Poe Dameron

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“*Permission to jump in an X-wing and blow something up?*”
— Poe to General Leia Organa

**Poe Dameron** is one of the playable characters in LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. He is a major character in the sequel trilogy, serving as the tritagonist of the films. Being the son of two high ranking Rebel officials who fought in the galactic civil war, Poe is a naturally gifted Resistance pilot and informant, yet hot headed and stubborn. He can usually be seen zipping around the stars in his Black One X-wing.

## Saga History

Poe Dameron was born on Yavin 4, 2 years after the battle of the same name, which entailed the destruction of the Death Star. He grew up rarely seeing his parents, as they devoted all their time to defeating the cruel Galactic Empire once and for all. Due to this, he was raised by his Grandfather. Poe would go on to join the New Republic Navy, where he trained as a pilot under veteran Wedge Antilles. This would lead him to meeting General Leia Organa and joining her crusade to put an end to the First Order.

As the conflict escalated, Leia sent Poe on a mission to the barren desert planet of Jakku to rendezvous with the hermit Lor San Tekka, who had acquired a piece to the map leading to Luke Skywalker. Poe flew to Tanual Village with his trusty droid BB-8, meeting with the elderly man and securing the map piece. However, the First Order had caught wind of its location and sent a small fleet of Atmospheric Assault Landers to intercept it. The villagers were no match for the Stormtroopers, who also disabled Poe's X-wing and took him captive. Poe would be taken aboard a Star Destroyer and interrogated by Kylo Ren, who discovered that Poe had hidden the map inside BB-8, who had escaped Tanual. Poe would be rescued from his predicament by defecting Stormtrooper FN-2187, who he renamed Finn. Their stolen getaway TIE Fighter would be shot down above Jakku, and Poe would be presumed dead by Finn. However Poe does survive, rescued by the Resistance and taken back to D'qar. Later, when the First Order assaults Maz Kanada's castle on Takodana, Poe and his squadron are sent to fend them off. They succeed, and Poe reunites with Finn and BB-8. Upon returning to D'qar, General Organa Admiral Ackbar brief his squadron about the superweapon, Starkiller base. Afterward, Poe takes part in the battle of Starkiller base, making a trench run to the thermal oscilator and detonated it, ripping the superweapon apart.

Unfortunately, the Resistance doesn't have much time to celebrate, as the First Order tracks them to their base on D'qar. Poe dispatches himself, much to the reluctance of Leia, to intercept the First Order's dreadnought. Poe briefly banters with General Hux before proving his piloting skill by annihilating all the surface canons of the capital ship. Against orders, Poe clears a squadron of MG-100 Starfortress bombers to destroy the dreadnought. However this goes terribly wrong, as they lose all the bombers. But a single one managed to drop their payload onto the giant ship, destroying it. Dameron is swiftly demoted by Leia for what his actions cost the Resistance. After the fleet jumps to hyperspace to escape, the First Order once again tracks them down, and corners them. General Leia is put out of action after a starfighter blast to the bridge of the ship severely injures her and leaves her comatose. In her place for the time being is Admiral Holdo, whom Poe develops a distaste for and eventually tries to overthrow, under the impression that she is traitor. He is stopped and forcefully removed from the ship by Leia, who evacuates the Raddus before Holdo suicide crashes it into the First Order Fleet. He is taken to Crait, where he, Finn and Rose Tico battle the ground forces of Kylo Ren until Luke Skywalker arrives to give them time for a final escape.

A year afterward, Poe and the Resistance have relocated to the jungle planet of Ajan Kloss. Here is is once again sent by Leia to get information from an informant. Along with Chewbacca, Finn and Klaud, he undertakes this mission in the Millenium Falcon. It does get cut short when a squadron of TIE fighters intercept them and chase the Falcon through the icy tunnels of the Sinta Glacier Colony. The Falcon takes heavy damage during the skirmish, and Rey immediately questions what happened when they return. Disheartened by the news he carried back with him, Poe delivers the message that Emperor Palpatine of the old Empire is still alive. With this news, Leia sends Poe, Rey, C-3PO, Finn, BB-8 and Chewbacca to Pasaana to discover a wayfinder that leads to the Emperor. Once there, they find a blade with an inscription that can only be translated by C-3PO, who is incapable of doing it. In an effort to circumvent this, Poe convinces the group to go to Kijimi, where he meets his old flame Zori Bliss, who isn't too pleased with him. But she does decide to help them, leading them to Babu Frik. The little alien reprograms C-3PO and he reveals that the wayfinder is on the Death Star II wreckage in the oceans of Kef Bir. They travel there, but are forced to leave, without Rey when the conditions become too harsh. Once Poe is back on Ajan Kloss he learns of Leia's passing, but he uses it as a rallying point, preparing an attack on the planet Exegol after discovering its existence. He flies his new X-wing into battle and after many highs and lows, the Resistance finally prevails after the signal tower for the fleet of Star Destroyers is shut down.

## In-Game Information

In the game, Poe Dameron plays very similar to other characters of his class, that being Hero

Abilities:

* **Grapple** - When approaching orange handles on walls and ledges, Poe can use his grapple to latch onto them and pull himself up.
* **Disguise** - After defeating 3 or more enemies, (Stormtroopers, Clonetroopers) pieces of their armor will litter the ground and can be picked up to use as a costume by Poe to sneak past other enemies.
* **Hero Terminal** **Access**- Poe can access orange computer-like devices in levels or in free roam to open doors and walls, gaining access to collectibles.
* **Grenade (disguise)** - Allows Poe to chuck a bomb that will explode directly in enemies faces, defeating or severely weakening them. Can also be used to destroy standard LEGO objects.
* **Destroy Silver LEGO Objects (disguise)** - When completely disguised as a Villain character, Poe can use grenades to destroy certain objects.
* **Villain Terminal Access (disguise)** -Poe can access red computer-like devices (once disguised) in levels or in free roam to open doors and walls, gaining access to collectibles.

## Trivia

* In the films, Poe was portrayed by the jovial and talented actor, Oscar Isaac.
* In LEGO Star Wars the Skywalker Saga, he is played by voice actor Josh Cowdery.
* It has been theorized by Star Wars fans that perhaps Poe's friendship with Finn is more than professional, however in the films, we never see them interact in any way that could prove this true.
* Every appearance (save for his Kijimi appearance) for Poe is based upon a physical Minifigure.
* The Cheat code for his Holiday Special appearance is KORDOKU.

## Gallery

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