INT. COMMAND CENTER (CRAIT) - DAY
Leia's tour with Holdo and Connix continues, with Threepio in tow.
HOLDO: "We've tried a wide spectrum of frequency modulations, but..."
She directs her to a station where a TECHNICIAN has a small test generator rigged up to a chunk of Kyber Crystal. The technician turns it on to the lowest setting, and a docile Vulptex in an adjacent cage turns progressively more ferocious, chomping at the bars. He shuts it down, and the Vulptex returns to being as gentle as a lamb.
LEIA: "I see... There must be another way."
HOLDO: "Short of exterminating them, I don't know what that would be."
Leia becomes distracted, her mind drifting, drawn elsewhere.
HOLDO: "Our best guess is that it's a Jedi technology, and you're the closest thing we have to..." (noticing Leia's distraction) "General? What is it?"
LEIA: "Luke."
INT. KYLO'S QUARTERS, STAR DESTROYER SUPREMACY – NIGHT/OUTER SPACE
Rey sits, distraught. Kylo sits opposite, trying to reassure her.
KYLO: "Rey, this is our chance. To sweep away all that was old, dead and rotten. To make a newer, better galaxy, together."
REY: "I failed and betrayed my master. What good can come of that?"
KYLO: "You see things too much in black and white..."
He takes from a drawer some dark blue-grey robes and hands them to her.
KYLO: "...Grey suits you best."
She takes them, looks at them ambivalently, weighing them in her hands.
KYLO: "All revolutions have their victims, Rey, and their heroes. It's time to decide which one you will be.
REY: "Be(n)-- (she stops herself) "Kylo, this is your chance to atone for what you've done, what we've done, by setting things to rights and... dismantling the First Order."
A flash of anger in his eyes, then... Kylo takes a moment to think, seems to be persuaded. He moves closer to her.
KYLO: "Will you help me?"
REY: "I will."
He moves in, as if for a kiss.
KYLO: "Promise me..."
But before he can consummate it, an ELECTRONIC ALERT:
UNDERLING (O.S.) "Supreme Leader, Captain Phasma's shuttle is on approach."
Rey moves away from him. He's swimming with conflicting emotions.
EXT./INT. HANGAR (CRAIT) - NIGHT
The Millennium Falcon arrives by moonlight, landing inside the hangar. The moon glow is eerily beautiful as the hangar door closes.
Leia, Holdo, Connix, Threepio and OTHERS await their arrival.
The ramp comes down and with it a HOODED FIGURE, ducking his head under the overhang. Behind him, Chewbacca and R2-D2 emerge from the Falcon.
As Luke removes his hood, Threepio exclaims:
THREEPIO: "Master Luke!"
Leia hushes him with a gesture. Moved, she nonetheless holds back.
LEIA: "Aren't you a little short for a Jedi?"
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The First Jedi: Alternative Star Wars Episode VIII Screenplay
FanfictionWhat 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...
