#i love the films tbh despite issues but im reimagining them

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Rewriting/Reimagining the SW sequel Trilogy, rough part 1/?

Scene: Nighttime, dark sky lit by some stars and two moons. the scene below is a riot of blaster* fire and sound. We close in, where a little girl (Rey) is being taken away, kicking and screaming, by a dark-cloaked individual. Other similar figures run alongside the kidnapper, who is holding the child around her middle. A woman (Leia) screams the girl's name in the background.

Blaster-fire is exchanged to one side, a man (Han Solo) is visible trying to get past the other figures and get to the one holding the girl, but is physically held back. The kidnapper runs to a small ship, one of a few, which unfolds its ramp, allowing entrance, and the two disappear inside. Two more of the cloaked individuals join them on that ship, which closes the hatch, fires its thrusters(?), and takes off, punching it.

The exchange of blaster-fire continues below, as does the shouting and noises of the fight, until several figures retreat to the other ships, and escape as well, leaving their injured or dead behind.

Int. Aboard the kidnappers' ship, the little girl (Rey) is bound and gagged, seated in a hold area, glaring furiously at her captors. They mutter between themselves, side-eyeing the child, who seemingly doesn't blink. Suddenly the ship shakes, an explosion is heard, and shudders again, lights going red-alarm. There's shouting and rushing around, and the girl's eyes brighten. (She thinks this is her rescue.)

Instead of her father (Han Solo), the person who boards the ship is a [non-human] pirate, followed by his fellows, who are raiding her captors' ship for goods. The child's eyes go wide and she wiggles back into the alcove, trying to hide from view. One of the pirates notices her movement and his eyes dart to her.

Cut to ext of the ship, a second ship that is not nearly as well-kept as the other, shoots off and away into the stars, leaving the kidnappers' ship scuttled.

We now cut to follow the pirates' spacecraft, and then Int. where Rey sits, looking unsure. Her wrists are bound, but she is no longer unable to move freely or speak. She demands, in a small voice, to be brought home. The pirates ignore her. (It is not clear why they took her with them, except perhaps they didn't want to sentence a child to death in a scuttled ship.)

Rey quiets, and asks where they are going, what will happen. The pirate who made eye contact with her before, now looks her way again. He cannot (will not?) return her to her home, but he will leave her on a planet where she will be safe... (questionably)

We cut to Jedha, [where we get the original scene from the film.] Rey has to believe her family will find her...