Vilken var den gamla mannen i början av The Force Awakens?

Han var medvetet vag, men vi känner Alan Dean Fosters novellisering av The Force Awakens att det finns en djup baksida bakom Lor San Tekka och sannolikt en som kommer att höra av Disney i framtiden:

För det första antyder en fysisk beskrivning med stor styrka:

While Lor San Tekka appeared physically capable of removing the heads from various unthinking carnivores, his manner was more that of a Soother, and a professional one at that. One immediately relaxed in his company. Provided one held no inimical intentions toward the hut’s owner, of course.

Då får vi en ledtråd att han känner behovet av att sätta på något i sitt förflutna och har ett samvete:

“These days I can only do so much. Would that I could do so much more.” He sighed heavily. “And there is so much more that needs to be done. But…this will begin to make things right.”

Då ser vi att han ska ha en djup och intressant historia:

“Legend says this map is unobtainable,” Poe noted. “How’d you do it?” The older man just smiled, clearly not willing to give up all his secrets just yet.
Poe grinned back at him, accepting it. “I’ve heard stories about your adventures since I was a kid. It’s an honor to meet you. We’re grateful.”
Tekka shrugged—an old man’s shrug, slow and full of meaning. “I’ve traveled too far and seen too much to ignore the collective anguish that threatens to drown the galaxy in a flood of dark despair. Something must be done; whatever the cost, whatever the danger. Without the Jedi, there can be no balance in the Force, and all will be given over to the dark side.”
Though Poe was reasonably secure in his knowledge of such things, he was also intelligent enough to know he could not begin to discuss them in depth with someone like Lor San Tekka.

Han verkar också ha lite backstory med Leia Organa:

“The general has been after this a long time,” Poe said, as a way of beginning to take his leave.
Tekka smiled at some secret thought. “ ‘General.’ To me, she’s royalty.”

Och han är ansvarig för byns försvar ...

“If you wish to flatter something, flatter my memory. Go. Now! I must see to the defense of the village.” Turning, Tekka headed off, not looking back.

... för att han är en by äldre. Och han känner Kylo Ren och Stimpy från sitt förflutna som en legosoldat.

Seeing him approach, Tekka halted and waited: The village elder recognized who was coming toward him and knew there was no point in running. Resignation slid over him like a cloud.

Tekka gazed back evenly. The black mask, with its slitted forehead and thick, snoutlike breathing apparatus, covered the face of the man he knew as Kylo Ren. Once, he had known the face behind the mask. Once, he had known the man himself. Now, to San Tekka, only the mask was left. Metal instead of man.
Ren spoke first, without hesitation, as if he had anticipated this meeting for some time. “The great soldier of fortune. Captured at last.” Though emanating from a human throat, the voice that was distorted by the mask had the sick flavor of the disembodied.

Ytterligare information finns på SW-databas

A legendary traveler and explorer, Lor San Tekka is a longtime ally of the New Republic and the Resistance. After the Battle of Endor, San Tekka helped Luke Skywalker recover secret Jedi lore that the Empire had tried to eras...
he follows the dictates of the once-forbidden Church of the Force.

Hans religiösa identitet verkar viktig, eftersom hans första produktionsmoniker var "Vicaren".

UPPDATERING:

Enligt TFA Visual Dictionary:

• Han är en erfaren resenär, äventyrare och upptäckare, som gav kartor och information till New Republic och Resistance

• Alltid misstänkt Palpatines version av Jedis förräderi

• Känner Jedi hemligheter från sina resor

• INTE Tvinga känslig

• Följare av Kyrkan av Kraften

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Lor San Tekka. Doesn't seem to be much info on him (understandably), apart from he's an elder of a village on Jakku, a desert planet in a remote section of the Western Reaches (they're always in a remote section!).