STAR WARS

EPISODE VII

 AN INFINITE PEACE

By

Jared Sizemore

Based on “STAR WARS”
Created by George Lucas

“A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away....”

A vast sea of stars serves as the backdrop for the main title. War drums echo through the heavens as a roll-up slowly crawls into infinity.

STAR WARS

EPISODE VII

AN INFINITE PEACE

			Since the defeat of the Galactic
			Empire and the destruction of the 
			evil Sith order, peace has reigned
			throughout the galaxy.

			Twenty-five years after the Battle
			of Endor, Jedi Master Luke Skywalker
			has restored the Jedi Council and
			rebuilt its temple on Coruscant.

			On Luke’s home planet of Tatooine, 
			a mysterious figure has been making
			extraordinary claims concerning his
			relationship with the force....

PAN RIGHT TO CORUSCANT. Hundreds of civilian and military ships in formation orbit the capital planet. The worn, obsolete freighter, the MILLENNIUM FALCON, zooms into view and maneuvers around the other ships toward the surface.

EXT. CORUSCANT – DAY

The beat-up Falcon looks out of place among the many sleek, colorful ships darting about the skyline. The Falcon is passed by ships that have long, beautiful, purple banners trailing behind them. The whole planet is celebrating.

The old Corellian freighter reaches its privileged landing pad near the Galactic Senate Building. It sets down, exhaust fumes huffing and puffing out of various edifices. The ramp lowers.

Down the ramp comes bouncing a young pilot in uniform and space helmet. The pilot pulls off the helmet to reveal a pretty, seventeen year-old girl. Her long, light brown hair flops out over her back.

She lifts her head to gaze up at the dazzling aerial display. The colorful ships, shining sun, and gleaming skyscrapers bring to her face an awed and happy smile. 

She looks down to see an entourage approaching on a walkway from the Senate Building. Wasting no time, she takes off running toward them.

The young girl meets the group and, with helmet still in hand, stands triumphantly before them. She kneels down respectfully before MON MOTHMA, President of the Republic. Mon Mothma, now in her 70’s, sits in a floating hover-chair.

Foreign Minister LEIA SOLO stands beside the President, flanked by two purple-garbed Royal Senate guards as well as Jedi Master XANG PRIM, a blue-skinned native of the planet RELUUSH.

					LEIA
			Report on your trip, Ambassador 
			Solo.

					SARA
			Extremely productive, mother! I 
			mean, Foreign Minister Solo.

Leia smiles over to Mon Mothma, who attempts to return the smile but coughs a rough, sickly cough.

					SARA	
			How are you doing, President 
			Mothma?

					MON MOTHMA
			Getting better (cough)...
			everyday.

Sara Solo stands up.

					SARA
			Tatooine has finally joined!

					LEIA
			Wonderful.

					SARA
			But mother, the planet is in 
					SARA(CON’T.)
			great danger. And there’s...
			other things to report.

					LEIA
			Interesting.

					XANG PRIM 
			I could sense something 
			troubling you, Sara.
				(to Leia)
			Perhaps she should report to the 
			Combined Council.

					LEIA
			She’s a little young...

					SARA
			I’ll do it gladly.

Leia shoots her a mildly stern look.
		
					SARA
			You said I could see Uncle when 
			I got back. This is perfect.

					LEIA
				(sighs)
			Well, enjoy today’s celebration 
			first. And where are your 
			shipmates?

Sara glances back at the ship.

					SARA
			Here they come.

ARTOO-DETOO comes rolling down the ramp. Two Republic Troopers—now in all blue armor—follow behind him carrying SEE-THREEPIO. Threepio’s left leg and arm are twisted around.

					THREEPIO
			Why do I ever agree to go on 
			these missions? “I need you,” 
			Artoo said...

Artoo spins his head and beeps electronic noises.

					SARA
			They had a little accident in 
			re-entry. I tried the Calrissian 
			maneuver...

Leia shakes her head.

					LEIA
			Lando...

					MON MOTHMA
			Young lady, you should be 
			diligent to celebrate...
				(cough)
			today with us the fall of the 
			Galactic Empire. We must never 
			forget the evil that existed 
			or...
				(cough)
			the heroic sacrifices of those 
			who helped defeat it.

Sara bows to her elder.

					SARA
			Absolutely, President.

INT. GALACTIC SENATE BUILDING – DAY

Sara passes through the main entrance to be encountered by a visual feast. Hundreds of dancers wave purple and red banners. Various droids fly around flashing multicolored lights.

A huge sign hangs from the ceiling and—in ten different galactic languages—says: CELEBRATE! EVIL HAS FALLEN FOREVER. PEACE REIGNS.

EXT. CITY SKYLINE – DAY

The sun sets over lessening sky traffic. 

INT. GALACTIC SENATE BUILDING – COMBINED COUNCIL CHAMBER – NIGHT

The Combined Council is a meeting of high ranking government officials and leaders of the new Jedi Council. The room is square with seating divided into four separate sections.

One section contains the President and her officials. Another contains the Jedi Council. The third holds high ranking senators.

The fourth section is the Republic’s attempt at a genuine democracy. In this section sit CORIZENS, representatives of the common people. Their voice has been increasingly heard as peace and progress have been slowly restored to the Republic.

The center of the chamber has a raised platform and podium which sit under a very high ceiling. A prominent, chrome-plated galactic projector is mounted to the ceiling. 

A large and impressive window behind the Presidential section provides a spectacular view of the skyline. 

President Mothma, Leia, and many senators and Jedi are present. See Threepio stands near Leia. Artoo is near the podium. About twenty Corizens take their seats.

Sara Solo, originally excited but now nervous, walks up to the center podium. Leia reassuringly nods to her daughter. Sara looks over at the Jedi section and spots her uncle...Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

He smiles wide and waves at her. Smiling back, she breathes a sigh of relief and regains some composure.

					SARA
			Dear council members and 
			galactic citizens. I am pleased 
			to report the newest member of 
			our great Republic...Tatooine!

The gathered assembly applauds. Sara continues.

					SARA
			However, the planet now faces a 
			terrible threat.

The room becomes very quiet.

					SARA
			Artoo?

Artoo plugs himself into the projector controls. The lights dim and the room is filled with a large three-dimensional map of the galaxy. It zooms-in to the Tatooine system. The twin suns G1 and G2 shine on the desert planet.

A sizeable object can be seen in close proximity to the planet apparently on a collision course. Luke becomes visibly disturbed.

					SARA
			An asteroid the size of Endor is 
			on an impact trajectory with 
			Tatooine. The leaders report 
			that it has appeared only 
			recently, but will certainly 
			impact within four days.

She pauses.

					SARA
			The planet will not survive the 
			impact.

The crowd rumbles.

					THREEPIO
				(to Leia)
			How frightening.

Sara takes a deep breath.

					SARA
			There is one more thing. The man 
			we have been hearing about. The
			...miracle worker. He is there...
			on Tatooine. I did not speak to 
			him, but I saw him. I am not 
			sure what to think about it 
			myself. I just thought I should 
			report that to you as well. 
			Thank you.

Sara quickly steps away from the podium and goes to her seat in the Presidential section. Mon Mothma, in her chair, hovers toward Sara and pats her on the shoulder. Mothma’s chair moves out onto the center platform.

					MON MOTHMA
			This is indeed a mix of joyous 
			and...(cough) disturbing news. 
			Our military leaders and the 
			Jedi Council should soon meet to 
			discuss our course of action. 
			Have faith, everyone. (cough) 
			The force is with us. Meeting 
			adjourned.

The galactic map turns off and the chamber lights come on. 

Luke and the other Jedi stand up. Master Skywalker is around fifty years-old, and with much gray hair. He is possibly at the peak of his power. His niece attacks him in a bear hug.

					SARA
			Uncle Luke!

					LUKE
			Sara! It’s wonderful to see you 
			again. You’re getting so tall...
			for a girl.
				(smile)

					SARA
			I can’t believe I let myself get 
			so nervous up there.

					LUKE
			You did great. But you are the 
			bearer of extremely bad news. I 
			must meditate on this.

					SARA
			Is Kane here?

					LUKE
			He should be returning from a 
			mission with his master soon.

					SARA
			He owes me a race over the 
			second moon.

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE – NIGHT

The spires of the Ancient Jedi Temple rise in the night sky. This magnificent building has stood through wars, calamities, and betrayals. Lights in the lower levels are visible.

INT. JEDI COUNCIL CHAMBER – NIGHT

An emergency meeting of the Jedi Council is in session. The Council no longer meets at the top of the tower spires. The revered assembly now meets in a chamber just above the bottom level. 

The walls of the new council room are all transparent, unbreakable ENDUROGLASS. All passersby can see, but not hear, everything which transpires inside. Even the floor of the council room is made completely of the strong glass. 

Anyone who enters the temple can walk underneath the council room. Only Jedi Masters, of course, can enter the room, which they do through specially secure elevator-lifts. 

The previous council rooms, which were at the top of the tower spires, are warded off and guarded. They go unused, a relic of darker days.

Twelve seats sit in a circle on the glass of the new chamber. Luke Skywalker presides. Master Xang Prim is beside him. Seven other Masters who could make the meeting are present.

					LUKE
			In all of the time I have spent 
			helping to restore the Jedi 
			Order, this could be the most 
			significant event to have 
			happened.

The other masters shift in their seats.

					LUKE
			I know that sounds bold and I 
			can’t explain why I feel that 
			way. But the force seems to be 
			pounding in me non-stop, like 
			never before.

					XANG PRIM 
			My lords, in order to deal with 
			the situation we must send 
			evacuation cruisers, as well as 
			battleships to destroy as much 
			of the asteroid as we can.

Several of the other Jedi look skeptical. ZERAMIN RAJASTINNANI (“Zera” for short) is an older, bearded, light-skinned, human Jedi. He shakes his head.

					ZERA
			But, Master Skywalker...

The chamber door opens and eighteen year-old KANE SKYWALKER runs in with his master, TIRZAH, behind him. They each take a seat.

					KANE
			I’m sorry I’m late, father. 
			Thank you for inviting me.

					LUKE
			Welcome back.

					ZERA
				(annoyed by the interruption)
			With all due respect, is that 
			planet really worth saving? It’s 
			filled with poor moisture 
			farmers and slaves.

					XANG PRIM 
			Tatooine is now a member of the 
			Republic.

					ZERA
			Yes, but how do we know that 
			they didn’t join simply to get 
			our help in this situation?

Kane jumps up.

					KANE
			That is my father’s home planet! 

					LUKE
			Please, sit down.

					ZERA
			But still, Master, you do not 
			plan on moving back there, do 
			you? 

A heavy-set, gray-skinned Jedi, SIM-SHAD FARI, speaks.

					SIM-SHAD 
			The amount of ships, firepower, 
			and troops necessary for such an 
			operation is staggering.

A feisty female Jedi Master, PREE-SA DALORI, speaks up.

					PREE-SA
			What do we need our ships here 
			for? To keep patrolling for 
			petty thieves and smugglers? 
			Our fleet is totally underused. 
			Why not send it? It just takes 
			up space around Coruscant.

Kane nods excitedly at Pree-Sa. She is ten years his senior, but the young Jedi has a little crush on her.

					LUKE
			At the risk of wearying you all 
			with yet another reminder, my 
			father also grew up on Tatooine. 
			Anakin Skywalker is the one who 
			made our current peace possible. 

					ZERA
			Did you say current peace? You 
			sound as if a threat is on the 
			horizon. 

					SIM-SHAD
			That cannot possibly happen. 
			There hasn’t been the slightest 
			hint of a major conflict since 
			the last Imperial star destroyer 
			surrendered twenty-four years 
			ago.

					LUKE
			Do not be so complacent. For 
			that, our ancestors paid dearly.

					ZERA
			Our ancestors...

					LUKE
			Forgive me for interrupting, but 
			the hour is late. I greatly 
			appreciate all of your wisdom 
			and opinions, for I know that 
			you always have the good of the 
			Republic in mind.

This seems to placate the naysayers a bit.

					LUKE
			But I believe it is important 
			that we do everything in our 
			power to save Tatooine. And 
			quickly, since that asteroid is 
			less than four days away. 
			President Mothma agrees with me.

					KANE
			So do I.

					PREE-SA
			Good enough for me, Luke. I’m on 
			board for the mission. Who else?

Xang Prim, Kane, Tirzah, and Master SATE AQUILA—former senator turned Jedi—raise their hands.

					LUKE
			Good. I, however, will not be 
			going.

					ZERA
			After all that talk?

					LUKE
			There are too many matters here 
			for me to attend to. I have 
			complete confidence in the Jedi
			who choose to go. 

He glances around at the ones who raised their hands.

					LUKE
			My days of adventure are coming 
			to an end. Contact Admiral 
			Antilles immediately. May the 
			force be with you.

					TIRZAH
			Master Skywalker, before we 
			adjourn, what of this...person 
			we’ve been hearing about? This is 
			our chance to get a look at him.

					ZERA
			Yes, we’ve received reports of 
			him from other systems as well. 
			He gets around. Apparently now 
			he’s on your home planet?

					XANG PRIM 
			Perhaps to help with the 
			impending disaster?

					SIM-SHAD
			What could one man do?

					XANG PRIM 
			Many think he is some kind of 
			Jedi.

					ZERA
			If he is, he is doing everything 
			independently of our authority. 
			He should be brought here.

					XANG PRIM 
			What if he refuses?

					ZERA
			Ask nicely, Master Jedi. If he 
			is so wonderful, he should have 
			no problem meeting with us.

					LUKE
			Whatever we are called upon to 
					LUKE(CON’T.)
			do, I know that the force will 
			guide our team. It has never 
			failed us. Even in times of 
			darkness, light always prevails.

EXT. CORUSCANT – SKYWALKER HOUSING COMPLEX – NIGHT

Luke’s home is a few miles from the temple. The spacious house sits on top of a large, flat, Plytanium structure. Surrounding the house are gardens, walkways, and areas for Jedi training. 

INT. SKYWALKER HOUSE – BEDROOM - NIGHT

Luke stirs in bed. He wakes up in a cold sweat, breathing heavily. His wife, THELEA MOTHMA SKYWALKER, daughter of Mon Mothma, wakes up.

					THELEA
			Another nightmare?

Luke rubs his face and forehead.

					THELEA
			Was it war again?

					LUKE
			Yes. Yes...I can’t get it out of 
			my head.

					THELEA
			You’re just reliving the past.

					LUKE	
			No, no, no. It’s not the past. I 
			wish it were.

He turns toward her.

					LUKE
			Go back to sleep. I love you.

Luke gets out of bed and leaves the room. Thelea is puzzled and frustrated. This is not the first time this has happened.

INT. SKYWALKER HOUSE – MEDITATION ROOM – NIGHT

Luke, eyes closed, sits in meditation. He pops opens his eyes in frustration.

					LUKE
			Meditating is not my strength.

					OBI-WAN(VO)
			Do you really need to meditate 
			on this? Isn’t it clear?

The ghostly figure of OBI-WAN KENOBI is sitting behind Luke on another meditation pad.

					LUKE
				(turning)
			Obi-Wan...my dreams...do they 
			have anything to do with 
			Tatooine?

					OBI-WAN
			I honestly don’t know. But what 
			I do know is that you must go on 
			this mission. It is the most 
			important of your life. I know 
			that sounds hard to believe, 
			given your past, but you must 
			trust me.

					LUKE
			Where is Master Yoda? You said 
			he would always be with me. Yet 
			I have not seen him since...
			well, it must be Endor.

					OBI-WAN
			You will see him again when the 
			time is right. Luke, I can tell 
			you that things are now finally 
			starting to make sense.

					LUKE
			I will go. But I’ll have to 
			talk to my wife first.

					OBI-WAN
			You should never have brought 
			marriage back to the Jedi Order.

INT. SKYWALKER HOUSE – MAIN LIVING ROOM – NIGHT

The living room is decorated with spectacular and exotic works of art – paintings and sculptures - created by Thelea herself.
Luke, in nightrobe, stares out at the skyline. Thelea comes up behind him and puts her arms around his waste.

					THELEA
			Remember when we first met?

					LUKE
			Your mother’s inauguration 
			party. That was the only good 
			thing I ever got out of a 
			political function.

					THELEA
			You said you would move the 
			galaxy to find a woman to love.

					LUKE
			Did that impress you?

					THELEA
			Not really.

					LUKE
			I didn’t have much experience 
			with women back then.

					THELEA
			What impressed me is that you 
			actually did it. And that you 
			have maintained the greatest 
			integrity of any Jedi in 
			history. And you been the most 
			loyal Republic servant...not to 
			mention most loyal husband in 
			history.

					LUKE
			And I’m married to the most 
			wonderful president’s daughter, 
					LUKE(CON’T.)
			as well as the greatest artist 
			in the galaxy.

					THELEA
			I’m just glad to have avoided 
			politics. It was mother’s 
			calling, not mine.

					LUKE
			I don’t know. That sculpture you 
			gave to the prince of Nal Hutta 
			practically staved off a war. 
			You might have a future there.

She laughs and tightens her embrace.

					LUKE
			Thelea, I’m going on the 
			mission.

Her countenance changes. Her grip loosens.

					THELEA
			I thought you said...

					LUKE
			Things have changed. There is no 
			doubt in my mind about this one.

					THELEA
			You are needed here. Kane...

					LUKE
			Kane’s coming too.

					THELEA
			Luke...

He turns around toward her.

					LUKE
			Honey, I’d like to think that 
			all those things you said about 
			me are still true. Trust me.

They gaze into each other’s eyes. Thelea nods in approval.

					LUKE
			Okay?

					THELEA
			Okay.

Luke quickly yanks out a comlink and punches a button.

					WEDGE(VO)
			This is Admiral Antilles.

					LUKE
			Well hello, Admiral Antilles.

					WEDGE(VO)
			Luke!

					LUKE
			Hey Wedge. Don’t leave without 
			me.

					WEDGE
			Anything you say, sir.

Luke smiles.

EXT. CORUSCANT – FLEET ASSEMBLY HANGAR – DAY

Early in the morning, a small speeder zooms toward a massive Republic Destroyer readying for takeoff. Other destroyers are rising up into the sky. 

The speeder comes to a halt right before the boarding ramp. Luke jumps out and is greeted by ADMIRAL WEDGE ANTILLES.

					WEDGE
			You’re just in time. I told you 
			I wouldn’t leave.

					LUKE
			Thanks, old buddy.

The long entry ramp retracts right on their heels as the old friends run up it toward the ship. 

					LUKE
			You know, I have a good feeling 
			about this!

They enter the massive vessel and the ramp closes. The ship, called the RESTORATION, lifts up and roars into the sky.

INT. SENATE BUILDING – DAY

From a window, Leia Solo watches the fleet depart.

INT. RESTORATION – BRIDGE – DAY

Luke and Wedge stride onto the ship’s main bridge. Sara Solo turns around from her navigator console in total surprise.

					SARA
			Uncle Luke!

Kane spins around from his station.

					KANE
			Father!

					LUKE
			Back to your stations. You’re on 
			a mission now.

					SARA
			But what...

Luke gives her “the look.” She nods and turns around.

					WEDGE
				(in commanding voice)
			Prepare to launch toward 
			coordinates on my mark.

EXT. CORUSCANT – SPACE

The Republic Fleet of over a hundred battleships, destroyers, and evacuation cruisers blast just out of the planet’s orbit.

INT. RESTORATION – BRIDGE – DAY

Wedge is in the central command chair. Luke sits next to him.

					WEDGE
			Hyperspace.

EXT. CORUSCANT – SPACE

First the Restoration, and then the rest of the fleet zooms at lightspeed instantly into the reaches of space.

EXT. TATOOINE – SPACE

The Tatooine system, historically a quiet, peaceful planet, now is confronted with an unwelcome visitor. The spherically shaped ASTEROID is very close and blocks half the light from the sun, G1.

Small missiles and red beams of laser light can be seen shooting out from the planet toward the intruder. This has accomplished little and has only succeeded in causing junks of the asteroid to flake off and be pulled toward the planet.

A few small ships can be seen leaving the planet. Thus far there is not much in the way of an orderly evacuation. 

Into this deadly situation, the Republic fleet emerges from hyperspace. The Restoration leads the charge toward the asteroid. The Evac Cruisers fire their boosters sending them down toward the planet.

INT. RESTORATION – BRIDGE

A green-skinned Rodian works at the station next to Sara. He says something to her in his native language.

					SARA
			Kane!

Kane comes over.

					SARA
			What did he say?

Kane listens to him say it again.

					KANE
			He asked where you learned to 
			fly so well.

					SARA
			From my father. He was 
			unfortunately killed while 
			rescuing some trapped Tibanna 
			gas miners on Reluush.

The Rodian says something.

					KANE
			He says he’s very sorry to hear 
			that.

					SARA
			My father was a great man. He 
			helped save the Republic.

					LUKE
				(to Wedge)
			I need to get down there to help 
			with the evacuation.

					WEDGE
			There are fighters in Hanger C. 

Luke leaps up. Kane follows him.

					KANE
			Let me come with you.

Luke stops and looks over at Tirzah. Tirzah nods.

					LUKE
			It’s okay. He’s with me.

Kane smiles from ear to ear. The duo run off the bridge.

EXT. TATOOINE – MOS EISLEY – DAY

At the edge of town, a J2-Starfighter zooms from the sky and sets down, the landing boosters blowing sand in all directions. Luke and Kane jump out. They see two Evac Cruisers landing a mile away.

The scene on the ground is chaos. Peasants, pilots, aliens of all shapes and sizes are scurrying around in terror. Small ships take off with creatures hanging from them, then falling off.

Several peasants converge on Luke’s fighter, desperate for an escape ship. The asteroid is clearly visible in the sky, making it appear that the planet has a brand new moon.

					KANE
				(to the crowd)
			This only holds two people!

					LUKE
			We’re here to help. Please, to 
			the evacuation ships. Look!

Luke points them toward the cruisers. At that moment, several meteoric chunks of asteroid strike the ground near them throwing up more dust and sand. One chunk crashes through a building. The small crowd screams.

EXT. TATOOINE – SPACE

The fleet of battleships maneuver into position to deal with the asteroid.

INT. RESTORATION – BRIDGE

					WEDGE
			Begin bombardment.

EXT. TATOOINE – SPACE

About a hundred vessels open concentrated fire at the center of the asteroid. Green and red bolts fire furiously, but it seems to do little damage. Small bits of rock break off.

INT. RESTORATION – BRIDGE

					WEDGE
			Launch fighters.

EXT. TATOOINE – SPACE

The ships’ bay doors open revealing hundreds of starfighters. G-Wings, K-Wings, J2-Starfighters, and a few old X-Wings. The fighters fly in tight formation straight toward the big rock.

As they approach, they swoop down and cut right across the surface dropping plasma bombs at will. Thousands of them. The bombs light up the surface of the asteroid, but do little more.
The fighters veer off and regroup for another run.

INT. RESTORATION – BRIDGE

Sara watches the onslaught on the main viewscreen. She shakes her head. Wedge’s comlink buzzes.

					WEDGE
			Luke? What’s your situation?

					LUKE(VO)
			Those little bits and pieces 
			you’re blowing off up there 
			aren’t doing much good down 
			here. The planet’s bizarre 
			gravitational pull sucks them 
			all in, creating quite a mess.

					WEDGE
			Hang in there. 
				(to controller)
			Call off the assault for now. We 
			have to think of something else.

EXT. TATOOINE – MOS EISLEY – DAY

Luke and Kane run through the streets against the stream of fleeing refugees. They spot a group of crying children huddled near a fruit stand. All its fruit has been blown away by the wind and gravitational storms.

Two meteors appear in the sky, about 14-feet wide and 10-feet, heading directly toward the children’s position. 

					LUKE
			Hurry!

Luke and Kane sprint toward them. Luke slides up and holds his hands in the air with all the concentration he can muster. He stops the smaller of the two rocks in midair. 

Kane imitates his father, managing to stop the bigger chunk, which is the size of a huge boulder. The children are saved... for the moment.

Kane struggles to hold off the boulder.

					KANE
			Father...it’s too...big... 

					LUKE
				(not having an easy 
				time either)
			No! Size matters not!

Kane falls to his knees, still barely keeping the boulder from striking its target.

					KANE
			I can’t hold it...

A man calmly runs up to them. He is blonde-haired, apparently in his late-thirties. He waves his hand at the boulders, sending them both flying away harmlessly crashing into the desert waste.

Luke and Kane both collapse to the ground, huffing and puffing. Two women come and herd the children to safety.

					LUKE
			Thank you...I think?

The man smiles a warm, knowing smile at Luke. Luke stands up.

					LUKE
			I am Luke Skywalker.

					LOGOS
			You may call me Logos. I know 
			you very well, Master Skywalker.

					KANE
			My father is very famous.

					LOGOS
			And you are the latest in an 
			impressive series of young 
			Skywalkers.

Near them lands another J2-Starfighter, piloted by Xang Prim. Xang does a full flip out of the cockpit and hustles up to them.

					XANG PRIM 
			Master Luke, the situation is 
			grim. Evacuation is our only 
					XANG PRIM(CON’T.)
			recourse. The asteroid is 
			absolutely impenetrable. 

					LOGOS
			Absolutely?

					LUKE
			This is Logos. Meet Jedi Master 
			Xang Prim.

					XANG PRIM 
			Oh...I think this is the one.

					LUKE
			The one?

					XANG PRIM 
			Him. It’s him.

					LOGOS
			Perhaps I’m a little famous as 
			well.

					XANG PRIM 
			Master Logos, we have heard of 
			your powers. But this thing is 
			beyond any of us. You must 
			evacuate with the rest of the 
			people. It is urgent that you 
			board our cruiser.

					LOGOS
			Better still, take me to your 
			main battleship.

					LUKE
			Take him. We’ll stay here.

Xang nods to Luke. Logos and Xang run to the starfighter. Its rockets fire and it blasts off into the atmosphere.

EXT. TATOOINE – SPACE

The battleships move into a new formation. They have created a “net” of sorts to stop the debris. The ships line up and fire energy beams which connect in between them. 

INT. RESTORATION – BRIDGE

					WEDGE
			Fire!

EXT. TATOOINE – SPACE

The ships open fire again. Salvo after salvo is unleashed on the intruder. Again only little bits of rock are chipped off. The energy nets catch some of the debris, but many of the bits sail right through toward the planet.

INT. RESTORATION – BRIDGE

					WEDGE
			Unbelievable. That is no 
			ordinary rock. 

He rubs his forehead with his right hand. The bridge doors swivel open and Xang and Logos enter. Logos sees Tirzah and Sate Aquila standing staring at the viewscreen.

					LOGOS
			Why aren’t you two on the planet 
			helping out? Whatever happened 
			to the bravery of the Jedi?

They look at each other, not sure if they should feel insulted.

					XANG PRIM
			This is...

					LOGOS
			Admiral Antilles, you need to 
			send your fleet back home. 

					WEDGE
			What?

					LOGOS
			You have far too many ships 
			here. 

					WEDGE
			Too many? We need about a 
			million more. Who are you?
					XANG PRIM
			Logos, Admiral.

					WEDGE
			You brought him on board?

					XANG PRIM
			Well, I...

Logos strides up to the communications console near Sara, whose eyes have been glued to the screen.

					LOGOS
			Pardon me, Sara. 

					SARA
			Huh? How do you know my name?

He gently moves her out of his way. He presses some buttons on the console and then leans forward toward it.

					LOGOS
			Attention, Republic fleet. Cease 
			and desist attack. Break 
			formation and leave the Tatooine 
			system immediately.

Wedge jumps from his command chair.

					WEDGE
				(highly agitated)
			What in the blazes?

					LOGOS
			Admiral, your ships are doing no 
			good and you have no time to do 
			anything else but retreat.

					WEDGE
			We have at least two days before 
			the asteroid strikes in order to 
			develop and implement a plan.

					LOGOS
			No you don’t. You have only 
			two hours!

The Jedi in the room are too astonished by this odd situation to do anything about it.

					XANG PRIM
			That’s impossible. According to 
			its speed and trajectory we have 
			calculated the time perfectly.

					LOGOS
			Oh, the pride still remains.

					WEDGE
			We are handling the situation, 
			Mr. Whoever You Are. If you do 
			not stand down immediately we 
			will remove you.

Logos turns back toward the console.

					LOGOS
			Repeat, Republic Fleet. This is 
			the Restoration. Cease attack 
			and withdraw from the Tatooine 
			system. 
 
Wedge waves over to Tirzah and Sate. 

					WEDGE
			Get him out of here.

Their lightsabers flare to life with a fizzzz. Sara backs away. 

					TIRZAH
			Stand away from the controls.

Logos, his back to them, continues bent over the control board.

EXT. TATOOINE – SPACE

Several of the battleships take heed and begin to veer away from the asteroid. Fighters race back to dock with their ships. A majority of the fleet remains in formation.

INT. RESTORATION – BRIDGE

					SATE
			Get away from the controls, now.

Nothing.

Sate nods to Tirzah. Tirzah lunges forward and swings his saber at Logos’ arm. The saber strikes his arm, but fizzles out and shuts off. Logos, completely unhurt, doesn’t move.

Sate moves in a flash and swings at Logos’ neck. Same result. His saber fizzles and turns off. Logos remains bent over the controls. 

					LOGOS
			Please put away your weapons. 
			You do not realize what you are 
			doing.

The two venerable Jedi Masters are utterly dumbfounded. Sara crouches behind Xang. Wedge pulls out his comlink.

					WEDGE
			Luke, get up here. We have a 
			situation. Uh...a new situation.

EXT. TATOOINE – MOS EISLEY – DAY

Near the outskirts, two packed Evac Cruisers lift off carrying thousands of refugees. Crowds left behind are held back by Blue Republic Troopers. 

Various troop platoons corral the citizens into orderly lines. Jedi Master Pree-Sa Dalori waves her lit lightsaber around to show who is in charge.

The twin suns’ glare reflects off the sides of the two huge escaping cruisers. Outracing the ships is Luke’s starfighter. It turns at a 45 degree angle leaving them in the dust (literally)  and speeding toward orbit.

INT. RESTORATION – BRIDGE

Sara clutches onto Xang Prim. Wedge has his personal blaster drawn. Tirzah and Sate, since they can do nothing else, merely keep an eye on Logos. Logos, apparently meditating, stands and stares out at the asteroid.

Luke and Kane enter the bridge.

					KANE
			Logos!

					WEDGE
				(to Luke)
			I’m not sure how to explain 
			this...

Logos finally turns around.

					LOGOS
			Master Skywalker, I’m glad 
			you’re here.

					WEDGE
			So, you know him too?

					LUKE
			What’s the problem?

					WEDGE
			Um...

					LOGOS
			You have now less than two hours 
			before impact.

					LUKE
			Two hours?

A lieutenant, who had been cowering around the corner, looks at his galactic promorphic radar screen.

					LIEUTENANT
			Admiral? Look at this.

Wedge, Luke, and Kane hurry over. On the screen there appears to be another very large blip moving quickly from out of the system toward their position.

EXT. SPACE

Another gigantic ASTEROID (Asteroid B) is hurtling through space about a thousand times faster than the first. It is heading directly for Asteroid A.

EXT. TATOOINE – SPACE

Dozens of Republic Starcruisers fire their boosters to escape the coming catastrophe.

INT. RESTORATION – BRIDGE

					WEDGE
			Solo! Turn us around.

Sara wakes up from her fearful trance, hesitates, then runs to the navigation console. She hits several buttons and levers, steering the huge vessel in completely the opposite direction.

EXT. TATOOINE – SPACE

The Restoration’s bank of boosters fire, rapidly putting distance between the ship and the asteroid.

INT. RESTORATION – BRIDGE

The new asteroid becomes visible on the main viewscreen, traveling through space at an extraordinarily high speed.

					LUKE
			Sara, get ready for some action!

EXT. TATOOINE – SPACE

Three. Two. One. BOOOOOM. Asteroid B collides with A, breaking off a portion of A’s backside sending mammoth chunks hurtling all over the system as well as speeding up A’s charge toward the planet a hundredfold. Asteroid B careens off toward the sun, G2.

New asteroid chunks now terrorize the scattering Republic fleet. Rock chunks smash through the hulls of the battleships PLACID and IMPETUS. They go down in flaming explosions.

Other ships maneuver as best they can around the projectile rocks, but nearly every ship takes some damage. Green and red turbolasers futilely attempt to blow away whatever chunks they can. A few stray fighters get razed and explode.

Asteroid A itself takes out seven battleships that were too close when the collision happened.

Four Evac Cruisers returning from the planet quickly discover the shocking turn of events. They desperately try to turn away from the oncoming meteors. One doesn’t make it. Large rocks rip through its hull, bringing it down with all its cargo.

INT. RESTORATION – BRIDGE

Logos goes to the wall, opens a compartment, and pulls down a big red lever. The lights in the room go all RED. Logos jumps up high to the ceiling to the SPACELOCK HATCH.

Luke steps forward to stop him, but Wedge grabs his arm, shaking his head.

					LUKE
				(to Logos)
			Don’t! You’ll die.

					LOGOS
			Stretch out with your feelings, 
			Luke. Trust me. I’ll be back.

The hatch opens with a HISS. Logos climbs in and up to another compartment. The hatch closes behind him. Kane leaps over underneath the hatch and stares up at it.

A picture of the ship’s exterior appears on the ship’s main viewscreen. Logos is seen walking across the top of the bridge on the outside, completely unaffected by the space environment.

INT. – VARIOUS REPUBLIC SHIP BRIDGES

The same image of Logos appears on viewscreens all across the fleet. Various commanders, navigators, and technicians are confused but interested since they can clearly tell it is the Restoration.

EXT. RESTORATION – SPACE

Logos strides up the elevated slope of the bridge’s exterior surface. He reaches its highest point, and then turns and faces the asteroid. Around him, various other ships are still retreating and getting pummeled by asteroid pieces.

INT. RESTORATION – BRIDGE

Luke stares at the screen in complete wonder.

EXT. RESTORATION – SPACE

Logos boldly stands facing the massive intruder which is now bearing down on them much faster than before. Logos puts his hands together over his head.

					LOGOS
			Ana Malkuseia Ashla!

A bright light emanates around his hands. At once, the light shoots out in a long, concentrated beam. The beam strikes right at the heart of the asteroid and emerges out the other side.

The asteroid completely shatters into trillions upon trillions of tiny pieces. The intruder is gone. 

INT. RESTORATION – BRIDGE

Sara leaps for joy, leaving her post.

					SARA
			Whoo hoo!

Everyone else is too much in shock to say anything. However, the Restoration is not completely out of danger...

A huge leftover chunk from the collision smashes right into the Restoration, lurching the bridge sending everyone falling over. The ship is now a sitting duck.

EXT. RESTORATION - SPACE

Another piece rips right through the deck level near the bridge creating gaping holes in the hull.  

INT. RESTORATION – BRIDGE

The spacelock hatch opens and Logos rapidly drops back down to the floor of the bridge, landing on one knee. 

					LOGOS
			To the escape pods.

No questions asked, everyone follows him off the bridge.

INT. RESTORATION – CORRIDOR

As they race down the corridor, chunks of the ship peel off into space. Tirzah, in the rear of the group, gets sucked out by the vacuum. Kane turns around in horror.

					KANE
			Master Tirzah! No!!!

He tears up. Wedge pulls an emergency force field lever, which keeps the rest of them from following Tirzah’s fate.

					LUKE
			I’m sorry, son. But focus! We 
			have to keep going.

The group runs around a corner.

INT. RESTORATION – ESCAPE POD ROOM

Several pods are rocketing off. Wedge and Sate climb into one pod. Xang and Sara into another. Logos and Luke climb into a third. Kane starts to get into his father’s, but the ship lurches sending him falling backward near Sara’s pod.

					SARA
			Hurry up!

He gets up, but the ship is rocking violently.

					LUKE
			There’s no time. Kane, take care 
			of Sara.

Kane looks at him, then turns and jumps into Sara’s pod. The three pods’ doors shut. 

EXT. TATOOINE – SPACE

Pshhh. Pshhh. Pshhh. The pods blast off and away from the doomed vessel. The three pods go in three different directions over the desert planet. The Restoration finally erupts in flames.

EXT. TATOOINE – SAND DUNE SEA

An escape pod flies across the sky. It hits the surface, rolling and sliding across the vast dunes of Tatooine’s desert and then 
finally coming to a halt.

All is quiet. At last, the pod’s door opens. PSHH. Luke Skywalker emerges, followed by the enigmatic Logos. 

Luke, with bleak expression, examines his surroundings. He sees nothing except sand, sky, the suns, and distant meteorites.

					LUKE
			Home again.

LATER. Logos stands looking out at the sand sea. Luke comes out of the pod. 

					LUKE
			Nothing. Comlink, Position 
			Detector. Nothing works in 
			there. They don’t make ‘em like 
			they used to.

					LOGOS
			Care to walk?

					LUKE
			It’s a long walk.

					LOGOS
			I’ve got time. What else do you 
			propose we do?

					LUKE
			I trust that the force will 
			guide us.

					LOGOS
			It is true. I have always guided 
			you.

Luke glances at his new acquaintance, not sure if he heard him correctly.

					LOGOS
			Are you ready, Luke?

					LUKE
			For what?

					LOGOS
			I have much to teach you.

EXT. TATOOINE – SAND DUNE SEA

Luke and Logos trek over the seemingly endless dune sea.

					LUKE
			I have lived long now and seen 
			much, but what you have just 
			told me is utterly unbelievable.

					LOGOS
			Why stop believing in me now, 
			Luke? You have always listened 
			to me before. You have been one 
			of my greatest servants, besides 
			Master Yoda of course.
				(smiles)

					LUKE
			Either I am going crazy in my 
			old age, or I am simply not 
			following you.

Luke looks down, deep in thought.

					LUKE
			I have been studying the Jedi 
			Prophesies. They were nearly 
			destroyed in past wars, but 
			thankfully a few copies were 
			preserved. They say that there 
			was to be a chosen one.

					LOGOS
			Yes.

					LUKE
			This chosen one was to bring 
			balance to the force. No one 
			understood what that meant 
			until the waning days of the Old 
			Republic.

Logos nods.

					LUKE
			Time and events revealed that my 
			father was the chosen one. He 
			destroyed the Sith and brought 
			balance again—or so that is how 
			most interpret the prophesy.

					LOGOS
			It is true. They are exactly 
			correct.

					LUKE
			How can you say that with such 
			authority?

Logos, then Luke, stops. Logos puts his hand on Luke’s shoulder, looks him in the eyes.

					LOGOS
			Luke, who do you think chose 
			him?

Luke swallows.

					LOGOS
			Your father was my instrument to 
			bring balance in order to 
			prepare the way for my coming.

Luke is speechless. He ponders the astounding words he is hearing.

					LOGOS
			Come, if you are humble and 
			willing, I have many more things 
			to show you. 

Logos begins walking again.

					LUKE
			I’m so thirsty.

Logos pulls out a small water pouch and gives it to Luke.

					LUKE
			Where’d you get this?

Logos simply smiles.

EXT. TATOOINE – ROCKY DESERT – DAY

The trekking pair have finally reached a rockier area. Jagged rocks form a valley with various crevices and cubbyholes. Luke and Logos now have some relief from the blazing suns. Several meteorites dot the area around the entrance to the valley.

					LOGOS
			This is an amazing world.

					LUKE
			I wouldn’t go that far. But I 
			suppose growing up here makes 
			one a bit jaded.

					LOGOS
			To you, this place is old. To me, 
			it is like new. Everything is 
			like new. A new order is 
			beginning soon.

Luke, still not sure what to make of his new friend, changes the subject.

					LUKE
			We’re lucky we made it here.
				(motioning to the rocks)

					LOGOS
			One of my most genuine servants 
			once said to your father, 
			“Nothing happens by accident.” 

					LUKE
			Obi-Wan?

They climb over a small hill of stones and enter the rocky valley.

					LOGOS
			No. His name was Qui-Gon Jinn. 
			He was the Jedi who discovered 
			Anakin right here on Tatooine.

					LUKE
			I always thought Obi-Wan 
			discovered him.

					LOGOS
			That’s a common rumor. Obi-Wan 
			does not always tell the whole 
			truth.

Luke laughs.

					LUKE
			Now, that is the truth!

EXT. TATOOINE – ROCKY VALLEY – DAY

They continue down the valley. Out of dark crevices, little pairs of bright yellow eyes concealed under cloaks appear and dart away. Luke turns his head, noticing them. 

					LOGOS
			Come on out, my friends!

One Jawa bravely comes out. He slowly approaches Logos. Others are bunched up back near the hole, staring.

Logos walks up to the Jawa and kneels down. He pulls out a piece of some strange looking food and holds it out. Luke is miffed again. Where’d he get food?

The Jawa mutters something, then reaches out cautiously and snatches the food. With quick, jerky movements he backs away. The little Jawa eats the food, apparently enjoying it. He waves at the others and mutters in his language.

Five Jawas come out and face Luke and Logos. They go up to Logos and touch him, then back away. They all nervously mutter to each other. Then Logos kindly speaks to them in their own language.

Startled at this, they stop. One jumps up and down excitedly and runs back to the cave. He comes back with a stone basket full of some kind of food. It looks like meat and thick stew and who knows what else. He holds it up to the pair.

					LUKE
			You’re not going to eat their 
			food, are you?

Logos doesn’t answer Luke, but simply reaches into the basket, pulls out some of the meat and eats it. The Jawas are now ecstatic. They jump and mutter. At that, ten more come out from crevices behind Luke and Logos!

Luke has moved from disgust to amazement. Logos and the Jawas eat together. The new arrival Jawas touch Logos’ back. They crowd around Luke as well.

					LOGOS
			You must be hungry, Luke.

The hardened Jedi Master finally reaches into the basket and grabs a handful of the meaty slop. He throws it into his mouth. It’s rough at first, but he starts enjoying it. He takes another mouthful.

After they have had several mouthfuls, and after lots of Jawa muttering, a low, scary-sounding MOAN echoes through the valley. 

All the Jawas instantly become terrified. The one drops the bowl of food. They all scurry off to their caves. The one then runs back and retrieves the bowl.

Logos and Luke track toward the moaning, which now sounds more sad than scary. They descend a path which leads near an exit back to the dune sea. A large rocky overhang lies ahead.

They finally come upon a lone Tusken Raider lying with his leg pinned underneath a large meteorite. His bantha—a wooly-mammoth like riding beast—lies dead nearby, apparently killed by a meteor. Several large meteorites litter the area.

The Tusken Raider repeatedly reaches for his leg in agony. Logos rushes up to him.

					LUKE
			It’s best to just leave him. 
			They’re disgusting creatures. We 
			have to keep going.

Logos ignores Luke. The Tusken, obviously in extreme pain, instinctively grabs his gaffi stick and whacks Logos, but the stick merely breaks over Logos’ head. 

Logos calmly pushes the warrior’s arm down and he drops the rest of the stick. Logos tenderly and carefully touches the Tusken’s masked head. Logos looks intently at him.

The Tusken utters something in his grotesque, guttural language.  Logos replies in the same language, but much more quietly and graciously.

Logos reaches out toward the fallen meteor which is crushing the leg of this warrior. The huge chunk of asteroid slowly lifts up, moves away, and crashes back to the ground. Logos then moves over to the injured leg.

Logos touches the leg, which causes the Raider to yelp a terrible moan. Luke, about eight feet away, winces at the sound. Logos tenderly touches the leg with both hands. As he does, golden light surrounds his hands.

He finishes and walks toward the fallen bantha. The Tusken bends his formerly crushed knee back and forth. He looks at Luke. Luke locks gaze with him for a moment, then looks away. Frankly, he has always hated these creatures.

Logos stands next to the massive bantha.

					LOGOS
			Rise up, great beast! Rise up!

The beast blinks his eyes, then rolls over onto his four feet. He shakes sand from his fur sending it flying all over Logos.

The Tusken nervously gets up, grabs his broken gaffi stick, and runs to the bantha. He mounts the beast. Once again he says something to Logos. Again, Logos calmly replies. The Tusken then pulls the reins and rides off.

They watch the beast and rider ride away down the valley. Luke gazes admiringly at Logos.

					LOGOS
			His name is Aseklon.

EXT. TATOOINE – CANYON OF ENCLAVES – DAY

Near the end of the day, Luke and Logos approach the edge of the vast CANYON OF ENCLAVES, an ancient canyon filled with thousands of caves, ridges, and enclaves. It digs miles down into the surface. They stare out over its vastness.

					LOGOS
			This used to be the home of a  
			great and beautiful sea.

					LUKE
			A sea? Of water? Here? That’s 
			impossible.

					LOGOS
			So certain are you?

					LUKE
			You sound a lot like someone I 
			used to know.

					LOGOS
			Still know. Someone much wiser 
			than you.
				(smiles)
			Let’s camp here tonight.

EXT. TATOOINE – CANYON OF ENCLAVES – NIGHT

The last of the two suns sets. Logos sits near a boulder, examining the horizon. Luke lies half-asleep cuddled up to the boulder.

The sand around them begins blowing furiously. A bright SPOTLIGHT flashes on Logos and then on Luke. A small Republic GUNSHIP drops into view, its anti-grav boosters kicking up dust. The bright light and swirling wind stirs Luke awake.

The ship settles to the ground. The hatch opens and Kane leaps out.

					KANE
			Father!

Luke hurries up, eager to leave his “bed” behind. Kane escorts Luke and Logos onto the ship. Xang Prim stands at the entrance.

					XANG PRIM
			Thank the force!

					LOGOS
			You’re welcome.

Xang turns his head quizzically at Logos as the mysterious blonde-headed man boards the ship. The hatch closes as the craft rockets up to the heavens.

EXT. TATOOINE – SPACE

The Starcruiser, SUREFIRE, blasts out of Tatooine’s orbit. Its hyperspace boosters then fire, launching the vessel into the depths of space.

INT. SUREFIRE – OFFICER QUARTERS

Hyperspace star streaks are seen through the oval-shaped window ports. Luke and Logos recline on a stylish couch. A serving droid pours them drinks, then wheels off. Kane enters the room.

					KANE
			We’re almost home. Just wait 
			until everyone finds out what 
			happened!

					LUKE
			Yes. Logos, you must meet with 
			the Jedi Council. They must see 
			you and your powers.

					LOGOS
			I have some work to do first, 
			then I will meet them.

Luke jumps up.

					LUKE
			This is a phenomenal 
			opportunity. With your help we 
			can insure peace in the Republic 
			forever! I haven’t felt this way 
			in such a long time. I feel so 
			young. I feel like I’ve been 
			waiting for this moment all my 
			life.

Kane smiles at his father’s exuberance.

					LUKE
			It’s like our dreams have come 
			true.

					LOGOS
			Your dreams will come true.

Luke’s joy diminishes a bit.

					LUKE
			You mean...no. That can’t be 
			true.

Logos nods, then gets up and stares out the window port.

					LUKE
			How do you know about my dreams?

Pause. Logos doesn’t say anything.

					LUKE
			Why do I keep asking him 
			questions like that?

					KANE
			What dreams, father?

Luke turns to answer, not sure how to or if he should. But Logos cuts in.

					LOGOS
			Do not be surprised if events do 
			not turn out the way you expect. 
			Extreme patience will be 
			required of you.

					LUKE
			I’ve been patient all my life. 
			Most of it. This is the time for 
			peace to finally reign.

					LOGOS
			Peace? Yes. But not necessarily 
			the kind you have been hoping 
			for. At least, not yet.

					KANE
			If I may ask, sir, what do you 
			mean?

Logos, still staring at the stars, appears deep in thought.

					LOGOS
			The galaxy will face the 
			greatest threat it has ever 
			seen. Fear and chaos will be 
			everywhere. But also hope. To 
			overcome, you must be at peace 
			with yourself. And with me.

A heavy pause. Luke and Kane attempt to digest his words.

					LUKE
			I actually thought everything 
			was making sense, until you said 
			that.

					KANE
			I’m confused too.

					LUKE
			Son, I don’t understand 
			everything about him, but one 
			thing you should not be confused 
			about is that from now on you 
			must follow Logos at all costs.

The door to the room whooshes open.

					SATE
			We will.

Sate, Xang, and Pree-Sa enter. They have been listening through the door. Logos, not annoyed at all, cracks a smile.

					LUKE
			Your force-hearing never fails, 
			Master Aquila.

					SATE
			I, too, have been waiting for 
			this all my life, though I 
			cannot explain how or why.
					PREE-SA
			Seeing that asteroid blown away 
			made the difference for me!

Sate reverently approaches Logos, and kneels.

					SATE
			Please forgive me, my Lord, for 
			striking you.

Logos turns toward him, and speaks tenderly to him.

					LOGOS
			You are absolutely forgiven, 
			Master Aquila. 

					XANG PRIM
			Luke, we follow who you follow.

EXT. SPACE

The Surefire zooms through deep space.

EXT. CORUSCANT – SPACE

Sun rays gleam off the capital planet’s surface.

EXT. CORUSCANT - FLEET ASSEMBLY HANGAR – DAY

A large crowd has gathered to welcome back the fleet. Several starships and Evac Cruisers descend from the sky onto their landing platforms.

An entourage of dignitaries awaits the Surefire. Leia Solo, Jedi Masters Zera, Sim-Shad Fari, and Sha-Pol. Sha-Pol is an intense and talented young Jedi Master who has orange and black streaks across his battle-scarred face.

Several other Jedi, Senators, and Corizens watch the sky. Two familiar droids also attend.

					THREEPIO
			Artoo, do you hear what people 
			are saying? Apparently one man 
			destroyed the whole asteroid. 
			Unbelievable.

Artoo beeps in electronic-ese.

					THREEPIO
			You heard it was one 
			starfighter? Well, whatever 
			happened, it sounds rather scary 
			to me. Reminds me of the old 
			Death Star days. Eeuhh.

Artoo whistles and beeps.

					THREEPIO
			Of course I remember that! Why 
			wouldn’t I?

Artoo spits out something, almost “under his breath.”

					THREEPIO
			What do you mean, “I’m due for 
			another memory wipe”?

Master Zera stands to the right of Leia. Sim-Shad and Sha-Pol are to his right.

					ZERA
			Well, I cannot wait to meet this 
			man. From this latest report he 
			does seem rather remarkable, 
			doesn’t he, Minister Solo?

					LEIA
			Quite so.

					ZERA
			Is President Mothma alright? 

					LEIA
			She regrets not attending.
				(quiets her voice)
			She is not doing well. She...

A massive ship blocks the light from the sun.

					SIM-SHAD
			Here it is.

The Surefire slowly lowers into its assigned landing area. A long transport ramp extends from the landing zone to the public area. Finally, a group emerges from the ship. Cheers go up from the crowd.

As the group nears, Leia recognizes everyone. Luke, Wedge, Kane, Xang Prim, Sate Aquila, Pree-Sa Dalori, and a few troopers. No Logos. Luke, smiling, jogs up to Leia.

					LUKE
			My dear sister!

He hugs her, taking her off guard. She composes herself.

					LEIA
			Where is our exalted guest?

					LUKE
			He, uh...he said he had some 
			work to do first. He took a 
			shuttle into the interior city 
			before we landed.	

The other Jedi are quite annoyed.

					ZERA
			After all this, he’s going to 
			make us wait longer?

					LUKE
			Patience, my friend. When the 
			time is right you’ll meet him.

The three masters glare at him. Luke isn’t bothered.

					LEIA
			Should you see him, inform him 
			that the President wishes to 
			speak to him soon.

					ZERA
			And the Jedi Council. You’ve 
			been keeping him all to 
			yourself, Master Skywalker.

					LUKE
			You have nothing to worry about.

					LEIA
			Who’s worried?

The group begins to disperse. They move toward various small transports. Threepio turns to his squat companion.

					THREEPIO
			How do you like that? He didn’t 
			even show up to meet Minister 
			Solo. I don’t think I like this 
			man already. Come on.

The two droids skittle away. Zera whispers to Sha-Pol.

					ZERA
			What is with this strange 
			creature? Something is amiss.

					SHA-POL
			We shall investigate.

INT. SKYWALKER HOME – DAY

Luke bursts in. 

					LUKE
			Thelea! Thelea!

He spots her outside a window, in the garden. He smiles.

EXT. SKYWALKER GARDEN – DAY

Thelea, with the help of XG-4, the gardening droid, is crafting a sculpture out of a Nubian Phylack plant. Luke comes up from behind and picks his wife up.

					THELEA
			Watch out for the gardening knife!

He sets her down and faces her.

					LUKE
			My love, I have wonderful news.

EXT. CORUSCANT – INNER CITY UNDERWORLD - DAY

The underworld of Coruscant is filled with millions of different creatures, aliens, businesspeople, criminals, and things. The thousands of streets never cease to be active with living traffic.

At this moment, the streets are no different. A vast plethora of galactic citizens, non-citizens, travelers, workers, and low-lifes traverse the avenues and neighborhoods which exist beneath and around the skyscrapers.

Super-high-speed anti-grav train cars pulse with multitudes. Dilapidated buildings sit next to state of the art entertainment complexes. Beggars line abandoned alleys.

In one particular run-down, abandoned district, a Republic Shuttle has just landed. A man walks away from the shuttle. He reaches an overpass which gives a panoramic view of the vast tangle of streets. 

Logos stares at the masses. At the streets. At the endless sky traffic. He takes everything in with heaviness in his heart.

					LOGOS
			Coruscant. Your time has finally 
			come.

EXT. CORUSCANT – INNER CITY UNDERWORLD - DAY

Logos walks down a busy street. A mass of pedestrian traffic pushes past him and around him going in both directions. A tall, ugly creature with seven eyes bumps into him.

					SEVEN-EYE
			Outta my way, Blondie.

Logos lets him pass.

Logos comes to an alley. Two Ithorian, or “Hammerhead” teenagers sprint down the alley in the opposite direction. On the ground lies a Rodian female, crying. Logos approaches her.

					LOGOS
			What’s wrong?

					LEEMA
			They hurt my baby! And they took 
			my money!

She pulls out from under her, her small baby boy who has a cut on his head.

					LOGOS
			Don’t be afraid.

Logos touches the baby, and heals him completely.

					LEEMA
			Who are you? You look like a 
			Jedi, but even they can’t do 
			that!

Two adult, mean-looking male Hammerheads come out of a rotten wooden door in the alley.

					HAMMERBUL
				(mean voice)
			Hey, this is our alley. 

					HAMMERFIST
			Yeah, get out of here. We make 
			the rules here. 

					LOGOS
			Which one of you, then, 
			protected this woman?

					HAMMERBUL
			Her? This filth of a creature? 
			She don’t deserve help.

					LOGOS
			And you deserve to be in charge 
			of this alley?

Bystanders take notice of this exchange. A small crowd begins to gather. Hammerfist gets right in Logos’s face.

					HAMMERFIST
			Listen, pretty boy. No one 
			challenges us and lives to talk 
			about it. 

					LOGOS
			I will live.

Hammerfist pulls out an intimidating blaster gun. 

					HAMMERBUL
			Man, don’t do that again, Fist! 

Hammerfist wastes no time. He squeezes the trigger, but the gun only sputters some electronic noises. He bangs it with his hands. Tries again. It still doesn’t fire. It can only muster a red glow in the blast tube.

					LOGOS
			I guess I was right.

Some people in the crowd laugh at the Hammerhead. The Rodian woman crawls over and gets behind Logos. Hammerfist, in frustration, slams the gun down onto the ground.

					HAMMERFIST
			Get out of here, magician, if 
			you value your life.

					LOGOS
			I do. And I value your life. And 
			your friend’s. And hers.

The Hammerheads are slightly disarmed by the comment. Logos turns toward the growing crowd. He raises his voice.

					LOGOS
			A time is coming soon when all 
			of you will be able to know and 
			experience life as it was meant 
			to be.

More turn to listen.

					LOGOS
			This world, this galaxy as it is 
			now, is not how it will always 
			be. Peace is coming.

A three-eyed GRAN, named NELUG, speaks up.

					NELUG
			What do you mean? We already 
			have peace.

					LOGOS
			Do you?

					NELUG
			The Empire was beaten. 

					LOGOS
			What about peace in your 
			hearts? You are still slaves.

					HAMMERBUL
			I’m not a slave to anything.

					LOGOS
			Evil still has many of you.

Leema, now standing and holding her baby, speaks up.

					LEEMA
			The evil Darth Vader was killed. 
			He will not hurt us anymore.

					LOGOS
			What the woman says is true. But 
			there is still evil in your 
			hearts. You must be prepared to 
			become finally, once and for 
			all, free.

The crowd is astonished at his words.

INT. JEDI TEMPLE - DAY

Luke and Xang Prim stride through the East Corridor, followed by a group of young and old Jedi, including Zera.

					LUKE
			Brothers, a new day has dawned 
			in the Republic. 

					ZERA
			You seem to be quite taken with 
			this man.
					XANG PRIM
			Master Skywalker is not the only 
			believer. There are more and 
			more of us each day.

					ZERA
			Why does he refuse to see us? 
			Surely he wants us to hear his 
			great message in person.

Luke stops, and so does everyone else.

					LUKE
			What is the greatest Jedi 
			virtue?

					ZERA
			I know what you’re going to say. 
			Patience. 

					XANG PRIM
			Afterall, Zera, he has come all 
			the way to Coruscant.

					ZERA
			But tramping around the inner 
			streets with peasants instead of 
			meeting with the leadership 
			first? Come now, Master Xang.

					XANG PRIM
			So you know what he is up to?

					ZERA
			We can’t let him go completely
			...unwatched. We’re just keeping 
			an eye on him.

EXT. TELEPO ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT – DAY

Logos sits outside a major theatre and arts district. A large crowd sits facing him, listening.

					LOGOS
			Everything you see here is but a
			fleeting amusement. It will all 
			pass away.

Behind them, patrons walk up steps toward the theatre house.

					LOGOS
			Escaping the hard realities of 
			life is not the answer. There is 
			so much more that the true, real 
			life has to offer. But this new 
			life will not be achieved without 							real...sacrifice.

Logos seems downbeat for a moment. Two Gran approach, one with the normal three-eyes and other with only two. His third eye is shriveled and deformed.

					GERNUG
			We have heard that you help 
			people. Can you help my brother?

Logos looks at Gernug’s deformed brother, FERNUG, who has his head down, ashamed. Logos then turns to the crowd.

					LOGOS
			I do this so that you will know 
			the truth and have peace.

He turns back to Fernug.

					LOGOS
			Look at me.

Fernug slowly looks up at Logos. As he does, his bad eye is restored. He looks at the crowd, which responds with a collective gasp.

Fernug then stares intently at a nearby garbage can. It slowly rises up into the air, then smashes down. 

					GERNUG
				(to his brother)
			Whoa, did you just do that?

A cheer goes up from the crowd. Someone shouts “Logos!” The bulk of the crowd stands up and follows with the same chant. The theatre manager comes out to see all the commotion. 

					MANAGER
			Hey, we’re trying to run a 
			business here. Take your show 
			someplace else.

Two hooded figures stand at the back of the crowd. One is Sha-Pol. The other is his apprentice, TI-DAN (Tee-Dahn). 

INT. SENATE BUILDING – FOREIGN MINISTER DEPARTMENT - DAY

Threepio pushes buttons on a communications booth, which is flashing red.

					THREEPIO
			Artoo, this isn’t working. I 
			told you not to mess with it.

Artoo rolls up and plugs into the Comm-booth. Things work normally again. 

					THREEPIO
			What did it say?

Artoo beeps the message to Threepio.

					THREEPIO
			Oh no. 

INT. FOREIGN MINISTER’S OFFICE – DAY

Threepio walks right in, uninvited, to see Leia meeting with Jedi Master Zera. 

					ZERA
			His teachings are spreading. 
			Even some Jedi Masters and 
			senators are believing in him.

Threepio goes up to Leia and whispers in her ear. A look of grave concern envelopes her face.

EXT. WAREHOUSE DISTRICT – DAY

Gigantic, miles-long warehouses dominate this section of the capital area. Thousands of industrial workers pour in and out every day. 

An increasingly normal event, a large throng of creatures and citizens follow Logos. He walks past one of the mega-warehouses. Many bring their sick ones up to him to be healed. He finally stops and gives in to their requests. 

This time, about seven hooded Jedi are near the front of the assembled people.

					LOGOS
			Look, some venerable Jedi Knights 
			accompany us this day!

Sha-Pol and Ti-Dan lower their hoods. The others stay concealed.

					SHA-POL
			Tell us, are you using the force 
			when you heal and do your 
			amazing works?

					LOGOS
			The power to heal comes from a 
			source you know nothing of yet, 
			Master Sha-Pol.

					SHA-POL
			So it is not the force then?

					TI-DAN
				(to Sha-Pol)
			Careful, Master.

					LOGOS
			You, and the other Jedi, will 
			understand soon enough.

Sim-Shad uncloaks himself.

					SIM-SHAD
			What does that mean? Sounds like 
			some kind of threat. 

					SHA-POL
			We would simply like you to 
			explain yourself more clearly, 
			Master Logos.

					LOGOS
			I have always been explaining 
			myself. You have simply not been 
			listening. 

The Jedi look at each other, confused.

					LOGOS
			Have you not read the 
			prophecies? Are they not clear 
			enough to you?

					SIM-SHAD
			We know the prophecies. We are 
			their guardians and keepers. Who 
			are you to interpret them to us?

					LOGOS
			If you knew the prophecies, you 
			would know who I am. Anakin 
			Skywalker knows who I am. He 
			prepared the way for me. He is 
			now rejoicing to see me and my
			works.

					SHA-POL
			Do you claim to be greater than 
			Anakin Skywalker, the chosen 
			one? You are not even a Jedi 
			Knight!

A Sullustian creature speaks up.

					SULLUSTIAN
			This man healed me! No Jedi ever 
			did that for me.

Sim-Shad starts to blurt out something, but his communicator buzzes. He pulls it out.

					SIM-SHAD
			Not now!

He listens, then puts the comlink away. 

					SIM-SHAD
			The President has fallen ill.
INT. SENATE BUILDING – MEDICAL WARD – DAY

President Mothma lies in the medical bay. Many doctors and droids tend to her. Leia slowly enters the area. She catches a doctor’s eyes, which are downcast. He shakes his head. 

					DR. KARKA
			Talk to her quickly, Minister.

Leia goes over to Mon Mothma, who also has her son, Bail Mothma, and daughter, Thelea, by her side. 

					MON MOTHMA
			Leia...(cough)

					LEIA
			No, don’t speak.

					MON MOTHMA
			Is he here? (cough)

					LEIA
			Who?

					MON MOTHMA
			The one.

Luke quickly enters.

					LUKE
			Yes, mother. He’s here.

Thelea hugs her husband tightly. The president smiles.

					MON MOTHMA
			Leia...you will (cough) succeed 
			me. But...(cough)

They listen intently.

					MON MOTHMA
			Do not resist him forever. 

She closes her eyes. Thelea takes her mother’s hand. 

					THELEA
			Mother!

Silence.

Thelea cries over her mother’s body. Leia ponders her last words.

EXT. CORUSCANT – CITY SKYLINE

Logos has found a quiet spot on the roof of a skyscraper. He gazes at the city. Suddenly, he stops and grasps his heart.

					LOGOS
			Leia.

INT. SENATE BUILDING – MEDICAL WARD – DAY

Leia abruptly looks up and around, as if she heard something.

					LUKE
			Are you okay?

Luke puts his arm around his sister.

					LUKE
			President Solo.

EXT. SENATE BUILDING – DAY

Hundreds of thousands of citizens have now gathered outside the Senate building. From there they line the streets for hundreds of miles.

President Mothma’s funeral procession moves slowly down the winding thoroughfare. Leia, Thelea, Bail Mothma, and the whole Jedi Council follow behind her body, which has been beautifully preserved. Other senators, family, and dignitaries also follow.

Citizens throw flowers in front of this great and revered leader as she passes by. Many people bow. 

EXT. FLOATING ARBORETUMS – DAY

The procession turns a corner and travels down a road which runs in between the great Floating Arboretums, one of Coruscant’s valuable and beautiful sources of greenery. 

Thousands of mourners line the road on both sides. Small, raised platforms are built into the sides of the road at regular intervals.

Logos stands in the crowd. He walks up the steps of one of the platforms. As Mon Mothma nears, he bows to one knee in reverence for the fallen leader. Luke recognizes him and cannot contain his joy.

					LUKE
			Logos!

Leia and others turn their heads around, then toward Luke.

					LEIA
			Where?

					LUKE
			I’m sorry. I shouldn’t disturb 
			the event.

The other Jedi notice the reverent man bowing on the platform. 

					SHA-POL
				(to Zera)
			That is him, my lord.

Leia stares at Logos as she keeps pace in the procession. Logos looks up and catches her eye. Their gazes lock for a moment. She keeps on walking.

The crowd is now murmuring, “Logos...” “Logos?” “He’s the one we’ve been hearing about...” “It’s him! It’s him!” The murmuring becomes louder. The funeral entourage takes notice.

One alien blurts out, “Logos for President!” More and more join in, “Logos for President!” The cry grows louder and louder into a unified roar. “Logos for President! Logos for President!”

					LOGOS
			Please, please my friends! 
			Quiet!

The whole procession stops in response to this peculiar event. The crowd keeps chanting. Logos raises his arms to try to quiet the crowd, but this only stirs them up more. 

					LOGOS
				(loudly)
			Quiet yourselves for this solemn 
			event, I charge you now!

With his intensity, they start quieting down.

					LOGOS
			That is not the mission I came 
			for. That is not the reason I am 
			here. Behold, your new President 
			is before you!

Logos jumps off the platform toward Leia. Royal Guards try to block him, but Luke waves them away. Logos goes right up to Leia, clasps her hand, and holds it high.

					LOGOS
			All hail, Leia Solo, the last 
			President of the great Galactic 
			Republic!

There is a mixture of applause and confusion. His “last” comment threw everyone off. But Leia now seems to recognize him.

					LEIA
			Lo?

					LOGOS
			Hello, Leia. It is good to see 
			you again, after so long.

Zera approaches.

					ZERA
			So, you are...

					LOGOS
			I must take my leave, Master 
			Jedi. Farewell for now.

Logos merges into the crowd, and cannot be found.

INT. SENATE BUILDING – LEIA’S OFFICE – NIGHT

Luke and Leia face each other. Thelea Skywalker sits in an imported chair from Bespin. Threepio carries in a serving tray.

					LUKE
			You knew him? You know Logos 
			from the past?

Leia paces slowly, deep in thought.

					LEIA
			Yes. I’m positive now.

Threepio holds the tray of drinks toward Luke.

					LUKE
			No thanks, Threepio. Tell ya 
			what, take off for now.

Threepio nods, manages to keep his mouth shut, and leaves.

					LEIA
			I knew him on Alderaan. He was 
			just a young man. Younger than 
			Kane.

					LUKE
			So he’s from Alderaan.

					LEIA
			I don’t know. Not necessarily. I 
			don’t remember much about his 
			family. I didn’t even know him 
			very well.

					LUKE
			Tell me.

Leia sits down. So does Luke.

					LEIA
			He was a quiet, strange kid. He 
			would often go off alone into 
			the mountains for periods of 
			time. We wouldn’t see him.

Luke and Thelea listen intently. Leia looks up at the ceiling, recalling her memories.

					LEIA
			When I was getting involved in 
			politics, he never seemed 
			interested. Of course, I was 
			much older than him.

					THELEA
			What happened?

					LEIA
			I got involved with the 
			Rebellion, and I never saw him 
			again. To be honest, I had 
			forgotten about him. 

					LUKE
			Forgotten? Do you realize who he 
			is?

					LEIA
			Apparently the people’s choice 
			for President.

					LUKE
			Leia, he is the source of the 
			ancient Jedi prophecies. He is 
			the one who sent our father. 
			He...he controls the force.

					THELEA
			Don’t all Jedi control the 
			force?

					LUKE
			This is different. He is above 
			the force.

					THELEA
			It almost sounds like you’re 
			saying that he is the force.

Luke looks at his wife in astonishment. She managed to say what he had been afraid to say.

					LUKE
			I can’t believe any other 
			conclusion. Leia, if anything, 
					LUKE(CON’T.)
			he is what the Republic has been 
			waiting for.

Leia stands up.

					LEIA
			He’s just a man, Luke. He has 
			been jaunting around the city 
			doing nice things for people. 
			Then causing commotion at the 
			President’s funeral.

					THELEA
			It’s hard for me to believe too.

					LUKE
			Thelea?

					THELEA
			I mean, how do you know?

					LUKE
			I just know. I’ve seen his 
			works. I’ve heard his words. You 
			should hear him. 

Luke becomes very animated about his next point.

					LUKE
			We saw him save Tatooine! How do 
			you explain that? 
				(sigh)
			You’ve always trusted me. Both 
			of you.

					LEIA
			Master Zera has been briefing me 
			about the situation. Recent 
			events prove to me that Logos is 
			nothing more than the same odd, 
			strange man I have always known, 
			who may or may not be a powerful 
			Jedi.

Leia abruptly walks out of her office.

					LUKE
				(agitated)
			Zera. 

INT. JEDI TEMPLE – DEFENSE COMMUNICATIONS ROOM – NIGHT

This small chamber, an old strategic defense room, has not been used extensively in years. The dim interior lighting comes mostly from red consoles and tactical readouts of the temple and surrounding area.

Master Zera is livid. He screams at Sim-Shad, Sha-Pol, and three Jedi apprentices.

					ZERA
			I want him! I want him here now!

					SHA-POL
			But, my lord. That won’t be 
			easy...

					ZERA
			That insolent fool. Did you not 
			notice the disturbance he 
			created? ‘Logos for President!’ 
			The whole planet thinks he is 
			some kind of hero.

The room’s double-doors part. Sate Aquila confidently strides in.

					SATE
			He is a hero. And he did not 
			start the disturbance.

					ZERA
			Well, another follower. I’m 
			surprised, Master Aquila, that 
			Skywalker has duped you as well.

Luke enters.

					LUKE
			He has not been duped. 

They all turn toward Luke. 

					LUKE
			I’m wondering why you chose to 
			meet here? We don’t use this war 
			room anymore.

					ZERA
			Perhaps I did not want anyone 
			eavesdropping. Little good that 
			did.

					LUKE
			What have you been telling Leia?

					ZERA
			This man has been causing 
			trouble all over the city.

					SATE
			Trouble? He’s been doing good 
			things.

					ZERA
			Like stirring up discontent 
			among the masses? Using the 
			force to dazzle spectators? 
			Teaching strange beliefs? Did 
			you know that some industrial 
			workers have gone on strike 
			because of his teachings? 

					LUKE
			Master Jedi, why are you so 
			upset? Have you even heard him? 
			Logos has been sent to us to...

Luke pauses.

					ZERA
			To what?

Luke, still attempting to comprehend everything, isn’t sure how to say it.

					LUKE
			To save us. To bring us lasting 
			peace.

					ZERA 
				(cynically)
			Ah, I see. Peace, love, and joy.

					SHA-POL
			We, the Jedi Knights, are 
			keeping the peace in the 
			Republic. It doesn’t need to be 
			saved. Who does this man think 
			he is?

					ZERA
			Respectfully, Master, we believe 
			Logos to be dangerous. Thus far, 
			he has refused to submit to 
			our authority. 

					SATE
			You haven’t even discussed all 
			this with him.

					ZERA
			He will be brought here, by 
			force if necessary. 

					LUKE
			Zera, you will not...

					ZERA
				(interrupts)
			I’m sorry, Luke. But I’m afraid 
			you have been deceived. I will 
			countermand any order you give 
			to leave him alone. We must 
			preserve the peace of the 
			Republic at all costs. 
				(whispers to Luke)
			We must not let another war 
			happen.

He storms out, followed by the others. Luke and Sate remain.

					LUKE
			I can’t believe what this has 
			come to.

					SATE
			You made no mistake in bringing 
			him here, Master.

					LUKE
			We’ll see.

EXT. SENATE BUILDING – DAY

The next morning, a small, angular freighter-ship swoops out of the sky, does a fancy spin, and sets down on the special, privileged landing pad.

The ship, called the HAWK MAJOR, looks like a swan(minus the neck and head) crossed with a frying pan. A few puffs of gaseous fumes escape out the back. The ramp lowers.

Down the ramp comes a young man in his early twenties. He has dark hair and is wearing a black shirt and white, armored vest. Two blue troopers approach him.

					TROOPER
			Are you authorized to land here?

					SHAN 
			Sure am. Take me to my mother.

					TROOPER
			Who is your mother?

					SHAN
			The President.

INT. SENATE BUILDING – ROTUNDA CORRIDOR - DAY

Threepio escorts SHAN SOLO toward the Main Senate Rotunda.

					THREEPIO
			Technically, Master Shan, your 
			mother is not President yet. The 
			official ceremony is taking 
			place as we speak. Minister Leia 
			will make a wonderful president. 
			She...

					SHAN
			You talk too much, Goldy.

					THREEPIO
			I’m so sorry, Master Shan. Here 
			is the Main Senate Chamber...

					SHAN
				(points a finger at the droid)
			Shut up.

Threepio stops, and motions Shan into the Senate Chamber. Shan walks into the immense chamber which contains hundreds of triangular pods.

Besides being triangular, the pods were also redesigned so that they can no longer detach from their assigned positions (just in case...). Each pod seats two or three representatives and senators from systems all over the galaxy.

All attention is on the center of the chamber. Leia Solo stands on the elevated Presidential Platform, which extends all the way from the floor. 

Leia is dressed in a simple white gown. A special robotic arm descends from the ceiling holding the elegant Presidential Robes. The arm gently lowers the robes down over Leia.

Shan Solo, leaning against the wall with arms crossed, endures all the pomp. He is, though, proud of his mother. His eyes scan the rest of the chamber for anyone or anything of interest. He spots his sister, Sara.

The Speaker of the Senate, LIM ROSHBA, speaks into his mic.

					LIM ROSHBA
			Fair representatives, pay your 
			respects to the new leader of 
			the Republic, President Leia 
			Solo!

The assembly breaks into applause. Shan calmly joins in.

INT. SENATE BUILDING – PEACE DOME - DAY

The Peace Dome is a structure within the senate building built to pay tribute to peace in the galaxy, but more importantly to throw parties. Thousands of guests mingle, drink, and pay respect to Leia.

Sara Solo is surrounded by several young (and single) Jedi. Shan approaches.

					SHAN
			Stay away from her, boys. She’s 
			all mine!

He grabs her legs, picks her completely up, and swings her around.

					SARA
				(annoyed)
			Hey!

					SHAN
			You missed me, didn’t ya?

					SARA
			Put me down you...

Shan abruptly puts her down, almost dropping her.

					SARA
			...jerk.

					SHAN
			What kind of welcome is that?

					SARA
			Where have you been?

					SHAN
			Been busy.

					SARA
			Mother worried herself 
			absolutely sick because of you.

					SHAN
			Well, I’m fine. Good to see you 
			too, sis.

He walks off toward Leia. Kane comes up.

					KANE
			Who was that?

					SARA
			You don’t wanna know.
	
					KANE
			I can feel it in you. Your 
			brother?

Sara nods.

					KANE
			Ah, the long lost Solo kid. Heh 
			heh heh.

On the other side of the Dome, several VIP’s vie for President Solo’s attention. She sees Shan enter the circle, and becomes speechless.

					SHAN
			Hey mom!

					LEIA
			Shan.

Everyone turns toward him in surprise. She immediately goes to him and grabs him in a hug.

					LEIA
			What are you doing here...now?

					SHAN
			I wouldn’t miss this for 
			anything. My mom’s President of 
			the galaxy!

Luke and Thelea approach.

					LUKE
			Congratulations, Mrs. President!

					LEIA
			Luke, it’s Shan.

					SHAN
				(cocky)
			Uncle Jedi Master Skywalker. 
			It’s a pleasure.

					LUKE
				(shakes his head)
			Shan. You...

Luke realizes that about a dozen people are listening.

					LUKE
			...look just like your father.

					SHAN
			Well, I gotta run now.

					LEIA
			Don’t you dare leave the capital 
			yet.

					LUKE
			I’ll make sure he doesn’t go 
			anywhere.

LATER, at the party, Leia is busy entertaining other guests and giving snippets of her future policies.

Shan gets a drink from a server droid. He notices Pree-Sa Dalori, who is stunningly dressed for the evening. Her long golden hair sparkles. Shan approaches her.

					SHAN
			Hi there. I own a Corellian Swip 
			Cruiser. Wanna go for a spin 
			around gamma moon?

Pree-Sa eyes him for a second.

					PREE-SA
			Pffft.

She turns and walks away. Shan watches her go. Sara passes by.

					SARA
			I thought you didn’t like Jedi.

Shan almost spits out his drink.

					SHAN
			She was a Jedi?

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE BLOCK – DAY

About a city block away from the Jedi Temple, Logos addresses a group, among whom are many dozens of Jedi Knights and apprentices as well as the usual on-lookers. 

Sate Aquila and Xang Prim are also present, sitting near the back. They smile as they see Luke arrive, who joins them. 

					LOGOS
			Beware of arrogance and pride. 
			Beware of deception. Such things 
			destroyed your predecessors. 
			This temple cannot stand against 
			such formidable foes. It was 
			once conquered by evil, and it 
			could be conquered again.

					TI-DAN
			That’s not possible. The temple 
			has always stood. The force will 
			preserve it.

					LOGOS
			What you call the force cannot 
			be contained in a temple, or 
			even limited to only the Jedi. 
			The time has come, my friends, 
			for the fullness of my power to 
			be made known to all.

Jedi say to each other, “What does he mean,‘my power’?” “What is he saying about the force?” “How does he know so much?”

					TI-DAN
				(becoming quite intense)
			Your power? The force alone is 
			our power. We, all of us Jedi, 
				(motions around) 
			trust in the force. We feel its 
			power flowing through us. It 
			guides us.

					LOGOS
			No. That’s not true.

The crowd gasps.

					TI-DAN
				(angry)
			What?

					LOGOS
			If you truly trusted in my 
			power, you would not be as evil 
			as you are. And you would not do 
			the things that you are about to 
			do.

The gathered assembly of Jedi is aghast. They can’t believe their ears. Sha-Pol, previously just listening, stands up.

					SHA-POL
			This man is teaching Jedi 
			heresy! He is making us out to 
			be like the Sith.

Several Jedi begin yelling angry words at Logos. 

					LOGOS
			The Sith were destroyed. But 
			there is still evil in your 
			hearts. I have come to destroy 
			all evil.

					SHA-POL
			See! He said it himself. He has 
			come to destroy us!

Sate Aquila jumps up.

					SATE
			Please, fellow Jedi! Just try to 
			understand him. You have never 
			acted this way before.

Five particular Jedi get up and stand behind Sate, including Master VES-GHENT. Ves’s apprentice, LIB-NIK, stands with him.

					VES-GHENT
			We have been pondering his 
			teachings, and we are willing to 
			accept them.

					SHA-POL
			If you do so, you are turning 
			against the Jedi Order. 

					VES-GHENT
			So be it.

Two factions, believers and unbelievers, murmur against each other - something that has never happened in the history of the Jedi Order. Logos remains calm.

					LOGOS
			You must have humble hearts to 
			accept the truth. Absolutely 
			nothing else will suffice.

Murmuring in the crowd turns into shouting. Luke finally does something. He stands up on a raised platform.

					LUKE
			Quiet, please!

The crowd quiets down.

					SHA-POL
			Ah, the chief messenger!

Luke ignores the remark.

					LUKE
			Friends, this is so unnecessary. 
			Please open your minds and your 
			hearts. It is good that Logos 
			is here. I implore you to listen 
			closely to what he is saying.

At that, a young peasant child about eight years old, walks right up to Logos.

					CHILD
			I believe in you.

Logos smiles and puts his hands on the boy’s shoulders.

					LOGOS
			Stay humble, my child. 

The boy nods and backs away. He puts his arms out and slowly begins to lift off the ground. The whole crowd watches. He rises higher in the air and spins head to toe, then drops rapidly almost hitting the ground. Luke reaches out and breaks his fall.

					LUKE
			Careful.

Ves-Ghent bows on one knee toward Logos, as do the other four Jedi with him. Sha-Pol speaks into his communicator.

					SHA-POL
			Yes, my lord, he is here. So is 
			Skywalker.

EXT. CORUSCANT – SKYLINE - DAY

Huge construction droids build new towering edifices—the mark of progress in this era of peace and prosperity.

The sun begins to dip behind the hundreds of ships, speeders, and vehicles filling the sky traffic.

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE BLOCK – STATUE COURTYARD – DAY

Logos and ten of his closest followers walk together into the impressive Statue Courtyard. The group admires thirty-foot tall statues of OBI-WAN KENOBI, ANAKIN SKYWALKER, and a twelve-foot tall MASTER YODA. Kane leans over to Xang Prim.

					KANE
			My father insisted the statue of 
			Anakin be built, against much 
			protest.

					XANG PRIM
			I know. I was a protester.

					KANE
			You?

					XANG PRIM
			But I’ve changed my mind. I 
			think now I finally understand 
			why.

					KANE
			Good, because my mother made 
			that statue.

The setting sun casts dramatic shadows over the sculptures. Red and orange light reflect off their surfaces. Logos sits down. The others do likewise.

					LOGOS
			Do not fear, dear friends, for 
			after darkness reigns for a 
			short time, light will dawn 
			again.

					LUKE
			Can you tell us what you mean?

					LOGOS
			I will show you soon. Have 
			patience.

Kane leans over to the new convert, Ves-Ghent.

					KANE
			He always says stuff like that.

					PREE-SA
			Master Logos, I can hardly bear 
			the wait anymore for you to meet 
			with the council. Are you going 
			to do something spectacular for 
			them? We know you can do it!

Logos seems to have a heavy heart. He doesn’t respond. He stares at the statues, the city, the horizon.

					LOGOS
			Great changes are coming. Be 
			ready. You must remain humble. 
			You must...care for each other. 

The assembled group looks around at each other.

					LOGOS
			Now, my friends, go home and 
			dwell on the prophecies. They 
			will be fulfilled before your 
					LOGOS(CON’T.)
			very eyes. You are truly the 
			most blessed generation of Jedi 
			Knights ever to exist.

					XANG PRIM
			Master, do you want us to go to 
			the Jedi Archives where the 
			prophecies are kept?

					LOGOS
			The words there are already 
			written on your hearts. I have 
			seen it in all of you. Go now.

They begin to disperse. Luke dares one more question.

					LUKE
			What are you going to do?

					LOGOS
			Finish what I came here to do.

INT. JEDI TEMPLE – DEFENSE COMMUNICATIONS ROOM – NIGHT

Zera is flanked by Jedi Masters Sha-Pol and Sim-Shad Fari. Four blue stormtroopers stand at attention.

					ZERA
			Do it.

Sha-Pol bows.

					ZERA
			Make sure Skywalker and the 
			others don’t interfere.

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE BLOCK – STATUE COURTYARD – NIGHT

Logos, alone, stands with eyes closed. One tear from his left eye gently rolls down his face. 

EXT. SKYWALKER HOUSING COMPLEX – NIGHT

Luke pats his son on the back as they enter their home.

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE – NIGHT

Out of a small, side exit march six Jedi Knights accompanied by twelve blue and dark purple stormtroopers.

INT. SKYWALKER HOUSE – BEDROOM – NIGHT

Luke falls into bed next to his wife.

INT. AQUILA APARTMENT – NIGHT

Sate Aquila sits with eyes closed. Four small spherical remotes rise up around him and fire tiny laser bursts. His hands move blindingly fast, deflecting the shots. His seven-year old daughter, VEE, comes into the room.

					VEE
			Daddy?

					SATE
			Go to bed, sweetheart.

The remotes lower and shut off. Sate turns out the lights and leaves the room.

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE BLOCK – NIGHT

The Jedi/Trooper detachment rounds a corner, marching steadily.

INT. JEDI TEMPLE – JEDI ARCHIVES – NIGHT

Xang Prim enters the quiet and solitude of the Archival Room. He walks to the most sacred section, punches in a passcode, and from the ceiling descends, encased in glass, the temple’s pristine preserved copy of the Jedi Prophecies. 

Xang pores over the words. He uses the force to rapidly flip pages.

EXT. SENATE LANDING PAD – NIGHT

Two exterior bright work-lights shine on the Hawk Major. Shan lies on top working on a sensor fin. A tiny piece breaks off and falls to the ground.

					SHAN
			Great.

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE BLOCK – NIGHT

The detachment continues, which can now see the tall statues of the courtyard.

INT. JEDI TEMPLE – JEDI ARCHIVES – NIGHT

Xang intensely absorbs the book. His eyes are bloodshot.

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE BLOCK – STATUE COURTYARD – NIGHT

The statues cast long shadows over the courtyard, created by lights emanating from the temple. Logos calmly stands alone. The Jedi and troopers finally arrive and surround him.

					SHA-POL
			Come with us.

					LOGOS
			Why did you bring a battalion? 
			I will come peacefully.

Two troopers point their blaster guns at Logos, motioning him to start walking. He obeys, with troops following him. The Jedi are in front, leading them all back to the temple.

INT. JEDI TEMPLE – JEDI ARCHIVES – NIGHT

Xang is hunched over the book of prophecy. His heart has been opened like never before. Tears fall from his eyes. The tears are dissipated by an invisible, protective laser-array before they hit the book.

INT. SKYWALKER HOUSE – BEDROOM – NIGHT

Luke twists and turns.

					LUKE
				(mumbling)
			Logos...

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE – NIGHT

For the first time in decades, the lights activate at the top of the Southwest Tower Spire — the old Jedi Council room.

INT. JEDI TEMPLE – OLD COUNCIL CHAMBER – NIGHT

The troopers and Jedi march Logos into the same Council room in which the Jedi leaders of the Clone War era sat. Zera and Sim-Shad Fari are waiting for them there. 

The six returning Jedi take seats. The troopers stand with weapons drawn outside the circle. Logos stands in the center of the room. Zera sits in the leader’s chair.

					ZERA
			Master Logos. Why did you make 
			it so difficult for us?

Logos does not answer.

					ZERA
			We wish to learn more about your 
			teachings. To know where you get 
			your great powers.

Logos again says nothing.

					ZERA
			What is this strange teaching 
			you have been promoting among 
			us? On all the systems? Reluush, 
			Metanosis, Tatooine, and now the 
			capital?

					LOGOS
			Why do you ask me about my 
			teaching? I have always spoken 
			openly. Many of you here have 
			heard me. 

					SIM-SHAD
			Is that any way to speak to the 
			leader of the Jedi Council? 
			Answer his question!

					LOGOS
			I believe Master Skywalker is 
			the rightful head of the 
			Council. Where is he?

Zera and Sha-Pol glance at each other.
					LOGOS
			And why are we meeting in this 
			chamber? 

Zera ignores his question.

					ZERA
			Where are you from?

					LOGOS
			Where I am from, you have never 
			truly known, though some of you 
			may come to know in time.

					SIM-SHAD
				(frustrated)
			Why must you always speak in 
			such riddles?

					LOGOS
			Those that know me know the 
			answers.

Sim-Shad rolls his eyes to Zera.

					ZERA
			Moving on. Why did you order the 
			fleet to retreat from Tatooine?

					LOGOS
			Is your question based on a 
			pursuit of truth?

Sim-Shad, visibly perturbed, starts to rise from his chair. Zera calmly waves him down.

					ZERA
			Did you destroy the asteroid 
			threatening Tatooine?

					LOGOS
			You already know that is true.

					ZERA
			Some of us fear that you will 
			use your power for terrible 
			things.

					LOGOS
			Fear grips many of you. That is 
			your fatal fault.

					ZERA
			Fatal? Hmmm...

					SHA-POL
			We are Jedi Knights. We do not 
			fear anything. The force has 
			blessed us greatly and helped us 
			to maintain peace in the galaxy 
			for the past twenty years.

					LOGOS
			Well spoken. But your peace has 
			been but a gift. It is not from 
			yourselves.

No one responds. Logos continues.

					LOGOS
			This is the last stage of 
			galactic history. Do not 
			arrogantly presume your current 
			peace to be stable and secure.

Zera’s emotions become more heated.

					ZERA
			That is because you are the 
			greatest threat to our peace! 
			This Republic has stood and the 
			Jedi Order has continued because 
			we have stamped out all threats 
			when they have arisen! Take him 
			away!

Two troopers with guns raised approach Logos. He calmly lets them lead him out the chamber doors. Four other troopers and two Jedi follow. 

INT. JEDI ARCHIVES – NIGHT

Xang touches his heart. He feels the force in an extraordinarily new way. He exits the Archive room.

INT. TEMPLE CORRIDOR – NIGHT

Xang quietly walks down a corridor. He passes a window, looks up  and sees the old Council chamber lights on.

INT. TOWER SPIRE – NIGHT

A elevator-lift opens, and Xang walks out. He turns a corner toward the old Council room to see it guarded by two blue troopers. He approaches them.

					TROOPER
			I’m sorry, sir. I cannot allow 
			you to enter.

Xang stops and thinks for a moment.

					XANG PRIM
			Please forgive me.

He waves his hand, slightly choking the troops, knocking them out. He uses the force to open a nearby compartment and pushes them inside. He listens at the wall.

					XANG PRIM
			I wish I had Sate here.

INT. OLD COUNCIL CHAMBER – NIGHT

The council deliberates.

					SIM-SHAD
			Could he be a Sith?

					ZERA
			The Sith are destroyed. The 
			prophecy was fulfilled. There 
			are no more.

					SIM-SHAD	
			Then what is he? He is certainly 
			not a Jedi, bringing such 
			division.

A gray and red skinned Jedi Master from Utapau, LEQ SELECA, speaks.
					LEQ SELECA
			I have heard his teachings. Many 
			are quite profound, but at their 
			core they are anti-Jedi. No true 
			Jedi would promote them.

					ZERA
			Quite right, Master Leq.

					LEQ SELECA
			He does seem to have a powerful 
			grasp of the force. But we all 
			know the dark side is crafty and 
			mysterious.

INT. TOWER SPIRE – NIGHT

Xang continues listening at the door. Many of the words are muffled. He strains to hear.

INT. OLD COUNCIL CHAMBER – NIGHT

					SHA-POL
			My lords, what does not make 
			sense is that...the dark side 
			was supposed to have been 
			destroyed. How can it now exist 
			in Logos, if it does?

					ZERA
			Do not let yourself be deceived, 
			brother. This man has brought 
			untold damage to the Jedi Order. 
			And who knows what would happen 
			to the Republic if his teachings 
			would continue to instigate 
			riots among the masses?

Sha-Pol seems to accept this.

					ZERA
			We have finally achieved peace 
			for an entire generation. We 
			must not let this man ruin what 
			we have built.

They all nod in agreement. 

					SIM-SHAD
			His comment about President Solo 
			being the “last” is a clear 
			threat to the Republic!

					ZERA
			We will all be convinced of this 
			man’s evil when the full list of 
			charges against him is heard. 
			Bring him back in.

INT. TOWER SPIRE – NIGHT

Xang suddenly hears movement toward the door. He instantly dashes away behind a corner so fast that he moved unseen. The doors open and several Jedi and troops exit. 

EXT. SKYWALKER HOUSE – NIGHT

Seven special Stealth Jedi keep watch on the Skywalker home. They wear all-black uniforms.

INT. JEDI TEMPLE - TOWER SPIRE – NIGHT

From the shadows, Xang watches the door to the chamber. To his dismay, he sees Logos prodded in by armed troopers and Jedi. The door shuts and Xang creeps back over.

INT. OLD COUNCIL CHAMBER – NIGHT

Logos resumes standing in the center of the room. Zera looks over at Sim-Shad who then stands.

					SIM-SHAD
			The one called Logos is charged 
			with the following: Mutiny and 
			Conspiracy to destroy the 
			Republic fleet at Tatooine. 
			Creating a public disturbance at 
			the President’s funeral. 
			Breaking the stability and peace 
			of the Capital. Teaching 
			dangerous doctrines. And rending 
			asunder the sacred Order of the 
			Jedi. Even our revered Master 
			Skywalker has been led astray. 

INT. TOWER SPIRE – NIGHT

Xang can take no more of this. He finally bursts into the room.

INT. OLD COUNCIL CHAMBER – NIGHT

					XANG PRIM
			What has our sacred order come 
			to when a man is not allowed a 
			fair trial nor permitted anyone 
			to speak on his behalf?

The troops all train their blasters on Xang. Three Jedi Knights leap up and prepare to draw their lightsabers. 

					ZERA
			Well well. A true believer. 
			Master Xang, this trial is very 
			fair. Fair to the Republic.

					XANG PRIM
			Rubbish. That list of charges is 
			ridiculous. I was at Tatooine. 
			He ordered the fleet to exit the 
			system to protect it from the 
			second asteroid. More people 
			would have been saved if they 
			had obeyed him.

					SIM-SHAD
			He had no right to commandeer a 
			vessel right out from under 
			Admiral Antilles!

					XANG PRIM 	
			The only reason for any split in 
			the Jedi ranks is your refusal 
			to accept the truth.

					ZERA
			The truth? Let us discuss the 
			“truth” of his doctrines, shall 
			we? The list of charges against 
			him is dreadful enough. Enough 
			to throw anyone in prison for 
			the rest of his life. But the 
					ZERA(CON’T.)
			most important, the most...
			appalling, if you will, are his 
			claims concerning the force.

Logos stands still and silent.

					ZERA
			This man claims to surpass 
			Anakin Skywalker, the chosen 
			one. He claims to be the only 
			interpreter of the Jedi 
			Prophecies. But worst of all, 
			this man has made statements 
			that would suggest...and I can 
			barely bring myself to say it...
			that he does not merely use the 
			force. But that he is the force.

The room is dead quiet. Zera stands up and points his finger directly at Logos.

					ZERA
			Do you, Logos, claim that you 
			are in fact...the force?

Everyone waits for his answer, which seems to take an eternity.

					LOGOS
			If that is the only way for you 
			to understand it, so be it. Yes.

The collected Jedi gasp. Even Xang is somewhat surprised.

					ZERA
			By the canons of Jedi Law, such 
			a claim is worthy of the 
			greatest penalty. Death.

					XANG PRIM
			You will not lay a hand on him. 
			You don’t have the authority.

					ZERA
			We are the authority now. You 
			and Master Skywalker are hereby 
			stripped of your positions.

					XANG PRIM
			I will go to President Solo.

					ZERA
			I have already contacted her 
			and...she is on our side.

					XANG PRIM
				(disbelief)
			No.

					ZERA
			Take the prisoner away.

Six troops and three Jedi begin leading Logos out. Xang moves toward them, but Logos shakes his head. Their eyes meet. Xang remains still and watches them go.

INT. SKYWALKER HOUSE – KANE’S ROOM – NIGHT

Kane sleeps peacefully.

INT. SKYWALKER HOUSE – LUKE’S BEDROOM – NIGHT

Luke turns over in bed, and finally pushes himself up to a sitting position. He feels a strange tremor in the force.

INT. OLD COUNCIL CHAMBER – NIGHT

					XANG PRIM
			You simply cannot get away with 
			this. I will go and make sure of 
			it.

					ZERA
			You won’t be going anywhere.

Two Jedi block the door.

					ZERA
			You are a known follower of a 
			condemned traitor and heretic.

					XANG PRIM
			This trial was not in any way 
			official.

					ZERA
			If it puts your mind at ease, he 
			will be officially condemned 
			tomorrow. But that will be only 
			a formality. Troops! Arrest this 
			creature and take him to the 
			cell block.

Four stormtroopers point their blasters at Xang.

					ZERA
			Unless, of course, you choose to 
			recant. We will give all 
			heretics that option.

					XANG PRIM
			It is you who needs to recant, 
			not I. 

Xang pulls out his lightsaber, but does not yet ignite it.

					XANG PRIM
			You may have taken Logos 
			quietly, but you will not take 
			me.

					ZERA
			Very well.

In a swift move, Zera yanks out his own lightsaber, ignites it, and lunges at Xang. VROOM. Xang’s saber instantly comes on and deflects the blow. Their eyes meet, full of boiling emotions.

Zera ferociously swings blow after blow, but Xang blocks each attack. They rotate, almost dancing around the center of the chamber. 

Eight other Jedi in the room, standing poised and ready, anxiously watch the duel. The troopers keep their blasters ready but hold their fire.

The two fighters both do flips in the air toward each other attempting to get a better position. But both warriors dodge and parry the moves. Their sabers again lock together, creating a low buzzing sound.

Xang spins around and with a fancy kick knocks Zera’s lasersword out of his hand and rolling across the floor. Zera backs off. Xang, in defensive position, holds his saber in his left hand. His right arm is extended to his right, ready for anything.

					ZERA
				(to the others)
			Jedi...attack!

Eight Jedi Knights light their sabers. They charge Xang, who leaps high up to the ceiling and grabs onto a protruding arch. 

One Jedi jumps up at Xang. Their sabers clash and with a flip the Jedi lands back on the floor. Another one does the same. Two more follow, with Xang fighting them all off with one hand. 

The troopers fire blaster shots up at him. Xang skillfully deflects the shots, sending several toward the other the Jedi. The Jedi in turn deflect them away.

Zera and Sim-Shad both extend their arms toward the ceiling. The arch above Xang begins to crack. Small chunks fall out as it cracks more and more. Finally, it collapses. 

Xang falls, flips and lands on his feet as debris chunks and dust fall all around him. The Jedi press in around him.

Xang amazingly fights off several Jedi at once, moving blindingly fast to block all their blows. Xang’s saber lands a blow killing one Jedi. Xang back flips to the west wall and crouches, catching his breath. 

A Jedi lies dead. Xang cannot believe that this is really happening. His eyes quickly scan the room. The exit is completely blocked by Sha-Pol with lightsaber lit, two other Jedi, and the stormtroopers.  

On his other side is Zera, Sim-Shad, and seven Jedi. He cannot win. He concentrates for a moment, and then heaves his lightsaber toward the north window.

VROOM VROOM. The spinning lasersword flies over his enemies and slashes right through the window. Big chunks of glass crash to the floor. Wind begins howling throughout the chamber. 

Xang sprints, dodges lightsaber swings from his enemies, leaps, and soars out the window.
EXT. JEDI TEMPLE SPIRE – NIGHT

Xang Prim lands on a narrow exterior ledge. He extends his hand and his lightsaber flies right back into it. Two Jedi jump out the window and land on either side of him.

Xang’s saber clashes with the nearest Jedi. Xang blocks two blows, then goes on the offensive pushing the Jedi backward with several hard strikes. Xang ducks fast, spins, and kicks the Jedi off the ledge sending him plummeting down.

The other Jedi, stronger than the first, attacks. Xang parries his blows and swings back hard. Their sabers lock in the air, then they pull apart. Xang attempts to leap up, but the Jedi pulls his hand up force-shoving Xang backwards. 

Xang falls backward and just barely lands on the edge. He loses grip of his saber which goes over the edge. Xang slips, slides off the edge but hangs on by his hands.

He sees three more Jedi leap out of the window. Xang takes a deep breath. With a skillful jump, he lands back up onto the ledge. He sprints on the ledge around the outside of the Council Room and jumps off in an unbelievable forward leap.

Xang flies through the air and lands on the Northwestern Temple Spire. He hangs from a side railing.

The Jedi Masters he is dealing with are not so easily beaten. Two of them run and make the same jump, landing above him on top of the Northwestern Spire.

Xang is growing hopeless. The two Jedi, with lightsabers lit, glare down at him. He sees the skytraffic passing by, and takes one last chance. Xang pushes off from the side of the spire and falls through the sky. 

In free fall, Xang uses the force to pull himself toward a passing speeder. He lands on the top and holds on with all his might. The speeder zooms off into the night.

INT. OLD COUNCIL CHAMBER – NIGHT

					ZERA
			Sha-Pol! Bring me Skywalker, 
			dead or alive.

					SHA-POL
			Yes, my Lord.

INT. SKYWALKER HOUSE – LUKE’S BEDROOM – NIGHT

Luke, unable to sleep, drags himself out of bed. He wanders down the hallway to the main living room.

INT. SKYWALKER HOUSE – MAIN LIVING ROOM – NIGHT

Luke sits on a round cushion-seat, his head in his hands. Blue and green lights flare up outside the windows. Suddenly, CRASH. Six windows crash in with Jedi Knights pouring in.

Luke, in near shock, stands up. Seven Jedi, with sabers lit, surround him. He recognizes several of them, including Sha-Pol’s apprentice Ti-Dan and the Nikto, WIN-NEEBO.

					WIN-NEEBO
			You are under arrest, Master 
			Skywalker.

					LUKE
			Does this have anything to do 
			with Logos?

					TI-DAN
			He has been tried and condemned 
			as a traitor and heretic.

					LUKE
			Tried? When was the trial? Why 
			wasn’t I told?

					WIN-NEEBO
			You are no longer a member of 
			the Council.

					TI-DAN
			Or of the Jedi Order, for that 
			matter.

					WIN-NEEBO
			Recant your belief in Logos, or 
			come with us. It is your choice.

					LUKE
			Why are you doing this? Are your 
			hearts so hard?

Luke turns around, looking at all the Jedi around him.

					LUKE
			I trained some of you...
			personally! You must not betray 
			your oaths of honor like this.

					TI-DAN
			You have betrayed us.

					LUKE
			Ti-Dan, I taught you when you 
			were a little boy!

Ti-Dan looks down, then back up at Luke.

					TI-DAN
			I’m sorry, Master Luke, but I 
			must protect the peace and 
			purity of the Jedi Order.

					WIN-NEEBO
			What is your decision?

Luke hesitates. He looks down, not sure what to think or say. The collective lightsabers cast an eerie glow in the dark room. 

Then, after a heavy pause, a SCREAM breaks the silence. The voice of the scream is one precious to Luke. He spins around to see his wife running down the hallway towards them.

					THELEA
			Luke!

					LUKE
			Thelea!

From behind her, a Jedi with a blaster shoots some kind of blue beam at her, hitting her in the back. She falls to the floor. Two Jedi pick her up and jump out the window.

					LUKE
			No!

Luke starts towards the same window but Ti-Dan and Win-Neebo, with lightsabers ignited and ready, block his path. 

					LUKE
			You were my friends. I don’t 
			want to hurt you.

					WIN-NEEBO
			You have made yourself our 
			enemy.

Two other Jedi lunge at Luke from behind. Luke spins around, throws up his hand and mightily force-pushes them, hurling them backwards. One flies through an already broken window and the other smashes into a food pantry.

A compartment opens on the far side of the room. Luke’s lightsaber shoots out and across the room. The hilt hits one Jedi in the back of the head on its way, knocking him out. Luke scoops it out of the air and ignites its green blade.

Luke, the aging Jedi Master, unleashes his fierce fury on his new enemies. He charges one Jedi instantly slicing him down. He leaps and quickly strikes down another.

Two come at him with an attack. Luke rapidly deflects their blows. He lands a powerful kick to one Jedi sending him hurtling across the room knocking over tables and chairs and smashing through one of Thelea’s sculptures. 

Luke and the other attacker duel for a moment, trading blows. But Luke is quickly able to cut off his opponent’s hand holding the saber. The saber flies to the Jedi’s other hand, but Luke slices off that whole arm. 

Five more Jedi jump in through windows. Luke is undaunted. He lunges at them killing two of them almost instantaneously.

The secret elevator compartment in the floor opens up, and out comes Kane! He flips in the air and lands near the hallway behind Ti-Dan and Win-Neebo, blue lightsaber lit and ready.

					KANE
			Father!

					LUKE
			Kane! Get your mother, through 
			there! Hurry!

Kane spins his glance toward the broken window through which his mother was taken. He runs toward it and leaps out. More Jedi arrive to surround Luke. Catching his breath, Luke sees two Republic Gunships landing outside the window. 

Luke becomes emotional at what has transpired. He looks around at the dead Jedi...and chokes back tears. He lowers his sword, collapsing his defensive stance, and falls to one knee. 

He hears another voice, this one calm and comforting.

					LOGOS(VO)
			Luke, be at peace.

He drops his lightsaber to the floor and breaks into tears. 

					LUKE
			What have I done?

The Jedi move in to capture him.

EXT. SKYWALKER HOUSING COMPLEX – NIGHT

Kane sprints through the gardens next to the house. He looks around to see what he can see. He hears a faint scream.

					KANE
			Mother!

About twenty feet away, a small Republic Gunship rises up out of the gardens. It fires several red blaster shots at Kane, which he deflects away. The ship’s boosters fire, but Kane sprints hard and leaps high, landing on its back. The ship takes off.

Kane pulls hard and rips open the back doors. One Jedi meets him with lightsaber swinging. Kane manages to barely bring his sword up in time to block it. The pilot turns the ship sideways to dodge a building. Kane nearly falls off, but hangs on.

EXT. CITY - NIGHT

The gunship darts between buildings. Kane pulls himself up and jumps through the broken door into the ship. He sees his mother, 
hands bound and somewhat conscious, in the co-pilot seat. 

The enemy Jedi swings his saber at Kane. The young son of Luke blocks and swings in kind. The Jedi strikes high and low, but young Kane, filled with passion, deflects the blows. 

The lightsabers’ swinging in such tight quarters wreak havoc on the ship’s insides. Sparks fly everywhere. 

The pilot puts the ship into a barrel roll. Kane is knocked head over heels. Once the ship levels out, the Jedi decks Kane across the face with his fist. 

Dazed, Kane attempts to simply hold on. The Jedi lands a kick to Kane’s face hurling him out the back of the ship. He falls down, down, down...

Kane regains his composure and concentrates. A large industrial warehouse looms closer and closer as he falls. He reaches his hand out to force-cushion his fall. It mostly works...

CRASH. Kane crashes through the roof of the warehouse, hits some equipment, slides off, and finally rolls onto the floor. 

INT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

The surprised factory night crew gather around him. A large, burly green-skinned character gets close.

					BETOP
			It’s a Jedi. Are you okay?

Kane rolls over, moaning. He is bruised and bloodied.

					KANE
			Yeah...

					BETOP
			What happened?

Kane moans some more. 

					KANE
			My father was attacked for being 
			a Logos follower.

					BETOP
			Well, I’ll be. I’m a Logos 
			follower!

Next to Betop is another worker, FEE VILNOT.

					FEE VILNOT
			So am I.

					BETOP
			We need to do something.

EXT. SENATE BUILDING – NIGHT

Luke Skywalker, hands bound behind him, is escorted up steps to a side entrance by three Jedi Knights and five Royal Troopers. 

Two 15-foot tall AT-PK (All-Terrain Peace-Keeping) walkers stand guard. The AT-PK’s are graceful, three-legged machines with bird-like shaped cockpits. They have concealed weaponry in their legs and around the cockpit area. 

The walkers march out of the way of the entrance to reveal Sha-Pol, who has been watching the group approach.

					SHA-POL
			Put him in maximum security. He 
			is highly dangerous.

					WIN-NEEBO
			We know.

INT. SENATE BUILDING – POLITICAL PRISON BLOCK – NIGHT

Deep within the bowels of the Senate Building, Luke lies on a hard, metallic cot. He stares up at the ceiling. Just outside his cell stand two young Jedi. He looks at them, but does not recognize them.

Between he and they is a gamut of security precautions: a row of six-inch thick Kiranium bars, an electromagnetic energy field, and an automatic shock motion sensor. Escape is impossible.

Through the bars Luke can see dozens of troopers and security, as well as several Jedi security. He is downcast.

					LUKE
			Could I have been deceived? 
			Father, if you’re still out 
			there, I could use your help.

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE – NIGHT

The temple is encased in the black of night, save for a few small lights emanating from within.

INT. JEDI TEMPLE – ASSEMBLY HALL – NIGHT

About a hundred Jedi have gathered for a special assembly. Zera is at the podium. Sim-Shad Fari stands to his right.

					ZERA
			My brothers, this dangerous sect 
			must be contained. The Jedi Code 
			compels us to not sit on our 
			hands while threats to our 
			safety and security roam free.

A dark-skinned Jedi Master, GOH-PALL VEN, steps forward.

					GOH-PALL
			My Lord, what are you 
			suggesting?

					ZERA
			We have reached the inevitable 
			conclusion that simple 
			reprimand, and even capture, are 
			not enough. This threat is so 
			heinous, so insidious, that it 
			must be utterly rooted out.

Zera pauses to let the assembly digest his words.

					ZERA
			The great peace we have achieved 
			is now under attack, and if we 
			do not deal with this menace 
			immediately, civil war and 
			anarchy will result.

Several of the gathered Jedi look at each other, partially in confusion, but many are in agreement.

					ZERA
			Logos and his followers must die 
			in order to the save the Jedi 
			Council and the Republic from 
			imminent destruction!

The quietness of the assembly betrays its highly charged mood.

					ZERA
			My loyal Jedi Knights, be 
			assured that this is not a 
			ruthless purge as in the dark 
			days of Palpatine. This is a 
			preservation of the Jedi Order.

					GOH-PALL
			Has this been discussed with the 
			Combined Council?

					ZERA
			In time, Master Goh-Pall. Until 
			then, the entire Jedi Council is 
			in unanimous agreement that 
			immediate action must be taken. 
			The heretics must be destroyed!

One zealous Jedi shouts from the group, “Destroy them!” Sim-Shad raises his lightsaber into the air, lights it, and shouts with a booming voice.

					SIM-SHAD
			For the peace of the Republic!

The bulk of the assembly raise their lightsabers and reply in kind, “For the peace of the Republic!”

					GOH-PALL
			What about Master Skywalker?

But Master Ven is drowned out by the noise of the assembly’s sabers and spirited shouting.

					ASSEMBLY
			For the peace of the Republic!

EXT. SKYWALKER GARDENS – NIGHT

On the outskirts of the Skywalker Complex are neatly designed rows of fresh, green gardens. A few dim lights shine from the walkways at this late hour.

Sate Aquila walks through the gardens. He sees Ves-Ghent and Lib-NiK. Sate approaches them.

					SATE
			Did you feel it?

					VES-GHENT
			If you’re referring to the 
			tremendous disturbance in the 
			force, then yes.

					SATE
			Then you were drawn here as 
			well?

					VES-GHENT
			I was torn between here and the 
			temple. I feel something 
			terrible has happened.

					SATE
			Did you...

He abruptly pauses.

					VES-GHENT
			What is it?

					SATE
			I can hear something.

Ves and Lib-Nik look around, but see nothing.
	
					SATE
			A Jedi is not supposed to feel 
			fear, is he? 

Sate looks around, then suddenly does a high backflip, whipping out his lightsaber in the air. Ves and Lib-Nik are startled.

Six Jedi jump out from the bushes, three on either side of them, their bright lightsabers blazing in the night. Sha-Pol points his saber a foot away from Ves’s throat.

					SHA-POL
			You have once chance to recant.

					VES-GHENT
			Recant?

					SHA-POL
			Your belief in Logos.
	
Ves looks at Sate.

					SATE
			Never.

					SHA-POL
			Then you have sealed your own 
			doom.

All six Jedi attack. Ves and Lib-Nik ignite their sabers, and along with Sate skillfully fight off the onslaught. 

Sate duels two Jedi at once. Ducking and jumping, he blocks and dodges their swings. He strikes one of them across the chest, bringing him down.

Ves holds his own against his attackers, but his apprentice is overwhelmed. Sha-Pol slices Lib-Nik on the side.

					LIB-NIK
				(in pain)
			Ah!

Sha-Pol easily kicks the young warrior square in the chest, sending him flying against a concrete wall and spiraling into thick bushes.

Ves stands alone, defending against three Jedi. Even for a skilled master like him, it is too much. Two of his opponents land huge slices across his chest. Ves collapses. Two Jedi stand over him with lightsabers to his throat.

As Sate continues his duel with a vigorous Jedi, he is mortified by the sight.

					SATE
			Ves!

					VES-GHENT
			Don’t worry, Master Aquila.

Ves winces in pain.

					VES-GHENT
			I now know the greatest peace I 
			have ever known.

Sha-Pol looks down on him.

					SHA-POL 
			Swear your allegiance to the 
			Jedi Order and live.

					VES-GHENT
			I now live because of Logos.

Sha-Pol nods to one of the Jedi, then walks off. The Jedi stabs Ves through the heart. As the lightsaber pierces him, the body of Ves-Ghent completely vanishes! The two Jedi kick his clothes which were left behind.

Sha-Pol approaches the bushes where Lib-Nik fell. Lib pulls himself out and stands up bravely. Sha-Pol waves his hand making Lib’s saber fly off. Then Sha-Pol swiftly swings his saber around to strike at Lib-Nik’s neck.

As the saber passes through the young apprentice’s neck, he too disappears. His Jedi robes drop to the ground.

					SHA-POL
			What a vile superstition this 
			cult is!

Sate, in awe and confusion, breaks away from his duel and darts up nearby concrete steps to a roofed section of the gardens. 

Near him stand two ten-feet tall and six-feet wide concrete pillars wrapped with vines and flowers. The pillars hold up the roof above him.

Sate puts his saber away, raises both hands, and with all his might force-pushes the pillars.

					SATE
			Yaaah!!!

The pillars break off their foundations and fall in between Sate and his enemies. The roof collapses, with Sate squeezing through a crack in the wall behind him. He runs off into the night.

INT. ZERA’S HOME – NIGHT

Zera walks into his home and passes into the bedroom.

INT. ZERA’S HOME – BEDROOM – NIGHT

Zera, without changing clothes, collapses into bed next to his wife, PURI. She sits up abruptly.

					PURI
			I had a terrible dream about 
			that man, Logos. Are you sure 
			about what you’re doing? Why not 
			just leave him alone?

					ZERA
			Puri, like I’ve told you before, 
			I am doing what I feel is right.  
			When I was an officer in the 
			Emperor’s regime, I finally saw 
			the error of my ways. I rejoiced 
			when the Empire fell, and I have 
			spent the rest of my life making 
			sure that such a thing does not 
			arise again.

He embraces his wife.

EXT. WAREHOUSE – DAY

Morning has finally dawned. The industrial warehouse with the Kane-sized hole in the roof is buzzing with activity.

INT. WAREHOUSE – MEETING ROOM – DAY

About thirty workers gather in the East Wing of the factory. Betop and Fee Vilnot “preside” over this informal group of Logos 
followers. Kane, with a bandage around his left arm, watches.

					BETOP
			They’re stepping up arrests of 
			the followers.

					FEE
			Will they come for us too?

					BETOP
			There’s too many of us.

A spirited Gran worker, KARDAT, speaks up.

					KARDAT
			We should attack them!

					BETOP
			Attack the Jedi? And the army?
			I think you’ve been inhaling 
			these fumes too much, Kardat!

					KARDAT
			I have force powers now. So does 
			Fee!

Points at Fee. Kardat puts his hands together and lifts up an industrial droid that was rolling by. The surprised droid beeps.

					BETOP
			I guess we all do, but Logos 
			always taught us about peace, 
			not fighting.

					KARDAT
			Surely we can fight in self-
			defense!

The group is splintered. Fee turns to Kane.

					FEE
			What do you think, Master Jedi? 
			You are a follower too, right?

					KANE
			Yes, but I am only an 
			apprentice.
					BETOP
			But we know that you have wisdom 
			in you, young one.

Kane is encouraged by the compliment.

					KANE
			My father always taught me to 
			use the force for knowledge and 
			defense, never for attack.

					KARDAT
			This is defense!

					KANE
			Don’t you have a Corizen 
			representative? Talk to him.

At that moment, a blue-armored Republic Trooper runs into the meeting hall. Every is startled for a moment. Kane starts to reach for his lightsaber, but the Trooper seems calm. His weapon is not drawn.

The Trooper holds up his hands in a peaceful gesture. He pulls off his helmet to reveal himself to be a clone modeled after the veteran bounty hunter of the Clone War era, Jango Fett.

					CLONE #1138
			Greetings. I am Clone Sergeant 
			#1138. I was looking for young 
			Skywalker. 
				(looks at Kane)
			Sir, I bring you grim news. 
			Logos has been arrested. He is 
			scheduled to be executed.

A collective gasp sweeps the room. 

					KANE
			What about my father and mother?

					CLONE #1138
			They are in the political 
			prison, I think. 

					KANE
			Are you...?

					CLONE #1138
			Yes, I’m a follower. There are 
			many of us.

					KARDAT
				(to the group)
			That’s it. We must free Logos! 
			Join me if you will.

About a dozen or so others get fired up and rowdy, ready to join Kardat.

					BETOP
			We respect you, but I feel I 
			should not get involved.

					KANE
			I’m going after my parents.

					CLONE #1138
			Let me take you. I can get in.

EXT. WAREHOUSE – DAY

Kane and the Clonetrooper run and jump onto the clone’s small speeder, barely big enough to hold both of them. It zooms off, up, and into the sky.

EXT. CORUSCANT SKY TRAFFIC – DAY

Kane holds on tight as the clone steers their course through the thick traffic. Kane pulls out his comlink.

					KANE
			Pree-Sa, come in. Are you okay?

					PREE-SA(VO)
			Sure am, handsome.

Kane smiles.

					KANE
			Meet me outside the Senate 
			Building, prison side, in two 
			hours. Bring a shuttle.

					PREE-SA(VO)
			Easier said than done, but I’ll 
			try. We’ve all been under 
			attack.

					KANE
			Xang, Sate?

					PREE-SA
			Yes. I’ve lost contact with 
			them.

					CLONE #1138
			Sir, I would advise against too 
			much open comlink use.

					KANE
			Gotta go, Preese.

INT. SENATE BUILDING – DAY

Kane and the clone enter the building, trying not to attract attention.

INT. SENATE BUILDING – POLITICAL PRISON BLOCK – DAY

Kane and the clone go down a metal staircase. They approach a small checkpoint. One trooper guard salutes. Clone #1138 punches in a passcode. The heavy-metallic doors part, letting them in.

INT. POLITICAL PRISON BLOCK – LUKE’S CELL – DAY

Luke sits on his cot, his back to the door. He’s attempting to meditate. Suddenly, he hears the noise of gears turning and shifting, electric sparks and a whooshing noise. His cell door is completely open!

Luke turns around to behold an old friend...a really old friend.

					YODA
			Mmmm...hurry young one. No time 
			to spare.

					LUKE
			Master Yoda?! 

The ghostly figure of Yoda stands in the open doorway. One little hand is up in the air, apparently blinding the two Jedi guards who seem to be unaware of everything.

Luke gets up and creeps past them. Yoda leads him down a corridor to an area empty of guards.

					YODA
			Escape for now, Luke. 

					LUKE
			Yoda, can you tell me what’s 
			going on? What will happen to 
			Logos?

					YODA
			Still learning myself, am I.

Luke hears the noise of approaching footsteps. He jumps behind a big garbage container. Three troops and one Jedi Knight walk by. Luke sticks his head out. Yoda is gone.

The Jedi stops and turns back toward Luke. The troops keep going. As the Jedi approaches, he gets force-yanked toward Luke. Luke grabs him by the throat.

					LUKE
			Forgive me.

Luke whacks him over the head, knocking him out.

INT. POLITICAL PRISON BLOCK – LOWER LEVEL – DAY

A robed Jedi with a lightsaber descends a staircase to the lower section. As he turns, it’s revealed to be Luke. Other Jedi and troops pass near him, not noticing.

Luke carefully examines the cells around him. He can feel where he’s going...and who he’s looking for. He turns a corner and sees another row of cells. Around the corner, someone comes moving quickly and bumps right into him. It’s Thelea! 

Luke nearly yells with joy, but he restrains himself. Thelea’s face is filled with delight, but Luke quickly covers her mouth. They embrace.

					LUKE
			I didn’t know if you were hurt 
			or dead.

					THELEA
			They hit me with a stun ray.

					LUKE
			How did you get out? Yoda?

					THELEA
			No. An old man who looked like a 
			Jedi released me. 

Luke laughs.

					LUKE
			Good old Ben.

Luke sees a Jedi out of the corner of his eye. He presses himself and Thelea against the wall.

					LUKE
			Wait here for a second.

INT. POLITICAL PRISON BLOCK – UPPER LEVEL – DAY

Luke and Thelea, both in Jedi robes, walk down the cell block.

					LUKE
				(whispering)
			There’s gotta be a way outta 
			here.

					THELEA
				(whispering)
			You mean you don’t know?

He finally spots an area where troops are coming in and out. Three corridors converge at this point. There are large exit doors. Luke nods to his wife and they start moving toward it.

As they approach, ALARMS start blaring and RED LIGHTS flashing. A voice says over the intercom, “ALERT. PRISONERS HAVE ESCAPED.” 
Several troops run past them down the corridors. A Trooper Captain comes right up to them.

					CAPTAIN
			You two, what’s your code 
			clearance?

					LUKE
			You don’t need our code 
			clearance.

					CAPTAIN
			I’m an advanced clone. Mind 
			tricks don’t work on us.

Luke rolls his eyes to Thelea, then in a fast move ignites his saber and slices down the Captain. Two nearby Jedi take notice and ignite their lightsabers.

One goes after Thelea. Luke moves in a flash and slices him down. Luke duels with the other, trading powerful blows. 

Luke slices his opponent’s leg off at the knee. The Jedi goes down, still alive. Luke force pushes him, sliding him across the floor knocking down a group of oncoming troopers.

Luke grabs Thelea’s arm, pulling her toward the exit. An emergency door slams shut in front of them with a loud CLANG. 

Three more Jedi and eight more troopers come out from various corridors. A large turbo-gun turret lowers from the ceiling, trained on them. They’re trapped.

INT. PRESIDENT’S OFFICE – DAY

President Leia Solo has her main office in the Senate Building as a gesture of promoting democracy. Palpatine’s former offices in the Executive Building have been transformed into the Royal Jedi History Museum, featuring many Thelea-produced sculptures.

At her desk, Leia holds in her hand a special Emergency Directive touchpad. Zera, Sim-Shad, and a few other Jedi and troopers stand in front of her, waiting.

She finally touches her five fingertips to the pad. Little red lights swirl around in a circle. She hands it back to them.

					ZERA
			You have done the right thing, 
			President.
They exit. Leia sits back, deep in thought. Sara Solo passes the departing group upon entering her mother’s office.

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE – DAY

Dark clouds block the light of the sun from reaching the temple.

INT. JEDI TEMPLE – HOLDING CELL – DAY

In a small cell underneath the Temple, Logos stares through a tiny window to the outside world. He puts his head down.

INT. SENATE BUILDING - PRISON BLOCK – UPPER LEVEL – DAY

					THELEA
				(whispering)
			What do we do?

					LUKE
			Stay calm.

Behind them, the emergency door suddenly rises up. Two more doors part revealing a lone trooper. He has his gun trained on Luke and Thelea. He raises one hand in the air.

					CLONE #1138
				(to the other troops 
				and Jedi)
			It’s okay. I have everything 
			under control.

Luke can sense something about this one. He eyes Thelea curiously. The clone goes up to a console and carefully presses some buttons.

Three doors close, closing off the three corridors. The troops are surprised. The gun turret swivels and opens fire on the troops! Several are blown away. The other Jedi roll away.

From behind Luke, Kane comes flipping over them and lands ready to fight.

					KANE
			I’ve come to rescue you! 

					LUKE
			Look out!
An enemy Jedi comes bearing down on him. Kane swings and blocks the blows. Luke joins in, swinging furiously at the other Jedi. The duels send sparks flying everywhere.

Clone #1138, operating the controls, swivels the gun turret another direction and blast two more troopers. Thelea rolls on her side, reaches out and grabs a blaster. She blasts the last trooper! She smiles wide at her accomplishment.

Kane duels with his foe, a more skilled older Jedi. His saber nicks Kane’s arm. He then kicks Kane’s saber away. Kane falls to the hard floor. The Jedi brings his sword up to strike...

Clone #1138 takes careful aim with the gun turret, and fires. The Jedi is blasted in the back and falls on top of Kane, who pushes him aside.

The Jedi battling Luke skillfully parries Luke’s attacks. He looks at Luke differently than the other “enemies.” Luke slices his foe’s lightsaber in half. The Jedi, named THRACE DUTOS, falls back on his knees in a mercy stance.

					THRACE
			Stop!

Luke just barely holds back from decapitating him. Thrace has tears in his eyes.

					THRACE
			I’m sorry, my Lord. 

Everyone is intrigued.

					THRACE
			I believed in his message, but 
			my courage failed me. I am not 
			worthy to be called a Jedi.

Luke looks at him with understanding, and shuts off his lightsaber. At that moment, a lightsaber tip sticks through one of the closed corridor doors. It begins to carve a hole. 

					THRACE
			Escape. I will hold them off.

Luke nods to him. Kane retrieves his lightsaber. Luke, Kane, Thelea, and the clone start down the exit hallway just as the hole in the far door is kicked through. Jedi and troops pour through.

					THRACE
			Go!

A saber from a dead Jedi flies into his hand. Thrace turns toward the attackers and stands his ground, deflecting several blaster shots. 

As the group runs down the hallway, Luke keeps looking back. He sees two Jedi overwhelm Thrace. One finally cuts through his torso...but his body disappears. Luke’s eyes go wide. 

					KANE
			Father, come on!

Behind Kane, Thelea, and the clone a secret security wall rises rapidly from the floor. Luke leaps over it. The wall connects with the ceiling, closing off the hallway for the moment.

INT. POLITICAL PRISON BLOCK – HALLWAY – DAY

The foursome flees down the dark, dingy hallway. 

					THELEA
			That’s the first time I’ve ever 
			fired a gun in my life.

					KANE
			You did great, Mom!

					CLONE #1138
			This way.

					LUKE
				(to Kane)
			I take it he’s with us.

Kane smiles and nods. They turn slightly and climb a metal stairway. They reach the top near the place where Kane and the Sergeant first entered.

					LUKE
			Stop.

Everyone stops.

					LUKE
			Kane, take your mother and get 
			out of here. I have something I
			have to do.

					THELEA
			No! I can’t leave you again.

					LUKE
			Don’t be afraid. We are being 
			protected by wonderful forces. 
			I’ll meet up with you soon, I 
			promise.

					THELEA
			Where are you going?

					LUKE
			I have an important visit to 
			make.

Luke waves his hand at a ventilation shaft above them. The vent cover falls to the ground. Luke jumps up into it and is gone.

INT. SENATE BUILDING – DAY

Kane and company jog quickly and quietly through the main portion of the building toward the exit to the landing pad. As they do, a squad of troopers notices them.

					TROOPER
			There they are. Blast ‘em!

The jog turns into a sprint. Blaster shots erupt all around them. Just as they reach the exit, the Clone Sergeant is hit with a red blaster shot. His pieces of armor all fall to the ground, completely empty.

					THELEA
			Whoa.

					KANE
			Let’s go, Mom! Pree-Sa’s coming 
			for us!

The door opens letting bright rays of sunlight shine on them as they scurry outside.

EXT. SENATE BUILDING – LANDING PAD – DAY

The door closes behind them. Kane takes his saber and slashes at the exterior door controls.

					KANE
			That should hold ‘em.

It is relatively quiet outside. Pree-Sa is nowhere.

					THELEA
			She’s late, son.

					KANE
			Actually, I didn’t expect to 
			bust you out so quickly. 

To their right, around the curve of the building come marching two AT-PK walkers. 

					KANE
			Uh oh. 

EXT. CORUSCANT SKY TRAFFIC – DAY

A mid-size shuttle speeds through traffic toward the Senate Building.

INT. SHUTTLE – DAY

Pree-Sa Dalori pilots the ship. She sees the Senate Building. Its image appears on her navigation console. But then so does the image of two bogeys dropping down on her tail...

EXT. CORUSCANT SKY TRAFFIC – DAY

Two Republic Aq-7 Assault Craft track behind Pree-Sa. Their laser-cannons open fire. Pree-Sa’s shuttle twists and turns to evade. She wraps around a skyscraper, but the others keep up.

INT. SHUTTLE – DAY

Pree-Sa deftly handles the controls. Laser blasts zoom past her windows.
					PREE-SA
			I had to pick a shuttle with no 
			weapons.

EXT. CORUSCANT SKY TRAFFIC – DAY

The shuttle fires its boosters, giving it more acceleration. It does a full spin, then dives. The two pursuers follow right behind, guns still blazing. Nearby skyscrapers take some damage.

INT. SHUTTLE – DAY

					PREE-SA
			Those guys are good.

EXT. SENATE BUILDING – LANDING PAD – DAY

The walkers continue toward Kane and Thelea. Red warning lights appear on their cockpits.

					KANE
			Get down!

Thelea ducks behind Kane, her new weapon drawn and ready. The elegant looking walkers turn into war machines. Two blaster-cannons emerge from each side of their cockpits. They open fire.

Kane, the young apprentice, is put to the test. He deflects these power blaster bolts one by one. He moves faster than he ever has before. Thelea fires a few shots, mostly missing.

EXT. CORUSCANT SKY – DAY

Pree-Sa’s shuttle rockets near the Senate Building. It jukes and jives one more time, but is finally nailed on the right propulsion fin by an enemy laser blast. Smoke pours out.

INT. SHUTTLE – DAY

Pree-Sa calmly but frenetically steers the ship toward Kane’s position. She can see the confrontation on the landing pad. Another blast rocks her shuttle.

EXT. SENATE BUILDING – LANDING PAD – DAY

Kane, sweating, is getting worn out. He keeps deflecting shots, but there is no place to hide out on the landing pad. Thelea’s 
shots are not doing much damage.

Pree-Sa’s shuttle comes meandering out of the sky. She manages to bring the shuttle to a hard “landing.” It slides like greased lightning across the landing pad. 

At the last moment, Pree-Sa leaps out from a side door and rolls across the landing pad. The shuttle crashes into an AT-PK, exploding in a ball of flame taking the walker down with it. The two assault craft fly away.

Pree-Sa quickly jumps underneath the remaining AT-PK. She ignites her lightsaber and slices all three legs. She scoots out from under as it starts to wobble. It collapses and explodes. 

The lovely Jedi Knight kneels and catches her breath. Kane runs up to her.

					PREE-SA
			Hey, kid. I told you I’d bring a 
			shuttle.

INT. SENATE BUILDING – OFFICE LEVEL CORRIDOR - DAY

A ventilator shaft cover is pushed out. Luke emerges. He replaces the cover and walks down the corridor.

INT. PRESIDENT’S OFFICE – DAY

The doors part. Luke storms in. Two purple Royal Guards lift their weapons, but Luke casually waves his hand sending their heads knocking against the wall. They fall to the floor.

					LUKE
			Why have you done nothing to 
			help Logos?

Leia and Sara were apparently having a conversation. Leia is surprised at this unexpected interruption.

					LUKE
			Answer me. What will happen to 
			him?

					LEIA
			I just approved his execution 
			order. It will take place today.
Luke is heartbroken. Then anger rises in him, of a type he has not experienced in ages. He slams his fist down on her desk so hard that circuits from his artificial hand squirt out. Sara, never seeing Luke like this, is unnerved.

					LUKE
			How could you?

					LEIA
			Calm yourself. We have never 
			faced a situation like this. 
			What else was I supposed to do? 
			The whole council is against 
			him. He is threatening the 
			peace...

					LUKE
				(finishing her)
			...the peace of the Republic. 
			You sound just like the rest of 
			them.

					LEIA
			Listen...

					LUKE
				(interrupting)
			First of all, the whole council 
			is not against him. You know my 
			friends and I believe in him. 
			And secondly, what I have been 
			trying to communicate to you...

His demeanor calms. He looks into his sister’s eyes.

					LUKE
			Leia, he is our peace.

					LEIA
			From current events that does 
			not appear to be so.

Luke sighs. He remembers Sara.

					LUKE
			Sara, you saw his power. Surely 
			you have no doubts?

					SARA
			I’m sorry, Uncle Luke. I just...

Sara looks at Luke, then back at her mother. She’s torn. 

					LEIA
			Sara, go find your brother. Take 
			Artoo. 

Sara leaves the office. Leia, the stolid politician, lets her emotions creep out just a little.

					LEIA
			If he is who you say he is, then 
			why did he let Han die? 

Luke is stopped by her very fair question.

					LUKE
			Is that what this is all about? 
			I’m sorry. I can’t explain 
			everything about him. I just 
			know who he is.

Leia paces to the window for a moment, then turns back around and faces Luke.

					LEIA
			Brother, hear me clearly. I will 
			not let the Republic be torn 
			apart during my first term in 
			office! Now please leave or I 
			will have you removed.

					LUKE
			I’ll leave. I don’t want to kill 
			any more Jedi today.

Luke turns and walks out.

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE – DAY

The sun peeks through the clouds. The doors to a lower chamber of the temple part. Four Jedi emerge. They hold their lit lightsabers drawn to their chest, pointed upward. Logos, hands chained behind him, and four Royal Troopers follow.
Zera, Sim-Shad, Sha-Pol, Leq Seleca, and other Council members await them at a small landing pad. Logos is escorted onto a small skiff shuttle. The rest board two more.

The skiffs move out. They rise and speed upward toward a raised launch platform two blocks from the temple. The skiffs fly over legions of troopers marching toward the platform. Several Republic fighters fly over.

INT. SENATE BUILDING – NORTH HANGAR – DAY

Luke, cloaked, walks warily through the hangar. He spots the perfect ship, a J2-Starfighter. Threepio sees him.

					THREEPIO
			Master Luke! What are you doing 
			down here?

					LUKE
				(quietly)
			Shhhh, Threepio. I should ask 
			you the same question.

					THREEPIO
				(lowers voice)
			I was communicating with some 
			pilots from Rodia. It seems they 
			do not like the new regulation.

					LUKE
			Regulation?

					THREEPIO
			For the time being, no flights 
			are permitted out of the 
			building without the express 
			written permission of the 
			President. These ships’ power 
			cells have been shut down by the 
			Central Remote Command Center.

					LUKE
			You know the override code, 
			don’t you?

					THREEPIO
			Well, yes, but I couldn’t...
					LUKE
			Threepio, do it for me?

					THREEPIO
			I would get in a lot of 
			trouble...

					LUKE
			Aren’t you and Artoo a few years 
			past the droid dismantle date?

AT THE HANGAR CONSOLE, Threepio punches some buttons.

					THREEPIO
			Oh dear, if President Solo finds 
			out, I will surely be dismantled 
			anyway.

Luke, in the starfighter cockpit, feels the ship’s vibration as it powers on. Its lights blink on. The canopy closes as the fighter rises. The landing gear folds up and Luke blasts off.

EXT. SENATE BUILDING – DAY

The starfighter zooms away from the Senate Building.

INT. STARFIGHTER – DAY

Luke sees the Temple afar off in the distance.

EXT. SENATE BUILDING – DAY

An AT-PK marches on duty. Suddenly, its roof hatch flips open. Its two pilot-troopers rise up high into the air and are flung aside.

Pree-Sa Dalori stands nearby with her hands together over her head. Kane and Thelea run toward the walker. Pree-Sa lowers her hands and follows.

Kane helps his mother climb into the cockpit, then leaps in. Pree-Sa leaps in too, almost landing right on top of them.

					PREE-SA
			They have Logos in their 
			clutches, those so-called Jedi. 
			We need to bust upon the temple.
					KANE
			Do you know where he is?

					PREE-SA
			If my worst fear is correct, 
			then yes.

The three of them squeeze into the cockpit. Kane is scrunched against Pree-Sa, but he doesn’t mind at all. The hatch closes and the walker begins its march toward the Jedi Temple.

EXT. SKY TRAFFIC – DAY

Luke’s starfighter weaves through traffic, then pulls up and races above the regular sky-lane. As it does, three Republic Aq-7’s take notice and adjust their courses to Luke’s trajectory.

INT. AQ-7 FIGHTER – DAY

The trooper-pilot reads his monitor screen.

					TROOPER
			Roger. Those are Skywalker’s 
			algorithms.

INT. STARFIGHTER – DAY

Luke sighs. He is truly weary of fighting, especially against his own people. He turns the controls into a diagonal dive.

EXT. SKY TRAFFIC – DAY

The three enemy fighters give chase, and the fight is on. They open fire with a hail of laserbolts. Luke, the veteran pilot, easily dodges the bolts. He flies low and underneath the arm of a large construction crane.

He does an upside-down loop and comes up behind one of the Aq-7’s. Luke fires his ship’s blasters blowing away his target. He rotates the fighter just missing the rubble as he zooms by. The two other Aq-7’s keep up the chase.

One of the Aq’s fires a fusion-heat-missile. The nearby sky traffic becomes terrified and begins to scatter in different directions. Luke steers his ship away from the traffic out into the open. The missile follows him.

INT. STARFIGHTER – DAY

Luke strains his neck to get a look at the missile. It’s stickin’ to him like glue. He pulls a lever on his console.

EXT. SKY TRAFFIC – DAY

Spare parts and garbage are released out the back of Luke’s fighter. The incoming missile approaches it, but simply swerves and goes around it!

INT. STARFIGHTER – DAY

Luke frowns. He sees on his left two super-tall construction droids working on a brand new skyscraper. He banks hard left and heads toward it, missile still on his tail.

EXT. SKY TRAFFIC – DAY

As Luke nears the building, he unleashes furious blaster fire at the upper floors. He lets loose a small proton torpedo, blasting out a good-sized hole. Luke takes the fighter right in.

The missile follows Luke into the hole. Luke banks slightly, scrapes against the inside of the building, and then races out the other side. The missile finally impacts inside the building and explodes in a huge fireball blowing away the top two floors. 

INT. STARFIGHTER – DAY

Luke breathes again. On his right, he sees a formation of five new fighters bearing down on his position.

INT. SENATE BUILDING – NORTH HANGAR – DAY

Threepio walks toward the elevator-lift, when from it emerge a Trooper Commander and two other troops.

					COMMANDER
			Did a ship take off from here?

					THREEPIO
			Are you talking to me, 
			Commander? If so, I would say, 
			um, yes.

					COMMANDER
			It needs to be shut down.

					THREEPIO
			Well, sir, I can’t exactly...

The Commander unholsters his sidearm blaster.

					COMMANDER
			Now, droid.

AT THE CONTROL CONSOLE, Threepio reluctantly pushes the buttons.

					THREEPIO
			Forgive me, Master Luke.

INT. STARFIGHTER – DAY

Just as Luke prepares to maneuver, everything shuts off.

					LUKE
			What the...?
				(realization)
			Threepio...

EXT. SKY – DAY

Laserfire from the new threats nick Luke’s ship. It begins to wobble through the sky rapidly dropping altitude.

INT. STARFIGHTER – DAY

Luke hits a button. The cockpit canopy opens.

EXT. SKY – STARFIGHTER – DAY

Luke stands and leaps out of the fighter. He sails through the air, twirls once, and balances himself in free fall.

EXT. SKY – DAY

The Aq-7’s easily blast the falling starfighter to pieces. They zoom by and out of the area.

As Luke is in free fall, he sees a lone AT-PK marching toward the temple vicinity. He aims himself toward it. As he gets closer and closer, he puts his arms out to force-cushion.
Luke lands himself right on top of the walker with an efficient but not soft landing. He moves over just as the top hatch opens. Three familiar faces look at him.

			KANE			THELEA
			(at the same time)
			Father!		Luke!

					PREE-SA
			Nice landing, boss.

					LUKE
			Are you headed in my direction?

EXT. LAUNCH PLATFORM BLOCK – DAY

Not far from the Launch Platform, the group of twelve factory workers, led by Kardat, peek over a wall to see hundreds of marching troopers.

					KARDAT
			We can take ‘em. But wait until 
			my signal.

					JOHA
			Are you sure about this?

					KARDAT
			We have the force! We can do 
			anything. Now, when I...

Someone in the group prematurely fires a blaster shot into the trooper ranks. A trooper goes down.

					KARDAT
			Hold your fire!

A Trooper Captain spots them. He waves to his company.

					KARDAT
			Get ready.

The group is quickly surrounded by fifty troopers.

					CAPTAIN
			Throw down your weapons and 
			surrender.

					KARDAT
			Release Logos, or we will not!

The Captain nods to a Sergeant, who waves to the troops. They raise their blasters and take aim. The workers prepare themselves. Some have guns. The others hold their hands up, palms out, in a defensive position.

The troops open fire. The unarmed workers deflect many of the shots away with the force, but two men are hit. Their bodies vanish. A few workers fire back, knocking out some troops. Two of the workers wave their hands, sending troops flying.

Two AT-PK walkers join the fight. They fire their cockpit blasters, blowing away several of the workers leaving behind only charred and burned clothing.

Four remaining workers, including Kardat, hold their hands up in surrender. The troops move in to capture them.

					KARDAT
			This is just the beginning.

EXT. LAUNCH PLATFORM – DAY

The Launch Platform is 200-feet long and 100-feet wide, and sits about 20-feet off the ground on a plytanium support structure. Standing at attention around the outside of the platform are a hundred troops, ready to squelch any further rebellion.

A small LAUNCH CAPSULE sits by itself in the center of the platform. Logos is escorted to the center. The Jedi Council and some senators confront him there.

					SIM-SHAD
			Logos, origin unknown, you are 
			officially tried and now 
			convicted of Jedi heresy, 
			treason, mutiny, and for extreme 
			disturbance of the peaceful 
			harmony of the Republic. You are 
			hereby condemned to death in the 
			planetary orbit. What doest thou 
			say in thy final defense?

					LOGOS
			From the beginning, everything 
			which has transpired has done so 
			according to my design, and none 
			other. 

EXT. PLATFORM AREA – DAY

The AT-PK, with Luke on top, reaches the platform area. Luke and Kane, both cloaked, leap up onto the very back of the platform. 

They land about six feet behind rows of troopers, who are all facing the center. Luke and Kane look at each other, discouraged. They can see Logos and the others in the center.

Kane feels someone touching his arm. He turns to see another cloaked figure, and then notices that it is Sate Aquila! Xang is with him. Also cloaked, the two friends join them to watch. 

A peace comes over the four of them, as if it were obvious that attempting to stop this event would be the wrong thing to do. They resign themselves to simply trust in Logos.

EXT. LAUNCH PLATFORM – CENTER - DAY

Logos faces his condemners. Zera nods to a Jedi. The Jedi, with lightsaber lit, ceremonially raises his sword above his head. 

He brings it back down and in a swift, careful move slices Logos’ shirt down the middle. The shirt falls off, leaving Logos bare-chested. 

The Jedi then strikes blows at Logos’ right and left shoulders, just scraping them, but leaving a long black scar on each. Logos winces in pain. 

Zera does a unique hand signal, signifying the final act. The Jedi slices Logos’ hand-binders off. Two other Jedi grab Logos and march him toward the launch capsule. 

They push him in and lock his hands in place with the interior restraints. Lining the inside of the capsule is enough Gamma-Neutron Explosive Charges to blow up a city.

					LOGOS
			Dynamis...you cannot stop the 
			Ashla.
Sate, with his force-hearing, can just barely make out this cryptic statement. 

The Jedi back away from the capsule. Its doors shut, closing Logos in. Red exterior lights flash. Luke, Kane, Sate, and Xang watch, myriad untold emotions filling them all. 

Everyone in the center of the platform backs off from the capsule. Blue light emanates from beneath the capsule. 

Finally, the capsule LAUNCHES up, up, into the sky. Everyone stares upward.

INT. SENATE BUILDING – LEIA’S OFFICE – DAY

Leia can see the faint glow of the capsule lifting into the sky.

EXT. CORUSCANT ATMOSPHERE 

The capsule carves an upward path through the stratosphere.

EXT. CORUSCANT ORBIT

The capsule breaks from the atmosphere, continues into the near orbit. The capsule reaches a certain distance from the planet, and finally DETONATES in a huge, spectacular, dreadful, oval-shaped explosion. 

But this is no ordinary explosion. A dazzling, yellow-golden light shoots out from the explosion in all directions.

EXT. SPACE

Coruscant and its moons are seen in the far distance as the light shoots out through space.	

EXT. TATOOINE – SPACE

The light shoots over Tatooine.

EXT. TATOOINE – SAND DUNES – DAY

The light soars over the Tatooine Dune Sea.

EXT. DAGOBAH – SPACE

The light wraps around the swampy planet, Dagobah.
EXT. DAGOBAH – SWAMP

The light brightens up the dreary swamp as it passes through.

EXT. RELUUSH – SPACE

The light travels over Xang’s home planet.

EXT. RELUUSH – CAPITAL CITY - DAY

On the surface, the light passes through hundreds of blue-skinned natives.

EXT. METANOSIS – SPACE

The light passes near Metanosis, a world not far from Coruscant.

EXT. CORUSCANT – INNER CITY UNDERWORLD - DAY

The light passes through thousands of Coruscant citizens.

EXT. CORUSCANT – INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT - DAY

The light passes through industrial warehouses and workers.

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE - DAY

The light passes through the Jedi Temple. As it does, a large CRACK appears all the way up and down the center spire. Small chunks of white rock fall out from the crack.

INT. JEDI TEMPLE – NEW COUNCIL CHAMBER - DAY

The Enduroglass of the new council chamber shatters. The chairs of the council room crash to the floor beneath it along with thousands of pieces of broken glass.

EXT. LAUNCH PLATFORM - DAY

The light sweeps through the platform and settles in bright brilliance on the four followers. The light fades somewhat, but they are still illuminated. Zera finally notices them.

					ZERA
			Behold! It is the heretic’s most 
			faithful followers! Don’t waste 
			time arresting them. Kill them!

The ranks of troopers turn around and draw their weapons. They open fire. Thousands of blaster bolts bounce off the four, seemingly without any effort on their part. 

Several Jedi jump over the troops to attack the four. As they get close, they become completely inept at using their lightsabers. They drop them, fumble around, etc.

The troopers decide to surround them. Hundreds more march in and attempt an encircling move. At that, an angular freighter ship drops out of the sky and hovers over the four.

The ship is the Hawk Major! An underneath hatch opens. Sara Solo looks down at them.

					SARA
			Come on!

Xang and Sate immediately leap up and into the ship. Luke and Kane look down to the AT-PK. Pree-Sa pops out holding Thelea in her arms. 

Pree-Sa leaps high up to hatch. Xang grabs her and Thelea and pulls them in. Luke and Kane finally leap in. The hatch closes. The ship blasts off and away.

INT. HAWK MAJOR – MAIN HOLD – DAY

Luke gives Sara a big hug. She has to pull away. Artoo-Detoo is there, beeping happy approval. Luke goes up to the cockpit and sees his erratic nephew piloting.

					LUKE
			Thank you, Shan.

					SHAN
			No problem. Now, I ain’t no 
			religious freak or nothin’. But 
			you’re a real rebel, Uncle Luke, 
			and I appreciate that.

Luke smiles.

EXT. CORUSCANT – DAY

The Hawk rockets over to the other side of the planet.

EXT. CORUSCANT - OLD TOWN – DAY

The Hawk glides through a deserted, burned out part of Coruscant. Shan maneuvers the ship into the landing port of a mid-size skyscraper’s upper levels.

INT. BUILDING - UPPER LEVEL - DAY

In a secret meeting place, the group licks their collective wounds. They rest on chairs and on the floor. Sara walks with Luke and Thelea to an exit.

					SARA
			Luke, Thelea, to be honest, I’m 
			still not sure what to believe. 
			I helped you because...I love 
			you. But, I have to go back to 
			my mother for now. 

Luke smiles warmly.

					LUKE
			We understand. Remember, He will 
			be with you, my dear niece.

Sara nods, and then exits. Luke watches her board a tiny one-person speeder. She yells back.

					SARA
			Bring Artoo back sometime, will 
			ya?

Luke smiles and nods. Her speeder revs up and she speeds off through an exit tunnel. Luke walks back toward the room.

					KANE
			I can’t believe he’s gone. It’s 
			all over.

					PREE-SA
			Hey kid, there’s no way it’s all 
			over now. Too much has happened. 

					KANE
			How can we survive by ourselves?

					LUKE
			We are not alone. He is with us 
			still.

INT. JEDI TEMPLE – COUNCIL ROOM AREA – DAY

Droids slowly clean up the broken glass. Zera and Sim-Shad stand by, examining the damage with dismay.

					ZERA
			At least we stamped out the 
			source of this perverse sect. 
			The followers will be easy 
			enough to finish off.

INT. BUILDING - UPPER LEVEL - DAY

Shan reclines on a chair with his feet up. Sate and Xang sit nearby. Artoo scoots by.

					SHAN
			I left sorta because I was fed 
			up with Mom’s rules. I had a 
			decent business running Gametria 
			ore back and forth between the 
			miners on Lersi IV and V. 

Sate and Xang seem genuinely interested. Luke stops by and listens in.

					SHAN
			But it all fell apart when the 
			new tax laws hit and the workers
			strike. Then my girlfriend 
			left. She dropped me like a bad 
			box of nitrate lifters. I had 
			nowhere else to go but here.

					LUKE
			I’m glad you’re with us, Shan.

EXT. CORUSCANT – SPACE

The planet’s orbit is quiet. The distant stars are luminous. The planet’s moons reflect light from the sun, causing patches of light and shadow on the city world.

Tiny particles of light, thousands of them, begin to race back toward the planet’s surface.

INT. BUILDING - UPPER LEVEL - DAY

The group is gathered together for a meal. Everyone sits on the floor around a common table, eating peacefully and quietly. Suddenly, an unexpected guest enters the room. It is ANAKIN SKYWALKER. Shan is the first to see him.

					SHAN
			Whoa!

He backs away, accidentally knocking his plate over. Luke sees his father and tears come to his eyes.

					LUKE
			Father...

Everyone beholds the ghostly image of Anakin. Artoo beeps in surprise.

					ANAKIN
			Hello, my son.

					KANE
			It’s my...grandfather?

Kane kneels to Anakin. Sate, in awe and reverence, does also. 

					ANAKIN
			Please, do not bow. I am merely 
			a servant. Rise and follow me.

Anakin walks out of the room and up a stairwell. No one hesitates to follow. Artoo beeps. Shan stops.

					SHAN
			Alright, come on.

Shan struggles to pick him up. Xang helps out.

INT. BUILDING – STAIRWELL – DAY

Luke, Thelea, Kane, Sate, Pree-Sa, and lastly Xang and Shan carrying Artoo follow Anakin up the winding stairwell.

EXT. BUILDING – ROOF – DAY

They finally emerge from a rooftop exit. Xang and Shan set Artoo down. The group continues following Anakin. Eventually, Luke sees two more familiar faces, Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi, waiting for them. Anakin finally stops.

					ANAKIN
			I now know my true purpose.

					OBI-WAN
			Luke, I told you it was all 
			starting to make sense.

Shan whispers to Xang.

					SHAN
			I wish I could say the same.

					YODA
			Mmmm...much learning we have 
			done. Much more to learn, there 
			still is.

					LUKE
			Masters, please, tell us...

All three of the venerated Jedi raise their hands and motion to something behind the group. Luke turns around, and then everyone does.

It is LOGOS! He is wearing all-white Jedi-style robes.

					LOGOS
			Hello, my friends. May infinite 
			peace be upon you.

Thelea starts to pass out, but Kane catches her.

					KANE
			Mom! Don’t do that now!

Logos walks through the group. They are all afraid to touch him.

					LOGOS
			Go ahead! Touch. It is I.

Pree-Sa, the bold one, reaches out to touch him. He takes her by the hand. His hand is solid.

					PREE-SA
			I think he’s real.

Xang touches his shoulder. Sate touches his side. Logos pulls down the shoulder of his robe to reveal his scar from the lightsaber slashes. 

Everyone bows down to him, including Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Yoda. All bow except for Shan, who is bewildered. He barely even knows who Logos is.

					LOGOS
			Kane.

Kane’s eyes go wide at the mention of his name. He fearfully looks up at Logos.

					LOGOS
			Kane, you should have known that 
			all was not over. Even after all 
			of my works you have seen?

					KANE
			Forgive me, my Lord.

Logos walks to near the edge of the rooftop. The group follows.

					LOGOS
			The time is at hand. You will 
			make my power known to all. Up 
			until now, I have been known 
			only to the Jedi Order. Now 
			everyone who believes can 
			experience me. 

The group is enraptured by his words.

					LOGOS
			This world has heard, for I have 
			many already on Coruscant. I am 
			now sending you out to the 
			galaxy. You will be able to do 
			works like mine. Fear nothing, 
			for I am with you always.

With those “last” words, Logos rises up in the air. He rises higher and higher. Everyone stares upward. Logos’ body then becomes a burst of golden light and zooms away out of their sight. 

Yoda stands next to Luke, whose gaze is still locked on the sky.

					YODA
			Stare not forever, young one. 
			Much work ahead, there is.

Anakin stands on Luke’s other side. Luke turns to him.

					LUKE
			Father, what about Leia?

					ANAKIN
			Give her time, Luke. Keep loving 
			her, for love has always been 
			your gift.

Luke stares into his father’s eyes - a rare treat.

EXT. TATOOINE – DUNE SEA – DAY

The suns scorch the endless sea of sand on Tatooine.

EXT. TATOOINE – TUSKEN RAIDER VILLAGE – DAY

Aseklon, the Tusken Raider whom Logos healed, preaches excitedly to the whole gathered village. He repeatedly points to his leg. He raises his arms up and down, full of ebullient joy.

FADE OUT TO STARS

THE END 
 
(OF THE BEGINNING...)