Attack on Tuanul

"The First Order. They're horrible. Rumor has it an attack squadron of theirs destroyed a sacred village right close to here, over near Kelvin Ravine."

- Rey

The attack on Tuanul was an assault carried out against Tuanul, a spiritual village on the planet Jakku, by the First Order during their conflict with the Resistance. The assault was led by the dark enforcer Kylo Ren, who had been seeking a map that would lead to the location of the missing Jedi Master Luke Skywalker. As four elite First Order squadrons descended on Tuanul with a force of eighty stormtroopers, the Resistance pilot Poe Dameron received the map from the Resistance ally Lor San Tekka. Dameron attempted to flee prior to the assault but his T-70 X-wing fighter was disabled by the attacking stormtroopers, despite his droid BB-8's warning just before the assault began.

During the battle, the stormtrooper FN-2187 witnessed the violent death of his fellow soldier FN-2003, which led to an awakening of his conscience and opened his eyes to the brutality of the First Order, which would eventually lead the stormtrooper to abandon the First Order. Meanwhile, at Dameron's urging, BB-8 successfully fled with the map in tow from Tuanul as the pilot joined the battle. The villagers of Tuanul, however, were overwhelmed and captured before San Tekka was brought to Kylo Ren himself, who slew the man when he refused to turn over information on the map. Dameron was subsequently captured and taken aboard Ren's Resurgent-class Star Destroyer Finalizer, meanwhile Captain Phasma and her stormtroopers&mdash;except for FN-2187&mdash;killed the remaining captured villagers.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
 * Star Wars: The Force Awakens novelization
 * Star Wars: The Force Awakens junior novelization