Kes Dameron Kes Dameron was a human male soldier who served as a sergeant in the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War . He was married to Shara Bey , a Rebel pilot . They both fought against the Galactic Empire in the Battle of Endor , during which Dameron was part of the Pathfinders , a special forces strike team led by General Han Solo that destroyed the Death Star II ' s deflector shield generator . After the Empire ' s defeat during the battle , both Dameron and Bey participated in an assault on an outpost manned by Imperial holdouts on Endor . Dameron fought with the Pathfinders for the next several weeks , including the raid at the Wretch of Tayron . After fighting their way into an Imperial Security Bureau black site , the team was able to gain data needed to uncover and stop , an Imperial operation designed to destroy numerous worlds to avenge the death of the Emperor , Darth Sidious , who had been killed during the Battle of Endor . Three months after the raid , Dameron and Bey both left Rebel service and began a new life together . At their new home on Yavin 4 , they planted a fragment of a Force - sensitive tree , one that had once dwelled at the heart of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant , after it had been gifted to Bey by Commander Luke Skywalker . Biography . Galactic Civil War . Battle of Endor . Sergeant Kes Dameron was a soldier in the Alliance to Restore the Republic during its fight against the Galactic Empire in the Galactic Civil War . He was married to Rebel pilot Shara Bey , with whom he served in the Rebel Alliance , and together they had a son , Poe . Because of their service in the Rebellion , Dameron and Bey only saw each other for short periods of time , often for hour - long intervals after several weeks apart . During the Battle of Endor , Dameron fought as part of a special - forces group known as the Pathfinders under the command of General Han Solo . The group ' s objective was to destroy the generator powering the shield for the orbit ing Death Star II , which would allow the Alliance Fleet to destroy the battle station . The plan was successful ; the Death Star was destroyed , the Emperor , Darth Sidious , was killed , and the Empire was dealt a crippling blow before retreating from Endor . Dameron and the surviving Pathfinders returned to Bright Tree Village , the home of the native Ewok s who helped them win the battle , where they and others in the Rebellion celebrated their victory over the Empire . Many of the Alliance pilots and other personnel also ferried down to the village , including Bey , who flew with Green Squadron during the battle to destroy the Death Star . They were relieved to find one another safe and sound , and they took a walk through the village to talk about their future and what they would do with the war coming to an end . They then spent the night together . The next morning , Solo reassembled the Pathfinders and informed them that a group of Imperials was still holding out in an outpost on the far side of Endor . Solo intended to attack the base , not wanting to leave a group of Imperials on Endor after the Ewoks helped the Alliance in the battle . Dameron and the rest of the Pathfinders would assault the outpost , while Bey volunteered to pilot the gunship that would transport the soldiers to the base . The gunship soon arrived and assaulted the outpost , and the Pathfinders deployed into the area . As he disembarked from the gunship , Dameron told Bey that he was ready to settle down on another planet and build a house . Dameron and the Pathfinders fought their way into the base , where they found Imperial intelligence suggesting that the Empire still had plans for the galaxy , before returning to the ship . Dameron and Bey were soon sent on separate assignments , with Dameron continuing to serve alongside General Solo . His duties necessitated a communications blackout , so he was unable to speak with Bey for several weeks . Final missions . Twenty days after the Battle of Endor , Dameron fought with the Pathfinders in a raid on the Wretch of Tayron , the location of an Imperial Security Bureau black site in the Outer Rim Territories . He and Sakas , a fellow Pathfinder , performed reconnaissance before the raid began , while other members of the strike team set up charges to infiltrate the secret base . Dameron and other Pathfinders fired several shots at the base , taking out All Terrain Scout Transport s and other heavy equipment . The Pathfinders moved in , with Dameron having cleared a hole , and began fighting the stormtrooper s stationed outside the base . Dameron was nearly shot by a scout trooper , but he was saved by Chewbacca , General Solo ' s Wookiee companion , who attacked the trooper before he could kill Dameron . Solo soon arrived and reviewed the plan of attack , at which point they entered the base . The Pathfinders fought their way through the base and captured its commander before he could purge the data from the ISB computer banks . The commander surrendered , and the Rebels , using the protocol droid C - 3PO , hacked into the computers . Once inside the computers , Threepio discovered that an Imperial operation known as was underway , including on Naboo — where Bey was located , as she was serving as the personal pilot of Prince ss Leia Organa . With Naboo under heavy , world - ending siege to enact the Emperor ' s final wrath , a Rebel fleet under the command of General Lando Calrissian made their way to Naboo . They were able to rescue Bey and Organa , who , along with Queen Sosha Soruna , flew a mission to destroy the Imperial satellite s being used in an attempt to destroy Naboo . The Rebels stopped the Empire from destroying Naboo , and Dameron reunited with Bey on the Rebel fleet . For his actions during the raid at the Wretch of Tayron , as well as the assault on the Imperial base on Endor , General Solo remarked in a letter to General Madine that Dameron had performed several acts of valor . Three months later , Dameron put in a request to end his service to the Rebel Alliance . The paperwork was approved , and Bey also faced a decision as to whether she wanted to leave the Rebellion or not . After a final mission with Commander Luke Skywalker , in which Bey helped save and was given ownership of one of two fragments of a Force - sensitive tree that once dwelled in the heart of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant , Bey too ended her service to the Rebel Alliance . Dameron and Bey settled on Yavin 4 , where they planted the tree from the Jedi Temple . Personality and traits . Kes Dameron was a human male with black hair , brown eye s , and tan skin . He loved his wife , Shara Bey , and wanted to start a new life with her after the Empire ' s defeat in the Battle of Endor , including building a home on another world . Such dreams of the future were ideas he never let himself have before the Battle of Endor , due to the struggles of the Galactic Civil War . Three months after the Battle of Endor , however , they both retired from Rebel service and began a new life together . Behind the scenes . Kes Dameron was introduced in the 2015 comic book " Shattered Empire , Part I " by Greg Rucka , with art by Marco Checchetto . He is the father of Poe Dameron , a character in the film .