Hunt for Lor San Tekka

The hunt for Lor San Tekka occurred during the New Republic Era as the Cold War between the New Republic and First Order continued when the Resistance mounted a search for Lor San Tekka in the hopes that the old explorer had information related to the whereabouts of Jedi Master Luke Skywalker, who disappeared into exile many years earlier. The First Order, hoping to find Skywalker and eliminate him so he a new Jedi would not arise and defeat their plans, also searched for Tekka to find the map he had that led to Ahch-To, the planet on which Skywalker was believed to have made his exile. Using information recovered from Hevurion Grace, a ship that belonged to a First Order collaborator and New Republic senator named Erudo Ro-Kiintor, General Leia Organa—leader of the Resistance and twin sister of the missing Jedi Master—sent Commander Poe Dameron to find Tekka. The mission first brought Dameron and his team, Black Squadron, to a planet where he discovered the Crèche, a religious people with whom Tekka had once dwelled. The First Order also tracked Dameron to the planet.

Dameron and the Resistance eventually found Tekka living on the desert world of Jakku, where he lived in the spiritual village of Tuanul with other members of the once-forbidden Church of the Force. Tekka gave Dameron the maps in the hopes of ending the despair in the galaxy, as he believed the Jedi were essential to maintaining balance in the Force. The First Order also tracked Tekka to Jakku, where the dark warrior Kylo Ren killed Tekka and brought Dameron into custody in the hopes of finding the map. Dameron, however, had given the map to his astromech droid, BB-8, who returned it to the Resistance base on D'Qar with the help of a Rey, a scavenger; Finn, a stormtrooper who defected from the First Order; Han Solo, the famed Rebel Alliance General; and Solo's friend and co-pilot Chewbacca. After being given the final piece of the map from the droid R2-D2, Rey followed the map to Ahch-To where she found the fabled Jedi Master.

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