STAR WARS
Episode VII: Escape from Peril
An Original Screenplay
By
Jeremy Lazar
And
GenMadine

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EXT. TATOOINE ? DUNES


Ben and Kane continue to fly through the dessert. As they rise above a large dune they see a Coalition Camp. A Coalition Commander stands with several Coalition Swoop Troopers, sitting ready on Sand Skates.

COALITION COMMANDER
There they are! Go! Go!

The Troopers rev their engines. The Skates roar to life and zoom out after the boys. Kane looks over his shoulder and spots the Skates in hot pursuit.

BEN
Looks like trouble.

KANE
Hit your accelerator! They?re gaining on us!

Kane hits a toggle on his handlebars. His bike lurches forward and goes faster, almost making him fly off the speeder. Ben sighs and hits his accelerator following after his brother. Behind them the Sand Skates continue to gain.

EXT. TATOOINE ? METTA DROP

The speeder bikes head towards Ebe Crater Valley and pass between two markers.

MARKER
Warning! You have entered the racetrack.

Ben and Kane stop their bikes and look at each other.

BEN
Racetrack?

KANE
How could I have forgotten ? the Boonta Eve 6000!

BEN
What?

The Sand Skates head over the dune towards the boys. They start their bikes back up, when suddenly they hear several loud engine roars.

KANE
Pod racing!


Five sleek pod racers head towards the boys, who are right at the edge of the cliff. Kane turns his bike facing off the edge.

KANE (con?d)
Come on!

He flies forward towards the edge.

BEN
You?re crazy!

KANE
Trust me.

They fly off the edge of the cliff, with the Pod Racers right behind them. At the same time the Sand Skates get in the way, causing several to crash into two of the pods.

EXT. TATOOINE - EBE CRATER VALLEY

The bikes land with three pods right behind them.

BEN
I thought pod racing was outlawed.

KANE
Sure, under the Empire.

The pods, much faster than the speeders, threaten to suck the boys into their engines.

KANE (con?d)
Hurry up!

BEN
Thanks for the advice.

Up ahead, Kane sees more track markers in the dust.

KANE
Slow down!

BEN
Hurry up, slow down - make up your mind.

Kane pulls his speeder bike to the side, heading between two oncoming pods.

BEN (con?d)
I ever tell you you?re crazy?

KANE
All the time. Follow me.

Ben follows after Kane as they fly past two more markers.

MARKER
You have deviated from the course.

Kane turns his head to look at Ben.

KANE
That wasn?t so bad!

Ben?s eyes widen, and Kane turns his head forward again to see what Ben is looking at ? it?s a Bantha herd. Kane turns to avoid the lead Bantha and spooks it. It begins to charge after Kane, almost crushing Ben. The rest of the herd bellows and begins to charge after them both.

Kane?s bike begins to sputter.

KANE
Oh no.

He falls back past Ben, towards the stampeding herd.

KANE (con?d)
I?m out of fuel!

BEN
Hold on.

Ben cuts back his throttle, dropping right in front of the herd.

BEN (con?d)
Jump!

Kane gets up on his speeder and leaps onto Ben?s. Ben speeds back up and pulls off as Kane?s bike is crushed by the herd.

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