Shara Bey Shara Bey was a human female pilot who served in the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War . Lieutenant Bey and her husband , Sergeant Kes Dameron , had a son , Poe , whom they rarely saw during the war — a war they joined because they believed the galaxy was suffering under the rule of the Galactic Empire . Bey , a highly decorated A - wing pilot and a veteran of numerous battles , flew with Green Squadron in the assault against the second Death Star during the Battle of Endor . Though she had hoped Endor would mark the end of the war , Bey continued flying for the Alliance in the many engagements that followed the Death Star ' s destruction . She led the defense of the planet Naboo when it was targeted by the Empire during , flying with Prince ss Leia Organa and Naboo ' s queen , Sosha Soruna , to save the planet . Three months later , Bey assisted Commander Luke Skywalker , the last Jedi Knight , in retrieving two fragments of a Great Tree from the Empire on Vetine . She retired from the Alliance shortly thereafter . Bey and her family settled in a colony on Yavin 4 , where she continued to fly her A - wing as part of the moon s civilian defense . Bey , who taught her young son how to fly , died six years after the Battle of Endor . Poe followed in his late mother ' s footsteps and flew for the New Republic before defecting to Organa ' s Resistance to fight against the growing threat of the First Order . Biography . Galactic Civil War . A distinguished pilot . Shara Bey was born some time prior to the Galactic Civil War , which began in 0 BBY , and grew up during the reign of the Galactic Empire . She and her husband , Kes Dameron , saw that the galaxy was suffering under Imperial rule and felt the call to serve . As a result , they joined the Alliance to Restore the Republic prior to the Battle of Hoth , which was fought in 3 ABY . Bey became a lieutenant in the Alliance Fleet and flew an A - wing , while Dameron was a sergeant and a ground soldier . Together , they had a son , Poe Dameron , who was born two years after the Battle of Yavin , one of the Alliance ' s most decisive early victories . Poe lived with Bey ' s father while the war raged on , and neither Bey nor Dameron saw their son as much as they wanted to . Bey became a distinguished Rebel pilot during the war , and her actions during the liberation of Gorma earned her the Bronze Nova for Conspicuous Gallantry . Less than one week later , she earned her triple ace while raiding an Imperial fuel depot at Beroq 4 , during . Bey fought in dozens more engagements during the war , and her fellow pilot s , many of whom credited Bey with saving their lives , spoke highly of her . Battle of Endor . Four years after the Battle of Yavin , the Alliance learned that the Empire was building a superweapon , a second Death Star , in orbit of the Forest Moon of Endor . The Alliance Fleet assembled and launched a massive attack against the battle station . Bey flew with Green Squadron during the assault against the Death Star , while Dameron served on the ground as one of the Pathfinders , an Alliance Special Forces unit under the command of General Han Solo , to destroy the shield generator protecting the Death Star . After the Pathfinders destroyed the generator , Bey and her fellow Green Squadron pilots defended the " Millennium Falcon " , piloted by General Lando Calrissian , as it entered the Death Star ' s super structure for the final attack . Calrissian and his fellow pilots destroyed the Death Star ' s main reactor , setting off a fatal chain reaction inside the station . Imperial ships began to flee in order to escape certain death , including an Imperial shuttle . Bey followed the shuttle to destroy it , but she was soon contacted by its pilot , Rebel Commander and Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker , who had been aboard the Death Star — and whose actions led to the death s of Emperor Palpatine and his apprentice , Darth Vader . Bey allowed Skywalker to pass unharmed , and the Death Star exploded only moments later . When the battle came to a close , Imperial forces were left in chaos and , for the most part , retreated from Endor . Bey returned to " Home One " , the Rebel command ship , and reunited with those fellow pilots who survived . She received permission from Lieutenant L ' ulo L ' ampar , acting head of Green Squadron after Green Leader Arvel Crynyd was killed during the battle , to join her fellow Rebels on Endor , where they were celebrating their victory in the home of the native Ewok s who helped the Pathfinders destroy the shield generator . Upon her arrival , she searched the Ewok village for her husband , hoping to find that he had survived the attack . Bey encountered Generals Solo and Calrissian , and she asked Solo where she could find the Pathfinders and received a compliment on her flying from Calrissian . She soon found Dameron , alive and well , and the two went for a walk in the village to talk about their future . It was their hope that the war had come to a close and they would finally be able to resume their life together . The next morning , Dameron was called away by General Solo , who told the Pathfinders that there were Imperial hold outs in an outpost on the far side of Endor . Unwilling to leave Imperials for the Ewoks to contend with alone , Solo and General Crix Madine agreed that the Pathfinders would launch an assault to destroy the outpost and drive the remaining Imperials off of the Forest Moon . Bey volunteered to pilot the Pathfinders to the outpost , and the group soon set off for the far side of the moon . Once they arrived , Bey brought the Pathfinders ' shuttle in at a steep approach vector in order to hide their approach . The vessel opened fire on the outpost , quickly taking out many of its defenses . Dameron and the other Pathfinders entered the outpost while Bey remained behind , waiting for some time until they finally returned — bringing with them intelligence regarding the Empire ' s post - Endor plans . The war , it seemed , was not yet over . The war continues . With Endor behind them , Bey and Dameron once again went their separate ways . Bey continued to fly with Green Squadron , while Dameron went on more missions with the Pathfinders to press the decisive advantage the Alliance gained over the shattered Empire . One of the operations Bey undertook was the Beltire Liberation , where she flew assist for Rampant Squadron . Seventeen days after the Battle of Endor , Bey flew in a battle in Cawa City on the planet Sterdic IV . She and her fellow pilots destroyed a number of TIE - fighters , as well as an All Terrain Armored Transport , in their successful effort to liberate Cawa City from the Empire . After the battle , she spoke with L ' ulo about how much fighting had taken place since Endor and lamented the fact that the war was not yet over . Green Leader encouraged her to take a lighter assignment next , as she had been working non - stop since the Battle of Endor . Three days later , Bey had returned to the Alliance Fleet and was assigned to be the personal pilot of Prince ss Leia Organa , one of the leaders of the Alliance , on a mission to the planet Naboo , where Organa hoped to rally support from the planet ' s government for the establishment of a New Republic . Together , they flew to Naboo without an escort ; despite the princess ' critical value to the Alliance , there were fears that a large group of ships headed to Naboo , the Emperor ' s homeworld , would attract Imperial attention . While en route , Bey talked to Organa as the latter wrote condolence letters to the families of Rebels who were killed during the Battle of Endor , including Private Able Nereno , a nurse aboard the medical frigate " Redemption " . The princess explained that she wrote each one personally , rather than relying on a protocol droid , as her parents — the late Viceroy Bail Organa and Queen Breha Organa of Alderaan — had taught her the value of a personal touch . The duo soon arrived in Theed , the capital city of Naboo . Bey was surprised to see that Naboo was so peaceful , considering it was the homeworld of the Emperor . As the princess explained , terror was the greatest weapon that the Emperor possessed . For Naboo , their terror was the knowledge that he could have destroyed their world at any time , so they remained loyal to the Empire . Soon after the duo arrived , they were greeted by Governor Donta Gesset , who escorted them to the Theed Royal Palace to meet with Queen Sosha Soruna . Once there , Organa asked the Naboo to join with the Alliance in forming the New Republic and restoring the Galactic Senate . For the queen , it was an easy decision — Naboo would join the New Republic . Just as she agreed to join , the Empire began to lay siege to Naboo through the launch of , a posthumous contingency order from the Emperor to destroy the planet ' s environment and render it inhospitable in retaliation for his death . To carry out the order , the Empire launched satellites from an " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyer , the " Torment " , in orbit . These satellite s , designed to disrupt the environment of the planet , caused major storms to erupt across Naboo . In the midst of the fire s , flooding , and widespread destruction across the planet , Bey deduced that there had to be satellites in orbit in order to carry out such an attack . As a result , that meant starfighter s would need to be scrambled to destroy the satellites . Although the Emperor demilitarized Naboo , some N - 1 starfighter s left over from the Battle of Naboo many decades earlier remained hidden in a secret hangar , though there were no combat - ready pilots to fly them . The queen escorted the group to the old hangar , where Bey , Organa , and the queen herself all volunteered to fly the mission . Although Bey was in the presence of royals , she was placed in command , at Organa ' s suggestion , due to her combat experiences . With the question of command settled , the three starfighters took off into the storm and readied to engage Imperial forces in orbit . As Bey started destroying the satellites , the princess and the queen fought against approaching TIE fighters — seventy - two in total , a full complement from the Star Destroyer . Bey ' s fighter was damaged in the battle , enough to where she was believed she was about to die . She asked the princess not to write the condolence letter to her family , as Bey did not want to add to Organa ' s burdens . Before the Imperial fighter could kill her , though , the two other pilots managed to destroy the pursuing TIEs and save her life . The three of them remained outgunned as they took out the remaining satellites , but they were saved by the timely arrival of General Calrissian and the Alliance Fleet , which had learned about Operation : Cinder due to intelligence gathered by Dameron and the Pathfinders during a raid against an Imperial Security Bureau black site . The arriving Alliances forces destroyed the " Torment " , prompting Imperial forces to retreat to Theed — where standard protocol would be to attack the city . Organa ordered Bey and the rest of the Alliance to head to the surface , where the Alliance and the Naboo were able to defeat the Imperial forces . After the attack on Naboo came to an end , Bey and Organa returned to the Rebel fleet . Once there , Bey reunited with Dameron , who had arrived with Calrissian ' s forces . One last mission . Over the next two months , the Alliance fought against Operation : Cinder on numerous worlds . The months of continued fighting saw Bey growing dispirited about the prospect of the war ending anytime soon or being able to live a normal life with her family . Dameron put in his formal request to be relieved from duty within the Alliance , but Bey felt she had an obligation to continue fighting . Nonetheless , Captain L ' ulo took it upon himself to submit the request on her behalf . She objected to the gesture , but he told her that it was not desertion . She had earned the right to live a life with her family , a life free of the war . With the request expected to take a week to be processed , the war gave Bey one last mission to carry out . After speaking with L ' ulo , she was approached by an astromech droid named R2 - D2 . The droid escorted her to Commander Skywalker , who was waiting in the hangar with an Imperial shuttle , the " Antarra " — one that he said flew better with a co - pilot . He sensed that Bey was familiar and she reminded him of their close call during the destruction of the Death Star , when she nearly shot him down as he was escaping , and Skywalker also knew about her through his sister , Organa . Skywalker asked Bey to join him on a mission to the planet Vetine in the Merrick sector , a mission that she said she was honored to undertake with the famed Jedi Knight . R2 - D2 joined them on the mission as well . While en route , Skywalker gave Bey an Imperial officer ' s uniform and explained that she would be posing as Commander Alecia Beck , an agent of the Imperial Security Bureau , whose clearance codes the Pathfinders had stolen during the raid at the Wretch of Tayron . Skywalker also explained that the mission was intended to retrieve something that the Emperor had stolen , but the Jedi did not explain what he was hoping to find . The " Antarra " soon arrived and transmitted its clearance codes , allowing it to land safely outside the Imperial base . Bey posed as Commander Beck while Skywalker acted as her bodyguard , a ruse that saw them greeted by Commandant Hurron . Bey claimed that she , as Beck , was there to perform a surprise base inspection . Hurron , who in reality knew that they were Rebel infiltrators , feigned ignorance and allowed them entry into the base . Inside the facility , Hurron explained that security at the research base was tighter in the wake of the Battle of Endor , with the base even more restricted than it once was . He further explained that one particular lab , the one that Skywalker was looking for , was accessible by only himself and the Emperor , revealing that he never understood the need for such a restriction — until Bey ' s arrival . He admitted that he knew she was not Commander Beck , as Beck was missing her left eye . Hurron brought them into the lab where they found two tree fragments . Hurron ' s stormtrooper s took aim at the two Rebels , and he asked why they would want to break into the lab to steal ' twigs . ' Skywalker explained were the last two remaining fragments of a Great Tree that had once dwelled in the heart of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant , before the Emperor stole them . R2 - D2 , who had been secretly holding Skywalker ' s lightsaber , released the weapon , and a battle against the Imperial forces began . Skywalker held off the stormtroopers while Bey and R2 - D2 retrieved the tree fragments ; R2 - D2 released the force field holding the trees in place , and Bey caught them before they fell to the ground . The three Rebels fought their way out of the facility and into its halls , where they were confronted by stormtroopers firing a blaster cannon at them . Skywalker destroyed the weapon and took out the trooper s , giving the Rebels a chance to escape back to the " Antarra " . Once on the landing pad , Hurron and his forces caught up with them and began firing at them , though Skywalker merely deflected the blaster shots with his blade . Realizing that blasters were ineffective , Hurron ordered his men to throw detonators at them . Skywalker used the Force to toss them back , engulfing the Imperial forces in a massive explosion and giving the Rebels a window to leave Vetine . As the Rebels began their return trip , Skywalker said that R2 - D2 had overheard Bey talking to L ' ulo and knew that Bey was thinking of leaving the Alliance . Bey said she was tired and she felt guilty for wanting to leave , but that she knew the war was only worth it if those who were part of it could live the lives they fought to protect . Skywalker admitted that the only reason he asked the question was because he did not expect there to be two trees , and he wanted the fragment he did not keep to find a good home — one with Bey and her family . Later years and legacy . The request submitted by Lieutenant L ' ulo was processed , and Bey ' s service to the Rebel Alliance came to an end . As part of her compensation package for ending her service , Bey was given the RZ - 1 A - wing interceptor that she flew for Green Squadron . She brought that and the tree fragment Skywalker gave her to Yavin 4 , where she and Dameron made their home in a new colony located near the old Rebel base . Bey and Dameron planted the Force - sensitive tree outside of their house , giving it the good home that Skywalker had hoped for it . In the years that followed , Bey continued to fly her A - wing as part of the civilian defense of their colony . Sometimes , she took Poe in the cockpit with her and let him sit on her lap and hold the controls , as she kept her hands on his and helped guide him in his earliest piloting experiences . They would fly together across the moon and even into space , adventures that made Poe come to love piloting . Poe ' s earliest memory was when he was two or three years old and Bey brought him into space let him play with the controls of the A - wing for the first time . Curious and adventurous even at that age , Poe did a few barrel rolls around the gas giant Yavin . It was through these adventures with his mother that he knew that he wanted to be a pilot like her . Poe also grew up hearing stories about his parents ' time in the war . While Kes was open with him about his war stories , Bey never liked to speak about her time in the Alliance . All she would tell him was that her own actions were not important , and what mattered is that they and other Rebels stood up to the Empire and answered the call to help free the galaxy . In the end , Poe never heard more of his mother ' s stories ; Shara Bey died six years after the Battle of Endor . Princess Leia , who had become a New Republic Senator , sent the two Damerons a condolence letter in which she recalled their time on Naboo during Operation : Cinder . Organa remembered that Bey did not want her to send a condolence letter if Bey had died over Naboo , but Organa felt that was her pride talking and that her death warranted a letter . She promised Kes and Poe that Bey would be remembered . In memory of his mother , Poe wore her wedding ring on a necklace , waiting to one day share it with the right partner . Many years later , Poe followed in his mother ' s footsteps and became a pilot in the New Republic Starfleet , though war was not as romantic as he had once thought . Losing his mother taught him that , amidst all of the heroic sacrifice in war , there were families who lost loved ones who would never return . After joining the Republic , he found the files on his mother ' s service in the Alliance and found out she had received numerous commendations , as well as significant praise from her fellow pilots . Like Bey and Kes , Poe came to fear that what the Alliance fought for would be for nothing ; the First Order , which had risen from the ashes of the Galactic Empire , was becoming a threat to the Republic , but the Galactic Senate turned a blind eye because they did not believe that the First Order was powerful enough to threaten the peace that was achieved at the end of the Galactic Civil War . Wanting to save the galaxy from the resurgent Imperial threat , Poe defected to the Resistance , which was founded by General Leia Organa to combat the First Order . Poe became the best star pilot in the Resistance and was tasked with a mission to find Luke Skywalker , who vanished into exile after his attempt to restore the Jedi Order was destroyed . In the ensuing events , Poe led the mission to destroy Starkiller Base , a First Order superweapon that had delivered a significant blow to the Republic by destroying its capital . The Starkiller ' s destruction allowed the Resistance to keep fighting and ultimately survive near - destruction , and Poe kept fighting as well to save the galaxy — just as his parents once did . Personality and traits . Shara Bey was a human female with black hair , brown eyes , and light skin . She was a loyal member of the Rebel Alliance who , along with her husband , joined the fight against the Empire in order to help people who they felt were suffering under the Emperor ' s rule . Her son , Poe , spoke highly of his mother and remarked that , even in the midst of Imperial rule , Bey believed that the galaxy was a fundamentally good place . She once told him that change was sometimes necessary in order to remind the galaxy of what was important in life . Her sense of adventure , love of freedom , and piloting skills made her a hero to her son , and it was those traits that helped propel her towards the Rebel Alliance . For many in the Rebel Alliance , the Battle of Endor seemed like it would be the end of the Galactic Civil War . Bey was no exception to this . She and her fellow soldiers were elated by the idea that they defeated the Empire and that a new chapter had been written in galactic history . Bey and Dameron both hoped that Endor would mark a new beginning for their family as well , so they could settle down somewhere and live their lives free of the struggle against the Empire . The reality of war , however , soon set in when Bey and others realized that the Empire would continue to fight against the Alliance . This strain made her further long to reunite with her family , particularly Poe , whom she rarely saw due to her duties in the war . What kept her going was the idea of building a better life for her loved ones . In the months after the Battle of Endor , she questioned whether she could leave the Alliance and the commitments she made to it , but she ultimately chose to leave so the sacrifices she and her family made were not for nothing . Bey did not want to impose her burdens onto other people . During the fight against Operation : Cinder over Naboo , Bey asked Princess Leia not to write a condolence letter to Kes and Poe in the event of her death , not wanting to add to the princess ' hardships . She did , however , open up to Luke Skywalker during their mission to Vetine , and he provided her with advice that helped her in making her decision to leave the Alliance and settle with her family on Yavin 4 . Even as Poe grew older , she chose not to share her time in the war with him , preferring to keep the stories about her battles to herself . She told him only that her actions were not as important as the fact that she and her fellow fighters answered the call to liberate the galaxy from the Empire . Her fellow pilots , however , nonetheless remarked that she was a great pilot who saved their lives on numerous occasions , as noted in the records of the New Republic that she and her fellow Rebels fought to build . Skills and abilities . Bey was a decorated pilot in the Rebel Alliance . Her skills as a pilot earned her the Bronze Nova for Conspicuous Gallantry during the Liberation of Gorma , as well as her triple ace during Operation : Mynock Bite . Her fellow pilots spoke highly of her abilities and her service to the Alliance , crediting her with saving many of their lives . These contributions were kept in the archives of the New Republic , which noted her service to the Rebel Alliance that gave birth to the new galactic government . Equipment . While flying in her A - wing , Bey wore the standard green Rebel flight uniform for A - wing pilots of Green Squadron . Her garb outside of A - wing combat was similar ; rather than a flight suit , she often wore a jacket that also bore the colors of Green Squadron , with a blaster pistol attached to her hip . She wore this jacket during her the assault on the Imperial outpost on Endor , the battle over Naboo , and while en route to Vetine . During the latter operation , she briefly wore a standard black Imperial officer ' s uniform as part of her and Skywalker ' s attempt to deceive the Empire into believing that she was Commander Beck . Bey kept her A - wing when her service to the Rebel Alliance came to an end . The A - wing was kept outside of her home on Yavin 4 , where she taught her son how to become a pilot just like her . Behind the scenes . Shara Bey , the mother of the character of Poe Dameron from , first appeared in the 2015 Marvel comic book miniseries " " , written by Greg Rucka . Art for the series was provided by Marco Checchetto , Angel Unzueta , and Emilio Laiso . In creating the character , Rucka envisioned Bey as a tired veteran of the Galactic Civil War who comes out of the Battle of Endor feeling like the war has come to a close . This followed the tone of the film , which ends with the implication that the war is over and the Empire is no more . The war continues , however , and , through Bey , Rucka was able to show how normal people reacted to the reality that the Battle of Endor was not the definitive victory the Rebel Alliance hoped it would be . By telling this story , Rucka hoped that he could show Bey ' s emotions , concerns , beliefs , and actions with the same emotional resonance seen with characters like Luke Skywalker in the original trilogy films , particularly " Return of the Jedi " . In developing both Bey and Kes Dameron , Rucka envisioned a backstory for the characters that did not get included in " Shattered Empire " and is subject to change in future stories . Rucka envisioned them as two people who were running a cargo service and decided to join the Rebel Alliance after the Battle of Yavin . Because of their young son , Poe , they had to consider what the future for their child would be . Rucka has said that while that origin is not set in stone in any " Star Wars " stories at this point , it gave the characters an emotional core and allowed him to know what Bey and Dameron were fighting for in " Shattered Empire " . Rucka also wrote the 2015 anthology novel " Before the Awakening " , part of which focused on Poe Dameron . Poe ' s story saw him learning more about his mother ' s time in the war and what motivated her to fight for the Alliance . The novel also revealed that Bey died when Poe was a child .