Ovanis was a world on which the culture known as the Crèche dwelled. They lived inside a series of caverns, within which they protected a giant egg that they believed would one day hatch a savior who would bring salvation to the galaxy. General Leia Organa of the Resistance sent Commander Poe Dameron and Black Squadron to Ovanis as part of their search for the galactic explorer Lor San Tekka, who once spent two years living with the Crèche. The planet was later the site of a skirmish between the Resistance and the First Order, whose presence awoke two giant winged creatures.