Poe Dameron: The Next Jedi?
...Maybe not, but I think the implication is that Poe Dameron is intended to be at least mildly force-sensitive.
By the time of TFA, Poe was already regarded at the best pilot in the Galaxy:
*And in many cases(not all) pilots that damn hyped are force-sensitive to at least *some* degree. What's more, Poe has actually lived up to his hype in the films/novels/comics.
As for where Poe's force-sensitivity might stem from...
Shortly after the events of RotJ, Poe's mother, Shara Bey, helped Luke retrieve two Uneti trees that had once grown in the heart of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant -- both of which were very strong with the force. After they obtained the trees, Luke took one and gave the other to Shara, who planted it near her family's home on Yavin 4. We first learned about this in the canon comic series Journey to TFA: Shattered Empire:
And the above scene was referenced again in TLJ novelization:
"Poe knew Luke Skywalker wasn't a figure out of myth, but a real man--his own mother, Shara Bey, had escorted his shuttle away from the second Death Star and accompanied him on a mission after its destruction. But then Poe had grown up on Yavin 4, playing in the shade of a uneti tree his mother had been given by Skywalker himself, and which he'd told her was a seedling of one that had grown at Coruscant's Jedi Temple. And Poe had honed his flight skills in Yavin's debris ring, dodging chunks of scorched and twisted Death Star plating passed over by scavengers."
That said, I have a few questions...
-First off, do you think it's possible that the Uneti tree Poe spent so much time around in his youth 'imprinted' the force onto him in some way? That would certainly explain why he's such an unbelievably talented pilot.
-Secondly, do you think the mythos will ever expand upon any latent force-abilities Poe may have(perhaps make him one of Rey's first force-sensitive cohorts/students), or do you think he'll just remain a fighter pilot?
-Lastly, what do you think became of the Uneti tree Luke took? Did he plant it in the heart of his Jedi Temple when he tried to reestablish the Order(which means it was likely destroyed by Kylo), or did he plant it elsewhere?
