console on his chair.
On the Supremacy's bridge, the coordinates were inputted. "Sir, there's only empty space," the bridge crew officer reported.
"Do you dare to defy the Supreme Leader's order?" Hux barked but even he was unsure. "Fire," Hux ordered.
The Supremacy started firing into empty space and then actually hit something. One of the transports was hit and exploded in space. "They're using a cloak. They're trying to get away," Hux realized.
"Continue firing in this sector," Hux ordered.
The Supremacy and other Star Destroyers fired on the empty space occasionally hitting something. The entire armada opened up firing all of their guns. "Keep firing!" Hux shouted as he saw the impacts.
Rey watched in horror as she saw the First Order firing on the defenseless transport ships. "Soon, the Resistance will be gone. Do you know how I was able to find them?" he asked her.
Rey said nothing still trying to resist Snoke's hold. "Leia Organa was on that cruiser and now she is on one of those transport ships. I can sense her across the galaxy. I have always known where she was. She lacks the focus and control of her brother. She advertises her presence so brightly. But now, that light will soon be extinguished," Snoke revealed.
"No, I won't let you," Rey said defiantly. She summoned her light saber from Snoke's throne, turned it on, and charged Snoke with it.
Snoke lazily cast her aside and the light saber fell out of her hands. "I can only have one apprentice. Only one of you can live. The other must die," Snoke said to them.
Kylo took out his light saber, ignited it, and pointed it at Rey. "Take up your light saber," Kylo said softly.
"I will not fight you," she said refusing to pick it up.
Snoke chuckled on his throne. "My worthy apprentice, where there was conflict I sense resolve. Where there was weakness, strength. Complete your training and fulfill your destiny," Snoke said enjoying the moment.
"I know what I have to do," Kylo said pointing the light saber at her chest.
"Ben, no," Rey said pleadingly. "There's still…," Rey said but then Kylo sliced her through with his light saber.