Poe Dameron

Poe Dameron is one of the main characters of The Force Awakens and is one of the many playable characters in LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Background
Poe Dameron was a human male starfighter pilot who served the New Republic and, later, the Resistance during its conflict with the First Order. He was born the son of Lieutenant Shara Bey and Sergeant Kes Dameron of the Alliance to Restore the Republic, Dameron followed in his late mother's footsteps and became a pilot, serving the New Republic Starfleet as the commander of Rapier Squadron. He grew disillusioned with the Republic's inaction to the First Order's violations of the Galactic Concordance, which led Dameron to defect to the Resistance, where he became one of General Leia Organa's most trusted operatives. Dameron flew under the callsign of Black Leader while piloting his specialized T-70 X-wing fighter, Black One.

As the emerging conflict with the First Order grew more desperate, Dameron was sent to find Lor San Tekka on Jakku, who had part of a map to locate Organa's brother, Jedi Master Luke Skywalker. Dameron entrusted the map to his astromech droid, BB-8, and was captured by the First Order. He escaped with the help of a defecting stormtrooper, FN-2187—whom Dameron nicknamed Finn—and returned to the Resistance base on D'Qar after crashing a stolen TIE fighter on Jakku. He aided Finn, Rey, Han Solo, and Chewbacca with air support during the Battle on Takodana, and he later flew during the battle to destroy the superweapon known as Starkiller Base. During the battle, after the base was damaged by Solo, Finn, Rey, and Chewbacca, Dameron fired the shot that destroyed the Starkiller weapon, saving the Resistance from certain destruction.