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

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INT. TOWNOWI CAVE SYSTEM - EXPANSION TUNNELS

Ben continues to gain on Minch. The tunnel has a string of lights running along it?s ceiling, but is devoid of traffic.

THENNA
He?s taking us outside the city limits.

BEN
Good.

THENNA
Not good. These tunnels lead up to the surface somehow, but it?s a total maze.

KANE
We will be all right. Someone had to travel through here to string these lights up.

Suddenly it goes dark. Now only the running lights of the speeder illuminate the caves.

THENNA
City limits.

Minch is now within sight distance. Kane shifts in his seat and begins to get up.

KANE
Can you get any closer?

BEN
Did I ever tell you you worry me?

KANE
Just do it. Pull up on him.

Ben floors it as Kane gets on the front of the speeder. He steadies himself as the speeder comes up behind Minch. Kane leaps off the hood of the stolen speeder and lands - barely - on Thenna?s speeder, just missing the exposed engine, which singes his cloak.

Minch turns and sees Kane moving up towards him and swats at him with his arm. Kane grabs Minch?s shoulder.

KANE
Remember what happened last time you fought with me?

Minch gets a devilish look in his eyes and jerks the speeder sharply to the left. He leaps out of his seat, just as Kane realizes what?s happened. He too leaps away as the speeder tips, hits the ground, flips over and rolls.

In the Rodian?s speeder Ben makes a wild turn in his speeder, and Artoo is thrown off by the quick turn. Ben has just enough time to react. He grabs Thenna tightly and the two of them leap to safely as well. The stolen speeder slams into Thenna?s and the two crash and explode in a flash of light.

Kane gets up and checks himself. His left shoulder is injured. He sees Minch on all fours, holding his head and runs and grabs him.

KANE
You better hope they?re still okay.

On the other side of the burning speeder wreck Thenna is lying on top of Ben. She pushes herself up a bit, her face hovering just above his. A strand of her hair dangles in Ben?s face. His eyes open.

THENNA
You saved my life.

BEN
Just, um, doing my job.

Thenna stares into his eyes and begins to drop her lips towards his and - they hear a beep. Thenna turns to see Artoo next to them. He turns on his spotlight and continues to talk. Thenna gets up, looking down at Ben as he does the same. They brush themselves off.

THENNA
What?s he saying?

BEN
Artoo? Oh. Nothing, just reminding me about something in the Jedi code.

He looks as the wreckage of the speeders.

BEN (con?d)
We better go see if Kane and Minch are okay.

He walks around to other side of the wreckage, and is met by Kane, holding Minch by the arm.

KANE
You two all right?

BEN
Just a few scrapes.

Kane throws Minch?s arm at Ben.

KANE
Good. Here?s your burden.

The three turn and see Thenna staring at the remains of her speeder. She bends down and picks up a piece of metal and hurls it back at the wreck. Ben turns to Artoo, indicating Minch.

BEN
Hold on to him.

Artoo shoots out a whipcord, which wraps around Minch?s neck. Ben and Kane walk over to Thenna, who?s practically crying.

THENNA
It?s gone. There?s no way that?s ever being fixed.

Ben puts his arm around Thenna, but she throws it off.

THENNA (con?d)
My speeder?s wrecked, we?re stuck in these caves and-

KANE
We?ll find our way out.

THENNA
How?

KANE
I thought you said the caves lead back up to the surface.

THENNA
Yeah, and no one knows how.

MINCH
[I know how.]

BEN
What?

THENNA
He said he knows how. [You do not you liar.]

MINCH
Liar! [I can take us right to the cargo tunnels. Who knows these caves better than me?]

Thenna sighs. Ben and Kane look at her.

THENNA
He does know these caves pretty well. It?s a long walk, but he should be able to get us into a cargo tunnel. I can get us to the surface from there.

BEN
Minch, you?re going to get us out of here.

KANE
Oh great. Can?t we just shoot ourselves now and save him the trouble.

Thenna turns and takes one last look at her speeder, before the group sets out.

WIPE

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