Star Wars: Force Legacy
Episode II
“Balance of Power”
Version: First Draft
Master Scene Script
Authors:
Lee Whittaker
&
Benjamin Boekweg
© 2002
EXT - OBITING CALMIR’S MOON - SPACE 1
A cargo ship brings supplies to WE’SEL’S Super Star Destroyer.
INT - SUPER STAR DESTROYER BRIDGE - SPACE 2
A LIEUTENANT walks up to WE’SEL.
LIEUTENANT
Repairs are coming along as planned, Grand Moff. At this rate, she’ll be as good as new in four days.
WE’SEL
Three, Lieutenant.
LIEUTENANT
Three, sir? We’re already working as fast-
WE’SEL
You have THREE DAYS, Lieutenant. I have a score to settle with only a small window of opportunity. Is that clear?
LIEUTENANT
Yes, sir.
EXT - CALMIR’S MOON - NIGHT 3
VAL sees a loosing war around him.
CARN (O.S.)
NO, ASTER! DON’T YOU LEAVE ME!!
CARN holds a dying ASTER. RASHA, CORRIN, BIPH, AKBHAR, and LILY fail to fend off the advancing army.
TABOON, a blue alien carrying many relics, steps in front of VAL.
TABOON
(Echo)
You know what must be done.
EXT - AN EMPTY DESERT - DAY 4
VAL finds a buried box, opens it, and sees a hologram of himself.
VAL’S HOLOGRAM
You know what must be done.
EXT - UNCHARTED SPACE - SPACE 5
VAL sits in his X-Wing, looking at a large space ship.
VOICE (Echoed)
This ship... To avert disaster...
VAL
Disaster? What disaster?
EXT – ASTEROID FIELD - SPACE 6
VAL sees a starship battle sky between the Heroes and the Empire. A derelict ship explodes.
INT - MARATHON MED BAY - NIGHT 7
VAL wakes. A medical droid turns to VAL.
MED-DROID
Another bad dream sir?
VAL
No. The same one.
MED-DROID
Perhaps something to help you relax?
The MED-DROID injects VAL.
VAL
Ow! A little warning would've been nice.
MED-DROID
Had I warned you sir, would you have let give it to you?
VAL
'Course not.
RASHA enters.
RASHA
Not that same dream again?
VAL
Yes. It keeps growing more vivid.
RASHA
What are you going to do?
VAL
I will be patient.
INT - MARATHON DOCKING BAY - DAY 9
CORRIN, LILY, BIPH, and other PILOTS and TECHS enter.
CORRIN
Good job out there, boys and girls. Teak, I need you to recalibrate my inertial dampeners, I’m still getting a little resistance.
TECH 1
Will do, boss.
BIPH
Or maybe you could fly with a few less ‘G’s on your back.
CORRIN
Can’t do that, Biph.
CORRIN exits.
BIPH
Hey, Lil, want to grab a bite?
LILY
Sorry, bud, I have to file my report. Maybe later.
BIPH
I’ll hold you to that.
LILY exits.
PILOT 1
Hey, Biph. Are we still on for tonight?
BIPH
You know it. The boss don’t have a clue.
PILOT 2
Invite him last.
BIPH
I’m one step ahead of you.
INT - MARATHON MED BAY - DAY 10
VAL hurriedly dresses, gathering supplies.
RASHA
We’ve been invited to a party for Corrin. You must come.
VAL
I can’t. I have to go. You go ahead without me.
RASHA
But-
VAL
I’m finally beginning to understand these visions. I have to go. Don’t tell anyone until I’ve already left.
VAL exits.
INT - MARATHON BASE CORRIDOR - EVENING 11
CORRIN walks. RASHA enters.
CORRIN
Rasha, what is it?
RASHA
It’s Val. He’s gone.
CORRIN
Gone? Gone where?
RASHA
He didn’t say. He wouldn’t let me go with him. He told me to find you and tell you.
CORRIN
Did he take the Codex with him?
RASHA
He did. I’m sorry, but I couldn’t stop him! He wanted you to be the first to know.
CORRIN
At least he’s honest. If there’s one thing I hate, it’s being lied to.
INT - LILY’S QUARTERS - EVENING 12
KAEL talks to a hologram of WE’SEL.
WE’SEL
The repairs are finished, My Lady. The plans are in motion.
KAEL
Excellent. Play your part, Grand Moff, and you will be greatly rewarded. I will proceed with the assassination as planned. Transmission end.
KAEL becomes LILY. CORRIN knocks on the door.
CORRIN (O.S.)
Are you about done with that report?
LILY
I am.
The door opens, LILY exits.
EXT - ORBITING WRUNTID - SPACE 14
VAL sits in his X-Wing gazing down to the planet. His R2 unit beeps at him, and the translation generates on his screen.
VAL
Yes, I’m sure this is the place. (R2 Beeps) Relax. I know what I’m doing. Give me manual control.
EXT - WRUNTID SURFACE - DAY 15
VAL steps out of his X-Wing. He sees nothing but barren rocks and deserts. He begins walking.
INT - MARATHON BASE CORRIDOR - DAY 13
CORRIN and LILY walk.
CORRIN
There’s something I’ve been meaning to ask you.
BIPH enters.
BIPH
Hey, boss. Have you heard? They’re promoting you to Major. After your victory at Barakine, the Brass are bumping you up! The boys are putting together a big dinner tonight in your honor.
CORRIN
This can’t be good.
LILY
It sounds like fun. And it’s about time the Brass started noticing you.
CORRIN
That’s funny. I thought it was our job NOT to get noticed.
BIPH exits.
LILY
Now, what was it you were going to ask me?
CORRIN
It’s nothing that can’t wait.
Alarm.
LILY
The guests are arriving.
INT - MARATHON HANGER - DUSK 17
CORRIN & LILY wait. CARN, ASTER, & AKBAHR enter.
CARN
Hey, guys. Long time no see, eh?
CORRIN
What are you doing here, Deadeye?
CARN
We were invited. Didn’t you send for us?
CORRIN
I didn’t. But that doesn’t mean you’re not welcome.
ASTER
Lily! How are you?
LILY
I’m good, Aster. How about yourself? Keeping Carn on a tight leash?
ASTER
You know it.
AKBAHR
So, where’s the party?
PLAN B enters.
PLAN B
Hello.
CORRIN
They invited you, too?
CARN
Where’d you get the ship?
PLAN B
Dathon build it for me.
AKBAHR
Now the party can begin!
EXT - WRUNTID WASTELANDS - DAY 18
VAL finds a buried box. He opens it. A Hologram of VAL speaks to him.
VAL’S HOLOGRAM
Salutations, Val Lainli. Listen carefully to what I am about to tell you, this information is vital to avert disaster. You know what must be done…
INT - MARATHON MESS HALL - EVENING 19
ALL HEROES sit and eat.
BIPH
Ladies and Gentlemen, critters of all species. Thank you for coming. The reason you’ve all been invited is because we finally got a real chef here at Marathon Base.
COOK
Hey!
BIPH
I, of course, say this now because there is about, ah, (counts heads) 14 of you highly trained soldiers between me and Cookie. I’d say it to his face, but I’d loose mine.
COOK
And don’t you forget it!
BIPH
I won’t. I’ve spent more hours in the med-bay after critiquing your food than actually eating it. But honestly, the real reason you’re all here is for our good friend, Captain Corrin Wyndryder. There isn’t a man in this room whose life hasn’t been saved at least once by him. There are those who should be here who aren’t. I am glad I’m not one of them. I owe him more than I can ever repay. To Captain Wyndryder, don’t ever change.
ALL cheer.
CORRIN
It’s an honor to see all your faces again. I’d ask who invited you all here, but I don’t think that’s necessary. Now that you’re all here, I guess it’s as good a time as any to announce my engagement to the lovely, intelligent, graceful, and wonderful Lily Guire. That is, of course, if she’ll have me?
LILY
Yes, of course I will.
LILY kisses CORRIN. ALL cheer.
CARN
(Whisper)
You know, maybe we should get married, too.
ASTER
(Whisper)
If that was your attempt at a proposal, you’ve got to do a LOT better than that, buster.
PALTETH
Captain Wyndryder it is the judgment of the Republic Naval Command, that due to your expert and precise service, that you be promoted to the rank of Major. I know your Father would be proud.
PALTETH pins the rank on CORRIN. They both salute.
PALTETH (CONT’D)
Congratulations. Today is a great day for you, Corrin. You live in a truly blessed time. The ideals of the Old Republic are resurfacing. Your work has helped bring that to pass. You have earned every honor you are receiving here tonight. You have my blessing, Corrin, and you have the blessings of the Jedi Order. May the Force grant you a long and happy life together.
They shake hands.
CORRIN
Thank you, Master.
PALTETH
Which brings me to MY announcement. Corrin, your devotion, hard work, and natural talents have come to fruition. The Jedi Order confers on you the rank of Jedi Knight.
ALL cheer.
LILY
That’s so wonderful! Congratulations!
PALTETH
It was both an honor and a privilege to have been your teacher. I only wish your father could have been here to tell you himself.
A SOLDIER enters.
SOLDIER
(Whisper)
General Palteth, there is call on the comm. He requested to speak with you by name.
PALTETH
(Whisper)
Did you get his name?
SOLDIER
(Whisper)
Val Lainli, sir.
PALTETH
I am afraid I have to leave you all for now. I will return shortly.
PALTETH and SOLDIER exit.
CARN
(To ASTER) What do you think that was about?
ASTER
I don’t know.
RASHA
He said something about Val.
CARN
Are you sure?
RASHA
These ears aren’t just for looking cute, you know.
AKBAHR
They’re not? They do such a good job of that. (PAUSE) What?!
CARN
If it’s about Val, I should know.
ASTER
If it’s about military business, you shouldn’t know. You could get into serious trouble if you’re caught.
CARN
I’m just going to find the ‘Fresher. (PAUSE) That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!
CARN EXITS.
LILY
Well, Corrin, aren’t you going to follow him?
CORRIN
Follow him? Why?
LILY
Jedi business. He went to talk with Val.
CORRIN
How do you know that?
LILY
7 years of lip reading and you still have to ask me that?
CORRIN exits. CARN follows.
AKBAHR
This party keeps gettin’ better all the time.
INT - MARATHON COMMUNICATIONS - EVENING 20
VAL speaks to PALTETH, audio only.
VAL (O.S.)
Terran? Good. I was hoping I would reach you.
PALTETH
Val, I sense something is wrong. What is it?
CORRIN enters. PALTETH doesn’t see him.
VAL (O.S.)
Something terrible is about to happen. I’m going to need your help.
CORRIN
What can we do?
PALTETH turns around.
VAL (O.S.)
Corrin? Is that you?
CORRIN
We missed you at the party.
VAL (O.S.)
I am sorry about that, Corrin. This matter concerns the Jedi. You needn’t be involved.
CORRIN
If it concerns the Jedi, then I am involved.
(PAUSE)
VAL (O.S.)
Then I do not know whether to offer my congratulations or my condolences. You join us at the worst possible time.
PALTETH
He joins us when we need him the most.
VAL (O.S.)
Perhaps, Master. Perhaps.
CORRIN
Where are you, Val?
VAL (O.S.)
I’m not sure. The Force is guiding me now.
CARN enters.
CARN
Hey, Val! Is that you?
VAL (O.S.) & CORRIN & PALTETH
Carn?!
CARN
What?! I made a wrong turn looking for the ‘Fresher. Honest!
PALTETH
He might as well be here, too. If what you have foreseen is destined to transpire, we will need all the help we can get.
VAL (O.S.)
I agree.
CORRIN
What do we need to do?
INT - MARATHON MESS HALL - NIGHT 21
CORRIN, CARN, and PALTETH enter.
PALTETH
You two return to the party. I have preparations to make.
CARN and CORRIN exit.
INT - MARATHON MESS HALL - NIGHT 23
CORRIN enters.
CORRIN (CONT’D)
May I have this dance, My Dear?
LILY
Of course.
CORRIN and LILY dance. CARN and ASTER dance.
EXT - A BALCONY - NIGHT 24
BIPH steps out onto a balcony. RASHA follows him.
RASHA
Aren’t you going to join the dance?
BIPH
Eh. The boss is really good at these sort of things. I’m not. I da’ know how he puts up with all that tedious civility.
BIPH smokes a Death Stick.
RASHA
I guess that’s why you stay in the transport, huh?
BIPH
You guessed it, cutie. (He looks at his Death Stick) I’m sorry, I didn’t ask.
RASHA
I don’t mind. You go right ahead.
BIPH
You sure?
RAHSA shakes her head.
INT - MARATHON MESS HALL - NIGHT 25
A sniper targets CORRIN.
CORRIN
There’s a sniper targeting me.
LILY
I don’t see anyone.
CORRIN blocks the sniper’s blast with his Lightsaber. RAE’CHELL enters and duels CORRIN. Others draw weapons.
LILY
Hold your fire! You’ll hit Corrin!
RAE’CHELL breaks CORRIN’S lightsaber and defeats him.
RAE’CHELL
(To CORRIN) Where is the Jedi named Val?
BIPH and RASHA enter.
RASHA
CORRIN!
RAE’CHELL telekinetically throws RASHA.
RAE’CHELL
(To CORRIN) Where is he?!
LILY
(Dathomir)
Hail, Nightsister.
RAE’CHELL
(Dathomir)
You speak the old tongue.
LILY
(Dathomir)
All sisters do.
RAE’CHELL
(Dathomir)
Then you understand why I’m here.
LILY
(Dathomir)
Honor. Vendetta. Of course I understand. But this Jedi is not your target. He is under MY protection. Val is away on a quest.
RAE’CHELL lets CORRIN go. CARN shoots at RAE’CHELL. She escapes.
CARN
And don’t come back!
LILY
What part of ‘Hold Your Fire’ didn’t you understand?!
EXT - A CANYON OVERHANG - NIGHT 26
RAE’CHELL bandages her arm.
RAE’CHELL
…Filthy male…
INT - MARATHON MESS HALL - NIGHT 27
CORRIN
What was that all about?
LILY
That was Rae’Chell, a Nightsister of Dathomir.
RASHA
What did she want with my master?
LILY
A Dek’Sha, a Duel of Honor.
RASHA
She’s going to kill him? And you let her go?!
LILY
Sorry, Rasha. I was a little preoccupied with saving my fiancee.
PALTETH enters.
PALTETH
And we will get to Val before that happens.
LATER:
INT - CARN’S QUARTERS - SPACE 28
ASTER and CARN enter.
ASTER
What’s this about, love?
CARN
You told me that if I was going to propose I had to try a lot harder.
CARN gives ASTER a ring.
CARN (CONT’D)
I hope this is good enough. Asterilla Nemur, will you marry me?
ASTER
Yeah, that’s good enough. Yes, Carn Torrin, I will.
ASTER takes the ring and kisses CARN.
INT - A STARSHIP CORRIDOR - SPACE 28
PLAN B stands alone. AKBAHR and RASHA enter.
RASHA
(To PLAN B) Hello. I don’t think I ever found out your name.
PLAN B
Ask me some other time. (To AKBAHR) Take good care of her.
AKBAHR
Of course.
PLAN B exits.
AKBAHR (CONT’D)
I think he likes you.
INT - CORRIN’S QUARTERS - SPACE 29
CORRIN sits alone, looking at his broken lightsaber.
FLASHBACK:
EXT - WYNDRYDER HOMESTEAD - DAY 30
DAIS sits. YOUNG CORRIN plays with his toys. YOUNG CORRIN telekinetically grabs one of his toys.
DAIS
No, Corrin, no. You mustn’t ever do that again.
YOUNG CORRIN
Why not?
DAIS
I know this may be hard to understand now, but it’s not safe. If the Emperor ever found out what you can do, he’d take you away from me. He’d do terrible things to you.
YOUNG CORRIN
Why would he do that?
DAIS
Because the Empire is evil. They have no tolerance for the old ways.
YOUNG CORRIN
The old ways?
DAIS
I’ll tell you a story when you’re older. I promise. But until then, you promise me something. Promise me you’ll never show ANYONE what I’ve taught you. Promise?
YOUNG CORRIN
I promise, Dad.
DAIS
That’s a good boy.
PALTETH enters.
PALTETH
General Wyndryder.
PALTETH and DAIS salute.
DAIS
Yes, Major? What is it?
PALTETH
We have been hit hard, sir. We have been routed from our base on Hoth. The Alliance needs experienced officers to lead. We need you back, sir.
DAIS
Major, I’ve served my time. I have my son to think about. I don’t know what I would do without him.
PALTETH
This is not about your military contract. This is about restoring freedom to the galaxy. And does not the Code of the Jedi require Jedi to fight evil in all its forms?
DAIS
I am not a Jedi, Terran. I never completed my training. You know that.
PALTETH
Your wife did. She believed in the Code.
DAIS
And now she’s dead. And I watched, powerless, as Vader slaughtered her without mercy or remorse. Tell me, what good did the Code do for her then?
PALTETH
I am sorry, sir. I did not mean to cause you pain. (PAUSE) If the Alliance fails now, your wife will have died for nothing. General, please. We need you.
DAIS
Very well, I will accompany you.
YOUNG CORRIN
Daddy, are you going away again?
DAIS
I’m afraid so, Corrin. The Good Guys need me back. Now, I don’t know when I’ll see you again. You’ll have to go with the Major. He’ll take you somewhere where you’ll be safe.
YOUNG CORRIN
You’ll fight the Emperor for me?
DAIS
I promise.
PALTETH
You have an intelligent child there, sir.
DAIS
He gets that from his mother.
DAIS exits. He enters with his uniform and lightsaber.
PALTETH
A reminder of old times?
DAIS
A reminder of better times.
FLASHFORWARD:
INT - CORRIN’S QUARTERS - SPACE 31
DAIS
(Echo)
Of better times…
LILY knocks on the door.
LILY
Corrin, are you in there?
CORRIN
Yes, come in.
LILY enters.
LILY
What’s wrong?
CORRIN
I failed, Lily. I failed. My first trial as a Jedi, and I failed.
LILY
You stood your ground against an enemy greater than yourself. You were unafraid, even when she was ready to kill you. You didn’t fail.
CORRIN
But I needed you to save me.
LILY
Since when have you been independent? You’ve saved my life more times than I care to count. Of course I saved you. I love you. I wasn’t about to let you get out of marrying me that easily.
CORRIN laughs. LILY smiles.
LILY (CONT’D)
We’ve rendezvoused with Val.
INT - MON CALMARI CRUISER BRIDGE - SPACE 32
PALTETH sits. CARN and ASTER stand. CORRIN and LILY enter. CORRIN has his father’s lightsaber hooked on his belt.
PALTETH’S Cruiser stops just outside of an asteroid field.
ASTER
What is this place?
LILY
The Graveyard.
CORRIN
(To Himself) Alderaan.
(PAUSE)
PALTETH
Val. Val, are you there? Do you read me?
VAL (O.S.)
Loud and clear. It sure is good to see you gentlemen.
VAL’S SHIP stops in front of the Cruiser. RASHA, BIPH, AKBAHR, and PLAN B enter. A derelict ship drifts into view.
VAL (CONT’D) (O.S.)
General, do you see that?
PALTETH
Affirmative. What do you make of it?
VAL
The Empire scoured the debris for any survivors. It’s unlikely they missed this ship. It must have arrived here afterward.
PALTETH
(To CREW) Commander, launch a probe droid to investigate.
CREW
Aye sir, launching now. (PAUSE) Transmission coming in, sir. Probe Droid A-34 reports that the air levels are sufficient for a boarding party, but the main power has been deactivated. It is unable to access the database.
PALTETH
This is your call, Val. What do you suggest?
VAL (O.S.)
I’ve seen this ship before, Terran. This is what the Force has been guiding me to. I’m going in.
PALTETH
Major Wyndryder, take your team down and join Val. He’s going to need a hand.
CORRIN
Aye General. Lieutenant Guire, Corporal Ddooge.
CORRIN, LILY, and BIPH exit.
PALTETH
Yes, Carn, you and your friends may go, too.
CARN
Yes, sir.
AKBAHR
I have a seriously bad feeling about this.
CARN, ASTER, AKBAHR, RASHA, and PLAN B exit.
INT - MIRAGE DOCKING BAY - SPACE 34
The HEROES enter. VAL enters with his new ship.
CARN
Whoa, Val. Where’d you get that?
VAL
Long story. Come on.
They exit.
INT - DERELICT CORRIDOR - SPACE 34
ALL enter.
BIPH
This way.
They follow BIPH. VAL and RASHA exit one way. ALL others exit another way. No one sees RAE’CHELL stalking them.
INT - MAIN REACTOR - SPACE 35
BIPH enters, followed by the others. He activates the power.
INT - MON CALMARI CRUISER BRIDGE - SPACE 37
The droid starts transmitting data to CREW.
CREW
General Palteth, they’ve reactivated the main power core. The droid has resumed transmission.
PALTETH
Go on.
CREW
It has been abandoned for several months. There is… Sir, the Probe reports a third ship has docked. There’s someone else onboard.
PALTETH
Patch me through to Major Wyndryder.
INT - MAIN REACTOR - SPACE 38
CORRIN
(To PALTETH) I’ve sensed no one. Are you certain, Master?
PALTETH (O.S.)
Yes, be very careful.
CORRIN
We have an intruder onboard. Akbahr, you and, uh, him, search that way.
AKBAHR and PLAN B exit.
CORRIN (CONT’D)
Carn, you and Aster go that way.
CARN and ASTER exit.
CORRIN (CONT’D)
Lily, you stay here with Biph. I’ll go find Val.
CORRIN exits.
INT - MON CALMARI CRUISER BRIDGE - SPACE 39
Alarm.
CREW
General! We’ve got incoming.
WE’SEL’S SSD and two ISDs enter.
WE’SEL (O.S.)
This is Grand Moff We’Sel of the Imperial Navy. You are trespassing in Imperial Space. That vessel is the property of the Empire. If you do not leave this system immediately, we will destroy the vessel along with everyone on board!
PALTETH
I should have expected this. Commander, launch all fighters, move into attack position. We have got to give Lainli as much time as possible.
INT - DERELICT CORRIDOR - SPACE 40
CORRIN holds a comlink.
PALTETH (O.S.)
Corrin, we’ve got company. You know what to do.
CORRIN
(To PALTETEH) Yes, Master. (To BIPH) Biph, set the explosives.
INT - DERELICT CORRIDOR - SPACE 41
VAL and RASHA walk. CORRIN enters.
VAL
Corrin? What is it?
CORRIN
We’ve got company. Biph is setting the explosives as we speak.
VAL
I don't know why I've been lead here, yet.
CORRIN
You've got five minutes...
INT - DERELICT CORRIDOR - SPACE 42
PLAN B and AKBAHR search down the corridor.
AKBAHR
You know, I feel a LOT safer being partnered with you.
PLAN B
Good.
AKBAHR
You like Rasha, don’t you? (PAUSE) She is cute. Playful, too. She just isn’t the type to make a commitment, ya see. She’ll flirt and tease, but…
PLAN B
But what?
AKBAHR
She’s really hard to read. I think she likes Val, but it’s hard to tell sometimes. You know women.
AKBAHR disappears.
PLAN B
Akbahr? Akbahr?
INT - DERELICT CORRIDOR - SPACE 43
RAE’CHELL holds AKBAHR against his will.
RAE’CHELL
Where's Val?
AKBAHR
Eat slag, witch.
RAE’CHELL hits AKBAHR. She uses a Mind Trick
RAE’CHELL
(Filtered, Slowly)
Where is Val?
AKBAHR
(Zombie)
He’s on this ship somewhere. He left the group.
RAE’CHELL jettisons AKBAHR in an escape pod.
INT - STARSHIP DOCKING BAY - SPACE 45
AKBAHR’S escape pod enters the docking bay. PALTETH enters.
PALTETH
Akbahr? What happened?
AKBAHR
It was that witch. The one that’s after Val.
INT - DERELICT CORRIDOR - SPACE 46
CARN and ASTER search. RAE’CHELL sneaks past them.
CARN
I heard something.
ASTER uses her eyepiece. RAE’CHELL moves some debris.
ASTER
(Pointing)
THERE!
CARN shoots the debris. RAE’CHELL hits CARN from behind with Force Lightning. CARN goes flying into a wall.
ASTER
CARN!!
ASTER turns around. RAE’CHELL charges ASTER and swings her Sith Sword. ASTER leans back. With one swing, RAE’CHELL cuts ASTER’S blaster and eyepiece in half.
RAE’CHELL
I’ll save you for later.
RAE’CHELL exits. ASTER runs over to CARN.
CARN
I feel terrible.
ASTER
I thought she killed you. How’d you survive that?
CARN
Don’t ask.
INT - MAIN REACTOR - SPACE 47
BIPH sets up his detonators around the Reactor.
LILY
Are those explosives about ready, Biph?
BIPH
Sure thing, Lil. Just a sec.
INT - DERELECT ALTER ROOM - SPACE 48
VAL, RASHA, and CORRIN enter. An alter stands in the middle of the room. Cords cover the floor.
RASHA
What is this?
VAL
This is what I’ve been led to find.
RAE’CHELL enters.
CORRIN
You again?
CORRIN draws his lightsaber.
RAE’CHELL
You’ve found yourself beneath my blade once, Jedi. If you dare stand in my way again, I will kill you, regardless of the other Sister’s wishes. I’m here for Val.
CORRIN
Then you’ll have to go through me first.
RASHA
Then me.
RAE’CHELL duels CORRIN & RASHA. VAL stops RAE’CHELL.
VAL
Rae’Chell, Daughter of Rae’Kal, is your honor really worth more than your life? You were no match for me then. If you think you’re better now, don't waste your life in trying to find out. Put down your weapon, I won't fight you.
The ship rocks violently.
CORRIN
They’re firing at us!
RAE’CHELL
WHO?
VAL
The Empire.
EXT - ALDERAAN GRAVEYARD - SPACE 49
Swarms of TIEs engage the Republic fighters.
PILOT
Protect that ship at all costs.
A TIE Bomber bombs the hull of the ship.
INT - MAIN REACTOR - SPACE 50
The ship shakes. The detonator timer begins counting down.
BIPH
Oh-
LILY
-Blast!
INT - DERELICT ALTER ROOM - SPACE 51
The entire ship shakes.
RAE’CHELL
No! This isn’t how it’s supposed to happen!
VAL
Nothing ever is. We are completely surrounded by Imperial Forces. We are going to destroy this ship, and we are all going to escape. NOW PUT YOUR WEAPON DOWN!!
RAE’CHELL puts her weapon down.
BIPH (O.S.)
BOSS? BOSS?!
CORRIN gets his comlink.
CORRIN
Yeah, Biph? What’s wrong?
BIPH (O.S.)
The bombing started the timer. We’ll never get out of here in time.
VAL
We need more time. Corrin, help Biph disarm the bomb. Rasha, find the others.
CORRIN and RASHA exit. VAL looks at the Alter.
VOICE
(In VAL’S head)
It is the only way to save your friends.
INT - DERELICT CORRIDOR - SPACE 52
ASTER bandages CARN’S head.
ASTER
You’re lucky your head’s so hard.
CARN
I love you, too.
RASHA enters.
CARN (CONT’D)
Rasha!
RASHA
Are you two all right?
ASTER
We’ll be fine. The Nightsister did this.
RASHA
I know. I’ve got to find the others. Wait here.
CARN
No problem.
RASHA exits.
INT - DERELECT CORRIDOR - SPACE 53
RASHA enters. She finds PLAN B.
RASHA
What is it?
PLAN B
Akbahr’s gone. I can’t find him.
The entire ship rocks. RASHA falls into PLAN B’S arms. The ship stabilizes. PLAN B lets go and takes a step back.
RASHA
We had better find him.
They exit.
INT - MAIN REACTOR - SPACE 54
CORRIN enters. LILY and BIPH look at him, hopelessly.
INT - DERELICT ALTER ROOM - SPACE 55
VAL is drawn closer to the Alter.
RAE’CHELL
Val? Val, what are you doing?
VAL places the Codex in the Alter.
VOICE
(Maniacal Laughter)
Thank you, Val Lainli. Thank you.
INT - STARSHIP BRIDGE - SPACE 56
PALTETH watches the ship from his chair. AKBAHR stands next to him.
PALTETH
What’s taking them so long?
The SSD, the ISDs, and the derelict ship explode in a blinding flash of light. When PALTETH and AKBAHR can see again, their ships are the only ones left.
AKBAHR
They’re… gone…
INT - MAIN REACTOR - SPACE 57
CORRIN, BIPH, and LILY freeze in place.
INT - DERELICT CORRIDOR - SPACE 58
CARN and ASTER freeze in place.
INT - DERELICT CORRIDOR - SPACE 59
RASHA and PLAN B freeze in place.
INT - DERELICT ALTER ROOM - SPACE 60
VAL and RAE’CHELL freeze in place. They suddenly return to normal. VAL removes the Codex from the Alter.
VAL
What, exactly, just happened?
RAE’CHELL
The bombing… It stopped.
VAL runs out of the room, followed by RAE’CHELL.
INT - DERELICT CORRIDOR - SPACE 61
ASTER bandages CARN. VAL and RAE’CHELL enter.
CARN
Val, behind you!
VAL
I’ll explain later. It’s okay now.
CARN
It’s okay now? She fries me with a bolt of lightning and it’s okay now?!
RAE’CHELL
He started it. He shot me first.
VAL
I don’t have time for this.
VAL and RAE’CHELL exit.
INT - MAIN REACTOR - SPACE 62
CORRIN
(To BIPH) Can you defuse it?
BIPH
I made these explosives. I know everything there is to know about them.
CORRIN
But can you defuse it?
BIPH
I don’t know.
BIPH lights up a Death Stick. VAL and RAE’CHELL enter.
CORRIN
We have a situation here, Val. The charges are set, we don’t have enough time to evacuate, and Rasha can’t find Akbahr.
VAL
I don’t have time for that now. Biph, how are the explosives.
BIPH
I don’t know. I just don’t know.
RAE’CHELL
You’re smoking? At a time like this?
BIPH
It helps me relax.
RAE’CHELL
RELAX!?!
CORRIN
YOU are the one who came to kill Val. You are the one who has complicated this situation. Now we are down a man, another is heavily wounded, and it’s all because of YOU! So, if you don’t mind, let the man work to save YOUR SORRY HIDE!!!
BIPH
Note to self, always remember how to defuse my own charges.
LILY
Just make sure we live to use that information.
BIPH drops his lit Death Stick into the device. It burns through a wire, stopping the timer.
BIPH
I never thought these things would save my life.
VAL
Good. Crisis avoided. Where’s Rasha?
VAL and RAE’CHELL exit.
INT - DERELICT CORRIDOR - SPACE 63
RASHA and PLAN B look for AKBAHR. VAL and RAE’CHEL enter.
RASHA
Val, we can’t find Akbahr. He won’t answer his comlink.
RAE’CHELL
You won’t find him. I jettisoned him in a pod.
VAL
In the middle of a fire fight?
RAE’CHELL
He made it your ship. I watched.
VAL
Fine. Now, are you two all right?
RASHA
I’m okay.
PLAN B nods. RAE’CHELL looks out the window.
VAL
Good. Now let’s get everyone together. (To RAE’CHELL) Rae’Chell? Rae’Chell, what is it? What do you see?
VAL sees ALDERAAN.
VAL (CONT’D)
I have a very bad feeling about this.
INT - CALMIR’S ALTER CHAMBER - SPACE 64
CALMIR removes the Addius Vaquila from the Alter. SETT stands beside him.
CALMIR
'Tis truly a beautiful thing, Sett, to finally achieve what you’ve worked for, for so long.
SETT
I will know that, when Wyndryder is dead.
CALMIR
That is Kael’s prey, my son. Your prey is of a different nature. Do you remember who they are?
SETT
Every name, father.
INT - SUPER STAR DESTROYER HALL - SPACE 65
CALMIR and SETT enter. WE’SEL stands waiting.
WE'SEL
I have completed the refits on the TIE Fighters, installed the null scan field generator on Sett's ship, and prepped your shuttle for deployment at your command. Also, your prototypes are ready for inspection.
CALMIR
Excellent. And the bodies, did you do as I asked?
WE'SEL
To the letter, your Highness. Our friends are going to have the surprise of their lives.
CALMIR
Good. You may set your course for the Onderon system.
WE'SEL
Very good, your Excellency.
WE'SEL exits.
CALMIR
And you, Sett, have you finished your preparations?
SETT
Yes Father, but I--
CALMIR
'Master', in public, Sett.
SETT
You have never made my lineage a secret.
CALMIR
Some things are just… proper.
SETT
Yes, Master. But I fail to see where you’re plans are leading.
CALMIR
You do not see, because you look too closely. Focus your emotions. Search for the bigger picture. Look not just for the plot, but for the plot within the plot. Think…
(PAUSE)
SETT
Carn.
CALMIR
Your insight serves you well.
SETT
Master, I don't understand. You tried once before to recruit him, and it didn't work, why are you trying again?
CALMIR
Calheir Sett,
I have never stopped recruiting him. He was alone and confused before, the
perfect state to introduce new ideas. It is necessary for him to bounce back
and forth until he chooses to be at my side. For Carn to be a true asset, he
must be all mine. I now begin phase two of his training.
INT - DERELICT CORRIDOR - SPACE 66
ASTER finishes bandaging CARN. VAL, RASHA, PLAN B, and RAE’CHELL enter.
CARN
So, what’s all the excitement?
VAL
We have a very interesting problem. Look out the window.
CARN looks out the window.
VAL (CONT’D)
It’s Alderaan.
ASTER
But that’s impossible. It was destroyed. It can’t be Alderaan.
CORRIN, BIPH, and LILY enter.
CORRIN
Have you seen…?
VAL
Yeah. We saw.
RASHA
Do you think it was that Alter?
VAL
I did sense a shift in the Force. It is possible.
CORRIN
Alter? Val, what did you do!?
RAE'CHELL
It's complicated…
CARN
So let me get this straight...you somehow recreated Alderaan?
CORRIN
But that wouldn't explain why we can't reach the General, or any Republic ships.
LILY
Or why the Star Destroyers are gone.
VAL
So we’re alone, orbiting a planet that shouldn’t even be here. Any suggestions?
BIPH
I say we go an’ see what’s down there.
VAL
Agreed.
INT - MIRAGE I DOCKING BAY - SPACE 67
EVERYONE but VAL and RAE’CHELL enter the DEATHWIND.
VAL
Rae’Chell, until we find out exactly what’s going on, I propose that we put our differences aside. We’ll need each other's help.
RAE’CHELL
I’m not ignorant. Until this problem is resolved I will not endanger myself. I will help you. But when this is over, Dek’Sha must be satisfied.
VAL
Fair enough.
VAL and RAE’CHELL enter the DEATHWIND.
INT - CARI’S CHAMBER - DAY 69
Inside a meditation chamber in her home, CARI MERIMURA, a female Jedi Knight, kneels before a hologram of ALBON, the Leader of the Jedi Council.
ALBON
Cari Merimura, The Jedi Council has sensed a great disturbance in the Force near your vicinity. Proceed with caution. We sense there may be several persons responsible, if so, bring them before the Council as soon as you can. Try a peaceful approach, but use any means necessary.
CARI
Yes, Master Albon.
ALBON
May the Force be with you.
ALBON’S hologram disappears. CARI exits.
EXT - OUTSIDE CARI’S HOME - DAY 70
CARI exits her home in the forest. She looks up to see the DEATHWIND. SETT enters the forest clearing.
CARI
Who are you?
SETT duels CARI. SETT mortally wounds CARI. He reads her mind, changes his symbiot to look like her, then kills her.
SETT (V.O.)
So, I am to take them to the Jedi Council.
SETT’S voice mimics CARI’S.
CARI
Sounds simple enough.
CARI exits.
EXT - ALDERAAN CITY DOCKINGBAY - DAY 71
The DEATHWIND lands. ALL enter. CARN hobbles on a walking stick next to SQUEAKER. An ATTENDANT enters.
ATTENDANT
Welcome to Alderaan, travelers. My, you dress most strangely. Might I inquire as to where you hale from?
CORRIN
Lily, would you do the honors?
LILY
(To CORRIN) Of course, my dear. (To ATTENDANT) We have traveled a great distance. Tell us, what is this place?
ATTENDANT
You come all this way and don’t know where you are? Why this is Alder, Capital City of Alderaan.
LILY
Of course I do. My companion and I are from Coruscant. We picked up these travelers in our journeys beyond the Outer Rim. They’re new to this place. We have been gone for some years now. Tell me, what news from the Core Worlds?
ATTENDENT
Being from the Outer Rim, I thought you’d have already known. There have been rumors of an uprising from the Naddists.
LILY
I was unaware. There is a great deal more beyond the Outer Rim than you may realize. My colleagues and I were fortunate enough not to become involved.
ATTENDANT
You’re lucky. Please, feel free to explore our lovely city.
LILY
We will.
ATTENDANT exits.
CORRIN
Very smooth, Lily.
RASHA
I’ve never seen someone lie so fluently.
LILY
It isn’t easy.
VAL
Aster, take Carn and scout out the news. We’ll need more information. Try not to attract too much attention. Corrin, Lily, come with me.
CARN, ASTER, and SQEAKER exit.
RASHA
(To VAL) Where are you going?
VAL
I don’t know yet. I sense a disturbance in the Force. Somehow, I feel this is only the beginning.
RAE’CHELL
I’m going with you.
VAL, CORRIN, LILY, and RAE’CHELL exit.
BIPH
Come on, Cutie. I scouted out a bar over that way. I’ll buy you a drink.
BIPH, PLAN B, and RASHA exit.
EXT - ALDERAAN COMMONS - DAY 72
In the middle of a crowded courtyard stands a booth. ASTER, CARN, and SQUEAKER enter. They walk to the booth.
ASTER
Fine mess we’ve gotten ourselves into now. I thought this was going to be a simple mission.
CARN
Hey, don’t worry about it. I’ve gotten us out of every situation that we’ve ever been in.
ASTER
Well. Those were your fault in the first place.
CARN
Yeah, well, that’s a minor point. What are you really worrying about?
ASTER
How are we going to get married now?
CARN
I’ll find a way. I always do.
ASTER kisses CARN.
CARN (CONT’D)
Check the current events.
ASTER
Carn, take a look at the date.
INT - ALDERAAN BAR - DAY 73
RASHA and PLAN B sit. BIPH smokes outside.
RASHA
You wanted me to ask you your name.
PLAN B
I don’t think you’d like it.
RASHA
Why? What is it?
PLAN B
Do you remember the plague that swept through the Alvirra Cluster?
RASHA
Yes. What was it called…?
PLAN B
*******. It killed thousands. But what they didn’t say was it wasn’t a plague.
RASHA
What was it?
PLAN B
(Ashamed)
It was me. I am *******.
RASHA gasps.
PLAN B (CONT’D)
I wasn’t even aware of myself. Somehow, Carn saved me. He brought me back. I can never escape the things I did. Could you ever forgive me?
RASHA places a hand on PLAN B’S.
RASHA
You didn’t even know you were doing it?
PLAN B shakes his head.
RASHA (CONT’D)
Would you have done it if you were aware of yourself?
PLAN B shakes his head.
RASHA
What made you do it?
PLAN B
I don’t remember.
RASHA
Did you ever try to find out?
PLAN B frowns and nods.
RASHA
Then you never found out. (PAUSE) I forgive you, and we’ll find out together.
EXT - ALDERAAN STREETS - DAY 74
VAL, RAE’CHELL, CORRIN, and LILY walk.
CORRIN
(To VAL) You have your guard up. What is it?
VAL
I was born here. I hated the Empire when they destroyed it. I thought I would be happy to see it again. But this feels wrong.
CORRIN
You were born on Alderaan? I never made it there. I never got to see it.
VAL
It hasn’t changed much, but this isn’t home. I did think, for a moment, we brought it back, but…
RAE’CHELL
(To LILY) You lie as a profession?
LILY
In a word, yes.
RAE’CHELL
That is not our way. How do I know that you didn’t lie to me? Whether or not you’re really a Nightsister?
LILY
(Dathomir)
You don’t.
EXT - ALDERAAN CITY STREETS - DAY 75
TABOON duels CARI with artifacts. VAL, CORRIN, RAE'CHELL, and LILY enter. VAL
holds the Codex.
VAL
ENOUGH!!
TABOON
Do not interfere. This does not concern you.
VAL
I think it does concern me. She belongs to my order.
LILY sees CARI is SETT.
TABOON
(Raising an eyebrow)
Do you also wish to unbalance the Tya?
VAL
Tya?
TABOON
An energy field that nourishes all life, binding the universe together.
RAE'CHELL
(Sarcastic)
Oh, and all this time we called it the Force.
TABOON sees the Codex.
TABOON
(Concerned)
You are not the guardian of the Codex! From whence did you obtain it?
VAL
You know about the Codex?
TABOON
All Frah’Zshah know of the Codex.
VAL
YOU are Frah'Zshah?
TABOON
From whence did you obtain the Codex!?
VAL
It's a long story. Maybe we can sit and talk?
TABOON
Then Taboon must have sensed you. If you have the Codex...then you must seek the twin.
VAL
What are you talking about?
TABOON stands in attack posture.
TABOON
The Guardian canst not allow it!
CORRIN draws his lightsaber.
CORRIN
Back off, we're on a peace mission.
TABOON
Dare ye obstruct Taboon? Water yields little mercy to the flame.
TABOON attacks CORRIN. VAL draws his lightsaber.
VAL (With Codex in hand)
I don't want to fight you, but I will defend my friends.
TABOON
The Sentinel cowers not. The pillar must remain sturdy.
VAL
I am not your enemy!
TABOON
Only time can tell such a truth. Protect the Balance, holder of the Codex.
TABOON retreats. CARI stands with LILY’S help.
VAL
Are you all right?
CARI
I am now, thanks to you. I have orders to take you to the Jedi Council on Ossus. They wish to speak with you immediately.
CORRIN
The Jedi Council?
VAL
Ossus?
CARN, ASTER, and SQUEAKER enter.
CARN
You’re not gonna believe what we found out.
VAL
Neither are you.
INT - ALDERAAN DOCKING BAY - DAY 76
ASTER, CARN, CORRIN, CARI, LILY, RAE’CHELL, VAL, SQUEAKER enter.
VAL
This is our ship.
CARI
I’ve never seen anything like it.
BIPH, RASHA, and PLAN B enter.
CORRIN
We’re leaving.
BIPH
But we just got here.
INT - MIRAGE I BRIDGE - SPACE 77
The DEATHWIND docks with the MIRAGE I.
CORRIN sits in the captain’s chair. EVERYONE is there, including SQUEAKER.
CORRIN
Biph, are we ready to make the jump to Hyperspace?
BIPH
Yes, sir.
CORRIN
Then take us out.
CARN
Wait!
CORRIN
What is it?
CARN
The NAV computer's data is wrong. If we jump now, we might end up going right through a star.
CORRIN
What do you mean?
CARN
When Aster and I checked the news, we checked the date. We’re about four thousand years into the past. That’s why Alderaan’s here.
VAL
That’s why there’s a Jedi Council. And the Naddist Uprising. But how?
RAE’CHELL
And how do we get back?
CORRIN
We’re going to find out. But what does that have to do with the NAV Computer?
CARN
Stars are not stationary in Space. They revolve around an orbit on a galactic axis. Although very slow and infinitesimal, over a period of 4 millennia, stars just aren't where they once were. So I told Squeaker to upload Alderaan's NAV charts in case we needed to travel. (PAUSE) What?!
CORRIN
Good call, Carn.
CARN
Hey, if there’s one thing I do know, it’s flying.
CORRIN
Is the NAV Computer ready?
BIPH
Just a few more minutes, Boss.
CORRIN
When it's finished, make the Jump.
(PAUSE)
CARI
Do you have a ‘Fresher?
LILY
I’ll show you the way.
CARI and LILY exit.
INT - MIRAGE I CORRIDOR - HYPERSPACE 78
CARI and LILY walk. CARI talks with SETT’S voice.
LILY
(Chuckling)
I knew I was to expect you; but like this?
SETT (V.O.)
She was a very talented blades master. She’ll serve her purpose. I thank you for saving that situation. It took every ounce of my willpower to keep myself from destroying that blue creature with my superior power.
LILY
You were wise not to reveal yourself. Now you know what I’ve had to deal with during the last seven years.
SETT (V.O.)
Father speaks highly of your efforts.
LILY
I sense jealousy from you. Is the master still upset at your attempt on Carn’s life?
SETT (V.O.)
Perhaps, but I’ve learned that lesson well. Do you think the master would let me kill that blue beast after this is all said and done?
LILY
I don’t see why he wouldn’t. What are the master’s orders?
SETT (V.O.)
We are to stall the Jedi as long as possible and keep them as far away from Onderon as we can until further instructed. The Master’s preparations are under way.
LILY
And the assassination?
SETT (V.O.)
…Will proceed as planned.
INT - CALMIR'S PRIVATE SHUTTLE - MORNING 79
CALMIR, 4 PHANTOM TROOPERS, and 6 Stormtroopers wait to Halo Jump out of a Lambda Shuttle.
CALMIR
It is time. Descend.
PHANTOM TROOPER
You're Highness, if I may, why do the Stormtroopers get jet-packs and we don't?
CALMIR
Because jet-packs are clumsy. You have been trained to use the Force as your wings.
PHANTOM TROOPER
Your Highness, I've served you faithfully for many years, but I don't think my training is sufficient.
CALMIR
You wouldn't refuse my order would you?
PHANTOM TROOPER
Of course not, Master, but what you ask is the impossible.
CALMIR
Something is only impossible until someone achieves it.
CALMIR jumps. ALL TROOPS follow.
INT - SITH PALACE - MORNING 80
CALMIR and 4 PHANTOM TROOPERS enter. They kill many Sith. The 6 Stormtroopers enter. ALL exit.
INT - SITH PALACE CHAMBER - MORNING
The 6 Stormtroopers die of Sith Magic. 15 Sith Sorcerers enter. They attack CALMIR and the 4 PHANTOM TROOPERS. DANZ KYMEHR, Lord General of the Sith, enters and applauds.
DANZ
Amazing… he takes a bolt to the chest and is already begging for more.
CALMIR
Allow me to introduce my newest prototypes, the Phantom Trooper.
DANZ
(Mockingly)
How original. (PAUSE) So, old man, is this a social visit, or have you come to give my sorcerers some target practice?
CALMIR
You may address me as, ‘Your Royal Highness’.
DANZ
Oh, I'm afraid ‘His Highness’ King Oman will have something to say about that.
DANZ and CALMIR draw their lightsabers.
CALMIR
No, my servants, he is mine.
DANZ
(To SORCERERS) It’s okay, I will enjoy this...
DANZ and CALMIR advance.
DANZ (CONT’D)
So you also know the ways of the Jedi… then why do you throw away your life in this meaningless test of skill? Why not join our crusade?
CALMIR
Because I have a much larger insect to crush. That is why I am enlisting you and your petty crusaders.
DANZ
You act as if you know what you're up against… a deadly mistake.
CALMIR and DANZ duel. CALMIR wins. KING OMAN enters.
KING OMAN
What is going on here!?
DANZ
Your Excellency, this wanton vagabond dares to bid for your throne.
KING OMAN
Then he shall perish before my hand!
KING OMAN attacks CALMIR. CALMIR wins. KING OMAN is attacked and killed by his own Sith Sorcerers.
DANZ
NO!
CALMIR
Save your breath, your sorcerers are under my influence now.
CALMIR turns to face an invisible ghost.
CALMIR (CONT’D)
You needn't hide yourself from me, Nadd.
The ghost of FREEDON NADD appears.
CALMIR (CONT'D)
You and I both know Oman was just a puppet in your hands, and without your assistance he was merely a gardoth's chew toy.
FREEDON NADD (FILTERED)
He served his purpose.
CALMIR
But not your purpose. Give me the secrets of the ancient Sith, and I will give you your rightful revenge against the Jedi.
INT - CARN’S QUARTERS - SPACE 81
CARN and ASTER sit, alone.
CARN
Akbahr’s really gone. I can feel it.
ASTER
You've been separated before.
CARN
I know, but this time I can feel he’s gone. Something in the back of my mind…
ASTER
Don’t talk like that. You know how I feel about what the Emperor did to you. I told you I want you to ignore those feelings.
CARN
No. This is a feeling I would get before then.
ASTER
Well, talk to Val. He’ll know what to tell you.
CARN
I’m lucky I’ve found someone so level headed.
ASTER
Yes you are. (PAUSE) I’m going to be Asterilla Torrin.
CARN
You know that’s not my real name. I was adopted into the Torrin family, remember?
ASTER
You’ve told me as much. What is your last name?
CARN
I don’t know what it is. My parents were fugitives. I was born on an asteroid while they were on the run. I was given to the Torrins when I was only a few months old. My real parents died a few weeks later. I hardly remember them.
ASTER
You never told me this before.
CARN
I never told anyone. Not even Akbahr.
INT - CORRIN’S QUARTERS - SPACE 82
VAL and CORRIN sit in his room.
VAL
You’re a Jedi Knight. And a brave one at that. Lily told me about what Rae’Chell tried to do to you.
CORRIN
Did she now?
VAL
You have nothing to be ashamed of. Being a Jedi is not all it’s cracked up to be. We’re given a gift. Knowledge. And with that knowledge comes power and with that power comes--
CORRIN
--Responsibility. I’ve heard this lecture before.
VAL
But now you’re living it. We’re not demigods. We’re not here to fix every problem that will come our way. We can’t.
CORRIN
I know. I know. (PAUSE) So, Alderaan was your home? What was it like? What do you remember?
VAL
I remember a park, with tall trees and blue grass. My parents would read to me while we ate picnics on a quilt. I remember the first girl I ever liked. Sira. I invited her to my eighth birthday party. She must have been waiting at my house for me when…
CORRIN
When what?
VAL
My family took me on a trip. We were touring the system. It was my birthday. We were coming home to a surprise party. When we returned, Alderaan was… was…
CORRIN
You’re birthday…
VAL
I’ve never told anyone before. Do you know how helpless you are at eight? To loose your home?
CORRIN
I do. I do. It’s late, you should get some sleep.
VAL
Good night.
VAL exits. CORRIN sleeps.
FLASHBACK:
INT - A STORAGE COMPARTMENT - SPACE 83
A teenage CORRIN sits huddled between two crates. RIO, a young woman in street urchin clothes, argues with DORVIN, a young man dressed in similar attire.
RIO
Can’t you, just once, admit you made a mistake?
DORVIN
It wasn’t even my fault to begin with. You’re the one who said let’s go see the galaxy.
RIO
I never said I wanted to see Coruscant!
DORVIN
Well, I’m sure they’ll make some stops before they get there.
CORRIN stands.
CORRIN
I’m afraid not. This is a non-stop flight.
DORVIN
Who are you?
CORRIN
Someone who was enjoying the peace and quiet of an empty cargo hold until I heard your complaining.
DORVIN
How dare you speak to me that way!
DORVIN draws his blaster and drops it. CORRIN picks it up.
RIO
You DROPPED your blaster?!
DORVIN
That’s never happened before.
CORRIN
I guess there’s a first time for everything. Both of you, get into that crate, now.
RIO and DORVIN hide. CORRIN hides. 2 Stormtroopers take a look around, and leave. CORRIN enters.
CORRIN (CONT’D)
You can come out now, they’re gone. Really, you two, how do you expect to survive out here?
RIO and DORVIN enter.
RIO
How did you know…?
CORRIN
About the boys in white? They routinely check these holds every other hour. After a while, you can just smell them coming.
DORVIN
Why did you save our lives?
CORRIN
Honestly? I’d like the company. We’ve got at least 34 hours left.
RIO
My name is Rio, and this is Dorvin, my brother.
CORRIN
A pleasure. My name is Corrin. Here’s your blaster back, Dorvin. You should be more careful with who you point that at.
RIO
You’ve probably overheard our story, we jumped the wrong ship. But, what are you doing here, Corrin?
CORRIN
I’m an orphan. My father left me to fight in the war. I haven’t heard from him in years. I just got sick of waiting, so I left.
RIO
Left? Left where?
CORRIN
The place they wanted me to call home.
FLASHFORWARD:
INT - CORRIN’S QUARTERS - SPACE 84
LILY enters, quietly.
LILY
(Whisper)
Corrin. Corrin, wake up.
CORRIN
Lily. Are we there all ready?
LILY
We are. What were you dreaming about?
CORRIN
Old friends.
LILY
(Smiling)
Sounds nice.
EXT - OSSUS DOCKING PLATFORM - DAWN 85
The DEATHWIND lands. ALL enter.
VAL
Here, you may need these.
CARN
What are they?
VAL
They’re some form of currency.
CARI
They’re Hectarees. And quite a lot of them. Where did you find that much money?
VAL
In a little green box.
(PAUSE)
CARI
This way.
ALL exit.
INT - OUTSIDE THE JEDI COUNCIL CHAMBER - DAWN 86
CARI speaks with a guard.
GUARD
They will see you now.
CARI
Thank you.
INT - JEDI COUNCIL CHAMBER - DAWN 87
CARI, VAL, CORRIN, and RASHA enter. Around them sit several Jedi Masters, including MASTER ALBON and ARCA JETH.
CARI
Master Albon, I have brought forth those who you requested.
ALBON
Thank you, Cari. We have another assignment for you. We have sensed a great disturbance resonating from the System of Onderon. We believe it’s the work of the Naddists. Master Arca Jeth is gathering Jedi to handle the situation.
ARCA JETH
As my apprentice, I request that you join me.
CARI
Yes, master. May I make suggestions as to the other Jedi who should come with us?
ARCA JETH
As you wish.
CARI and ARCA JETH exit.
ALBON
(To VAL) Welcome to Ossus, friends. Cari has told me you are Jedi. She also tells me you are honorable, trustworthy, and that you saved her life. However, there is something of a mystery surrounding you. We have no record of your ships. I can also feel the Force bend around you in a way I have never sensed before. Perhaps you could help us understand why.
VAL
I shall do my best, Master Albon.
VAL holds the Codex.
VAL (CONT’D)
Is it this that you sense?
ALBON
No. We know of the Frah’Zshah and their artifacts. What we sense surrounds you and your companions.
VAL
You sense we do not belong here. We don’t. We come from another time.
ALBON
Another time?
VAL
About four millennia from now we will be born. I cannot say how we came to be here, but we need to find a way back.
ALBON
Yes… That would explain a great many things. You have found yourselves a most interesting puzzle. Is there more?
VAL
There may be. We do not yet know. I am aware that the largest library in the galaxy is here on Ossus. With your permission, we request to use it to research our problem further.
ALBON
It will be at your disposal, Master Val. We would be glad to help you find your way back home again. May the Force be with you.
VAL
I'm not a Jedi Master, but thank you.
VAL and RASHA turn to leave.
ALBON
Corrin, you wish to say something?
CORRIN
I do, Master. We may be stranded here for a very long time. My betrothed and I desire to be wed. Is there… maybe something…
ALBON
Say no more, Corrin. We would be honored to help you in any way we can, too. Give us a few days to prepare.
They exit.
INT - OUTSIDE THE JEDI COUNCIL CHAMBER - DAWN 88
VAL, RASHA, and CORRIN enter.
VAL
Lily put you up to that, didn’t she?
CORRIN nods, exaggeratedly. Enters RAE’CHELL.
RAE’CHELL
Good, you’re back. Let’s go. I don’t like this place.
ALL exit.
INT – OMAN’S TEMPLE: SITH SECRET ROOM – EVENING 89
CALMIR, 4 PHANTOM TROOPERS, WE’SEL, 8 Stormtroopers, FREEDON NADD, DANZ, and many Sith enter. Inside lay five coffin-shaped stone boxes arranged in a circle around a central Alter.
CALMIR
Just as I have foreseen it.
FREEDON (ECHOED)
The writings on the wall suggest it was a place of “healing”, but their record states they could not get it to work.
CALMIR
And you haven’t been able to work it either?
FREEDON (ECHOED)
No. Can you?
CALMIR
My friend, you might as well ask whether the Force exists.
2 Stormtroopers enter with 2 covered bodies and place them in 2 boxes. CALMIR places the Addius Vaquila on the Alter.
ISIS and OSIRIS enter from the boxes.
FREEDON (ECHOED)
Bring me a host, it is my turn.
INT - GUEST QUARTERS - DAY 90
VAL sits alone, meditating. CARN enters.
CARN
Good, you’re alone.
VAL
What is it, Carn?
CARN
It’s about the Force. Lately, it seems, some of the memories, some of the skills I’ve been taught, resurface. I can’t repress them any longer.
VAL
I have an apprentice. I can’t take on a second. You know that much.
CARN
But what do I do? I can’t keep bottling it up. And I can’t wait around for you to finish Rasha’s training.
VAL
Talk to Corrin. He’s a Knight now. He can help.
CARN exits. RAE’CHELL enters.
RAE’CHELL
May I join you?
VAL
If you want to. You’re more than welcome.
RAE’CHELL
You are an amazing person, Val. You are much different than when we first met. You changed.
VAL
How so?
RAE’CHELL
When you came in demanding Ralkir’s Relic, you had no class, no finesse. You got what you wanted, no matter who you hurt. Now, you’ve made a complete turn around.
VAL
Thank you. I am sorry about my attitude. My friend was being held hostage, and the ransom was the Relic Ralkir had. Do you know what it could do? What it was capable of?
RAE’CHELL
No. It was just one of many he owned.
VAL
As near as I can figure, it’s a power cell. Watch this.
VAL levitates a small coin from the table.
VAL (CONT’D)
I can hold this here for about five seconds if I try hard enough.
VAL grabs the Codex. Several more coins levitate, spin, and revolve in orbit around the first.
VAL (CONT’D)
With the Codex, I could lift the entire table for hours on end.
RAE’CHELL
And what would Ralkir’s do?
VAL
The Codex only works for users of the Light Side of the Force, such as Jedi. The Addius Vaquila, the one Ralkir had, would do the same thing for servants of the Dark Side, such as the Sith, or yourself.
RAE’CHELL
And it was right under my nose.
VAL lowers the coins back onto the table.
VAL
What ever happened to Ralkir?
RAE’CHELL
He was killed… slaughtered by someone with a lightsaber. I assumed it was you, but I think I may have been mistaken.
VAL
There were other attackers present. Biph was almost killed, and Lily was captured by the Emperor’s men. They might have killed Ralkir.
RAE’CHELL
Then you have merely dishonored me, not my master.
VAL
Then does Dek’Sha still need to be satisfied?
RAE’CHELL
My honor must be restored, and you cannot use that rock to your advantage.
INT - OSSUS PET SHOP - DAY 91
RASHA and PLAN B enter.
RASHA
Val said we could go where we wanted. I wanted to come here.
PLAN B
To an animal trader?
RASHA
Pet shop. There is a difference. Take a look at this one!
RASHA points. The pet shop OWNER enters.
OWNER
That one is really lazy. He’ll just sit around, sleep, and eat. You look like someone that wants one that’ll love you back. Am I right?
RASHA
Yes!
The OWNER and RASHA exit. PLAN B sees a feisty catlike creature. She looks at PLAN B then instantly calms down. The OWNER and RASHA enter.
OWNER
I’ve never seen her do that before.
PLAN B
What?
OWNER
She’s calm, passive. She kept attacking the customers, no one wanted her. I thought I’d have to put her down.
PLAN B
Hmm.
OWNER
You can have her if you want. Free of charge.
RASHA
She’s cute. We’ll take her.
PLAN B
We’ll what?
RASHA smiles. The OWNER opens the cage. The creature jumps on PLAN B and perches on his shoulder.
PLAN B (CONT’D)
(To OWNER) Does she have a name?
OWNER
Nope. No one ever gave her one.
PLAN B
(To RASHA) What should I call her?
RASHA
Ferria. That was my master’s name.
PLAN B
Ferria?
FERRIA meows approvingly. RASHA smiles.
INT - GUEST QUARTERS - DAY 92
JOAH-QUIN knocks on the door. VAL and RAE’CHELL kneel, meditating.
VAL
Come in.
JOAH-QUIN enters.
VAL (CONT’D)
Yes?
JOAH-QUIN
You are Val Lainli?
VAL
I am.
JOAH-QUIN
Then this must be the Codex?
VAL
It is. Why?
JOAH-QUIN
Master Albon sent me. I am a scholar of the Frah’Zshah. He felt I could be of help.
VAL
You just might.
INT - GUEST HALL - DAY 93
TI’ANN, a busy looking Jedi, enters to find CORRIN and LILY.
TI’ANN
(Accusingly)
You two are very hard to find.
CORRIN
That’s our job.
TI’ANN
What? Nevermind. My name is Ti’Ann. Master Albon sent me. I’ll be coordinating your wedding.
LILY
Oh, good. When do we begin?
TI’ANN
Immediately. You’ll need to bring two witnesses. They ought to be Jedi.
CORRIN
I understand. Val and Rasha.
TI’ANN
You will also need tokens.
LILY
Tokens?
TI’ANN
Tokens of your unity. You exchange them. They’re usually jewelry, like a ring or a pendant.
LILY
All right. Anything else?
TI’ANN
We will have to do something with that hair of yours, my boy.
CORRIN
My hair?
INT – OMAN’S TEMPLE - EVENING 94
DANZ overhears CALMIR and FREEDON NADD.
FREEDON NADD
We have a lot of preparing to do. To build an army, acquire weapons and ships for them…
CALMIR
I already have that taken care of. My army awaits you and your thralls to take their place, to create a grand new army to rival even the dreaded Republic and their Jedi.
FREEDON NADD
I assume then you have plenty of commanders and generals to lead this army.
CALMIR
Yes… that is, unless you wish to make some of your own men command. While good in the intention, it could thwart a steadily built and highly successful command chain that already exists.
FREEDON NADD
I see your point.
DANZ exits.
CALMIR
I must attend to other matters. My servants, Ramir Isis and Ramir Osiris will be in charge in my absence. They will know the entire plan.
FREEDON NADD
Ramir? I have never heard of such a title.
CALMIR
It is of little significance. Just as Darth signifies a Dark Lord of the Sith, Ramir signifies a master of my own Arts. A Lord is a Lord.
FREEDON NADD
A Lord is a Lord.
FREEDON NADD exits. ISIS and OSIRIS enter.
CALMIR
You’re late.
ISIS
I’m sorry, Master.
CALMIR
I brought you back so you’d learn from your mistakes, not make new ones.
OSIRIS
What is the plan?
CALMIR
MY plan is to allow the Naddists their rightful place in history.
OSIRIS
I know that tone of your voice. How does this benefit you?
CALMIR
Why I’m only showing a little charity. You will stay here to oversee their progress. When the time is right, you will find Carn and watch over him. Do I make myself perfectly clear?
OSIRIS
Yes, my master.
ISIS
You wouldn’t mind explaining to me why you didn’t bring back my other eye?
CALMIR
Lessons learned must never be forgotten.
CALMIR exits.
INT - WOMEN’S DRESSING ROOM - DAY 99
LILY dresses for the wedding. ASTER helps.
ASTER
How long have you and Corrin known each other?
LILY
It would be about 4 years now. Well, our time.
ASTER
How did you meet?
LILY
I used to command our unit. You know, Biph and Trev?
ASTER
Yeah.
LILY
Corrin joined up, and he quickly outranked me.
ASTER
That hardly seems fair.
LILY
Sure it is. He earned it. He’s done a better job as leader than I ever could. But he felt the same way you do. He felt so bad he took me out to dinner by way of an apology.
ASTER
That’s sweet.
LILY
He spent an entire month’s salary on my dinner alone. Omanda Shrimp, freshly imported.
ASTER
That stuff is so good.
LILY
He had to work double shifts for months just to pay the debt.
ASTER
That’s really going above and beyond. What is it about him that you like so much?
LILY
I think what I love about him is that he needs me. We depend on each other. He knows what I’m capable of, and he relies on that. I had a terrible relationship a long time ago with a man who I would have to depend on, but who really didn’t need me. And when he did need me, he hardly bothered to acknowledge my help. I hate feeling useless.
ASTER
I know it. That’s why I do what I do. Being underestimated gives one a certain advantage.
LILY
That is so true. What about you and Carn? When did you meet?
ASTER
Ah, that story. He had a bounty on himself. You remember Ralkir?
LILY
How could I forget?
ASTER
Well, one of his underlings paid Carn to do a smuggling run. I’ll spare you the details, but to make a long story short, he screwed it up.
LILY
I don’t want to know how. Did it involve large explosions?
ASTER
Yep, that’s kinda his trademark. Anyway I was sent to collect him, dead or alive. Well, I captured him, and I was on the way back with him, when he said something unbelievable.
LILY
Oh, do tell.
ASTER
He said these exact words. He said; I can pay you the amount they’re giving you. I said; Why should I accept your money? He said; Because I’m cute.
LILY
He didn’t. Really?
ASTER
And what’s worse? I bought it! I agreed to help him fight off other bounty hunters. We had some good times together. But I left him, took some odd jobs with the Republic…
LILY
And you two got back together just before we met.
ASTER
That’s right. How did you…
LILY
When I was a prisoner of Emperor Calmir, Carn would come by and tell me about you. He kept me alive. Kept me believing.
ASTER
Carn can bring out the best in people. And the worst.
(PAUSE)
LILY
You know, Carn isn’t a Jedi. He wouldn’t want the kind of wedding Corrin and I are having.
ASTER
Knowing Carn, his ideal wedding is probably half a dozen of his friends dancing around while drinking Twi’lek whisky and firing their blasters up in the air.
LILY
It would be a real treat to go back to our own time and say ‘We got married on Alderaan.’ While we’re here, you could do just that.
ASTER
Lily, I couldn’t imagine a better wedding; Mingling the beauty of Alderaan with the individuality of Carn.
TI’ANN enters.
TI’ANN
Lily? Oh, good. You’re ready. Let’s go.
INT - JEDI TEMPLE - DAY 96
CORRIN, LILY, RASHA, and VAL enter. 2 ATTENDENTS guide them to a JEDI in majestic robes.
JEDI
Those who would be joined together, step forward.
CORRIN and LILY step forward an kneel.
JEDI (CONT’D)
Do you, on your sacred honor, vow to bind your destinies together for all time?
CORRIN
Yes.
LILY
Yes.
The JEDI performs the ceremony.
JEDI
It is the will of the Force that your fates be intertwined. By the power of the Force, you are wed. You are now one with each other, as we all are one with the Force. Rise.
CORRIN and LILY rise.
JEDI (CONT’D)
You may now exchange tokens of your marriage.
CORRIN and LILY exchange pendants and kiss.
INT - OSSUS LIBRARY - NIGHT 97
VAL and JOAH-QUIN enter. An elderly LIBRARIAN greets them.
JOAH-QUIN
Master Pier, I would like to continue my research on the Frah’Zshah.
LIBRARIAN
Of course, Joah-Quin. You might be interested to know that a Perez is also looking into those records.
JOAH-QUIN
Really? Where is this Perez? I would like to speak with him.
LIBRARIAN
Over there, on that terminal.
VAL and JOAH-QUIN walk over to PEREZ.
JOAH-QUIN
Are you Perez?
PEREZ
I am.
JOAH-QUIN
My name is Joah-Quin. This is my associate, Val Lainli. We understand you are interested in the Frah’Zshah?
PEREZ
Yes, yes I am. Why do you ask?
VAL shows PEREZ the Codex.
PEREZ (CONT’D)
The Codex.
VAL
I need to know everything I can about it.
PEREZ
That would take some time. Is there something more specific you’d like to know?
VAL
Time is something I have plenty of.
PEREZ
Where shall we begin?
EXT - A BALCONY - NIGHT 98
ASTER
Love, I’d like to ask you something…
CARN
What’s that?
ASTER
Lily gave me an idea, and I want to do it. I want to have the wedding on Alderaan.
CARN
Alderaan? What’s wrong with Corellia?
ASTER
Assuming we get back to our own time, Corellia will still be there. Alderaan won’t.
CARN
All right, Alderaan it is.
INT - OSSUS LIBRARY - MORNING. 99
VAL, PEREZ, and JOAH-QUIN were up all night studying. RAE’CHELL leans against a wall. CARN enters.
CARN
Are you guys still here?
VAL
Yeah, we’re still here.
CARN
Aster and I are going back to Alderaan. She wants the wedding to be there. The others are ready. We’re leaving in about an hour. We were hoping you’d come with us.
(PAUSE)
VAL
I can’t. I’m sorry, but this is really important. I have to find us a way back.
CARN
Val, these records will still be here in a week.
VAL
Have Rasha go with you.
CARN
She already is. She was hoping you’d come along, too.
VAL
Carn, I sense there is more to our being here than meets the eye. I am driven to find out.
CARN
(To RAE’CHELL) I guess you’re welcome to come along, too.
RAE’CHELL
Until Dek’Sha is satisfied I must stay with Val.
CARN
Suit yourself.
CARN exits.
INT - DEATWIND COCKPIT - SPACE
CARN pilots the DEATHWIND. ASTER and RASHA sit.
CARN
Ever since he got that accursed Codex, he hasn’t had time for anything else. It’s like he’s a completely different person.
RASHA
Give him time. He’ll work through it. He always talked about the good times you two had.
CARN
Then why is he shunning me? If we had such good times, why doesn’t he join us to have another one?
RASHA
He’s trying to find us a way home.
CARN
That’s no excuse. He couldn’t put down his book for a week, come with us to Alderaan, and be with us when we get married. We’ve known each other for fifteen years.
ASTER
You’re letting your temper get the better of you. I’ve told you about that.
CARN
You can’t tell me you’re not upset.
ASTER
Of course I’m upset. But this is something I want to do. If Val can’t make the time to be here for us, then so be it. But I don’t want to waste time hating someone who is confused about their priorities.
CARN
Fine, I’ll cool off.
ASTER
Thank you.
The DEATHWIND docks with the MIRAGE I. The MIRAGE I enters Hyperspace.
INT – WE’SEL’S SSD: DOCKING BAY – SPACE 102
ISIS oversees many Stormtroopers and Sith. DANZ enters.
DANZ
What in Kol-Dan do you think you’re doing?!
ISIS
(Taunting)
Organizing my men.
DANZ
No! MY men. I am the Lord General of the Naddist Sorcerers!
ISIS
(Whisper)
You are nothing!
INT - OSSUS LIBRARY – DAY 103
VAL
But wait, how can that be? It has to have some sort of additional use. It has a storage of energy that feeds my powers whenever I touch it.
PEREZ
All it says is “Sera Vera Kredoz Dekoos Ila”. The only apparent purpose it was created for was to teach.
JOAH-QUIN
Perhaps not… The Frah’Zshah believed strongly in the balance between the Dark and the Light. But trying to train in both the sides would not allow oneself to grow particularly strong in either side. It’s like trying to ride two banthas running in opposite directions. And also the word “Dekoos”, which is “to teach”, in an earlier dialect can mean “to focus”.
VAL
Then perhaps a better description for the Codex would be a Lens. So it magnifies my powers.
PEREZ
I wonder… Theoretically speaking, say a bloodline has never been particularly strong in the Force when it comes to the powers of the mind. How greatly would the Codex strengthen that weakness?
VAL
Or what about someone who is already strong with mental powers?
JOAH-QUIN
Then it is quite possible for them to see anything. Perhaps in a Dreamscape. Some one strong enough could spot anyone strong in the force over the entire galaxy. But holding such a power would demand great responsibility.
VAL
I think we need to take a look at that Alter.
INT - JEDI CRUSIER - SPACE 104
VAL pilots. PEREZ, RAE’CHELL, and JOAH-QUIN sit.
PEREZ
Tell me about your friend, Carn. I could sense some power in him, but it’s all bottled up.
VAL
He’s had some nasty experiences. I don’t think I should talk about it.
PEREZ
I had some ‘nasty experiences’ myself. There was a time when I was teetering towards the Dark Side. I can still feel its pull. Sometimes I just want to-
VAL
-Run away? (PEREZ nods) Really? I had no idea, Perez. You seem so able, so sure of yourself.
PEREZ
No one can see what sufferings happen on the inside.
(PAUSE)
VAL
You’re right. Carn asked me for my help. He wanted me to guide him, to teach him the differences between the Light Side and the Dark Side.
PEREZ
Why? What happened?
VAL
He was forced to learn the Dark Side before he understood the Light. Perhaps you could help him?
PEREZ
Why don’t you do it? Why me?
VAL
Because you understand what he’s going through and because I have an apprentice.
PEREZ
I will, if that’s what you want me to do.
INT - DERELICT ALTER ROOM - SPACE 105
VAL, JOAH-QUIN, RAE’CHELL and PEREZ enter.
VAL
That’s it.
JOAH-QUIN
This is not Frah’Zshahan. This is definitely manufactured. How did you activate it?
VAL
I placed the Codex in this slot here.
PEREZ
Don’t put it in yet. We don’t know what it’ll do.
VAL
I don’t intend to.
JOAH-QUIN
It wouldn’t do anything if you did. It’s set up with a secondary power source. Look here.
VAL
I never noticed that.
PEREZ
Well, what’s it hooked up to?
JOAH-QUIN
Take Val and find out.
PEREZ and VAL exit.
JOAH-QUIN
Rae’Chell, could you give me a hand with this?
INT - DERELICT SHIP CORRIDOR - SPACE 106
VAL and PEREZ enter.
VAL
Tell me, when you fell away, what happened?
PEREZ
I can’t tap into the mental half of the Force. I can pretty much move a house with the Force, but I couldn’t fool a drunk into thinking a ripe fruit is rotten. I gave up. I just couldn’t do it.
VAL
Really? Because I have the hardest time tapping into the physical half of the Force. I could make a millionaire think he was broke, but I couldn’t lift my lightsaber to safe my life.
PEREZ
You? No, I don’t believe that for a moment.
VAL
It’s true. The Codex helped immensely. It magnified my powers. I keep getting stronger the more I use it.
PEREZ
Can I see it?
VAL
Sure.
VAL hands PEREZ the Codex.
PEREZ
It’s amazing. It’s like I’m able to piece together things I’d never think of.
VAL
Enlightenment.
PEREZ hands VAL the Codex.
VAL (CONT’D)
It comes with being part of the Light Side.
They find the end of the cord.
PEREZ
It’s some kind of short range transmitter. I’ve never seen the like before.
VAL
It’s Imperial. They sent us back. We have to find a way back to our time. Who knows what havoc the Empire is causing in our absence? My friends… BLAST! I can’t believe I… Perez, I have to go down to the planet. I must be completely stupid. My best friend is getting married, and I’m not there.
VAL exits.
EXT - ALDERAAN CITY STREET - DAY 107
VAL and RAE’CHELL enter.
VAL
Where are they?
LILY enters.
VAL
Lily!
LILY
Val? I thought you weren’t coming!
VAL
Well, I was stupid, but I’m better now. Where are the others?
LILY
Follow me.
VAL, LILY, and RAE’CHELL exit.
INT - MEN’S DRESSING ROOM - DAY 108
CORRIN, CARN, and BIPH dress in standard Alderaanian Wedding garb. VAL enters.
CARN
Val, you made it.
VAL
I wouldn’t miss this for anything.
BIPH
Well, we should be thanking you. It’s the money you found that’s paying for this entire thing.
VAL
It’s absolutely unbelievable.
CORRIN
What else was in that little box?
VAL
Not much, I’ll tell you later.
CARN
Now that you’re here, you’d better get dressed. We have just enough money for you’re suit.
INT – DERELICT ALTER ROOM – SPACE 109
JOAH-QUIN and PEREZ work. CARN and VAL enter.
JOAH-QUIN
Back so soon? I thought weddings lasted longer than that.
VAL
I figured I’d return your ship so that you weren’t stranded here.
PEREZ
That’s mighty thoughtful of you.
VAL
Carn, this is Joah-Quin and Perez. They’ve been helping us to find a way home.
CARN
Great.
VAL
Can I give you a hand?
JOAH-QUIN
Yeah, under there, tell me what color the wires are.
VAL gets under the console, and hands CARN a device.
CARN
What’s this?
VAL
It’s a new toy. I found it on my ship.
CARN pushes a button and vanishes.
VAL (CONT’D)
And don’t touch the button.
CARN screams. VAL, JOAH-QUIN, RAE’CHELL, and PEREZ exit.
INT – MIRAGE I DOCKING BAY – DAY 111
VAL, PEREZ, RAE’CHELL, and JOAH-QUIN enter. CARN enters from VAL’S SHIP with a headache.
CARN
Oh, that hurt…
VAL
I told you not to push the button.
CARN
Well, why didn’t you tell me that BEFORE I pushed the button? What was that anyway?
VAL
A recall for my teleporter.
CARN
You have a teleporter? And you DIDN’T tell ME?
VAL
You didn’t ask.
EXT - ALDERAAN CHAPEL - DAY 111
CARN and ASTER begin their wedding ceremony.
INT - DERELICT ALTER ROOM - DAY 112
JOAH-QUIN and PEREZ continue studying the Alter.
JOAH-QUIN
I think I’ve figured it out. This transmitter sent a signal to the opposite power source, starting up the reaction.
PEREZ
Opposite?
JOAH-QUIN & PEREZ
The Addius Vaquila!
EXT - ALDERAAN CHAPEL - DAY 113
CARN and ASTER kiss. ALL cheer.
CARN
I know so few of you. I know the people who helped with our catering, attire, and everything else. I also know who my closest friends are. The rest of you are just here for the food, aren’t you? (PAUSE)Hey, I don’t mind. I really don’t. We’ve got some great food here. Besides, I’d probably do the same thing if I were you. Wait a minute. I have done the same thing as you. So let’s eat!
ALL cheer.
EXT - RECEPTION AREA - DAY 114
EVERYONE eats the treats laid out on the buffet.
CARN
I’m really glad you decided to come.
ASTER
It wouldn’t have been the same without you.
VAL
I don’t know what came over me. I guess I became so concerned about getting my friends home, I forgot about my friends.
CARN
It happens to the best of us.
PEREZ and JOAH-QUIN enter.
VAL
Oh, Carn. I meant to tell you. Perez, here, has agreed to teach you the differences between the Light Side and the Dark Side.
CARN
Really?
PEREZ
It’s true. I’ve talked with Val, and he thinks I can help you.
CARN
That’s great.
JOAH-QUIN
Val, I need to talk to you.
CORRIN, LILY, and BIPH enter.
LILY
Aster, you look absolutely beautiful.
ASTER
Thank you, Lily.
CORRIN
You really do.
ASTER smiles. VAL and JOAH-QUIN sneak off.
JOAH-QUIN
Val, I think we’ve figured it out. We can get you home. But we need the Addius Vaquila. Do you know where it is?
VAL
No, but I know someone who might.
INT - CHAPEL ROOM - DAY 115
VAL, JOAH-QUIN, RASHA, and CORRIN sit around a table. VAL has the Codex in front of him.
VAL
I am going attempt to use the Codex to find Taboon. What should I look for?
JOAH-QUIN
If what you say about him is true, he would be the strongest signal that is in balance with the Force. It shouldn’t be hard.
VAL
Here goes nothing.
VAL enters into the Dreamscape.
VAL (CONT’D)
I can see it. All the stars, it’s so beautiful. I see him. Bopane… he’s on, Bopane.
CORRIN
Got it.
CORRIN exits.
VAL
Wait. I sense a great darkness. I know where…
VAL passes out.
RASHA
Val? Val! (To JOAH-QUIN) What’s wrong with him?
JOAH-QUIN
He’s appears to be in a coma.
INT - CALMIR’S LIBRARY - DREAMSCAPE 116
VAL finds himself standing in the center of the Library that was destroyed in Calmir’s Temple. CALMIR stands from behind his table.
CALMIR
Ah, Val. I’ve been expecting you. Welcome to my library.
VAL
This can’t be real, I watched you die.
CALMIR
As a matter of fact, this isn’t real. This is a Dreamscape, your mind in mine. Of course, I would have to be living for this to work, so it’s safe to say that I am very much alive. You didn’t really believe that merely collapsing several tons of stone on me would be enough to conquer me, did you? Do I seem so fragile to in your eyes?
VAL tries to escape, but the doors are locked.
CALMIR (CONT’D)
That will do you no good. You can’t get out. You are trapped here until I decide to let you go. Not before. This my Dreamscape, remember?
VAL charges CALMIR.
CALMIR (CONT’D)
Physical prowess means nothing here. You cannot hurt me. Your strength must come from your mind.
VAL
Why have you brought me here?
CALMIR
You brought yourself. I only invited you. But while you’re here I might as well gloat a little.
VAL
Gloat?
CALMIR
A bad habit of mine. Call it a weakness.
VAL
What is this place?
CALMIR
As I said before, this is my library. There was never enough light.
CALMIR wills the room to become brighter.
CALMIR (CONT’D)
Ah, that’s better. I wanted to take you to this place in person. Sadly you destroyed my temple, and this library with it. I did so enjoy the hours I would spend here studying, learning.
VAL
I doubt that.
CALMIR
Oh?
VAL
The Dark Side has no respect for knowledge, only destruction.
CALMIR
The Dark Side respects destruction because destruction is power. Knowledge also is power. I seek power. What everything in the galaxy fights for, is power.
VAL
I don’t seek power.
CALMIR
Oh don’t you? Do you think that learning the art and skill of the Jedi is merely for enlightenment? No… you gain dominance over the elements, control over weak-minded, and a firm grip on what destiny throws your way. The Force gives you power. (PAUSE) And let’s not forget war; its very purpose is to give one man power over another. Even the very sun gives battle to the moon for dominance over the sky, only to seek revenge the next morning. So now it’s time to ask yourself what you believe.
VAL
Master Skywalker said power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
CALMIR (cackles softly)
My friend, you cross yourself. If the Jedi seek knowledge, which is power, and power corrupts… then the most knowledgeable of the Jedi are the most evil.
VAL
You have a very twisted intellect.
CALMIR
But am I wrong? Am I not evil simply because I know everything?
VAL
You don’t know everything.
CALMIR
I am working on that.
INT - MIRAGE I BRIDGE - SPACE 117
MIRAGE I enters from Hyperspace in orbit of BOPANE.
LILY
I’m not picking up any technology. There’s no reply from the planet. It’s populated, but seems pre-space.
CORRIN
Find a remote place to land. We don’t want to cause a riot.
MIRAGE I lands in a field far
from any city.
EXT - ALDERAAN PARK - DAY 118
PEREZ sits on a park bench. CARN and SQEAKER enter.
PEREZ
Carn, come here. Sit a while.
CARN sits. SQUEAKER stops by CARN.
PEREZ (CONT’D)
I heard what happened to Val. Has he woken up yet?
CARN
No, not yet. I’m getting worried.
PEREZ
Relax. Val will pull through this. He is a strong Jedi. I hear you’re a pilot? Is that right? Do you like it?
CARN
It’s the greatest thing in the galaxy. The places I’ve been, the things I’ve seen…
PEREZ
I’m a pilot, too. Learned a few interesting things about flying. The stories I could tell. I’ve seen Jedi fly large cargo ships with all the finesse of a Starfighter. I’ve seen Jedi plot courses through Hyperspace just by feeling where they wanted to go. No astromechs. They weren’t needed. (Squeaker beeps indignantly) Sorry, Squeaker.
CARN
That would be a skill I would love to have.
PEREZ
Actually, that’s a skill I do have. I could teach it to you.
CARN
You’ll teach me how to fly like a Jedi?
PEREZ
Of course. But we’ll have start with the basics.
CARN
When do we start?
EXT - CITY STREETS - DAY 119
RASHA and PLAN B enter.
RASHA
I’m almost done with my training.
PLAN B
That’s wonderful. What do you have left to do?
RASHA
All I have left is to build my own lightsaber.
PLAN B
That’s it?
RASHA
It’s easier said than done. It takes months.
RASHA thinks she sees ISIS’ electronic eye down an alleyway.
PLAN B
What is it?
RASHA
I’m seeing things. Let’s find the others.
EXT - CITY COURTYARD - DAY 120
CORRIN, LILY, and BIPH enter. The KING and his vanguard enters. EVERYONE bows except CORRIN, LILY, and BIPH.
BIPH
(Whisper)
Do you think we should bow, too?
KING
How DARE you! Don’t you know how to bow to your King when I grace you with my presence?
LILY, CORRIN, and BIPH bow.
LILY
Our apologies, your Grace. We didn’t know.
EVERYONE gasps.
GUARD
ARREST THEM!
CORRIN
Oh, what did we do now?
GUARDS surround them. CORRIN draws his lightsaber.
GUARD
An Azgarth!
An IGER, a warrior priest with a Lightsaber, duels CORRIN. CORRIN wins. 3 IGERS step forward.
IGER
Surrender, heathen.
CORRIN, LILY, and BIPH are arrested. RASHA and PLAN B enter.
RASHA
What happened?
PEASANT
A woman spoke to the King! She had an Azgarth with her.
RASHA
An Azgarth?
PEASANT
A heathen. A Dark Outlander… Know you nothing?
RASHA
(To PLAN B) They mistook Corrin for a Sith. This can’t be happening. We’ve got to contact Val.
INT - CALMIR’S LIBRARY - DREAMSCAPE 121
CALMIR picks up one of the books on his table.
CALMIR
The Yerra believed in a Goddess of Light, and a God of Darkness, and that the two of them war against each other in the heavens.
CALMIR picks up another book.
CALMIR (CONT’D)
The Ka’li believed in a cycle of energies. That the Yuu gave life and the Raa took life away.
CALMIR picks up a third book.
CALMIR
The Dae Troc believed that there was a Great God and his two sons, Gerr and Arus, worked miracles of Good and Evil among the common people. It plagued my mind for years trying to figure out which was right. Which of these great civilizations were correct? Which culture had a firm grasp on the purpose of the Force? Do you know what I found out?
VAL
No. What?
CALMIR
They all were right. And they all were wrong. Each one of them had a fragment of truth to them. But every single one was distorted with beliefs, convoluted religions, and heresy. Each had their heretics, their hypocrites. Not one of them, not even the Jedi, had all the answers.
VAL
I never said the Jedi had all the answers.
CALMIR
Nor am I accusing you, but I believe there is more to the truth than the Jedi know.
VAL
And what truth is it that you believe in?
CALMIR
I hoped you would ask. I believe in the Force. I believe the Force is a tool that has been used by religious fanatics for millennia. The weak minded fall so quickly for the cheap parlor tricks you and I could so easily perform. Haven’t you ever been tempted? Tempted to just go down to a planet that no one has ever been to, tell them you’re a God, solidifying your claim with your powers, and govern over them with your wisdom and foresight. Sometimes I wonder how many offshoot religions are based solely on the ideas of a lone Jedi with an inferiority complex. You could do it. You have the Force. The difference between a Man and a God is power.
VAL
I’m not interested in Godhood.
CALMIR
I am.
INT - MIRAGE I BRIDGE - DAY 122
RASHA and PLAN B speak to CARN over an audio only channel.
RASHA
Carn, you have to tell Val. The others have been arrested.
CARN (O.S.)
What? Why?
RASHA
It’s a crime for a woman to talk to the King.
CARN (O.S.)
You must be joking. They arrested Lily for talking to the King?
RASHA
And Corrin. And Biph. They’re talking execution. And I can’t use
my Lightsaber, or they’ll arrest me for being a heathen.
CARN (O.S.)
Aster and I will be on our way. Val’s a little out of it right now.
INT - DEATHWIND LOUNGE – DAY 123
ASTER and CARN speak to RASHA over an audio only channel.
RASHA (O.S.)
What? What happened?
CARN
It’s a long story. You two will have to stall for time. Convince the King to
give them a trial. It’s their only hope.
RASHA (O.S.)
We’ll do what we can.
ASTER
Let’s go.
PEREZ enters.
PEREZ
I’m coming with you.
CARN
What?
PEREZ
Val told me to stick with you, so that’s what I’m doing.
The DEATHWIND flies out of its docking bay, into orbit, and enters Hyperspace.
INT - MIRAGE I EQUIPMENT ROOM - DAY 124
RASHA finds surveillance equipment. PLAN B watches.
PLAN B
This isn’t going to work.
RASHA
Yes it is. Trust me.
INT - THRONEROOM - DAY 125
The KING sits on his thrown, bored. His AIDE stands beside him. ATTENDANTS line the walls.
KING
(Whisper)
I loath this. Look at those whining bureaucrats just standing there, plotting their little schemes, thinking they’re important because they’re with me. They should all be shot. Watch my chair, I’m going down to the pub.
AIDE
But, Your Majesty, formality demands-
KING
Yeah, yeah… You try sitting in this chair some time.
PLAN B enters. ATTENDANTS murmur amongst themselves.
PLAN B
Your Royal Highness. I beseech you. My friends and I are not of this place.
KING
You’re friends?
PLAN B
One of them, a woman, unwittingly made the mistake of addressing your person.
KING
Ah, yes. I remember them. You are friends with an Azgarth?
The ATTENDANTS’ murmur grows louder.
KING (CONT’D)
The charges against your friends are serious.
PLAN B
I am aware of their charges, your Grace.
INT - MIRAGE I BRIDGE - DAY 126
RASHA speaks into a microphone.
RASHA
…your Grace. I request—
FERRIA turns off the transmission.
RASHA (CONT’D)
Ferria!? What did you touch?
INT - THRONE ROOM - DAY 127
PLAN B
I request… um… I request…
KING
Yes?
The ATTENDANTS begin laughing at PLAN B.
PLAN B
Well, I, um… What I mean to say is… eh… (Angry) Look, your Lordlyship, let’s skip the formality and cut to the grits. I want you to give my friends a chance to defend themselves. They were only guilty of not knowing your stupid customs before hand.
The ATTENDANTS gasp. The KING laughs and stands.
KING
Honesty! It’s been a long time since that’s been in this room. (PAUSE) You are truly a breath of fresh air. It’s about time someone scared the egos out of these cowards. Very well, you shall have your justice.
PLAN B nods and exits.
INT - CALMIR’S LIBRARY - DREAMSCAPE 128
CALMIR
There is no stopping it now, Val Lainli… My ascent to Godhood is nigh. I have conquered the Force. I have conquered living. I have conquered the dead. I have even bridged the gap between them. And now I have conquered Time. Yes, Val, it was I who brought us back through time… with your help of course. I needed the Codex to, how shall I put it, “complete the circuit”.
VAL
Why? Why have you brought us here?
CALMIR
I needed to spin the dial on the clock backwards and you had the second key. As to the rest of your ragged bunch, they became stowaways on the wrong flight.
VAL
Why here? Why this time?
INT - ASSAULT TRANSPORT CORRIDOR - SPACE 129
CARI, ULIC & CAY QEL-DROMA, TOTT DONEETA, DACE DIATH, KITH KARK, NOMI SUNRIDER, QRRL TOQ, and ARCA JETH manage a small transport through Hyperspace. CALMIR and VAL’S voices narrate.
CALMIR (V.O.)
History is divided up into three parts; names, dates, and events. Events are the most fascinating. Names come second. Dates are always the least interesting. Who did what, and when? But with the events, the names become legendary. Perhaps you know these names? Arca Jeth, the Great Swordsman. Tott Doneeta, the beast empath. The brothers Qel-Droma, Ulic and Cay. And lest we forget, Nomi Sunrider, the unwitting Heroine of the Force.
VAL (V.O.)
All those Jedi were directly involved with the success of defeating the Naddist Uprising.
DACE DIATH enters and finds the body of TOTT DONEETA.
CALMIR (V.O.)
You know your history. Then you know what happened after the defeat of the Naddists. And why, in our day, there are only two Sith at any time.
SETT kills DACE
INT - ASSAULT TRANSPORT BRIDGE - SPACE 130
VAL (V.O.)
The Sith turned against each other. Slaughtered their own, until one was left. He decided that to avoid complete extinction there could be only two. A master and an apprentice.
The other Jedi hear DACE’S screams.
ARCA JETH
Ulic, Cay, go investigate.
ULIC and CAY exit.
INT - ASSAULT TRANSPORT CORRIDOR - SPACE 131
CALMIR (V.O.)
But, one must wonder, what would have happened if the Naddist Uprising succeeded? How might the Sith have changed?
ULIC and CAY enter.
ULIC
Master Arca, both Dace and Tott are dead. Cari is seriously injured.
ARCA JETH
What happened?
CAY
Master, there must be someone else on board, but I can’t sense them. I…
CARI stands.
VAL (V.O.)
I don’t know.
INT - ASSAULT TRANSPORT BRIDGE - SPACE 132
CALMIR (V.O.)
They would have united against the Jedi until one, or both, were extinct. But, you might ask, what does this supposition have to do with me? Suppose these key figures, these pawns of prophecy were unable to complete their destiny. Who might destiny choose to take their place? Or would history simply take a different course?
The Jedi hear ULIC and CAY die. They draw their lightsabers. CARI enters.
CARI
It killed them… Killed them all…
ARCA JETH
You’re safe now. What was it?
They protect CARI. She stands behind them then duels QRRL, killing him.
CALMIR (V.O.)
What if they were stopped, simply because of interference from a few rogue time travelers? Maybe you saved someone’s life who was supposed to die. Maybe you hindered the Jedi’s response time with your sudden appearance. Perhaps even caused someone important to die. Would you replace those whom destiny appointed as Heroes of the Age? What if it was entirely your fault? How could you repair it? How would you make amends if the slightest interference could change the path of history?
ARCA JETH, NOMI, and KITH duel CARI. CARI kills KITH.
VAL (V.O.)
Any interference would be your fault. You brought us back here.
CARI turns into SETT.
ARCA JETH (CONT’D)
A doppelganger!
SETT duels ARCA JETH and NOMI. He kills them.
CALMIR (V.O.)
No, my friend. You brought me back. Just like this Dreamscape, I simply presented the opportunity, the Codex was your key, and you opened the door.
SET turns into CARI, jettisons an escape pod, and pilots.
INT - CALMIR’S LIBRARY - DREAMSCAPE 133
CALMIR
Without you, this would never have happened. You have my gratitude.
VAL
I don’t want your gratitude, I want to return home.
CALMIR
Well, there are two ways of doing that. First, you could put yourself in a cryo-capsule for about four thousand years OR, you could take the Addius Vaquila from me by force, a comical thought at best, and repeat the same scenario that brought you back. Of course, doing it wrong may just send you back further. Personally, I think you’d have better chances with the cryo-capsule.
INT - TRIBUNAL CHAMBER - DUSK 134
The Tribunal is a small arena surrounded on all sides by balcony seating. RASHA and PLAN B watch in the audience. On one side, the Tribunal sits. CORRIN, LILY, and BIPH enter. DUCARR, the lead Judge, speaks.
DUCARR
Do you, the accused, agree to accept the judgment of our great and wise tribunal?
BIPH
(Whisper)
(To CORRIN) If we say no, would it matter?
CORRIN
We will accept your great and wise judgment.
DUCARR
Very well. You stand accused of treason, sedition, resisting arrest, assault on an Iger, illegal possession of a Sword of Light, and practicing the Dark Craft. How do you plead?
CORRIN
Innocent.
DUCARR
You may now present your case.
CORRIN tells DUCARR his story. Only LILY can see ISIS and OSIRIS in the audience.
CORRIN
…That was when your Iger attacked me. I was forced to defend myself and my friends from him.
DUCARR
An interesting tale. Yechin, they are yours to interrogate.
YECHIN
Yes, oh great one. Corrin Wyndryder. You claim not to have had any knowledge of our culture. Is that true?
CORRIN
It is.
YECHIN
And is it true that your actions were completely acceptable in the culture you hail from?
CORRIN
Yes.
YECHIN
Then why come here? To force your culture upon our own?
CORRIN
No. We came in search of someone. Once we found him, we would leave.
YECHIN
Ah, and would taking him by force be acceptable in your culture?
CORRIN
Acceptable? No, unless dire needs demand it.
YECHIN
Now, there are some heavy charges placed upon you, Treason and Sedition among them.
CORRIN
If we knew the way your culture treats their King beforehand, none of this would have happened.
YECHIN
Uh huh. And if murder, which is against our culture, is acceptable in yours, we should let you go.
CORRIN
We didn’t kill anybody.
YECHIN
No, but treason is a greater crime than murder. And greater than treason is heresy. Tell me, why do you have a Sword of Light?
CORRIN
It was my father’s.
YECHIN
And who was your Father?
CORRIN
The Great Dais Wyndryder, Brigadier General and Jedi Knight.
YECHIN
A large title. We have no record of him. How did he get a Sword of Light?
CORRIN
He built it himself.
The AUDIENCE murmurs.
YECHIN
Mister Wyndryder.
CORRIN
Major.
YECHIN
I beg your pardon?
CORRIN
Major Wyndryder. I didn’t spend eight years in the special forces of the Republic Navy to be called Mister.
YECHIN
MAJOR Wyndryder, are you claiming that a Sword of Light can be constructed by a mere mortal? They exist as gifts of the Almighty Hethlocke.
CORRIN
And who told you that?
YECHIN
It would appear you know very little about a great many things, MAJOR Wyndryder.
DUCARR
That’s enough Yechin. We will now recess. The Tribunal will cast it judgment at dawn tomorrow.
BIPH
(Whisper)
You didn’t happen to mind trick them into giving us an innocent verdict, did you?
CORRIN, LILY, and BIPH exit.
ISIS
I have a score to settle.
ISIS exits.
INT - PRISON BLOCK - NIGHT 135
CARN and ASTER enter. They find CORRIN, LILY, & BIPH’S cell.
CARN
Hey, guys.
BIPH
You found us. Great. Get us out of here.
CORRIN
We can’t do that, Biph.
BIPH
Come on, boss. You know they’ll find us guilty. This whole tribunal is a mockery. It’s a public witch-hunt.
CORRIN
I understand that, Biph. But if we run now, they’ll hunt us down until we’re dead.
BIPH
They don’t even have the technology to get into orbit, much less Hyperspace.
CORRIN
We still have a mission to complete. We can’t find Taboon while we’re on the run.
CARN
What do you suggest?
CORRIN
Here’s the plan.
INT - CITY STREETS - NIGHT 136
RASHA and PLAN B enter.
RASHA
We had better find Taboon, and fast. I think we should split up.
PLAN B
Is that wise?
RASHA
I’m a big girl. I can handle myself.
PLAN B exits. ISIS captures RASHA.
ISIS
Hello, my little morsel. You didn’t think you’d actually escape me, did you?
RASHA
No! You can’t be real.
ISIS
Oh, can’t I?
RASHA duels ISIS. ISIS wins.
ISIS (CONT’D)
Is that all you’ve got? I’m disappointed. And after all this time I was expecting a real Jedi.
PLAN B violently rescues RASHA from ISIS.
ISIS (CONT’D)
Ooh, a challenge.
ISIS fights PLAN B. ISIS knocks out PLAN B. TABOON enters and rescues PLAN B. TABOON duels ISIS with artifacts.
ISIS (CONT’D)
You’re going to have to do better than that.
TABOON
Wisdom teaches not to strive for better, but to achieve one’s best.
TABOON knocks out ISIS.
TABOON (CONT’D)
A thousand words can not cry as loud as a single action…
RASHA
Taboon, I’m glad we finally found you.
TABOON
You cannot find what hath found thee first.
PLAN B
Hey Bud, why’ve you been looking for us?
TABOON
Thou canst lead me to find the man who is the unbalance.
RASHA
Look, Val is not causing any problems.
TABOON
Nay not that one, the King from your Time.
RASHA
How do you know we’re not from your time?
PLAN B
We never had a King our time… we had an Emperor once… but we killed him quite thoroughly…
RASHA
The Emperor is STILL alive?!
They hear guards approaching.
TABOON
Make haste, for the paladins assemble.
RASHA
We must get to the Tribunal.
TABOON, RASHA, and PLAN B run at a wall.
RASHA (CONT’D)
I can’t climb that!
TABOON
Climb?
TABOON uses an artifact and they exit run through the wall. OSIRIS enters. ISIS wakes up.
OSIRIS
I take it, it didn’t go well.
ISIS
I’m going to kill that blue freak.
OSIRIS
We have greater concerns, Isis. Come with me.
ISIS and OSIRIS exit.
EXT - OSSUS JEDI CITY - DAY 137
CARI’S transport crashes into the city. CARI enters.
CARI
I have to speak to Master Albon.
CARI faints.
JEDI
Take her to the infirmary.
The Jedi exit carrying CARI.
INT - OSSUS INFIRMARY - DAY 138
ALBON enters.
HEALER
She asked for you by name.
ALBON
Take me to her.
HEALER takes ALBON to CARI.
CARI
Master Albon?
ALBON
Yes, my child, I’m here.
CARI
It was… a Sith… Killed everyone…
ALBON
How did you manage to escape?
CARI
I lured him into an escape pod…
ALBON
Rest now.
CARI sleeps.
HEALER
She’ll make it. She just needs rest.
ALBON
And the others? Arca Jeth? Nomi Sunrider?
HEALER
I’m sorry. There were no other survivors.
ALBON
What do I tell Vima? She’s only 3. First Andur, now this… (PAUSE) We’ve underestimated the power of the Sith. I will not make the same mistake again.
ALBON exits.
INT - A DARK MEDITATION CHAMBER - DAY 139
ALBON enters. MASTER THON meditates.
ALBON
We need your help.
THON
What service can I provide you, Master Albon?
ALBON
The Sith are stronger than we had anticipated. We must move against them, quickly, before they grow too powerful. One of their number killed seven of our Jedi with ease. I need your strength.
THON
Then you shall have it.
ALBON
Thank you,
Master Thon.
INT - TRIBUNAL CHAMBER - DAWN 140
RASHA, TABOON, and PLAN B sit in the AUDIENCE. CORRIN, LILY, and BIPH enter with GUARDS. The Tribunal stands.
DUCARR
We, the Great and Wise Tribunal, pass judgment on you. On the charge of treason we find the accused… innocent. On the charge of sedition we find the accused… innocent. On the charge of resisting arrest we find the accused… guilty. On the charge of assault on an Iger, we find the accused, Major Wyndryder… guilty. On the charge of illegal possession of a Sword of Light we find the accused, Major Wyndryder… guilty. And on the charge of practicing the Dark Craft we find the accused… innocent.
YECHIN
Biph Ddooge, Lily Wyndryder, we sentence you to time served. You are free to go. We suggest you learn our laws if you wish to remain here with us. Major Corrin Wyndryder, for the crimes of Assault on an Iger and Illegal possession of a Sword of Light, we sentence you do death… by beheading.
LILY
NO!!!
DUCARR
Guards, take him away.
Two Guards approach CORRIN. CARN, PEREZ, and ASTER enter.
CARN
CORRIN! CATCH!
CARN tosses CORRIN his lightsaber.
CARN (CONT’D)
All right you primitive savages. This mockery of justice is over.
LILY
Carn! It was a fair trial!
CARN (CONT’D)
Oh, um… Well, I’m still taking my friends and leaving!
The AUDIENCE screams in fear.
RASHA
CARN!! THE EMPEROR’S ALIVE!!!
50 Stormtroopers enter and shoot.
CARN
Get into the arena, I’ll cover you.
CARN kills 3 Stormtroopers. The HEROES dive into the arena.
CORRIN
You found Taboon.
RASHA
I did. The Emperor’s alive. He brought Isis.
ASTER
But I saw Val kill him.
BIPH
Can we discuss this after we’re not getting shot at?
They exit.
INT - NARROW CORRIDOR - DAY 141
The HEROES find their way down the corridors.
RASHA
How do we get out?
PLAN B, RASHA, TABOON, and PEREZ are separated from ASTER, CORRIN, BIPH, CARN, and LILY.
CARN (V.O.)
Rasha, are you all right?
RASHA
Yeah, we’re fine. Meet us back at Corrin’s ship.
RASHA, PLAN B, TABOON, and PEREZ exit.
CORRIN
Follow me.
CORRIN, LILY, CARN, ASTER, and BIPH exit.
INT - NARROW CORRIDOR - DAY 142
RASHA, PLAN B, TABOON, and PEREZ enter. 6 Stormtroopers enter.
PLAN B
I’ll handle this.
PLAN B stands before the Stormtroopers. They exit, running.
RASHA
That’s one way to handle it. Let’s go.
INT - NARROW CORRIDOR - DAY 143
CARN, CORRIN, LILY, ASTER, and BIPH enter. 15 Stormtroopers fire at them.
CARN
I can’t hit them from here.
CORRIN
You’re from Corellia, right?
CARN
Yeah… Why?
CORRIN
Ever play stickball?
CARN shoots at CORRIN. CORRIN kills 9 Stormtroopers.
ASTER
That’s was easy.
LILY
A little too easy.
BIPH
I have a bad feeling about this.
INT - RANCOR PIT - DAY 144
CORRIN, CARN, BIPH, ASTER, and LILY enter. A Rancor roars
BIPH
A very bad feeling…
A Rancor enters. CORRIN rescues CARN from the Rancor.
CORRIN
Our weapons won’t work. We must be in a null zone.
The Rancor knocks out ASTER.
CARN
ASTER!!
CARN throws stones at the Rancor’s head.
CARN
Hey! HEY!! Over here!
The Rancor looks at CARN.
CARN
(To Himself) Not my brightest idea…
The RANCOR knocks CARN away.
CARN (CONT’D)
Definitely not my brightest idea.
CORRIN
Did you bring the syntherope?
CARN
Yeah, why?
CORRIN
Just follow my lead.
CORRIN and CARN tie up the Rancor’s legs.
CORRIN (CONT’D)
Biph! Stake it down!
CORRIN, CARN and BIPH stake down the Rancor. ASTER wakes up.
CORRIN (CONT’D)
Aster, Lily, distract it.
They tie down the Rancor.
INT - ABOVE THE RANCOR PIT - DAY 145
OSIRIS quits using his Orb, smiling wickedly. OSIRIS exits.
INT - RANCOR PIT - DAY 146
The Rancor disappears.
CARN
Hey, my arm’s better. It was an illusion?
ASTER
Try your blaster again.
CARN’S blaster works.
CORRIN
All right, let’s go.
INT - NARROW CORRIDOR - DAY 147
RASHA, PLAN B, TABOON, and PEREZ enter. ISIS blocks an exit.
PEREZ
I’ll handle this. The rest of you, go.
PEREZ duels ISIS.
RASHA
Is he insane? He can’t possibly win. What is he doing?
TABOON
Buying us time.
RASHA, PLAN B, and TABOON exit.
INT - CAVERN - DAY 148
CORRIN, LILY, ASTER, BIPH, and CARN enter.
CORRIN
I smell fresh air. There’s an exit this way.
12 Stormtroopers enter and fight. BIPH dies. Lily is mortally wounded.
CORRIN
No! Hold on, Lily. You’re going to make it.
LILY
(Weakly)
Corrin… I love you…
CORRIN
Hold on.
CORRIN tries to use the Force to heal her. LILY dies.
CORRIN (CONT’D)
Lily? Lily!? NO!!!
CORRIN holds LILY. Many more Stormtroopers enter.
CARN
Corrin! We have to go!
CORRIN
I’m not leaving her!
CARN
You have to!
CORRIN slashes at CARN, cutting his shirt.
ASTER
Corrin! Pull yourself together!
CORRIN, CARN, and ASTER exit. The Stormtroopers enter and exit. CALMIR enters.
CALMIR
Well done, my child. You may rise now.
LILY turns into KAEL.
KAEL
At last, Lily is dead.
CALMIR
That was quit a performance, you nearly convinced me. Corrin must have truly loved you. His true power is beginning to surface and there is yet much potential. I could turn him for you. Then you could be with him again.
KAEL
No. He’s a Jedi. I’m a Calmirian. That is the way of things. When the time is right, I will kill him myself.
CALMIR
If that is what you wish… Val should be waking up right about now. By the time they make it to Onderon, however, my plans will already be in motion.
CALMIR and KAEL exit.
INT - ALDERAAN HOSPITAL - DAY 149
RAE’CHELL and JOAH-QUIN watch over VAL. VAL wakes up.
VAL
Calmir’s alive.
JOAH-QUIN
Yes, we know. What happened?
VAL
He trapped me in a Dreamscape. Rae’Chell?
RAE’CHELL
Your friends are in trouble. We have to help them.
INT - CAVERN - DAY 150
ASTER, CARN, CORRIN, RASHA, PLAN B, and TABOON enter.
RASHA
Where’s Lily? And Biph?
CORRIN
They’re dead.
CARN
Where’s Perez?
PEREZ enters.
PEREZ
Over here.
RASHA
I thought you were dead for sure. Did you kill him?
PEREZ
No. But it’ll be some time before he finds his way out of here. Let’s go.
All exit.
EXT - REMOTE PLAINS - DAY 151
CORRIN, PEREZ, RASHA, PLAN B, and TABOON enter the MIRAGE I. CARN and ASTER enter the DEATHWIND. They fly into space. The DEATHWIND docks with the MIRAGE I.
WE’SEL’S SSD blocks the MIRAGE I from escaping.
INT - MIRAGE I BRIDGE - SPACE 152
CARN
What are you doing?
CORRIN
Engaging the Sensor Cloak.
INT - STAR DESTROYER BRIDGE - SPACE 153
A LIEUTENANT monitors a radar screen.
LIEUTENANT
Sir, the ship has a cloaking device. Our weapons can’t target it.
WE’SEL
Then fire at it manually.
The SSD fires barrages of torpedoes and energy blasts at the Mirage I.
INT - MIRAGE I BRIDGE - SPACE 154
CARN
Perez, now is the time to start showing off your flying skills.
PEREZ flies the ship.
CORRIN
Squeaker! Make the Jump.
The MIRAGE I enters Hyperspace.
EXT - ORBITING ONDERON - SPACE 155
The Jedi Fleet enters. Many Jedi transports head down to the planet.
EXT - ONDERON SITH TEMPLE - DUSK 156
Hundreds of Jedi enter. They duel and kill 20 Sith.
JEDI 1
This is it?
JEDI 2
Take a look at this.
INT - JEDI CRUISER BRIDGE - SPACE 157
JEDI 1 (O.S.)
There was no one here, only a garrison. It seems like the majority of them left in a big hurry.
ALBON
Return to base. Over. (To HIMSELF) They knew we were coming. Where did they go?
JEDI LIEUTENANT
Master Albon, we’re picking up a major distress call from Coruscant. They’re under attack.
ALBON
A diversion! All ships, to Coruscant at once!
FLASHBACK:
EXT - IMPERIAL CORUSCANT STREET - NIGHT 158
CORRIN, RIO, and DORVIN enter.
RIO
What are we doing here?
CORRIN
Showing you something I learned.
CORRIN hacks into an ATM.
DORVIN
How did you do that?
CORRIN
I’m not sure how to explain it. But I basically told the machine that I have this money.
DORVIN
Who’d you steal it from?
CORRIN
Nobody. It thinks it’s correcting an error in the system. It’s creating money.
RIO
Corrin, you’re unbelievable.
RIO kisses CORRIN’S cheek.
CORRIN
Thanks, Rio. There is a downside to this though.
DORVIN
What’s that?
CORRIN
In small amounts, it’s almost untraceable, but the larger the sum, the more questions asked. I can’t just make us millionaires overnight.
RIO
We don’t need to be millionaires.
DORVIN
Are you sure we won’t get caught?
CORRIN
Positive.
DORVIN
Then I suppose those troopers are here for the air.
DORVIN draws his blaster.
CORRIN
DORVIN, NO!
The Stormtroopers kill DORVIN. RIO is mortally wounded.
RIO
Corrin, there’s something I should have told you before.
CORRIN
Shh, Rio. Don’t speak. Everything will be fine. I’ll get you to a medical facility, they’ll fix you up. They’ll…
RIO
I love you…
RIO dies.
CORRIN
No… NOOO!!!!!
FLASHFORWARD:
INT - CORRIN’S QUARTERS - SPACE 159
CORRIN does calisthenics.
CORRIN
57… 58… 59… 60… 61…
VAL and RASHA enter. CORRIN continues counting.
RASHA
He’s been like this since Lily died. He’s going to kill himself if he doesn’t stop.
VAL
Corrin. Corrin? Corrin, snap out of it.
CORRIN
66… 67… 68…
VAL
Listen to me, Corrin. This won’t bring Lily back.
CORRIN
71… 72… 73…
VAL
Lily’s gone! Deal with it!
CORRIN
I should have saved her. I should have done SOMETHING!
VAL
We need you, Corrin. Don’t abandon us now.
CORRIN
I’ll just you get killed like the others. You can’t rely on me. You’ll have to go without me.
VAL
Pull yourself together, soldier. I can’t do this without you. You’re a Jedi. Act like one.
CORRIN
My wife died in my arms. She meant everything to me. It took all my Jedi training just to keep from… (SOBS) to keep from turning. I could have killed everyone there. EVERYONE! The power, the temptation was overwhelming.
RASHA
I lost my first master to a bloodthirsty animal. I was too weak to do any good. She died right in front of me. I’m still haunted by that memory. I keep wishing I was stronger, wishing I had done something more. But wishing does no good. You’re still alive. We need you. I need you. Now, instead of wishing her back, do something. Help us make sure Calmir can’t hurt anyone else.
CORRIN
(Whisper)
Rasha, let me tell you a secret. The Force wanted her dead. It would not let me heal her. Tell me why. Why did that happen?
RASHA
I don’t know. (PAUSE) Please, Corrin.
PEREZ enters.
PEREZ
I’ve just received word from the Jedi Council. Coruscant is under attack by the Sith.
INT - OSSUS INFIRMARY - DUSK 160
CARI wakes up alone, looks around, and calmly walks out. She kills a guard that tries to stop her.
EXT - OSSUS DOCKING BAY - DUSK 161
CARI steals a ship, turns back into SETT, and takes off.
INT - JEDI CRUSIER WAR ROOM - SPACE 162
CORRIN, VAL, RAE’CHELL, CARN, ASTER, RASHA, PLAN B, TABOON, JOAH-QUIN, and PEREZ enter. ALBON paces. Several Jedi Pilots and Warriors sit waiting.
ALBON
Good, you’re here. I had hoped we could prevent you from becoming too involved in our problems, but we have no choice.
VAL
We understand, Master Albon. In some way, this is our responsibility.
ALBON
Please sit down.
The HEROES sit.
ALBON (CONT’D)
As you might already know, the Naddists have taken control of Coruscant’s Planetary Defense Grid. Any approach would be suicide, even for us. Fortunately, we have been able to make contact through a coded channel with the Jedi Knights posted on Coruscant. This is Jedi Master Gerth Hoss.
GERTH
The Sith have taken over the districts of Vallen and Gorman. They’re spreading like an infection. I’ve gathered together as many freedom fighters as I could, but it isn’t enough. The resistance is ready for a full on assault, but we need a diversion.
ALBON
That’s where we come in. Major Corrin, the guidance systems of the Grid’s weapons would be completely unable to detect your ship, is that correct?
CORRIN
Yes, Master Albon.
ALBON
That’s where we need you. The Fleet will stay behind, allowing you enough time to deactivate the main cannon posted in the Vallen district. Then the Fleet will move in, deploying our ground forces to liberate Vallen and Gorman from the Sith.
CORRIN
Easier said than done.
ALBON
You also have a secondary mission. After disabling the guns in Vallen, you must take down the shield generator located in the Gorman district so we can safely bomb the areas controlled by the Sith with our Fleet while preventing escape.
VAL
That could get expensive to rebuild.
ALBON
Right now, the lives of civilians are more important than the cost of rebuilding.
CARN
What about the enemy fleet? It’s got to be there.
ALBON
That’s why the whole Fleet is going. The Armadas of Corellia and Alderaan will be joining us soon.
CARN
That could work.
ALBON
No further questions? Then may the Force be with us.
ALL exit except ALBON and ADMIRAL DARGA.
DARGA
The reinforcement fleet hasn’t arrived yet. They’re still several hours away.
ALBON
We have to deploy now. The Sith are too dangerous. If they completely take over Coruscant, there’ll be no stopping them.
DARGA
And if their fleet defeats us? What then?
ALBON
We can hold our own. Admiral, those people need our help and they need it now.
DARGA
I don’t like this. I don’t like this one bit.
INT – CRUSIER HALLWAYS – SPACE 163
TABOON walks. JOAH-QUIN, VAL, and RASHA enter.
VAL
Wait, Taboon. Rasha told me what you said. How did you know we’re not from this time?
TABOON
Because this cannot be reproduced.
TABOON holds the Codex.
JOAH-QUIN
You have a Codex, too?
VAL
The Codex… Of this time.
TABOON
The Darkness desires this. Keep it safe as a hen guards her eggs.
TABOON gives JOAH-QUIN the Codex.
INT - CARN’S QUARTERS - SPACE 164
PEREZ
Remember, there are creatures down there that could kill you with your own blaster fire. You might need this.
PEREZ hands CARN a lightsaber.
PEREZ (CONT’D)
Val had it. It’s time you had it back.
CARN
I had sworn never to touch this thing ever again.
PEREZ
Some promises were never meant to be. Fate is a funny thing that way.
CARN
I’ve noticed.
INT - MIRAGE DOCKING BAY - SPACE 165
VAL and RAE’CHELL enter from VAL’S SHIP.
RAE’CHELL
This isn’t going to be easy.
VAL
Anything worthwhile never is.
CARN and CORRIN enter.
CORRIN
Have you figured out how that teleporter works?
VAL
Yes, it’s quite simple. It requires a focus. You clear your mind, think of somewhere you want to be, or someone you want to be with, and step into the teleporter.
CARN
Sounds easy.
VAL
For it to work, we need to have a focus. You’d have to have been where you want go. Not one of us has been down there.
CORRIN
Then someone will have to get down there so we can use it.
VAL
I volunteer.
CORRIN
Nonsense. I have the most experience with infiltration. I’ll go. You need to stay behind to operate your teleporter.
VAL
How? How will you go?
CORRIN
I have an X-Wing, I’ll manage.
VAL
They’ll be able to target you. You heard Master Albon, not even Jedi can fly through those defenses.
PLAN B enters.
PLAN B
He’ll go with me. My ship has a visual cloak. We could land and no one would know.
INT - STALKER III COCKPIT - SPACE 166
PLAN B pilots the STALKER III. CORRIN sits and sees the Star destroyers around Coruscant.
CORRIN
They know we’re coming. Why do they always know?
PLAN B
Let’s not disappoint them.
EXT - CORUSCANT CITYSCAPE - DAY 167
CORRIN and PLAN B enter. They exit into the Defense Grid Cannon bunker complex.
INT - MIRAGE DOCKING BAY - SPACE 168
VAL hands out recall units to each of the HEROES.
VAL
We’ve got the all clear. Rasha, you go first. Remember, this will be a little disorienting, and at this distance, passing out is quite possible. Just clear your mind and think of Corrin. He’s where you want to be. Now the ship will be out of range after I come down. Squeaker will be keeping an eye on things, and come down for us when the time is right.
RASHA enters VAL’S SHIP. Then all the HEROES enter.
INT - BUNKER COMPLEX - DAY 169
In order, RASHA, CARN, ASTER, TABOON, PEREZ, JOAH-QUIN, RAE’CHELL, and VAL materialize near CORRIN and PLAN B.
CARN
Do the headaches ever get better?
VAL
I sure hope so.
CORRIN
You four, come with me. Val, take the others and deactivate the Generator. Move.
VAL, RASHA, PLAN B, TABOON, and RAE’CHELL exit one way. CORRIN, CARN, ASTER, PEREZ, and JOAH-QUIN exit another way.
INT - BUNKER CORRIDOR - DAY 170
VAL and RAE’CHELL enters. They are stopped by 2 SITH.
SITH 1
What have we here?
SITH 2
Nothing much, it would seem.
The 2 Sith duel VAL & RAE’CHELL. RAE’CHELL saves VAL’S life.
RAE’CHELL
Now Dek’Sha is satisfied.
RASHA, TABOON, and PLAN B enter.
TABOON
Touch not the Tya, lest the Serpent has eyes.
VAL
Did anybody catch that?
RASHA
Don’t use the Force, or the bad guys will find us.
They exit.
INT - BUNKER COMPLEX - DAY 171
CORRIN’S team enters.
PEREZ
I sense a great evil. The others are in grave danger. I must warn them.
CORRIN
Don’t go alone. Take Joah-Quin with you. Don’t hit the recall button, the distance could kill you. Keep an open channel so we can find you.
PEREZ and JOAH-QUIN exit.
INT - CONTROL ROOM - DAY 172
CORRIN, CARN, and ASTER enter. Alarm.
CARN
It wasn’t my fault.
CORRIN
It was mine. I can’t shut it off.
ASTER
Forget the alarm! What about the cannon?
CORRIN
Done. Send the all clear.
INT - JEDI CRUSIER BRIDGE - SPACE 173
Alarm.
ALBON
That’s the signal. Move out.
The Fleet exits into Hyperspace.
INT - DARK CORRIDOR - DAY 174
VAL’S team enters. RAE’CHELL hears a voice and exits.
INT - A DARK ROOM - DAY 175
RAE’CHELL enters. KAEL enters.
KAEL
(Dathomir)
Hail, Nightsister.
RAE’CHELL
(Dathomir)
A Sister? Here?
KAEL
No. Far from it. I hope you don’t mind my speaking basic again. I find your language quite distasteful.
RAE’CHELL
Who are you? You wear a mask? Sisters do not wear masks to hide themselves.
KAEL
I am not hiding myself. This is who I am. The face underneath is the real mask.
RAE’CHELL
What do you want with me?
KAEL
I challenge you to Dek’Sha. If you refuse, I will kill you anyway.
RAE’CHELL
(Dathomir)
En Garde.
KAEL duels RAE’CHELL. RAE’CHELL wins.
KAEL
Impressive. You’re skill with weapons exceeds my own. I shall have to practice.
RAE’CHELL
No need. I will finish this fight.
KAEL
This fight was decided before it even began.
KAEL uses sorcery to defeat RAE’CHELL.
RAE’CHELL
(Weakly)
…Why?
KAEL
Honor. Vendetta.
KAEL turns into LILY.
RAE’CHELL
You?! I don’t know why, but I’m not surprised. You’ve lied to everyone. When you die, no one will care. Your life of deception has already killed your heart. At least I will die with honor.
LILY
Honor? What about Corrin’s honor? Have you forgotten what you did to him at his banquet? Perhaps I won’t die with honor, but Corrin will.
LILY kills RAE’CHELL. SETT enters, applauding.
SETT
A beautiful display, Kael. I’m impressed. But I wonder… Why did you permit her to even attack you? She was only a Nightsister.
KAEL
So was I, once. I needed to gauge my abilities. This assignment has left me quite out of practice.
SETT
If it’s practice you need, I could volunteer myself as an opponent.
KAEL
She didn’t hold back. You would have to.
(PAUSE)
SETT
Do you love him? (PAUSE) I know the master approves of love, but he is a Jedi. If it will save you the pain, I could…
KAEL
I’ve been over this with your father. I will handle him, by myself. If you interfere, I will personally make sure there isn’t enough of you left to clone back.
SETT
As you wish. As for the assassination, you should know that your target is among the other team. The time is now. There’s a shortcut that way.
SETT points. KAEL exits.
INT - DARK CORRIDOR - DAY 176
PEREZ and JOAH-QUIN enter. ISIS captures JOAH-QUIN. PEREZ exits.
ISIS
Please struggle. Give me a reason to kill you.
ISIS knocks out JOAH-QUIN. 4 Stormtroopers enter.
ISIS (CONT’D)
Take him to the command ship.
ISIS exits.
EXT - ORBITING CORUSCANT - DAY 177
The Jedi Fleet enters from Hyperspace.
EXT - CORUSCANT CITYSCAPE - DAY 178
The Jedi battle the Sith. The transports arrive.
ALBON
Fear not, Jedi! Reinforcements have arrived!
The Jedi cheer.
INT - JEDI COMMAND SHIP BRIDGE - SPACE 179
DARGA
Surround the planet, but keep your distance. We don’t want to set off the automatic Defense Grid. We only need to keep the Sith from escaping, so do not attack unless fired upon.
The Star Destroyers and the Sith Fleet enter.
LIEUTENANT
Admiral, we’ve got enemy ships coming in from sector 6.
DARGA
All ships come about, engage the hostiles. Look at the size of it… Launch all fighters!
INT - DARK CORRIDOR - DAY 180
VAL, RASHA, TABOON, and PLAN B enter.
VAL
Where’s Rae’Chell?
RASHA
I didn’t see her.
VAL
I have to find her. You keep going, I’ll catch up.
VAL exits.
INT - A DARK ROOM - DAY 181
VAL enters. He finds RAE’CHELL dead. SETT steps forward.
SETT
How touching. A Jedi mourns the passing of a Nightsister. I think I’m going to gag.
VAL
Who are you? Did you do this?
SETT
No, but I watched. (PAUSE) I am Calheir Sett, son of Emperor Calmir and Heir to his Great Empire. Prepare to die, Lainli!
SETT duels VAL. SETT wins. VAL escapes. SETT exits.
INT - BUNKER COMPLEX - DAY 182
CARN, ASTER, and CORRIN enter.
CARN
Where are all the Sith?
ASTER
Count your blessings. Most of ‘em are outside.
Many Stormtroopers enter.
ASTER (CONT’D)
We’re trapped.
CORRIN
Carn, lay down cover fire.
CORRIN and ASTER enter the ventilation shaft.
CARN
Take Aster and go. Get the ship down here. I’ll teleport back.
CORRIN
But!
CARN
I’ll be fine. Go!
ASTER
Don’t worry. He’s too stubborn to die.
CORRIN
This way.
EXT - CORUSCANT CITYSCAPE - DAY 183
ALBON and THON lead the Jedi army and battle the Sith. The Cannons fire.
INT - JEDI COMMAND SHIP BRIDGE - SPACE 184
A barrage of fire comes from Coruscant, destroying one Jedi Carrier.
DARGA
All ships, move the fleet away from the planet. Where the blazes are those reinforcements?
INT - SHEILD GENERATOR - DAY 185
PLAN B, RASHA, and TABOON enter. SETT stands, waiting.
PLAN B
I’ll handle this.
SETT fights PLAN B. PLAN B wins. CALMIR enters.
CALMIR
Put him down, ******, now.
PLAN B
How do you know that name?
CALMIR
I named you. You were a magnificent creation, my greatest project and my greatest disappointment. You were my only failure. A pity, really, you had such promise.
CALMIR fights PLAN B. PLAN B almost wins, but CALMIR kills him.
RASHA
NO!!!
TABOON and RASHA exit.
INT - STALKER III COCKPIT - DAY 186
FERRIA senses PLAN B’S death and exits the STALKER III.
INT - GENERATOR CORE ROOM - DAY 187
TABOON and RASHA enter.
RASHA
He killed him. He KILLED him!
TABOON
The sky hath not yet fallen. We have a task yet unfinished.
RASHA destroys the controls. VAL enters.
RASHA
Val!
VAL
It’s done. It’s time to go.
INT - A DARK ROOM - DAY 188
CORRIN and ASTER crawl through the ventilation shaft.
ASTER
Roger that, Val.
ASTER drops down a shaft and into a dark room.
CORRIN
Aster!
ASTER sees KAEL.
KAEL
There you are. I’ve been waiting for you to drop in. I’m afraid I’m going to have to kill you now, but don’t worry, it’s for a good cause.
KAEL fights ASTER. ASTER collapses.
KAEL (CONT’D)
Silly girl.
CORRIN saves ASTER from KAEL.
CORRIN
You can’t have her, Sith Witch.
KAEL
You couldn’t possibly win against me.
CORRIN
We’ll see about that.
CORRIN and KAEL duel. KAEL wins, but retreats.
ASTER
Why did she leave?
CORRIN
I don’t know. Let’s get you out of here. (into comlink) Squeaker, move the ship into low orbit.
ASTER accidentally drops her comlink. CORRIN and ASTER exit.
INT - JEDI COMMAND SHIP BRIDGE - SPACE 189
DARGA
The shield is down. Deploy the bombers.
The Jedi Fleet bombs the planet. Reinforcements arrive and save the day.
DARGA (CONT’D)
It’s about time you showed up.
INT - BUNKER COMPLEX - DAY 190
CARN enters.
CARN
(into comlink) Aster? Aster, come in.
CARN sees DANZ kill ASTER.
CARN (CONT’D)
NO!!!
DANZ
You weakling. You thought you could save her from me? You don’t have that kind of power!
CARN
Yes, I do!
CARN duels DANZ. DANZ retreats. CARN exits. DANZ enters, and turns into OSIRIS holding his orb. ASTER turns into ISIS.
ISIS
(Sarcastically)
Oh, my hero.
OSIRIS
Get up. We’re not done yet.
INT – BUNKER COMPLEX – DAY 191
CARN enters. PEREZ stops him.
PEREZ
Whoa, hold on there, where are you going in such a hurry?
CARN
Where is he?!
PEREZ
Who?
CARN
That Sith Lord that came down this way!
PEREZ
Carn, what happened?
CARN
(Painfully)
…Aster…
PEREZ
He attacked Aster? Well surely you were strong enough to save her, right? (PAUSE) Then… you must learn to forget her.
CARN
NEVER! She was my wife.
PEREZ
Pull yourself together, the Jedi do not mourn.
Emotion leads to the Dark Side.
CARN
I AM NOT A JEDI!
PEREZ
If you are not of the Jedi, then you are of the Dark Side.
CARN exits.
EXT - CORUSCANT CITYSCAPE - DAY 192
CORRIN and ASTER enter.
CORRIN
My ship should be here any minute. Once it’s in range, you recall yourself out of here.
ASTER
I’m not going to make it. You have to heal me.
CORRIN
I can’t. I couldn’t even heal Lily.
ASTER
You have to… I know you can… Please…
CORRIN heals ASTER.
ASTER (CONT’D)
I knew you could…
ASTER pushes a button and disappears.
CORRIN
R4, Come pick me up!
INT – A DARK CORRIDOR – DAY 193
CARN enters. CALMIR blocks the way.
CALMIR
Where are you off to in such a hurry?
CARN
I don’t have time for you.
CALMIR
Oh now, is that anyway to greet me, after all I had done you?
CARN
You lied to me!
CALMIR
Don’t play ignorant with me. Some truths you are taught directly, others you must be led to find on your own.
CARN
You lied… you said there weren’t Light and Dark Sides to the Force, but there are.
CALMIR
And when Val came to rebuke you, what precious truth did you learn?
(PAUSE)
CARN
There are opposites to everything.
CALMIR
Only now you don’t just believe it, you know it, don’t you?
CARN
What are you getting at?
CALMIR
I led you to this truth because you had to learn it for yourself. Light cannot be understood until you experience darkness. Happiness cannot be understood until you experience sadness. And Love cannot be experienced until you know hatred… but Danz Kymehr has already acquainted you with hatred.
CARN
Who is Danz Kymehr?
CALMIR
A rogue Sith Lord who I’m sure you’ve met.
CARN
He killed Aster! He was YOUR pawn?
CALMIR
He has been planning to betray me from the beginning. He knew that both you and Aster were to be left alone. He openly defied me.
CARN
Where is he!
CALMIR
When I tell you, what are you going to do? Murder him like he murdered Aster? Are you going to become no better than him for the sake of vengeance?
CARN
This is not vengeance, this is about justice!
CALMIR
Your testimony alone is not enough to convict Kymehr in a Republic court. Tell me, Carn, where is the justice in that?
CARN
You don’t understand…
CALMIR
And who would understand you, Carn, some ancient Jedi born four millennia before you were?
CARN
Yes! Perez understands me… he understands what I’m going through.
CALMIR
My dear Carn, I am Perez—
CALMIR removes his hood.
CALMIR (CONT’D)
My name is Perez Calmir.
EXT - CORUSCANT CITYSCAPE – DAY 194
CORRIN’S X-Wing lands. CORRIN gets into the cockpit.
CORRIN
Thanks R4.
FERRIA jumps onto CORRIN’S lap.
CORRIN (CONT’D)
What are you doing here? Oh, well…
CORRIN and FERRIA exit.
INT - DARK CORRIDOR – DAY 195
SETT, KAEL, ISIS, and OSIRIS enter.
SETT
Send the evacuation order. The plan has been fulfilled. The Sith will have to fend for themselves.
INT - SUPER STAR DESTROYER BRIDGE – SPACE 196
WE’SEL
As you command, Calheir. All craft, mission accomplished. Prepare to retreat.
INT - DARK CORRIDOR – DAY 197
SETT
Is the shuttle ready?
OSIRIS
Of course.
SETT
I still have a score to settle with a little blue freak.
ISIS
Was this freak carrying artifacts?
SETT
Yes, and I’m going to kill him.
ISIS
Can I come?
EXT - CORUSCANT CITYSCAPE - DAY 198
ALBON stands before FREEDON NADD.
FREEDON NADD
At last, the Great Jedi Master Albon stands before me. I will enjoy this.
ALBON
You will answer for the lives that were lost this day, Freedon Nadd.
FREEDON NADD duels ALBON.
INT – DARK CORRIDOR - DAY 199
SETT, ISIS, OSIRIS, and KAEL enter. ISIS sees TABOON.
ISIS
I saw him first, he’s mine!
ISIS exits.
INT - DARK CORRIDOR - DAY
ISIS duels TABOON.
ISIS (CONT’D)
Hello again, my blue devil! (PAUSE) Well, lack tongue, still nothing to say to your executioner? Ah, yes, actions louder than words, eh? Well try these on for size!
ISIS is winning.
ISIS (CONT’D)
Now you’re in a fix, freak! Death is becoming all the more inevitable for you! (PAUSE) Ah, ah, ah, that’s cheating, my clever one.
TABOON uses the Addius Vaquila.
ISIS (CONT’D)
Oh, bloody…
ISIS exits.
INT – DARK CORRIDOR – DAY 200
ISIS enters, running past SETT.
ISIS
(To SETT)He’s all yours…
SETT duels TABOON. SETT and TABOON are seperated. VAL and RASHA enter.
VAL
Don’t run off on us like that. The Vaquila! You had it all along?
INT – DARK CORRIDOR – DAY 201
CALMIR
I’ve been watching you for a long time, Carn; in numerous places.
CARN
Why me?
CALMIR
Carn, I always look after my brothers.
CARN
You have no right to call me “brother”; I’m not a part of your religion.
CALMIR
No, Carn, I call you brother because we share the same Father… your real name is not Torrin.
CARN
You think you can deceive me again?! There’s a hundred ways you could find out I was adopted!
CALMIR
How many ways could I know that before you were taken in by Paal and Ellern Torrin, you were the third born of the Baron Larroc of Corellia, along with your sister Mara, your older brother Perez?
CARN
(Vaguely skeptical)
You’re making this up, aren’t you?
CALMIR
(Stern)
When Republic collapsed, our father gave his support to the Rebellion. And the Empire killed him for it! Our once grand family had to live on the run until the Empire slaughtered what was known as our entire family starting with our mother, but just before mother died, I asked father “why”. And his only response was, “Some things in life, we have no control over.”
CALMIR destroys the nearest console with his lightsaber.
CALMIR (CONT’D)
No longer! Now I have control over my destiny… and it is I who has traveled back in time to alter history, Carn. Our family will once again be re-united into the Grand House it once was. I have finally found you, and together, we shall have our justice on the murderous and corrupt people who destroyed our family.
CARN
…But… you can’t use the Dark Side… it’ll turn you evil too…
CALMIR
Oh, how little the Jedi understand. Your blaster, Carn, is a weapon with but one purpose, to kill. But you’re not a murderer, your blaster is a tool like any, which when used by an irresponsible person, can do evil. You don’t forsake your blaster, you use it responsibly… the Dark Side of the Force also is a tool, not to be forsaken, but to be used responsibly.
CALMIR grabs CARN’S lightsaber.
CALMIR (CONT’D)
Come with me, my brother. We shall have our justice of they who destroyed our family, we will have control over our destiny, we will have justice on the man who killed your wife… (PAUSE) and we will be a family again.
CARN takes his lightsaber.
CARN
Where is Kymehr?
CALMIR
Focus your emotion and you will find him. I’ve already taught you what you need to know.
CARN turns to leave.
CALMIR (CONT’D)
Brother?
CALMIR gives CARN the Addius Vaquila.
CALMIR (CONT’D)
You may need this.
INT - IMPERIAL SHUTTLE – SPACE 202
ISIS, OSIRIS, SETT, and KAEL sit.
ISIS
At least we get to go home again.
OSIRIS
Something like that.
EXT - ORBITING CORUSCANT – SPACE 203
PILOT 1
Incoming transport.
CORRIN
I got it.
CORRIN turns to fire at the shuttle.
INT - IMPERIAL SHUTTLE – SPACE 204
KAEL stands up, and puts her hand against the wall.
KAEL (ECHOED)
Don’t shoot…
EXT - ORBITING CORUSCANT – SPACE 205
The shuttle gets away.
PILOT 1
Corrin? What happened?
CORRIN
I don’t know. I couldn’t pull the trigger.
INT – DARK CORRIDOR – DAY 206
DANZ enters. CARN enters. CARN and DANZ duel. CARN kills DANZ. CALMIR enters.
CALMIR
Very good, Anubis. Justice has been paid.
CALMIR and CARN exit.
EXT - CORUSCANT CITYSCAPE – DAY 207
ALBON defeats FREEDON NADD.
FREEDON NADD
It is too late. Even if you kill me now, the War will go on. The Dark Side will triumph.
ALBON
The Dark Side will never triumph so long as the Light Side stands strong.
ALBON kills FREEDON. The Sith retreat.
INT – DARK CORRIDOR – DAY 208
VAL, TABOON, and RASHA hide. CORRIN contacts them.
CORRIN (O.S.)
The Sith are retreating. We’ve won! I’m bringing the ship down. Stand by for recall.
EXT – ORBITING CORUSCANT - SPACE
The Star Destroyers abandon the Sith fleet. The Sith fleet retreats.
LIEUTENNANT
They’re leaving? Why?
DARGA
Don’t jinx it.
INT – MIRAGE I BRIDGE – SPACE 209
CORRIN, VAL, ASTER, RASHA, and TABOON sit. CORRIN speaks with ALBON on the screen.
ALBON
I want to personally thank you for your help. Without you we would not have saved so many lives.
CORRIN
The Sith escaped. They will return.
ALBON
I know. And we will be ready for them. May the Force be with you, Heroes of the Future.
CORRIN
May the Force be with us all, Master Albon.
Transmission ends.
VAL
We won, but at what price? So many had to die. Rae’Chell, Carn…
ASTER
Carn’s not dead.
VAL
How do you know?
ASTER
I can feel it.
TABOON
Mourn not the passing of they whom have died. They gave their lives to save the galaxy. They are one with the Force.
ALL look at TABOON.
RASHA
You said “the Force.”
TABOON
The Force is. Given any other name, it still is.
(PAUSE)
ASTER
The money you got in the future from the past, don’t you have to do something with it now, so you get it in the future?
VAL
Not necessarily. Perhaps in time.
ASTER
But if you… then how… I’ve got a headache just thinking about it…
CORRIN
Then don’t think about it. Squeaker, take us to Alderaan.
INT – KAEL’S QUARTERS – NIGHT 210
KAEL sits. CALMIR enters.
CALMIR
What troubles you, child?
KAEL
I’ve failed you, master.
CALMIR
In what way?
KAEL
I couldn’t kill Aster. She’s still alive.
CALMIR
(Soothingly)
Tell me what happened.
KAEL
I had her at my mercy, but Corrin stopped me. I fought him, I defeated him, but I couldn’t bring myself to kill him. I let them escape.
CALMIR
(Soothingly)
I know, I know. You did well, Kael. Events are unfolding has I have designed. I may very well need them alive. Rest now, my child. You are home.
CALMIR exits.
INT – STAR DESTROYER HALL – NIGHT 211
CALMIR enters. WE’SEL accompanies him.
CALMIR
You have done well, Grand Moff.
WE’SEL
But my liege, we failed to conquer Coruscant.
CALMIR
That was never my goal. Complete conquest of Coruscant might have been attained, but the Sith could never defend it from the rest of the Galaxy.
WE’SEL
But you could have.
CALMIR
Your confidence in me is refreshing, We’Sel. I didn’t want Coruscant for myself. There are some things that are more important than global conquest… Like family.
CARN enters. His face is half covered in ritualistic warpaint.
CALMIR
Isn’t that right, brother?
CARN
Yes, it is.
INT – DERELICT ALTER ROOM – SPACE 212
VAL, TABOON, ASTER, and RASHA enter.
TABOON
Everything is ready.
VAL
Then let’s do it.
VAL and TABOON put the Codex and the Vaquila into the Alter. Everyone freezes in place. Time restores itself.
ASTER
Did it work?
CORRIN (O.S.)
Well, Alderaan’s gone, but I don’t know if that’s a good sign. Wait. I’m getting a signal. It’s a homing beacon.
INT – MIRAGE I DOCKING BAY – SPACE 213
CORRIN, VAL, RASHA, TABOON, and ASTER enter. An escape pod enters.
CORRIN
I picked up their distress signal. It was in basic, so that’s a good sign.
AKBAHR, dressed in white robes, enters from the pod. He is followed by a BIPH whose body is half cybernetic.
AKBAHR
You have my most sincere gratitude for rescuing us. I am Senator Akbahr Torrin of Correllia and this is my bodyguard-
CORRIN
Biph?
AKBAHR
Yes, that’s his name. Do you know him?
ASTER
Not anymore.
TABOON
These are your friends, yet not your friends?
VAL
Something like that.
TABOON
Then hope is lost. The balance is completely gone.
VAL
Not while I’m still alive. The Emperor did this and we’re going to fix it.
IRIS OUT:
-FIN-