EXT. JAKKU DESERT - DAY

TIGHT ON FINN'S FACE: His EYES OPEN. He goes from unconscious to terrified, fast. He sits up, looks around. CUT BACK WIDE: he sits in the middle of an EPIC DESERT, DUNES FOREVER.

"That's not a good place to be, He's toast." Anakin says, shaking his head

"We managed to travel through the desert Master," Ahsoka reminded him.

"That's because we knew where we were going Snips," he says. "He doesn't."

A BLACK CHUTE blows in the wind behind him, scattered debris. Then he sees, over distant dunes, RISING BLACK SMOKE. He gets up - moves toward it, calling out:

FINN: Poe! Poe!

"That's not good," Obi-Wan says worriedly.

Finn scrambles over the massive dune to the TIE FIGHTER, SMOKING AND ON FIRE, small debris around it. He thinks he sees POE'S ARM - he pulls on it, but it's JUST POE'S JACKET. He throws that off and tries to find a way in - even a way to LOOK INSIDE, but the smoke and heat make it impossible.

"Why does it always have to be a crash landing?" Anakin mutters worriedly. "The engines look like they might explode with how hot it is."

"Let's hope that Poe can escape the wreckage before hand." Master Koon says.

FINN: Poe! POE!

Suddenly the ship BEGINS TO SINK - like it's being CONSUMED INTO QUICKSAND - Finn is slipping in too -

"Quicksand? As if it wasn't bad already!" Anakin exclaimed.

FINN: POE! POE! It becomes clear fast: if Finn doesn't get away, he's gonna get sucked in too! So Finn scampers away from the TIE FIGHTER as it SINKS INTO THE SAND! We're in the Sinking Fields. A few moments and IT'S GONE. Finn's out of breath. Horrified. Then A GIANT EXPLOSION ERUPTS FROM below, SENDING SAND AND DEBRIS EVERYWHERE! Finn sees this, disoriented, scared, exhausted and defeated. And all alone

"The poor guy..." Ahsoka says.

Yoda lowers his head with a sigh. Another loss of life, because of the ever ongoing war between the Jedi and the Sith. It wasn't too long ago that Yoda believe wholeheartedly in the Jedi being necessary to keep the peace. But after getting the perspective of non-force sensitives, he has to wonder if that is completely anymore. The Clone Wars are as much their fault for being unable to detect the Sith in time.

EXT. DESERT - DAY

ENDLESS DUNES BEHIND HIM, Finn walks, removing pieces of his Stormtrooper gear, using Poe's FLIGHT JACKET for shade.

"I don't know what would be worse, Jakku or Tatooine," Obi-Wan says, recalling his brief time on the desert planet.

"Either way they both suck." Anakin told him.

EXT. DESERT - DAY

Exhausted, Finn continues his trek across the endless, sandy nothingness.

EXT. DESERT - DAY

Finn, parched and losing hope, he walks to the edge of a massive dune, looks out into the epic valley below. Miles ahead: NIIMA OUTPOST.

A few Jedi breathed a sigh of relief. From the looks of things Finn would be able to survive. The real question was whether or not they could get the BB-8 droid and the map to Skywalker to safety.

MAce didn't have a whole lot of confidence in the defecting trooper.

INT. STAR DESTROYER - BRIDGE - DAY

General Hux and Kylo Ren walk the length of the bridge.

GENERAL HUX: Supreme Leader Snoke was explicit. Capture the droid if we can, but destroy it if we must.

"Snoke?" Master Mundi says. "Who is this Snoke individual?"