Lor San Tekka

"I have traveled too far and seen too much to ignore the despair in the galaxy. Without the Jedi, there can't be no balance to the Force."

- Lor San Tekka to Commander Poe Dameron

Lor San Tekka was a Human male, who lived on the Western Reaches planet of Jakku in the village of Tuanul approximately 29 years after the Battle of Jakku.

Biography
San Tekka was a follower of the Church of the Force, an underground faith of loosely affiliated followers of Jedi ideals. He also knew the history of Leia Organa. He had dealings with the Resistance X-Wing pilot Poe Dameron and his droid BB-8 and kept a piece of the map to find Luke Skywalker. They were located by the First Order shortly after giving the map to Dameron, who hid it inside BB-8. San Tekka watched helplessly as he saw his hometown being burned down. Dameron was captured and BB-8 fled, while San Tekka was confronted by Kylo Ren, who killed him with his lightsaber after a short conversation in which he attempted to find the whereabouts of Poe Dameron, as well as San Tekka trying to reason with him because of Ren's family history.

Behind the scenes
Lor San Tekka was portrayed by Max von Sydow in Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens. His character name was the last of the original cast release to be revealed. It was revealed in a Star Wars: The Force Awakens Look and Find book. Before that, he was simply refered to as 'The Vicar' in early production.

Initial concept art of the character showed San Tekka using a number of cybernetic implants.

Appearances

 * Before the Awakening
 * Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
 * Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens novelization
 * Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens junior novelization