Shortly after the destruction of Starkiller Base, General Leia Organa leads the evacuation

of Resistance forces from D'Qar, when a First Order fleet arrives. Against Leia's orders, Poe
Dameron leads a costly counterattack that destroys a First Order dreadnought. The remaining
Resistance escapes into hyperspace, but the First Order uses a device to track them, and attacks
again. Kylo Ren hesitates to fire on the lead Resistance ship after sensing his mother Leia's
presence, but his wingmen destroy the bridge, killing most of the Resistance's leaders. Leia is
dragged into space, but survives by using the Force. While Leia recovers, Vice Admiral
Holdo assumes command of the Resistance. Running low on fuel, the remaining fleet is pursued by
the First Order.
Rey, having traveled to Ahch-To with Chewbacca and R2-D2 aboard the Millennium Falcon,
attempts to recruit Luke Skywalker to the Resistance. Under self-imposed exile, Luke refuses to help
and says that the Jedi should end; but, encouraged by R2-D2, he eventually begins to teach Rey
about the Force. Rey and Kylo begin communicating through the Force, puzzling them both. After
Kylo tells Rey what happened between him and Luke that caused him to choose the dark side, Luke
confesses that he momentarily contemplated killing Kylo upon sensing that Snoke was corrupting
him; this prompted Kylo to destroy Luke's new Jedi Order. Convinced that Kylo can be redeemed,
Rey leaves Ahch-To. Luke prepares to burn the Jedi library, but hesitates. Luke's late
teacher Yoda appears as a spirit, destroys the library by summoning a bolt of lightning, and
encourages Luke to learn from his failure.
Meanwhile, Poe entrusts Finn, mechanic Rose Tico, and BB-8 with a secret mission to find someone
who can deactivate the First Order's tracking device, whom Maz Kanata says they can find in the
casino town of Canto Bight. They meet the hacker DJ, and escape the city with the help of some
stablehand children and riding animals they set free. Finn, Rose, and DJ infiltrate Snoke's ship,
arriving at the same time as Rey, but are captured by Captain Phasma. Meanwhile, Kylo brings Rey
to Snoke, who says that he facilitated the connection between her and Kylo as part of a plan to
defeat Luke.
Holdo plans to evacuate the remaining Resistance members using small transport vessels. Believing
her plan to be cowardly and futile, Poe leads a mutiny. Leia recovers and stuns Poe, allowing the
evacuation to begin. Holdo remains on the ship to mislead Snoke's fleet as the others flee to an
abandoned base on Crait. On the First Order flagship, DJ buys his freedom by revealing the
Resistance's plan to General Hux, and the First Order fleet begins firing on the evacuation
transports, destroying many of them.
Ordered to kill Rey, Kylo instead kills Snoke and defeats his guards alongside Rey. Rey hopes that
Kylo has abandoned the dark side, but he instead asks her to rule the galaxy with him. Refusing, she
and Kylo battle using the Force to obtain Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber, splitting it in two. Holdo
sacrifices herself by ramming into Snoke's flagship at lightspeed, crippling it. Meanwhile, Rey
escapes while Kylo declares himself Supreme Leader. BB-8 frees Finn and Rose; they defeat
Phasma and join the survivors on Crait. When the First Order arrives, Poe, Finn, and Rose attack
with old speeders. Rey and Chewbacca draw TIE fighters away in the Falcon, while Rose prevents
Finn from sacrificing himself to destroy the enemy siege cannon, which subsequently penetrates the
Resistance fortress.
Luke appears and confronts the First Order to allow the surviving Resistance to escape. Kylo orders
the First Order's forces to fire on Luke, who is unharmed. He then engages Luke in a lightsaber duel;
upon striking Luke, Kylo realizes that Luke is not physically present but only appearing through a
projection of the Force. Rey helps the remaining Resistance escape on the Falcon. Luke, exhausted,
dies peacefully on Ahch-To, becoming one with the Force. Rey and Leia sense his death, and Leia
tells her that the Resistance can rise again.
At Canto Bight, the stablehands recount the story of Luke Skywalker; one of them moves a broom
with the Force and gazes into space.