What if Luke were on Ahch-To with a purpose? What if Luke had a prior connection to Rey? What if Captain Phasma had a whole other identity that connected her to key players on both sides of the galactic struggle for power? What if Snoke had a whole...
Hello, gentle reader! Thanks for checking out 'The First Jedi'. I really hope you enjoy it.
As 'The First Jedi' is written in the form of a screenplay (if modified for ease of reading on Wattpad), I wanted to offer this brief guide to a few formatting differences between screenplays and fiction that you should be aware of, as well as some short forms and terminology - not too much! - specific to screen stories.
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Each scene begins with a SCENE HEADING that looks something like this.
EXT. ROCKY CLIFF (AHCH-TO) - DAY
This tells us it is an outdoor scene (exterior), that it's happening on a rocky cliff (duh!), on the planet Ahch-To (since there are several different planets in this story) during daylight hours.
The rest should be pretty self-explanatory. (See .jpeg sample below)
Anything in (brackets) after a CHARACTER'S NAME (or interspersed with dialogue) is called a 'parenthetical', and it indicates either a thought, mood, expression, or minor action that is taking place while someone is speaking.
LUKE (glaring at Rey): "Why are you here?"
The first time a CHARACTER appears in the script, his or her name will be written in ALL CAPS, as will any SOUND that can be heard, such as:
BOOM! The first of several bombs EXPLODES. A wall comes CRASHING down inside the base.
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SHORT FORMS:
INT. = interior (a building or enclosed space, including vehicles, like spaceships)
EXT. = anything outside or outdoors
b.g. = background
(O.S.) = off screen; someone in the scene is speaking, but they are not presently visible on the screen
(V.O.) = voice over; someone in the story is speaking, but they are not physically present in the current scene; we hear their voice overtop of the images
(beat) = a short pause in speaking, long enough for whatever was just said to sink in (for the hearer), or for the speaker to formulate their next thought
SUPER = used to indicate any text that appears on the screen (like "A long time ago...")
INTERCUT = means we are cutting back and forth between two scenes or locations taking place simultaneously (like two sides of a phone call, or a Force-chat!)
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Other things are CAMERA DIRECTIONS such as:
ANGLE ON = just means the camera is focusing on one character or feature within the scene
CLOSE ON = the same as a close-up
I hope that helps! Enjoy, 'The First Jedi'!
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