Crèche ( culture ) The Crèche were a culture of individuals who dwelled on the planet Ovanis , upon which they protected a giant egg that they believed would one day hatch a savior and lead to the salvation of the galaxy . The galactic explorer Lor San Tekka lived with them for two years to understand their ways . Many years later , Commander Poe Dameron of the Resistance found the Crèche and attempted to gain their trust as part of his search for the old explorer . The Crèche were later caught up in a conflict between the Resistance and the First Order , a remnant of the Old Empire . The Crèche later adopted a black - skinned wing creature as their savior and left with it to find a new home . Description . The Crèche were a cult on the planet Ovanis who worshiped , protected , and nourished a large glowing blue egg in the Cave of the Crèche . They regarded the creature inside as their savior unborn . Members of the Crèche dedicated their entire lives to protecting the egg for generations . They believed that the egg held their salvation . When the egg hatched , they believed that they would receive their reward . The Crèche was led by a female elder who was a humanoid with black eyes . The cult included several human s , an Ithorian , and a Trandoshan . Members of the Crèche wore blue markings on their foreheads . Several members of the Crèche wielded blasters . History . The Crèche were a cult on the remote planet of Ovanis . For generations , the Crèche spent their time protecting and worshiping the Crèche egg , which they kep in the Cave of the Crèche . Several years before the Cold war , the explorer Lor San Tekka visited the Crèche and spent two seasons learning their ways and communicating with the " savior unborn . " He became their brother and learned their secrets . Following , the Resistance leader General Leia Organa dispatched Captain Poe Dameron and his Black Squadron to the planet Ovanis to ask the Crèche about the whereabouts of Lor San Tekka . Leia believed that Tekka could help find her missing brother Luke Skywalker , who disappeared after a failed attempt to restart the Jedi Order . Poe and his droid BB - 8 landed their T - 70 X - wing fighter in the Cave of the Crèche . Shortly after landing , armed Crèche members confronted the two strangers . One shot Poe ' s comlink out of his hand . Poe managed to calm the Crèche and told them about the purpose of his visit . The Crèche elder was familiar with Tekka but told him he had left a long time ago . She told Poe about the cult ' s devotion to the Crèche egg and offered to share their secrets if he would join them . BB - 8 discovered a tracker on his starfighter and alerted Poe , who confronted them . Mistaking the tracker for a detonator , the elder thought that Poe was threatening the egg and ordered her followers to subdue him . Poe managed to calm the situation down and told them that he was being tracked by people who would endanger the egg . Poe convinced the Crèche to let him contact his fellow pilots so that they could protect the group . Poe soon discovered that a First Order platform had arrived above the Cave of the Crèche and was deploying several stormtroopers , who were equipped with jetpack s . Poe managed to convince the Crèche to hide him and BB - 8 . They tried to seal the door to the cave but the First Order Agent Terex blasted through the door with his First Order speeder bike . The Crèche elder and her followers confronted Terex with blasters and ordered him to leave , claiming that his presence polluted the sacred energies in the chamber . However , Terex ' s stormtroopers swarmed the cave . Terex offered to fix their door and informed the Crèche that he had come to find Poe Dameron . The Crèche elder feigned ignorance but a stormtrooper manage to pick up Poe ' s tracker . When Terex threatened to torch the Crèche egg , Poe surrendered himself and offered to talk with Terex . When Poe informed Terex that his Black Squadron comrades were attacking Terex ' s First Order forces , Terex was unperturbed and ordered his flametrooper s to begin torching the egg . He also revealed that he had brought reinforcements in the form of the Maxima - A class heavy cruiser " Ravenous " and more TIE / fo space superiority fighter s . While Terex and Poe argued , the flametrooper ' s flamethrower s caused the Crèche egg to hatch , releasing a large blue - skinned creature . Believing the creature to be their savior , the Crèche elder asked the creature how to save this sinner ' s world . The creature instead attacked the Crèche and swiped the cultists with its massive wings . The Crèche creature then proceeded to attack Terex ' s stormtroopers . When the Crèche elder confronted the creature and asked how they had angered it , the creature tried to devour her but was attacked by a large black winged creature . The two creatures fought and broke a hole through the cave ' s ceiling , interrupting an aerial dogfight between Black Squadron and Terex ' s TIE fighters . Ultimately , the black winged creature triumphed over the blue winged creature and fired a red beam through the latter , killing it . Following the battle , the Crèche cultists disarmed Terex and his surviving stormtroopers . To avoid war between the First Order and the New Republic , Poe decided to release Terex and his men . The Crèche cultists climbed onto the back of the Crèche creature and departed to a new home . Before leaving , Poe asked the Crèche elder if she knew what was inside the egg . The lady admitted they did not know but remarked that was never the point . The Crèche then left Black Squadron and Terex ' s men in the cave . Behind the scenes . The Crèche first appeared in the 2016 Marvel Comics series " " . They were created by Charles Soule and illustrated by Phil Noto .