Rey plans on escaping by piloting a craft, but when it is destroyed in the attack, she turns to a “piece of junk” as her alternative: the Millennium Falcon.ī Story: The ties to the past and the interwoven relationships of the characters form the B Story. As she interrogates Finn, they hear the sound of approaching TIE Fighters.īreak into Two: The two escape together as the First Order TIE Fighters close in. BB-8 notices Finn wearing Dameron’s jacket, and Rey attacks him to find out what happened to Dameron. Finn spots Rey and attempts to rescue her in the middle of a brawl but discovers that she can handle herself. She begins to feel a sense of duty to the droid and is intent on reuniting him with his master. Rey faces much interest from those who want to take BB-8 from her, but she says he is not for sale. They are shot down on the way, and Finn finds himself alone in the desert. Meanwhile, the stormtrooper, known only as FN-2187, frees Dameron and uses him to steal a TIE Fighter to escape the First Order ship.ĭebate: Dameron gives the stormtrooper the name Finn, and the two escape the First Order and head back toward Jakku to find BB-8. FN-2187 finds it difficult to follow orders in his thesis world.Ĭatalyst: Rey finds BB-8, who insists on following her while waiting for his master to come back to him.
On board the First Order ship, Kylo Ren uses the Dark Side of the Force to extract information from Dameron on the whereabouts of the location of Luke Skywalker. It is stasis=death for her as she lives alone in her thesis world, an ordinary girl waiting for her family to return. For Rey, it’s stasis=death as she lives a life without her family.Įlsewhere, a teenage girl, Rey (Daisy Ridley), scavenges the wreckage from the Empire’s war with the Rebels. The stormtrooper who panicked earlier cannot do so, something that does not go unnoticed by Kylo Ren. Set-Up (continued): Poe Dameron tries but fails to shoot Kylo Ren, who captures him and orders him brought on board the ship, ordering the stormtroopers to kill everyone in the village. He threatens Lor San Tekka with the Dark Side’s powers, but the old man tells Kylo Ren that he did not rise from the Dark Side, declaring, “You cannot deny the truth that is your family.” Identity is the theme that the characters will grapple with in the story. Theme Stated: Kylo Ren wants the information about Skywalker, intent on destroying the last Jedi in the galaxy. Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) exits his ship to oversee the slaughter and has Lor San Tekka brought before him. As the stormtroopers begin shooting at the villagers, Dameron’s ship is damaged, and he sends BB-8 away with the information.ĭuring the battle, one of the stormtroopers (John Boyega) begins to panic and finds himself unable to kill those around him. Dameron and his droid unit, BB-8, leave with the information just as the First Order arrives. Set-Up: Resistance fighter pilot Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) meets with Lor San Tekka in Jakku to receive information about the possible whereabouts of Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill).
Opening Image: After the iconic crawling opening, the camera pans down to a planet, its shape soon obscured by the form of a First Order ship that releases convoys of stormtroopers. The First Order arrives to attack, closing in on the heroes.