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

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INT. DOOM KEEP ? DARTH NYX?S QUARTERS

Nyx is his her quarters standing in front of her viewscreen. We can?t see whom she is talking to.

DARTH NYX
Excellent. You shall be commended.

She cuts the transmission and calls up the viewscreen once again. Warden Kvez answers.

WARDEN KVEZ
Yes m?lady?

DARTH NYX
I have just received word from my source on Kharam. The Jedi have begun to search for Master Skywalker.

WARDEN KVEZ
Do you believe they?ll find us?

DARTH NYX
Fool. This is what we?ve been waiting for. Kharam is totally undefended. Prepare your troops and take us to the staging point.

WARDEN KVEZ
Yes m?lady.

WIPE

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE ? DOCKING BAY

A line of fuel pipes are hooked up to the Pixie, and a few small maintenance droids are performing repairs to the hull.

INT. QUANTUM PIXIE ? LOUNGE

Drekka sits on his couch with Thenna and Minch.

DREKKA
We should be ready to go soon.

THENNA
To go where? I still don?t see why we can?t stay here.

DREKKA
Because we can?t. We did our good deed for the day.

THENNA
Well I doubt we?ll be getting a lot of contracts from Townowi anymore. And what about Minch?

Minch perks up at his name being mentioned.

DREKKA
We can shoot him, or better yet, hire him out for menial labor.

MINCH
[Very funny, dirty pilot.]

Drekka stands.

DREKKA
I?ll go check the systems.

Drekka walks to the cockpit.

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE ? DOCKING BAY

Master Talja walks onto the landing pad and enters the Pixie.

INT. QUANTUM PIXIE ? LOUNGE

Thenna busies herself at the computer console. She turns as she hears footsteps coming her way. Master Talja enters the lounge and Thenna?s eyes light up.

THENNA
Mom!

Thenna runs to Talja and embraces her tightly. They release and Talja holds Thenna at arms length, studying her.

MASTER TALJA
My beautiful daughter.

THENNA
I knew you were here! I just knew it. Dad wouldn?t let me leave the ship and-

MASTER TALJA
Thenna, relax. Your father has his reasons, but I needed to see you at least once before you left.

THENNA
But I don?t want to leave. I want to stay here, I want to be a Jedi-

MASTER TALJA
I?m afraid you can?t. Not now.

Thenna withdraws.

THENNA
But why not? It?s what I?ve wanted for so long.

Master Talja stares at her daughter, almost tearful. She begins to speak when Drekka walks in from the cockpit.

DREKKA
We should be about ready to go-

He sees Talja.

DREKKA (con?d)
Come with me. Now.

Drekka takes Master Talja to the cockpit. Thenna drops on the couch, depressed.

BEN (O.S.)
Thenna?

Thenna looks up and sees Ben and Kane enter.

KANE
We heard you were leaving and just wanted to say good-bye.

BEN
Is everything all right?

THENNA
My mother came to see me.

KANE
Really, she?s here?

THENNA
Yeah, and now she?s in the cockpit fighting with my dad.

INT. QUANTUM PIXIE ? COCKPIT

DREKKA
I thought I told you to stay away from her.

MASTER TALJA
Well I?m sorry!

Drekka sees Minch under the pilot seat and grabs him by the back of the neck, He thrusts Minch towards the door.

DREKKA
Too bad! Both of you get out of my ship. You deserve each other.

He opens the cockpit door.

MASTER TALJA
Drekka-

DREKKA
Get out of my ship!

MINCH
You dare no leave me with Jedi. Nasty man!

Drekka shoves Minch outside of the cockpit. Master Talja looks at him one last time.

MASTER TALJA
Fine. Then leave here immediately.

Talja departs, taking Minch with her, and Drekka slams the cockpit door shut, locking it. Talja hurries out of the ship, taking Minch with her.

KANE
Master Talja is your mother?

THENNA
Yeah, why?

Suddenly they hear the engines whine.

BEN
Uh-oh.

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE ? DOCKING BAY

Now detached from the fuel lines, The Quantum Pixie raises from the landing pad and heads back out through the waterfall with Drekka furious at the controls.

INT. QUANTUM PIXIE ? LOUNGE

Thenna runs to the cockpit door and tries to open it, but it?s locked. She bangs on the door.

THENNA
Dad! Dad open up!

In the cockpit, Drekka ignores her. Thenna gives up and walks back to the lounge.

THENNA (con?d)
Useless, he locked the door.

Drekka takes the ship to hyperspace.

THENNA (con?d)
Guess you two are stuck with us a while longer.

WIPE

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