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

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EXT. SPACE ? ICE RING

The Guardian is quickly surrounded by several Republic support vessels and starfighters. The starfighters immediately head for the Dark Claw, as the remaining Coalition Fighters begin to pull out of the belt and go to hyperspace.

RED LEADER
Red Leader to Guardian. Beginning our attack run.

Near the bow of the Claw, Ben?s T-Wing floats. The lights in his cockpit are flickering.

MASTER DAL-KON
(through comm system)
Come in...walker. Do...ead...ver?

Ben shakes his head to clear it.

BEN
I?m here master. Most of my systems are fried, but I?m okay.

He begins to look over the damage.

BEN (con?d)
Life support, and I have thrusters but no engines.

MASTER DAL-KON
Listen to me. You have to get out of there.

Ben looks up, and out of his cockpit window. His ship is floating directly in front of the Dark Claw?s main gun.

INT. THE DARK CLAW ? BRIDGE

Warden Kvez is steadily pacing.

COALITION TECHNICIAN
Main gun charged.

WARDEN KVEZ
Arm the warhead and prepare to fire on my mark.

INT. GUARDIAN ? BRIDGE

A Republic Officer calls out to General Antilles, who looks at the bridge?s main monitor.

GENERAL ANTILLIES
They?ve armed the main gun. We?re too late. I?m sorry Mara.

INT. JEDI TEMPLE ? COMMAND CENTER

MARA
Understood. We?ll try and evacuate as many personal as possible.

INT. GUARDIAN ? BRIDGE

GENERAL ANTILLIES
All craft disengage.

EXT. SPACE ? ICE BELT

RED LEADER
You heard him, abort. Abort. Concentrate on the remaining fighters.

The Republic starfighters pull away from the Claw.

EXT. SPACE ? ICE BELT

From his cockpit, Ben can see the warhead begin to glow at the end of the barrel.

BEN
Artoo, reverse thrusters-

He hesitates.

BEN (con?d)
On my mark.

MASTER DAL-KON
Get out of there now.

BEN
Arming proton torpedoes.

MASTER DAL-KON
I?m giving you a direct order, Skywalker.

BEN
Fire!

Ben hits the controls, but nothing happens.

BEN (con?d)
Artoo! What?s wrong?

Artoo beeps, his words displaying on Ben?s flickering screen.

BEN (con?d)
Jammed!

The glowing warhead starts to move forward as Ben begins to concentrate. The jammed mechanism slowly moves before releasing with a snap. The two proton torpedoes fire from Ben?s ship.

BEN (con?d)
Artoo! Full reverse now!

INT. THE DARK CLAW ? BRIDGE

Warden Kvez has his eye on Kharam.

WARDEN KVEZ
Fire!

COALITION TECHNICIAN
Warhead launched.

EXT. SPACE ? ICE BELT

The Dark Claw explodes from the inside. Ben?s T-Wing pulls away in reverse, but is caught in the Dark Claw?s triumphant fireball. Shaken, Ben steers his broken craft back towards the planet below.

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Script Pages:

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