Star-Lord's Origin is Annoying...

Star-Lord has been around way before his time on the Guardians of the Galaxy, but his past is weird... like really really weird...

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[hefoughtabear]

Funny that MCU star lord basically thinks of himself as the star lord from the comics

[gamercore]

*Cracks open a cold one*
"Jesus was the first star lord." *Sips*
"What."
"You heard me."

[AndrewPowerSM]

The implication I got is that when Peter becomes enlightened, he speaks to his past self in the trippy void, and "The Master of the Sun" was actually him all along, nudging his younger self on to the right path in life.

ALSO.... "Sun's out, guns out."

[GenerationWest]

Star-Lord went from Space Jesus Cop, disappears for decades to become super stoic Master Chief (EMH even got Steve Downes to voice him), then when Gunn made the movie, he gave the entire cosmic side a overhaul. For better, he's now a distinct character... on the other side, early in the movie adaptions era tried WAY to hard, at least now adaptions figured out a compromise of doing the MCU, while doing new stuff within the main comic universe.

[vanhunts]

I love how the original Yondu was established as being from Earth-691, so they took the opportunity to establish Yondu in the 616 reality as just being Michael Rooker’s character.

[MusicLover-myfo]

No wonder why James Gunn takes so many creative liberties when writing Guardians' films, Star Lord's character alone is just so convoluted.

[adamquenano]

I remember back in the day Star-Lord was like Master Chief, now he’s Chris Pratt

[Emike-ncew]

Yeah, star lord from EMH is really a time capsule to what he was before being MCU-ized

[SWTobito]

Honestly ever since I learned that Star-Lord is primarily wearing blue in the comics the red jacket design just started to look off to me. I rarely played with the red jacket outfits in the game, often opting for the Post Annihilation or 2019 comic run outfit depending on what mood I was in.
I think on NG+ I'll wear his suit from the 2013 comic run, it's so sleek.

[brettbaumler]

You’re missing context for why Al Ewing reintroduced the whole Master of the Sun thing, so I’ll fill you in; it was basically a big attempt to make Star-Lord less like Chris Pratt, as his character had been completely changed due to MCU synergy. Reintroducing the more mystical elements of Quill’s origin allowed Ewing to rework Peter’s character and even make him bisexual and polyamorous. His adventures in that other dimension are also an attempt to do the original storyline that Englehart wanted to do; you’ll notice that in that issue, Quill’s adventures correspond to the houses of Astrology. Much like he did with Immortal Hulk, Ewing called on old continuity with a new spin to let him “reboot” Peter and make him more like his old character while retaining some of his MCU-ness. It was a brilliant move on his part and made the character more interesting then he’s been in a long time

[uchihabomber]

James Gunn straight up transformed the entire lore and looks of Guardians of the Galaxy with just one movie but I don’t mind the design for Star Lord personally
I just find it weird they made Ego the living planet his dad like why not just use the Spartax orgin that would’ve been way cooler in my opinion

[clementgoh]

First exposure to Star Lord was from the Annihilation comics and damn he was so different in the MCU. As someone who was a big fan of that whole saga, I found myself disappointed when the character I liked was changed in order to match the movie counterpart. I actually like the space scoundrel but I really liked Nova's and Peter's dynamic and the space scoundrel didn't seem like the same character.

[echidnanatsuki]

After that end credits from Guardians of the Galaxy 3, it's very possible that Peter Quil will have his own solo movie called "Star Lord" just like the comic.

[sinvector]

My first exposure of Star-Lord was the EMH cartoon, and yeah, so weird looking back at it now...

[ArinJager]

you think Star-Lord's origin is annoying? OG Drax the Destroyer (Arthur Douglas) begs to differ!

[modmaker]

Owen Grandy (Jurassic World)
Peter Quill/Star-Lord (MCU)
Emmet Brickowski (Lego Movie)
Cooper Daniels (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
Jake/Gorilla Boy (The Batman 2004)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Kinect Star Wars)
Barley Lightfoot (Pixar's Onward)
Super Mario (Illumination's Mario Movie 2022)
Garfield (New Garfield Movie TBC)

We have so many Chris Pratt characters we can make a Chris Pratt battle royal.

[notsosmartguy]

So between the child of the celestial madonna, Adam warlock, and Starlord Marvel surs loves the idea of "space jesus".

[GrubbusHubbus]

Starlord just became a fucking boomerang, dog. One second he's Space Jesus, then he's half-alien, then he's comin' back around in the MCU as the half-alien son of a god!

[brandonraymus]

I like Star-Lord as a 70s or 80s rock fan exploring space with a ragtag group of aliens. They might be more like pirates than heroes but one of the coolest Marvel groups ever, and one of the most relatable in alot of ways. The Guardians aren't just a superhero team, they are a dysfunctional family of people who have either made terrible mistakes in their past, or have lost their families. StarLords character is cool to me because almost as soon as he makes his way into space, he could very easily make his way back home to Earth if he wanted. But why would he when the galaxy is full of wonder, and he has nothing left at home?

[brandonandcharlene]

As generic as the Disney GotG cartoon was, I appreciate they kept star Lord's father as Jason. Jonathan Frakes even provided the voice.