Thank you for checking out this fanfiction! It's very amateur, unedited, and way too long. I thought it a good idea to make a complete summary of the three scripts, "spoilers" included, and then the 5 best scenes. I actually got someone to edit these summaries for comprehensiveness, hope you enjoy!
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Script: Rewrite of infamous Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
Theme: The difficulties of inheriting a legacy, the heart of heroism and the evil of its superficial imitations, the power of kindness, forgiveness, and faith.
Brief complete summary of the scripts:
Characters: Finn, Poe, Rey, Kylo
Script 1: Finn (an Imperial Stormtrooper) defects from the Empire aided by Poe (a Republic Soldier) and Rey (a Jedi-Fangirl Witch). The Emperor personally assigns Kylo, a royal guard, to chase them down; however, his assigned prince demands he ignore the Emperor and let the three escape. Kylo only captures Rey. Finn makes a daring plan to rescue her, but while our heroes are retrieving her, they discover the Empire's evil plan take over the galaxy. Finn and Rey are reunited and fight Kylo, only to be humiliated. Kylo reveals Rey is princess of the rival Imperial Royal Family and wants Finn to protect her until she can be safely returned to the Empire. The episode concludes with our heroes stopping the Empire from taking over the galaxy, but with both sides now controlling a Death Star, the universe only feels more unsafe...
Script 2: Finn secretly returns Rey to Kylo after two years of them fighting for the Republic. Finn and Rey plan for her to act as a spy for a short period of time. Poe and Finn go the Imperial homeworld to get her and her information. The homeworld's rebels want Finn to be their leader and kill all the royal family, while Rey grows close to the royal family. At the meeting place, everyone fails. Rey sides with the villains, Finn becomes the rebel leader. Rey kills the Emperor, and then Finn defeats Kylo. Rey tearfully betrays Finn to protect her family. Poe barely escapes with Finn while Rey takes over as the Empress.
Script 3: Six years later, Empress Rey has strengthened the Empire. It is revealed in an assassination attempt Rey is not blood related to the royalty. Finn has become a Jedi master. Has a plan to save the galaxy. Finn has Poe and Kylo team up to fight the evil conspirators that have deposed the Empress. Finn brings Rey to his side again. Together, they destroy all the Death Stars. The villains all perish. Finn gives Rey her remaining 'family' and a ship to leave on. The two confess their love. Poe, Finn, and Rey leave to explore unknown parts of the galaxy while a reformed Kylo and the Republic will be able to create peace.
Best Scenes:
5. Script 2, Scene 162-163 ... "Finn declares war"
4. Script 3, Scene 130-131 ... "Finn faces the Empress"
3. Script 1, Scene 111-115 ... "Great haggling!"
2. Script 2, Scene 182 ... "Empress Sidious' Wish"
1. Script 3, Scene 160 ... "The Ending"
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5. Script 2, Scene 162-163 ... "Finn declares war":
262 Small Faux-Cargo ship – Int. 262
The air in the ship is icy. Aeneas sits opposed to a sunken Finn. Aeneas holds his dead friend's limp body. Aeneas looks at Finn now with the face of a Coruscant citizen: his every hope betrayed, his every doubt materialized. Finn keeps his eyes down, contemplating his failures.
Poe quietly uses a medkit on an unconscious soldier. The pilot says nothing. The hum of the engines only highlights the lack of human sound.
AENEAS We couldn't even defend ourselves.
Finn looks up, acknowledging Aeneas.
AENEAS (cont.) HE could defend himself! —your friend.
Aeneas points at Poe. Poe looks at Aeneas. Knowing he can say nothing, he continues to heal the downed soldier.
AENEAS (cont.) I brought them here. I got them in this mess. I even brought you.
FINN That was a mistake.
AENEAS …I should have known.
FINN You should. I am not the hero you want me to be Aeneas. I am not the man to lead the Rebels to victory. I'm just a lucky trooper who got away.
Poe takes a worried glance at Finn. Aeneas sinking into the seat, forehead over his dead friend. Finn feels a fire within himself.
FINN (cont.) This is the planet we were born to. The Imperial Family controls everything. They have the power over our galaxy. Our lives. Our deaths. I even knew they controlled our revolutions, but I did nothing about it —no Aeneas. I could never challenge them…
The ship hits a rough landing. The backdoor opens as Finn stands up first.
FINN (cont.) …so, it is time I change.
Finn leaves as the two soldiers' curious stares follow him.
263 Red Republic Camp – Int. 263
Finn walks out of the damaged ship. The members of the Red Republic gather below to see what happened. General Byzancy goes to his balcony. He is concerned at first but at seeing Finn alive he waves his hand and greets the man with a smile.
Finn wastes no more time. He only takes a fast glance to check if Byzancy is there and that the rest of the Red Republic can see him. Finn shouts a command at the Red Republic:
FINN I need a droid with a projection recorder. Bring it here!
There is a surprise initially, this being the first time most have heard Finn speak. Then they scramble, finding a black & red R2 unit.
Aeneas helps Poe take the injured soldier out of the ship, keeping perplexed eyes on Finn. Two medical officers are waiting for them on the platform and take the injured soldier off their tired hands. Poe walks to Finn. Aeneas watches on from the background.
POE Finn, there's nothing we can do—
FINN —I delayed too long already, Poe. I think I've watched you enough times to pick up how to do this.
A couple of Red Republic soldiers drop the droid off before Finn. Finn raises his hand, calling attention to the entire camp.
FINN Hear me! My message must be heard to all Coruscant!
The entire camp falls silent. Finn starts the recording off the droid.
FINN I am Finn, Traitor of the Empire, challenger of the Imperial Family. I have arrived in Coruscant to free its people from the grasp that I escaped. Today there has been a shootout in the Imperial Graveyard. Against House Galencia, the makers of the Krannek. For their crimes, I struck them down.
Finn pauses for what feels like effect, but in truth, his pounding heart blocks out his own voice. The camp looks on immersed. Poe no longer knowing who he is looking at. An ember of hope in Aeneas' stare.
FINN (cont.)
Now, I will strike the heart of all evil. Herod Zaltan. There will be no Execution Day. That dawn, before the sun touches the tips of the Ren's towers, I will kill Zaltan and free its prisoners.
The crowd makes quieted hushed gasps. Byzancy is thrilled.
FINN (cont.) This message is out to all who desire freedom. At the dawn of Execution Day, look to Ren. Every citizen look to Ren. Every soldier look to Ren. Every rebel look to Ren. When you see the burning of Zaltan's spire, their shields will drop; join us. To the citizens, know the Family cannot find you. To the soldiers, know that the Empire cannot tell when you look to the side of your conditioning unit. To the rebels, know that the only reason your superiors have not invaded Ren already is they would never turn against their masters. Any rebel leader who denies your joining me to freedom shows you he sides with the Imperial Family.
Byzancy face collapses; his body is rigid. They scowl at their leader.
FINN (cont.) Know that change is coming. Know freedom is upon us. But you must choose that. You have the numbers. You have the weapons! And you have me.
Finn ignites his lightsaber with his fist raised in the air. His eyes burning —his deeply denied reserves of hope, now finally ignited. The entire camp is engulfed with him, the whole crowd cheers, their roar shaking the recording. Finn ends it here. He switches off his lightsaber, his hand trembling, sweat on his brow.
Finn gestures to the men who brought the droid up.
FINN Take this and send it to everyone. Flood the world with copies. We only have a week.
POE Finn, that was incredible.
FINN That sounded right… right?
POE Sounded… familiar.
FINN Oh, uh. Ye—yeah.
POE They're into it. That's the important part.
Aeneas walks up between the two men. In the background, a mob forms around General Byzancy.
AENEAS Finn… do you mean this?
FINN Yes. In one week, we will infiltrate Ren, lower its shields, and have every rebel invade the city.
POE …how?
RED REPUBLIC KILL THE LOYALISTS!
The men turn to see the mob around Byzancy begin tearing him from his balcony. The man has hopelessly resigning himself to punishment. Other bands are amassing around suspected loyalists (such as the two men rejected from the Imperial Graveyard mission).
FINN Not like that.
Finn walks of the railed side of the platform, his jetpack lifting him softly to the floor in front of the balcony. The crowd gives ample awed space to Finn.
FINN NO! Bring them before me.
Finn flicks his lightsaber on. The murderous crowd drags the men by their clothes, bending them to their knees before Finn.
All are silent as Finn speaks.
FINN General Byzancy, you told an Imperial House about our plan. You tried to sabotage it by planting bad actors. You betray every ideal the Red Republic stands for. Why?
The once cheery man keeps his head low. Shadows cast over sunken eyes. His body is still, as though he had already been killed.
GENERAL BYZANCY It's so much. All our soldiers. All the weaponry. Rescued families from the factories. It all costs so much. Donations were critical. The only service we had was for mercenaries to a house. House Hux was willing to give us enough for a decade should we kill Aquila Galencia.
The crowd hears Byzancy. The sorrow of a lifetime conceding to the Imperial Family connects to them. Finn senses the man's dilemma. His faith.
FINN You are a subject to House Hux, then?
GENERAL BYZANCY …yes.
FINN You are much older than I, General. Do you remember a time without the Empire?
GENERAL BYZANCY It was short, when I was very young.
FINN Do you truly wish for those days to return to Coruscant?
Byzancy looks up with honest eyes at Finn.
GENERAL BYZANCY More than my own life.
Finn turns off his lightsaber.
FINN I sense truth within General Byzancy! He is to remain our ally! There is nothing beyond redemption, General. And this planet still needs you. We will still need you. Do you pledge your help in the coming invasion?
The crowd murmurs excitedly. Byzancy' face surprised.
GENERAL BYZANCY Of course! But…what can I do?
FINN Do not worry, General…
Finn turns to share a familiar look with Poe. Finn shoots his learned smirk, feeling excitement climb within him as he says his favorite words:
FINN (cont.) …I have a plan.
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4. Script 3, Scene 130-131 ... "Finn faces the Empress":
330 Planet Seveal – Ext. 330
Finn's XOZ100 paladin-class corvette ship leaves hyperspace. Orbiting a pure white dwarf star is a pearl of a gas giant. Many moons hang on its gravity. Finn quickly scans them till he sees the all-white dwarf planet, with two Imperial Star Destroyers lurched over it.
Finn has BB8 turn on the ship's stealth. BB8 struggles to reach, then uses his telescopic antenna to flip the stiff switch. This permanently bends the end of his antenna, but BB8 pulls it down to make a 'salute' gesture before tucking it away. Finn nods and takes the controls, diving through the milky clouds. The thick overcast covers all. While there is some turbulence, the conditions are mostly calm (no rains or lightning).
Finn scans the planet's deep valleys. It highlights the largest of these, a deep, wide basin towards the equator. Finn pushes forward, keeping the speed somewhat low; there is hardly any visibility.
They reach the basin, and Finn drops the ship lower. They enter the bubble of breathable, denser gas. From end to end of the basin rest the ruins of a scattered city.
Finn smiles and lands on top of the tallest tower. Then burning bombs drop from the sky, the crimson lighting the entire city. The bombs hit the far corner in flashes of neon orange. Finn reconsiders his parking.
Now under a paved tunnel, Finn steps out. The cloud coverage has broken in tunneled patches from the explosions, but most of the city is shrouded. Here and there, purple bioluminescent streetlights miraculously remain.
Finn switches on his green lightsaber, lighting his path some. Skulls and bones of the long decomposed slaughtered masses litter every corner. A few stormtrooper helmets join them. Finn contemplates the loss of life.
Being here outside a vision, the true vastness of the place sets in for Finn. He hurriedly takes out the Galencia Earring. He tries to sense for Rey, but… it has been a long time.
She is there…? Here maybe…? What about over by…?
Nothing. Bombs once more drop from the sky, near the center of the city. Right before three hit a stadium, bolts of lightning detonate them in the middle of the air. The embers scatter like fireworks over the stadium as the remaining bombs hit the buildings around it.
Finn shrugs at the luck and flies to his heavy-handed hint.
331 Seveal Science Altar – Ext. (Reunion) 331
Finn lands in the ruins of the stadium. The remaining pillars and walls hold disturbing religious iconography. Bioluminescent lights still light the floor of the (formerly) underground compound—tubes, pipes, mutated skulls cover the area.
Finn crosses into a flat section filled wall to wall with a hundred broken glass tanks. The liquid in the vats dried and molded. Finn walks through the empty cribs, looking for the right one.
Finn spots her, sitting with face buried in her knees, hands wrapped around her legs. Never moving. Closing herself from the world outside. The confident dress she carried lies limp and deflated, damp in the fluid she where she wallows.
(Rey has been preserving her body but buried her mind in visions of the past with Shika and Dagr. Finn breaks her trance.)
Jedi Master Finn Skywalker and Sith Empress of Death Rey Sidious meet at last.
Rey doesn't look at him.
REY Finn.
FINN Hello Rey.
REY Why are you here?
FINN I thought you could use someone to talk to. After learning everything.
Rey picks her head up at that.
REY What do you know!? Where have you been all this time?
FINN I've just been…figuring things out for myself. Finding out what I should do and…what I want to do. How I gotta go about it.
REY There's nothing for you here then. Leave.
FINN You can talk to me, Rey.
REY Whom do you think you are speaking!?
Rey finally turns her head to scowl at Finn.
REY (cont.) I am not some destitute witch to patch your wounds, nor a fellow trainee you need to fawn over! I am the Empress of Death! Every great power bends around me. I don't need your help!
Finn waits. Then points out the plaque tank.
FINN Is that your name?
This stumbles the Empress. She shrinks back.
REY …yes.
Cut to the alien nameplate.
REY (cont.) RAA-0380001802
FINN I'm sorry you had to learn it like this.
Rey rejects his pity. Stabs back:
REY Do you know your real name, "Finn"? We found it in our logs.
FINN Sheev Palpatine Houldcroft. My parents were so loyal they named me after the ugly Sith Emperor. Knowing I became a Jedi would have destroyed them. I saw their lives in my visions. I think… I could have saved them. But they are gone now.
Rey is a touch mystified at the man.
REY You've changed a lot, Finn.
Finn makes a short laugh.
FINN Look who's talking! But…some has stayed the same. Rey. You can still trust me.
REY You're so…calm. Do you already kno— Have you already seen this in…visions?
FINN I haven't heard it from you yet, Rey. I want to. You can start here or wherever it hurts.
Rey stays still. Then she rolls her shoulders back and lays her legs down, and strokes her nameplate.
REY I was made here. By a Sith Cult. They wanted a Sith Emperor to claim the galaxy, like the many before. They expanded the Sith technique of influencing the midichlorians to create life inside a woman. But half wasn't enough for them. They wanted to replace both the man and the woman. To make a creature of Force and faked fluids.
FINN It took a few tries to get it perfect.
Rey looks back at Finn, surprised by the remark. Where was this Finn eight years ago?
REY …and they only did with help from a desperate, cast-away princess. With her research and connections they had the means to lift their creation. She wasn't my mother Finn… she never even carried me inside her. I sacrificed you, Luke, Poe, my friends, my life, my soul for a family that wasn't even mine! I was just a tool for her to get back in power. And a tool for the cult to become their galactic tyrant. And I did! I did exactly what they all wanted me to. If only I were on this rock when Zaltan demolished it.
FINN I'm glad Shika disagreed.
Rey picks her head up, eyes teary.
REY Is that why…?
FINN Even inside a cult like this…there were those who would risk their lives to save a child. The cult intended to turn you over after the ambush on Silva. But Shika knew better. She took you and a handful of wealth with her. She fought her way out and got off the planet before Zaltan's bombardment.
REY …could you tell if she loved me?
FINN You've always known she did.
Rey silently thanks Finn for those words.
FINN (cont.) And so does Ephrath.
Rey rolls her eyes, cursing her silent kind givings.
REY No, she didn't, Finn. She appeased me to grow her status.
FINN She treated you the same before and after she knew. She protected you.
REY Oh, please. What is this? Are you trying to push me back into the Imperial Family? YOU? Because they are MY family? Ha! They are snakes poisoning the stars. Not one of them is innocent. I tried to change them, and even with all my power mending their ways, they remain broken! Choking any progress!
FINN You ripped them off their path. Made them hate the right way. You never guided them to the better place.
Rey is aghast by the boldness.
REY Finn, I did everything I could. They chose to ruin this universe.
FINN You taught them the only way to choose their own fates was through power. And all it took to undo your changes was to be overpowered yourself.
Rey laughs in disbelief!
REY You think I am trapped here, Finn? I can flip any one of these bombs they drop back up and ride the wreckage back to the Krannek. I can take back my throne whenever I want.
FINN No, that won't work. They have much more power than you now. It's all they learned.
REY Are you talking about my Princes of Dawn? Cassariot? Finn, I am unrivaled. I could just kill you, bring your body with me, unite all the uprisers, and save Ephrath.
FINN That is how that went for most of my visions, and it would have saved no one, Rey. But that's impossible now. I could kill you right here, and I am not even a "somebody."
REY What, is that a joke?
FINN I haven't made a single joke yet, Rey.
REY If you want me to treat you as the threat you AREN'T, I will.
FINN Try it, and I'll strike back. You live because I let you.
That does it. Without moving, Rey flickers a bolt of light energy at Finn. It goes through him and bashes a tank in. Finn looks back at Rey with raised eyebrows.
A startled Rey turns to him, stunned. Finn takes out his protonium handgun and shoots Rey, right on the top of her crown. He shot an atomic round that could detonate at any time. It wouldn't kill her, of course, yet this action is still the highest offense the Empress has ever suffered. And her expression shows Finn will pay. She gets up.
FINN 'Common.
Rey shoots three beams of pure white light at Finn. Again, all go through him, slicing through tens of tanks and burning through the fortified walls. Finn makes stylish moves to protect his protonium handgun. When he shoots, its made to be extra flashy so Rey can see every shot landing on her chest.
After this failed exchange, Rey looks for an answer.
FINN I had visions pass through me every second of every day. I had to become a Force conduit to take it all, or I'd die in the process. And accidentally found I could practice the same skill to have Force attacks pass right through me too. Mastering it took all my time. Still never found out how to lift a rock.
Rey thinks she understands…
Rey fires another beam, that passes harmlessly through Finn, as she stealthly grabs a tank with her other hand. After Finn gets ready to land, Rey swings the tank at him. Finn flies just out of the way, slicing the tank's sharp edges and avoiding all damage.
Finn shoots Rey's fur cape from behind.
FINN I see a lot of visions now, Rey. You're gonna have to be less predictable.
An enraged Rey begins to glow as a geyser of lighting wraps the entire arena. As Finn feels it lift, he only looks back with a grin.
The man steps forward to take on the Goddess.
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3. Script 1, Scene 111-115 ... "Great haggling!":
111 Witch's Den — Ext. — High Noon 111
Poe has been dragging an unconscious Finn for some time. He is drained. Finn's armor has been taken off to reduce weight, and his EG-8 rifle hangs on Poe. As Poe gets closer to the Witch's Den, he sees blaster craters and objects floating in midair. Poe looks quizzically at the surroundings, wondering how dehydrated he really is. Suddenly, a red rifle shot hits in front of Poe, bringing his focus back to the Star Destroyer.
POE Whoa!
The unseen shooter's voice is female. Her voice is commanding and calm despite the circumstance.
REY Stop there, state your business.
POE Uh… alright, alright! I was told by my friend here you can heal wounds or something. Uh, can you?
REY Where is your payment?
POE I… I have nothing on me…
A second shot lands closer to our heroes.
REY Die elsewhere.
POE Hey! Hey! I am a Republic Elite. Eh? You heard of that out here in nowhere? It means credits! More than you can count! So nothing now! Nothing on me, but everything you want! After you heal him.
REY …you are both with the Republic?
POE Yeah… That's right. We're Republic spies. And he needs your help.
REY Three million credits.
POE …that is a lot of credits.
A third shot near the men.
POE Alright, great haggling! Three million. It's done —if!— You can fix him.
A pause, then the small, spherical droid BB8 appears and starts fiddling with some controls on the outside of the Den. A bridge drops down, allowing Poe access.
REY Follow the droid.
BB8 excitedly drops down with a clunk and rolls to the men in a fashion that seems to say, "common, right this way!"
112 Witch's Den — Int. 112
Poe drags Finn where the droid guides him. He looks at the strange interior of the incomplete Star Destroyer. More items are floating. Poe can barely see the shadowy figure of a young woman with a sniper rifle but can't make any details out. BB8 stops at a door that opens to reveal an unlit medical wing.
113 Medical Room (Where the magic happens) 113
BB8 repeatedly careens into a domed pod, opening the front hatch. Inside can fit an adult male; it is empty inside save an oxygen mask and a thin metal articulating arm. Next to it is a baggy suit and some water for Poe to drink.
REY You will need to take off his clothes, then put him in the shrink suit. Grab the mask inside the pod put it on him.
Poe does so. The suit is form-fitting. Used, but stylish. BB8 politely takes Finn's belongings.
REY Put your friend inside and attach the side unit to his arm.
POE Hey, any part of this three million involve you doing anything?
A disheveled —but pretty— stoic young woman about Poe and Finn's age enters. Covered in tiny nicks and scars. Poe's demeanor shifts upon her reveal.
REY Stand far back. This can be a violent process.
Poe backs up as BB8 nudges him. Rey closes her eyes and places her hands over the pod. Electricity starts erupting from the woman. Lights turn on all over the medical room. The pod flickers, but nothing stays on. As she continues, pieces start being ripped off from the other areas, sometimes violently. Poe looks on in awe and ducks an object glowing from extreme heat transfer. After the pod sustains a charge, Rey lets go and takes a deep breath, the kind one has after stretching.
POE That's a witch, alright…
Rey looks at the now lit monitor on the pod.
REY He has several major injuries. Both legs are fractured, but most critical is a spinal fracture. I have seen this pod heal worse, but it will take some time.
POE Money may not be a factor, but time is. How long?
REY I need to check all his minor injuries still. Give or take two standard hours.
Poe is overjoyed to hear this; he was expecting a day or two.
POE Haha, that's fine! Wow, these imperial tanks are something. You can power them with… that?
REY Yes.
Poe gets closer as Rey presses buttons on the monitor. BB8 notices it too late to stop him.
POE I can see why they call you a witch. That kind of Force power is incredible.
REY It's not the Force.
POE No, it's the Force.
REY The Force needs control, I can't—
Poe slightly grabs Rey's shoulder to get a better look inside the pod. This surprises Rey and a bust of energy sends both Poe and BB8 comically flying out the medical wing.
114 Witch's Den — Int. 114
Poe hits the wall flush to his back, knocking the wind out of him. It has been a long day. Poe had watched his fellow soldiers die, been tortured, crash-landed twice, and walked hours carrying a carcass in the desert. And now this. BB8 was caught in the pulse and flies out after Poe already lands. He seems a little rattled but shakes it off fast. Rey puts her head outside, doesn't fully enter the hallway to keep her distance.
REY BB8, you okay?
BB8 *uses his lighter for a thumbs up
Rey sweetly smiles back. Poe has had enough of today.
POE Really? You ask the droid? My spine may be fractured now,
and you ask a disposable mining droid!?
REY Well, I would hate to make another three million credits.
POE Unbelievable. Urgh! This has been a terrible day, and you witch lady fit right in with all of it. You break Finn's tank in your freak out there?!
REY It was the first thing I checked! He's fine. I told you to stand back, and you disobeyed! I can't control it! It's not the Force.
POE Clearly! You're no Jedi. Haha, you could be a Knight of Ren. You've done more damage to me today than they have!
REY …A Knight of Ren attacked you?
POE Two knights. One crashed my cruiser. The other blended my brain. Then my other cruiser crashed. Like I said. Long day. Getting longer still. You got any stimulants here?
REY Uh…
BB8 *hands him the goods
POE Oh, thanks, little man! I can see why you like him.
Poe injects himself and instantly perks up.
POE Ooh! Look, I am still on a mission with the Republic. Reinforcements are coming soon, but they won't get here for a quarter rotation. We need to get off world. You wouldn't happen to have anything around here, would ya?
REY …no. I have nothing like that here. I would destroy any vessel I was inside.
POE Right, yeah. You should not be flying —next plan. I'm off to that town. I'm gonna need this…
Poe takes off his jacket and puts on a raggedy, hooded cloak, covering his Military uniform. Heads outside to the nearest city.
REY That's Musparl. What are you going to do there?
POE Find a starship. Only option.
Rey watches Poe head off to the bridge, split between her distanced disposition and Republic sympathies.
115 Witch's Den — Ext. 115
REY Wait!
Poe turns, and Rey almost tells him too much.
REY …there's a land speeder I haven't broken yet. Take it with you on your mission.
BB8 *tilts head in surprise
POE …no charge?
REY (laughs) it's on the house.
BB8 *Shrugs by lifting his two fan protectors
BB8 rolls along to get the land speeder out. Poe hops on it as Rey watches from a safe distance.
POE Thanks. This one won't crash.
REY You better not. It's hard for me to keep those you know!
POE Hey, I know you got it taken care of. But the guy in there? He is the bravest man I have ever met and is the only good part about my day. He deserves to make it through this. Promise me you will take care of him.
REY I promise.
POE Then I'm off.
Poe revs the accelerator and speeds to the town in the distance as Rey and BB8 look onward.
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2. Script 2, Scene 182 ... "Empress Sidious' Wish":
282 Imperial Throne – Int. 282
Rey returns to waging a one-woman war on the entire enemy fleet. Lightning bolts constantly shooting from her arms, branching out attacking the floating warships. The front row falls in flames, the next row desperately raining fire of rockets and lasers on the city. The branches split into smaller webs catching most, but most the skyscrapers are still riddled with fresh-burning holes. Only Galencia Tower remains without injury.
Rey returns an arms to rest at her side. We can see slightly under her cloak she still has her tattered dress and every wound from the last fight. She must push even further into the depths of power itself.
She whips her hand forward, deflecting the volleys away, the wave of electric-web crashing into the scattered ships, stunting their attacks.
Finally, every Imperial ship below her scatters to combat the rebel fleet. And among them…Rey sees The Eagle MII.
CUT TO: Eagle MII
Finn feels Rey's gaze.
CUT BACK:
Rey knows she must. She raises her hand to The Eagle MII.
CUT TO: Eagle MII
Finn understands what is about to happen
CUT BACK:
Rey delays. Her stone face conflicted, pushing down her agony to fill her role.
CUT TO: Eagle MII
Poe says, "we're primed, hitting it!" with The Eagle Mark II entering hyperspace.
CUT BACK:
Rey watches The Eagle enter hyperspace and leave the planet. A smile strikes across her face.
The new domed shield goes up.
REY Attorn!
ATTORN (as hologram) Yes, right here, Empress.
Rey looks over the blueprints Attorn presents. It is significantly similar to the prison satellite. She extends her hands, hundreds of bolts scatter across the shield, bulking it. The missile, ballistics, and blasters sprinkle hopelessly over the renovated shell.
Rey lets go, and the shield remains strong. Attorn's hologram ends. Kylo walks behind her.
KYLO Are you happy to let him go?
REY …it is for the best.
KYLO Still so sentimental.
REY No. With the Traitor fled, we gain a political tool to unite the Houses and justify our campaigns in chasing him. His service to us continues, Kylo.
KYLO My family calls me Jon.
REY AND YOU REJECTED THAT. You lied and used me, tried to kill me, and expect me to name you FAMILY? I do not return your House status to you, Kylo. You will serve as my Cardinal Knight until you redeem every sin against me.
KYLO So be it. What next?
REY …we have a planet to win. A better galaxy to build after. You may rest to heal your…injuries.
Kylo only glances at his temporary prosthetic.
KYLO I have taken stimulants. I will campaign with you until victory today.
A rumble through the rubble. Kylo and Rey turn to see Cassariot Ren, that persistent phantom still alive, dragging his body over to kill Rey.
Rey's face shows pity. She walks with reverence over to the Knight.
REY No Jedi can feel a Knight?
KYLO No. Their very souls 'ripped from them. Only a void left. The spoken command by their assigned masters the singular "will" the Force channels through.
REY I thought so, but… when we fought… I felt it… a screaming
—stretched, pained, small, and sharp. Muffled in an endless vacuum…
KYLO They're still alive after all that…
REY Yes…
Rey takes off Cassariot Ren's shattered helmet. A bloodied face butchered long ago by wires and bolts. Sightless eyes. Expressionless. Only the head fixed on his target.
REY (cont.) …this cannot continue.
She puts her hand over his head, almost lovingly. Static jumps from her to him. Life comes back to his eyes, face twitching. His senses return, too unfamiliar with his body to scream, looking restlessly around him. His new birth a frightening experience.
Rey quiets his fears, brings him to her chest. Rubs his mangled head. Cassariot calms, tears dripping down the wires out his eyes.
REY We will make a new Empire, Kylo. A better galaxy. To make up for everything we have done… and will do.
Kylo looks on in amazement.
KYLO As you wish, Empress Sidious.
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1. Script 3, Scene 160 ... "The Ending":
360 Terraformer Front Room (Our final scene… ) – Int. 360
We return to Finn's room on the Terraformer, still covered in tripping hazards. Finn is leaning against the large viewport, he gazes out at the shimmering stars thanking him.
The door opens as a healed Rey enters wearing normal robes along with her cousin Ephrath.
REY Wow, this ship certainly does have everything we could need. So much space!
EPHRATH Well, I'm just glad we don't have to skip our spa trips on our stay here… I'll leave you two alone.
Ephrath leaves a slightly blushing Rey with a knowing smirk. She struggles to regain composure, now alone with Finn.
FINN (joking) The SRR healing pods here as nice as the ones in the Imperial Houses?
Composure returned.
REY (flirty) Oh, they're fine. How do you deal with the maintenance? SRRs always have problems overheating…
Finn turns fully around to face Rey.
FINN We have a great mechanic.
Rey smiles at that cocky remark and looks around at the organized mess Finn lives in.
REY I can see that. It's like you're living in my old place!
FINN Maybe that's what I was going for.
REY …Finn, so much has happened. Can we really just…
(Rey gestures to the newly contextualized room around her.)
go back to where we were before?
FINN Maybe not. Going backward wasn't the point of all this. It was addressing the past. And now: moving on.
REY I think the Imperial Family aboard here is ready for that. You want us to leave this part of the galaxy.
FINN Smart. That's right. The Imperial Family has to be punished. To most, they will have been. Killed by the weapons they used on countless others.
REY Everyone wanted them dead.
FINN Dead and gone. So secretly alive, they will leave. Their punishment is they are no longer royalty. They will have to struggle as frontiersmen of the Unknown Regions.
REY It won't be easy.
FINN Rey, it's understated, but there is so much… talent! In the Imperial Family. And it was all wasted on war and oppression. It will take time, generations, but I know this group can do it. Their descendants will return to a healed galaxy with gifts to expand its borders! You and they all have a second chance. You can lead them to a better life.
REY Did you see that future?
FINN Not all of it. You'll all have to make it instead. If you're alive with them, I have no doubt.
Rey looks up. How to approach this subject?
REY …we'd do better now that you're alive too. With us.
FINN That's a possibility! I never saw this future. I can go anywhere now.
REY You already have your things here! You can stay.
FINN This would be the captain's room. It's yours.
REY …we can share it.
FINN There is only one bedroom.
REY I know.
It sets in for Finn.
FINN That's…ah…well…huh…
Rey laughs. He's more like the Finn she remembers now. Grinning like a girl again, she approaches her man flirtatiously.
REY So surprised! Finn, are you telling me that in millions within millions of futures, of every possibility, you never saw… this happening?
FINN Well…its…not…no…but…well…
She wraps her arms around his neck, pressing her body into his. So close now Finn can appreciate her renewed beauty. His staggered state spurs Rey on.
REY Finn, you're the most wonderful man I've ever known!
Rey lifts her hands to Finn's face and kisses him deeply. Finn is blown away by this new future. Accepting his new reality, Finn closes his eyes and returns into her.
Only for the door to open again.
Poe and a half-healed, half robotized Kylo enter. BB8 behind them.
POE WOAH! Keep that outta my room!
BB8 *catcalls
Profound disappointment on Finn breaking up the kiss. Rey giggles at his reaction, keeping her arms around him.
FINN Poe, uh…it's, uh…
Kylo is slightly disgusted by this. Poe cannot be happier… but he's busting Finn's balls right now.
POE This why you sold me a ship you had rigged to be stolen again? For some Jedi on Sith action?
FINN No! NO! It was… for the galaxy!
POE Rigggght. We believe him, right Kylo?
Kylo doesn't want to be here for this.
REY Aww. Really, Finn? You screwed over Poe for me?
FINN Well, um, it's, uh…
POE Boy, did he, Rey. Set me and everybody up like fools. For keeping this migraine maker alive, he sold me this entire terraformer, only to rig every helper droid to take off without me and collect your littered TRASH family. Even BB8 was in on it! Why hardhat?
BB8 *Beeps enthusiastically
FINN Well… I thought the deal would be off when you killed him.
The mood drops. Ironically, Kylo is more comfortable with this change in subject.
POE Ah. Yeah. I did think about that. No future you saw where I kept my promise?
Finn shrugs.
REY There's a lot he doesn't see.
POE (gesturing to the two) Clearly. I saw this whole thing on day one.
Finn and Rey laugh at that comment, desperate to recover the mood.
POE (cont.) Sorry, I hate to break up your plan here, but the ship is mine to do what I want with. And I got plans. Merchandising—
REY —The Unknown Regions are highly dangerous. We could use a good pilot Poe.
POE Seducing me now. What a woman! But hey, that sounds fine. The Republic could either give me a medal for bravery or court-martial me for treason. I won't wait for that coin to land. 'sides. Someone less forgiving should keep an eye on these ones. We need to have a talk ourselves, Rey.
REY That's fair. Then…we all go together.
KYLO Not me.
Rey starts to leave Finn's side. Her eyes wide, feeling a strange sorrow start. Poe helped arranged what Kylo will announce.
REY Why?
KYLO The Imperial forces are in chaos. I've become the ranking leader. The last blood member of the Imperial Family. The last Force user with command authority. I'm going back to offer our official surrender.
POE We've already worked it out with Luke and General Pushawn. He will be tried and appointed as a prisoner-emperor. Once we have opened everything up, returned democracy, freedom, and the Republic, the people will choose a new leader.
REY And after?
POE Rey…he won't be coming back after.
Rey feels a piece of her fall. Her wayward, violent, scheming, loving cousin —gone. The one who got her into all this. She instinctively holds Finn's hand.
KYLO I always had hoped… I would be the one to destroy the Empire. To depose the Emperor and be the… the savior of the galaxy. I wanted everyone to say my name: Jon Jax-Skywalker. There was a time for that. Now, by my own fault, they will know me as Kylo Ren-Sidious.
FINN Then you'll always be Jon on this ship.
Kylo looks up.
FINN Return the Republic. Find fulfillment in the regretted role. And make up for lost time, "Jon."
Kylo finds he can say nothing to those kind words. Rey approaches Kylo, taking off her earring. She lays it in his hand.
REY No matter where you are or what happens: You have a family that loves you.
KYLO …goodbye, Rey.
REY Goodbye Jon.
Kylo exits.
FINN I'm sorry, Rey.
POE For what it's worth… I am too.
REY Thank you. I understand. But even after everything… I see him as family.
A soft quiet. The three (and BB8) look at each other.
POE Together again.
REY Let's keep it that way.
FINN Let's…but maybe Poe can leave for a little bit?
Rey laughs and looks away, blushing. Poe grinning ear to ear.
POE No, sir! This is the captain's room! None of that funny business!
REY Are you sure, Poe? I can think of some ladies back there you'd get along with.
POE Bleh, *gag* If Imp Ladies are the only things here, gotta find the Unknown Region hotties immediately.
Poe starts approaching the command terminal for departure. Finn holds Rey close.
FINN I like "Imp Ladies."
REY You'd better!
The three long-departed continue their banter. Many moments like it will fill their time together on this journey. Their best years ahead. Their talk fades as the galaxy spins on. Ever forward, carrying us all with it.
Thank you for reading Sequel Trilogy Rescripted!
The End
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