Kylo Ren coordinates where Luke Skywalker is to be found, Ren kills an old vicar known as Lor San Tekka, and captures Resistance pilot Poe Dameron, who has also been sent to recover the map by General Leia Organa. Ren soon learns that the pilot had entrusted his astromech droid, BB-8, with the map. Poe flees with the help of rogue stormtrooper Finn, who later finds BB-8, and the scavenger Rey. Finn, Rey, and BB-8 escape Jakku in the "Millennium Falcon", and are soon intercepted by the ship's former owner, Han Solo, and his co-pilot Chewbacca. It is revealed that Ren is
Kylo Ren by ODESSA, a theoretical network of SS officers who fled to Argentina following World War II. Driver's casting in the film in an unnamed role was first announced on April 29, 2014. Kylo Ren was first seen, but still not named, in the 88-second "The Force Awakens" teaser trailer released by Lucasfilm on November 28, 2014, wielding a jagged red lightsaber with a crossguard. The name Kylo Ren was revealed by "Entertainment Weekly" in a Lucasfilm-designed Topps-style trading card mockup in December 2014. A May 2015 "Vanity Fair" photo shoot by Annie Leibovitz confirmed that Driver would be portraying Kylo.