Attack on Tuanul The attack on Tuanul , also known as the Massacre at Tuanul , was an assault carried out against Tuanul , a spiritual village on the planet Jakku , by the First Order during the cold war . 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 squadron s 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 . Prelude . The First Order knew Lor San Tekka was hiding on Jakku with a piece of the map containing the location of Luke Skywalker , whom they wanted to find and destroy . Kylo Ren wanted the map and ordered Captain Phasma to lead some stormtroopers and flametrooper s to Tuanul . The assault . The stormtroopers quickly overcame initial resistance of the villagers with few casualties . Meanwhile , at Poe Dameron ' s urging , BB - 8 successfully fled with the map in tow from Tuanul as the pilot joined in the battle . Poe shot and killed several stormtroopers , including FN - 2003 , whose death was witnessed by fellow trooper FN - 2187 . 2003 ' s death led to an awakening of his conscience and opened the trooper ' s eyes to the brutality of the First Order , which would eventually lead him to abandon the First Order . Just as FN - 2187 began to see this brutality , Kylo Ren ' s command shuttle landed . Ren ' s realization . The villagers of Tuanul were herded into a large group before Tekka was brought to Ren himself , who requested him to turn over information on the map . Tekka claimed that Ren could not deny the truth that was his own family , causing Ren to slay the old man via decapitation after sarcastically telling the latter that he ' s correct in his claim . Dameron fired on Ren in retaliation , but the dark warrior caught the blast and subsequently captured the pilot , and figured out that Tekka had given the map to him . After stormtroopers searched who was then taken aboard Ren ' s " Resurgent " - class Star Destroyer " Finalizer . " meanwhile Phasma and her stormtroopers — except for FN - 2187 — executed the remaining villagers on Ren ' s orders . Aftermath . Disillusioned by the brutality of the First Order forces at Tuanul village , FN - 2187 decided to defect from the First Order . He freed Dameron from his cell and convinced him to escape together on a stolen TIE / sf space superiority fighter . Their TIE was shot down by the " Finalizer " weaponry and crashed landed in Jakku ' s Goazon Badlands . After being separated from Dameron , Finn encountered BB - 8 and the local scavenger Rey . Rey likewise had heard rumors about the attack , and also had distaste for the First Order from their more brutal methods . They were pursued by First Order forces but managed to escape on the " Millennium Falcon " into space . After encountering Han Solo and Chewbacca , they convinced Solo to help them get BB - 8 , who was carrying the map , back to the Resistance . In large part because of the brutal nature of the attack , it inspired a propaganda poster showcasing the attack , called " The Massacre at Tuanul " .