Poe Dameron
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First appearance | The Force Awakens (2015) |
Last appearance | Summer Vacation (2022) |
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Portrayed by | Oscar Isaac |
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Gender | Male |
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Homeworld | Yavin 4 |
Poe Dameron is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. Introduced in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, he is portrayed by Oscar Isaac. Poe is an X-wing fighter pilot for the Resistance who inadvertently brings renegade stormtrooper Finn (John Boyega) and Jakku scavenger Rey (Daisy Ridley) into battle against the sinister First Order. The character is featured in The Force Awakens media and merchandising as well as an eponymous comic book series. He returns in the film's sequels The Last Jedi (2017) and The Rise of Skywalker (2019), the Disney XD animated series Star Wars Resistance (2018–2020) and the Disney+ television specials The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special (2020), Terrifying Tales (2021) and Summer Vacation (2022).
Isaac's performance and the character have received positive reviews, with Poe's characterization being compared to that of Han Solo (Harrison Ford) in the original Star Wars film trilogy.
Character
Concept
During the development phase of The Force Awakens, the character was initially referred to as "John Doe" and was first intended to be Jedi-like, Wedge Antilles, and then a bounty hunter with a Wookiee sidekick. This was dropped and Han Solo and Chewbacca were then included in the story.[2]
When
Portrayal
Isaac's casting in the film was first announced on April 29, 2014.
The film has received praise for its diverse casting, including Isaac, who is Guatemalan-American.[17][18][19] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote that "giving starring roles to a black man, a white woman and a Latino is ... quietly history making".[20] Targeted at Spanish-speaking viewers, an action-oriented Univision TV spot heavily featuring Poe included an introduction by Isaac in Spanish.[21] After an initial release of promotional character posters in November 2015,[22] a poster featuring Isaac's Poe was released the following month.[23]
Description
In The Force Awakens, Poe is a skilled X-wing fighter pilot for the Resistance.[13][24] The son of Rebel Alliance fighters, he is a commander in the Resistance's Starfighter Corps and "one of Leia Organa's most-trusted operatives" who is headstrong and "can fly anything".[25] Isaac described Poe as "the best freaking pilot in the galaxy... He's been sent on a mission by a certain princess, and he ends up coming up across [Finn], and their fates are forever intertwined."[24]
Natalie Zutter and Chris Lough of
Poe feels a lot of responsibility—to his parents' legacy, mainly—and that doesn't always mix well with his own youthful curiosity and desire for adventure. It's the core of Poe's conflict, as he leaves home and sets out on this big adventure—he has to basically see everything through the prism of what his parents would want him to do, and I feel like that's a really universal idea—that we're often trying to square the things with the idea of what's expected of us, and we eventually learn that we have to create our own set of rules while still honoring what came before.[30]
After filming The Last Jedi but before its release, Isaac said in 2017:
Poe is in some ways a surrogate son for Leia. But also I think she sees in him the potential for a truly great leader of the Resistance and beyond ... Poe's arc is one of evolving from a heroic soldier to a seasoned leader, to see beyond the single-mindedness of winning the battle to the larger picture of the future of the galaxy. [Leia], with tough love, wants to push Poe to be more than the badass pilot, to temper his heroic impulses with wisdom and clarity.[31]
Appearances
Films
The Force Awakens (2015)
In
The
The Last Jedi (2017)
In
In an early version of the script, Poe accompanies Finn to
The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
In
On Kijimi, Poe's backstory is explored: Zorii reveals that he used to be a spice runner and abandoned his friends and crew when he decided to fly for the Resistance. Zorii still maintains much resentment toward Poe for having left and nearly kills him upon meeting him again in Kijimi, but decides to help when Rey defeats her in combat. Zorii, reconnecting with Poe, tells him that she plans to travel
Rey leaves Endor following her confrontation with Ren, leaving Poe, Finn, and new ally Jannah (
The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special (2020)
In .
Lego Star Wars: Terrifying Tales (2021)
In
Literature
Poe also appears in multiple Star Wars novels and comic books, in particular the Journey to Star Wars line, introduced to connect the Star Wars sequel trilogy with previous film installments.[37][38]
Novels
Poe is first mentioned in the young adult novel
Poe also features prominently in the novelizations of the sequel trilogy films.
Comics
Yavin 4, the moon on which the Rebel base was located in the 1977 film Star Wars, was established as Poe's homeworld in the comic series Star Wars: Shattered Empire (2015) after the Guatemalan-born Isaac learned that the shooting location for Yavin 4 had been Tikal, Guatemala.[42] The Shattered Empire series features Poe's parents, members of the Rebel Alliance: his mother is Shara Bey, an A-wing pilot who adventures with Leia, and his father is Kes Dameron, part of a special ground force known as the Pathfinders who are led by Han Solo.[27][39][43]
A Marvel comic book series titled Star Wars: Poe Dameron, written by Charles Soule and illustrated by Phil Noto, was published between April 2016 and September 2018.[44][45] The beginning of the series takes place shortly before The Force Awakens,[46] eventually crossing over with that film's events and going past those of The Last Jedi.
Television
Poe appears in the 2018 animated TV series Star Wars Resistance, voiced by Isaac.[47] The Lego versions of Poe and BB-8 also appear in the 2016 short form animated series Lego Star Wars: The Resistance Rises,[48][49][50][51] voiced by Lex Lang,[52][53] and the short Poe Dameron vs the First Order Snowspeeder.[54]
Video games
Poe is a playable character in the 2015 Force Awakens add-on to the
Merchandising
Theme parks
Poe Dameron appears in the theme park attractions Star Tours – The Adventures Continue and Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, with Isaac reprising the role in each instance.[70][71]
Reception
The character and Isaac's portrayal have received positive reviews. Michael Phillips of the
Both Joanna Robinson of Vanity Fair and Scott Mendelson of Forbes noted the chemistry between Poe and Finn (John Boyega),[81][82] with Brian Truitt of USA Today calling the relationship a "bromance".[46][83] Their scenes in the film, and Isaac's own comments during an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, have sparked fan and journalistic speculation that Poe could be gay, or be developed as such in future films.[81][82][83][84][85][86][87] Several media outlets reported the wave of fan fiction and fan art created by fan "shippers", or those with a desire to see Poe and Finn in a romantic relationship.[81][83][85][86][87] Commenting on Isaac's camaraderie with his The Force Awakens cast members, Robinson wrote that "the most important bond Isaac established was with John Boyega. Theirs is a flirtation that launched a thousand pieces of fan fiction."[81] Despite fan support and Isaac's push for a romantic relationship between the characters, such a direction was not pursued in The Rise of Skywalker.[88][89] Film editor Maryann Brandon, who worked on both The Force Awakens and The Rise of Skywalker, said she did not see a romance develop between the two characters in the footage for the films, noting that she was "not reading as much into it as an audience." Brandon described the characters as the "best of friends. There is a kind of brotherhood there where they understand each other, and they've got each other's back."[90]
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External links
- Poe Dameron in the StarWars.com Databank
- Poe Dameron on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki
- Poe Dameron on IMDb