Star Wars: The Force Awakens Plot Synopsis Spoilers! The Whole Dang Movie!
While lurking in my old stopping grounds, I came across a poster who dropped this lengthy explanation of The Force Awakens in its entirety. Hit the jump for it, but beware of spoilers…
This is from a poster called “nciwj” on Star Wars 7 News’ Cantina forums. Here’s what they had to say…
The Force Awakens.
Opens on new Star destroyer like craft above Tatooine. A squad of TIE fighters are deployed.
An X Wing comes out of hyperspace. Poe Dameron realizes he is trapped and takes out a few TIES before trying to jump back into hyperspace, but the Empire is jamming him. [Gwendolyn Christie]’s character tells him he’s under arrest and to board the Destroyer. He does.
GC interrogates Poe but he tells her nothing. BB-8 shocks a stormtrooper and bails the Destroyer, down to to Tatooine.
GC realizes BB has what she’s looking for and orders a squadron to the surface.
Rey is standing on a plateau observing the suns set. When they do, she gazes the stars and spots the Destroyer breach the horizon in its orbit.
She excitedly hurries back to a junk speeder and takes it to a hovel.
[Max von Sydow]’s character asks her where she’s been, and she tells him about the destroyer. He tells her it’s probably just here for fuel and not to worry about it and go to bed. She does.
Finn and a friend of his are excited to finally see some action. Their frigate lands and the squadron he is with deploys only to find nerfs and an alien farmer completely confused. They ask him where BB is and he does not know.
GC comes down and force chokes him, says the readings are picking up BB here, and to torch the village. Finn does not partake. The rest of the squadron searches for BB while GC has Finn arrested.
Finn is thrown in a holding cell next to Poe’s and they begin planning an escape.
They break out by faking a medical emergency, and steal a TIE fighter. Poe jokes he can fly it but isn’t sure how to land it when they are struck by a laser and start spinning wildly.
Rey wakes for breakfast and MVS tells her the only thing out there is death and destruction with evil on both sides of the war, and that she’s better off staying with him.
She gets upset and runs out the door. While sitting watching the suns rise, a fire ball enters the atmosphere behind her and she watches as a spinning TIE fighter comes into view and passes over head then crashes on the horizon.
MVS calls Rey in but she jumps on her speeder and heads for the crash.
On board the destroyer GC is alerted Poe is no longer in his cell, and neither is Finn. An officer says a TIE fighter attempted take off in the night but was shot down. GC chokes him out and orders a squadron to the surface to find Poe.
Finn wakes up first from the wreckage and panics because all he can see around him is desert. Poe is not waking up. A speeder is approaching fast and Finn starts to run, changes his mind, and tries to wake up Poe. Rey dismounts and asks what’s going on. Finn says no time to explain and that they have to get out of there. They load up Poe and speed off.
Aboard the Destroyer, GC is told that the wreckage has been found but there are no bodies. She tells them to issue a blockade on the planet, then grabs an officer and says she is bringing in outside help for this. [Domhnall Gleeson]’s character tells her not to be so brash and that they’ve got nowhere to go. She snaps at him but he rises and calmly tells her he is not some grunt she can bully with her magic tricks.
The speeder arrives in Mos Eisley, and Poe finally wakes up. It’s obvious he and Rey are attracted to each other from the get go. They get off and BB comes out of nowhere and nearly takes down Poe.
They walk into the cantina, in search of a pilot when Poe recognizes someone. He approaches an intoxicated Han Solo and asks if he’d take them off Tatooine. Han says he’s retired and Chewie tries to get Han to snap out of it. While Poe and Han argue, An alien is getting touchy with Rey. She keeps trying to shrug him off but he grabs her. Rey ignites a blue lightsaber and lops his arm off, starting a brawl in the cantina. Everyone is surprised Rey is holding a lightsaber. A quick cut shows GC see a lightsaber has ignited in Mos Eisley and she says “Skywalker…” and then tells someone to ready her ship.
Han tells the kids to follow him as he and Chewie blast their way out of the brawl. They board the Falcon and Han tries to start it but it won’t. Finn hits a wall and Han gets mad at him momentarily, but the Falcon starts just as Storm troopers are pouring into the bay. TIE fighters chase it as it flees, but the Falcon is still the fastest ship in the galaxy. It breeches the atmosphere and launches to light speed after avoiding fire from the Destroyer.
Everyone wants an explanation from Rey. She says she stole it from her grandfather, but has always been able to do things. Poe tells Han they’ve got to take her to Luke. Han gets upset with him and tells Chewie not to take their side. Reluctantly, he agrees, but says he has lost touch with Luke. Poe says he knows how they can find him.
Back aboard the Star Destroyer, GC speaks with a hooded figure. She tells him he’ll be paid when she has Poe alive. He says he will not harm her, and she reiterates her point and tells him she’s heard the stories surrounding his name, Kylo Ren. DG asks GC if she trusts Kylo Ren and she says she does. DG says he does not.
The Falcon comes out of hyper space near a snow covered world. Poe tells Han to fly towards one of the cities. Han puts it down and Poe says that the fewer people come, the better, so he and Rey only go. Finn comes out in Han’s old clothes and is disappointed he does not get to come. When alone, Han lying down, asks Finn why stormtroopers are such bad shots. Chewie chuckles.
Kylo Ren’s ship comes out of hyperspace and he lands outside the same town and heads towards it.
Poe and Rey move cloaked through crowds of hostile looking aliens. Poe reaches a corner and speaks an alien dialect to a pandering alien who responds in kind. He tells Rey they are close and they keep moving. Finally, they duck into a cave like structure and find themselves in what looks like a Buddhist temple with waterfalls.
A smaller alien remarks that a strong presence of the force is there. Poe calls it by name and says that’s why they are there. The alien looks at Rey and says “A dark presence.” The alien turns and says she knows they are there to find the great Jedi master, and that she knows that for good or bad, the force brought them together. She plays with some herbs and the waterfalls and then brings a cup to Rey and tells her to drink. Rey is a little impatient and resistant at first but ultimately does drink. Her vision goes blurry and we see an animated sequence of dark silhouettes as the alien’s voice tells the story of the birth of the first Sith Lord and how he betrayed the council of 12 and commandeered a super weapon to rule the galaxy. His name was lost to history and he was said to have vanished without a trace.
Rey wakes and the alien tells them to go to Yavin IV, and they will find Luke. They hurry back as it is now nightfall and are trailed by a hooded figure from a distance. The figure watches the Falcon take off and Kylo Ren turns to return to his ship. He suddenly draws his crossguard lightsaber and calmly asks why he’s being followed. The little alien draws a white lightsaber and tells him she felt his presence shortly after they landed.
Kylo and the little alien fight, but Kylo easily overcomes the little alien and kills her, but not before he reads her thoughts and sees she sent them to Yavin IV.
Kylo Ren relays he has tracked Poe to Yavin IV and GC orders a fleet to set course for it.
Aboard the Falcon, Rey is floating various things on the Falcon driving Han a little nuts while Chewie and Finn play holo chess. Han asks where they are going and Poe tells him Yavin Iv at which point Han almost stops the ship.He is adamant about not going there but is overruled in the end. They come out of hyperspace and land in a hangar.
Han and Leia’s reunion is awkward, humorous, and a little sad. It’s obvious things did not work out. Poe is reunited with his best friend, Driver’s character who had just gotten back as well, and he introduces her to Rey. Poe pulls Leia aside and tells her that Rey caught a glimpse of what they are looking for, and that he found the map and loaded it onto BB-8. 3PO and R2 are excited to see Han and Chewie again, and BB-8 messes with R2 like a puppy messes with a bigger dog.
Finn and Rey decide to go find Luke and take a couple speeders to do so. They cross over lakes and navigate through forests before finding an old temple. They cross a narrow bridge towards it, but find it empty. A huge beast attacks them and as Rey ignites her lightsaber to kill it, a voice tells her to stop and a hooded figure appears and calms the beast. He lowers his hood and we see Luke Skywalker. Luke explains how the force is all about balance and harmony and is in every living creature. Rey tells him she wants to be a Jedi and shows him her weapon. Luke recognizes it as his and asks where she got it.
GC’s ship comes out of hyperspace and detects the lightsaber ignition, so she lands on the opposite side of Yavin IV. The Rebel base is notified of the unauthorized landing and Poe and Driver fire up the X-wings while Poe comments he’s glad he took a spare on his run that he lost. They race across Yavin to confront GC.
Luke tells Rey there will be no training today, that they’d begin tomorrow, and asks if she and Finn would join him for dinner. A lightsaber is ignited. GC and Luke engage in a force battle that evolves into a lightsaber duel while Finn and Rey flee. GC brags about killing every last force user in the galaxy except the mighty Skywalker, and that she was beginning to think him a myth. Luke reaches out to the force and discovers that the little alien is indeed dead, and becomes enraged, quite easily killing GC. Aboard the Star Destroyer, DG silently nods to himself and orders the invasion begin. Even though he is largely made of metal he is playing with an object using the force.
TIES darken the Yavin Sky and the Rebels scramble to fight them. Driver is shot down and Poe lands to come to his aid. Driver turns over and attacks Poe using the force, then reads his mind and sees he hid the map inside BB-8, apologizes, and then kills BB-8 removing a chip from it. Driver plugs it into Poe’s X wing and it directs him to the temple where Luke is. Driver puts on his helmet and it’s revealed he’s Kylo Ren.
Rey and Finn fight their way through ground troops, her with a lightsaber and him with a blaster. They find Poe and Rey immediately kisses him and Poe jokingly says they’ve got to stop meeting like this. Finn is visibly bummed out. Poe remembers that Luke may be in trouble and Han swoops in on the Falcon to pick them up as the Rebel base is over run and evacuation is underway.
Kylo Ren walks along the walkway and stops, igniting his lightsaber and saying perhaps the most badass line of the movie. A green lightsaber ignites at the far end and Luke calls Kylo Ren “Revan” and tells him he will not get past him.
Han lands the Falcon and tells every one to stay put. After he leaves, no one listens, of course.
Revan and Luke engage in an epic duel, ending when Revan disarms Luke and leaves him unconscious.
Revan enters the beast’s lair and easily disposes of it, activating a very old artifact which lights up the entire temple in stars. Revan seems to find what he’s looking for and turns to leave, but Han stands blaster drawn and refuses to move. Revan ignites his saber again, but Han refuses to back down and fires a shot, which Revan deflects back into his chest. Rey screams and draws Revan’s attention momentarily, but a squad of X-wings show up and start blasting away at Revan, who flees to his ship and takes off. Rey Finn and Poe drag Luke and Han onto the Falcon and Poe pilots it off the planet as the stormtroopers burn the forests of Yavin to the ground.
Aboard a flagship, Han Luke, and Leia are all briefly re-united as Han struggles to breathe. He manages to call Luke Kid one more time and tells Leia he loves her, before breathing his last. Leia cries into his chest, Chewie lets out a sad roar and buries his head in Luke’s shoulder, R2 beeps sadly, and Finn Rey and Poe, all banged up in their own right watch on. Luke retreats to a private part of the ship and a force ghost of Yoda appears. Luke apologizes for failing and Yoda tells him he has not failed yet, and that he’d need his strength and more Jedi to take on Revan. As Yoda says these things, we see Revan’s ship come out of hyper space, and something dark and massive orbits a gas Giant.
Revan walks its dark empty halls until he reaches the bridge. He removes his helmet and places his hand on a control pad as the room begins to light up.
“For strong is Revan” says Yoda.
One more shot of Rey looking out of a bay at the stars.
“But stronger is the force.”
Sounds too good to be true? I’ll rate this one… 3 Faking Stars on the Faking Star Scale!
