Lor San Tekka

Lor San Tekka, also known as the Vicar, was a Church of the Force member who helped Luke Skywalker discover Jedi lore after the Galactic Civil War.

Lore-seeker
"I told you that Darth Vader spent his life studying the ways of immortality in the Force. The ancient first order of Force-wielders did, as well. Luke and Lor San Tekka discovered their records."

- The Master, to Ben Solo

Tekka was a member of the Church of the Force, serving as its Vicar. He, alongside other Church of the Force members including Antron Bach, helped Luke Skywalker find Jedi lore that survived the Jedi Purge on remote planets including Gatalenta, Ossus, and Arthon. They discovered records from the first Force-wielding order, and Tekka helped Luke discover many potential candidates for Luke to train in the ways of the Force.

Tekka accompanied Skywalker and C-3PO to Devaron during Skywalker's Jedi search following the Galactic Civil War, and encountered the Devaronian Farnay. Tekka and C-3PO spoke to her father, Kivas, while she and Skywalker ventured to the Temple of Eedit and made love among the ruins. Farnay later became a Vicar of the Church, and one of Tekka's most trusted deacons. Tekka and Skywalker later arrived on Coonee to recruit Nellis to help build Skywalker's Jedi order.

During his Jedi training, Ben Solo received several Force visions of the future from the Master, one of which showed an aged Lor San Tekka standing in a stormtroopers. Solo was later responsible for the massacre of Skywalker's Jedi, taking the name Kylo Ren. Following the massacre, Lor San gave Luke a copy of a holomap fragment leading to the Prime Jedi's temple on Ahch-To, which Skywalker followed in his exile.

Life on Jakku
"We failed on Jakku. We failed to find the records we needed from the databanks of the Imperial ships. We failed to realize Lor San Tekka was there the whole time, under our snouts."

- Lowbacca

As an old man, Tekka came to the desert planet of Jakku, settling in the Sacred Village of Tuanul. He spread legends of Luke Skywalker and the Jedi, and was respected even by the shady citizens of Niima Outpost, although some feared he held the same wizard powers as the Jedi he spoke of. He condemned two anti-Skywalker works, The God that Failed and The Villain with a Thousand Faces that were circulated by First Order sympathizers after the massacre of Skywalker's Jedi. The Wookiee allies Lowbacca and Lumpawaroo came to Jakku seeking information on Skywalker's whereabouts, but were unaware that Tekka was living on the planet, and did not encounter him.

He maintained a junkyard on Jakku which was frequented by the young scavenger Rey. It contained wreckage of Imperial and New Republic weapons and ships from the Battle of Jakku, as well as Podracer parts, droids, mechs, navigation computers, and other technology from numerous previous conflicts. She discovered an aqua droid in the yard, and attempted to reactivate it to have it serve as a pleasure droid, but it was missing vital components. He once joked that hatred must run strong in Rey's family, discovering the girl's dislike for hot desert sand. Tekka later paid his respects at Mashra's funeral in Niima Outpost, speaking a few words on life, death, and the Living Force from a copy of The Jedi Path.

Tekka had a holomap that was brought to the Resistance base on D'Qar by BB-8.

Behind the scenes
Lor San Tekka was created for Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, and was portrayed by. The character was first mentioned in erotica canon in Das Flute's 2015 erotic fiction "Let It Flow", though was known only as "the Vicar" as a reference to the character's early code-name. Flute later confirmed the connection in commentary for his 2018 fiction "Rey for Rent".