Star-Lord

Star-Lord (real name Peter Jason Quill) is a Marvel Comics superhero who is the leader of the Guardians of the Galaxy and appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He is the protagonist of the Guardians of the Galaxy film series. A self-proclaimed "legendary" outlaw, Star-Lord was a member of the space thieves Ravagers who later formed a team with Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, Drax the Destroyer, and Groot to stop the evil Ronan the Accuser, and later to both protect the galaxy from threats, while at the same time getting paid for services.
Star-Lord was created by Steve Englehart, Steve Gan, and Bob McLeod.
==Appearances==
===Marvel Cinematic Universe===
====Guardians of the Galaxy====
Peter Quill was born in 1980 to Meredith Quill and an unknown father (later revealed to be Ego the Living Planet). When Peter was young, his mother brought together some of her favorite songs from her childhood into a mixtape she titled "Awesome Mix Vol. 1". Quill grew up and lived in Missouri. Peter got into fights a lot as a kid. Over time, his mother had gotten terminal brain cancer. When Peter was at the age of eight, his mother's illness had gotten worse. Shortly before she died, she gave Peter a present and a note attached to it. In her final moments, she begged Peter to hold her hand, but he couldn't bear to look at her. He regretted it and cried for his mother, but was pulled out of the room by his grandfather.
Directly after her death, Peter ran out of the hospital crying. He was suddenly abducted from Earth by the Ravagers. Their mission was to take him to his father in deep space, but their leader, Yondu Udonta, instead decided that they would keep him as their own and chose never to tell him about his father. The Ravagers taught Peter how to be the perfect thief. As he grew older, Peter started going by the name Star-Lord, which was a nickname given to him by his mother. Yondu gave Peter an M-ship that he named the Milano, after his childhood crush, Alyssa Milano.
Quill's extensive Nova Corps criminal record includes one count of fraud, two counts of public intoxication, one count of assault, and one count of illegal manipulation of Garmosian Duchess.
After living in space for 26 years, Quill built up a reputation as the self-proclaimed legendary outlaw "Star-Lord" and worked for the pirate Yondu Udonta, the leader of the Ravagers. During his time with them, he became disloyal to them, eventually planning to leave them. In the present day, Star-Lord visits Morag, where the Ravagers' next target, the Orb, was located. He is attacked by Korath the Pursuer but manages to escape. After escaping, Star-Lord travels to Xandar in order to sell it. He brings it to the buyer who had made the deal with Yondu in hopes of selling it. The merchant refuses to take the Orb after Star-Lord tells him that Korath had been working for Ronan the Accuser.
As he left the shop, Star-Lord encounters Gamora, an assassin, who, after he attempts to flirt with her, attacks and steals the Orb. Star-Lord is also attacked by the outlaw duo of Rocket Raccoon and Groot, who both desire the bounty that had been placed on Star-Lord's head by the Ravagers. After a lengthy chase, all four are eventually apprehended by the Nova Corps and taken to the Kyln for incarceration. After being processed, Star-Lord almost finds himself a target in the prison, only to be saved by Rocket and Groot who declare that Quill was their booty. That night, some prisoners, including an inmate named Drax, come to kill Gamora.
Quill manages to convince Drax that, since she had betrayed Ronan, he would most likely come for her allowing Drax to exact his revenge. The next day, Rocket devises a plan to break out of the Kyln, which went awry when Groot completed the last step first. Nonetheless, the group manages to escape.
On the Milano, Gamora explains to the group that the third party to whom she was planning to give the Orb was offering a large reward for it, and that if they help her bring it to him, she would split the reward with them.
Arriving on Knowhere, a remote criminal outpost in space built in the giant severed head of a celestial, the rest of the group meet Gamora's contact, the Collector. The Collector reveals that the Orb is an Infinity Stone, an item of immeasurable power that destroys all but the most powerful beings who wield it. Suddenly, the Collector's tormented assistant becomes tempted and grabs the Stone, triggering an explosion that engulfs his collection. Meanwhile, Drax, drunk and wanting revenge, summons Ronan, who arrives with Nebula and an army of Sakaarans. Gamora attempts to flee with Orb, only to be pursued by Nebula, who blasts her ship and retrieves the Orb, leaving her sister to die in space. Star-Lord, unwilling to watch Gamora die, sends Yondu his coordinates and exits his pod, giving Gamora his mask to help her survive. The pair are rescued by the Ravagers and Yondu, who Quill manages to talk out of killing him by telling him he knows where their Orb is and that they can work together to retrieve it.
Suddenly, Rocket, Drax, and Groot threaten to attack the Collector in an attempt to rescue them, luckily Star-Lord manages to defuse the situation. On the ship, Star-Lord tells the group that he has a plan to stop Ronan and tells the others that even though it likely means certain death, they cannot simply stand back as Ronan kills billions of innocent people. The entire group agrees, and Star-Lord calls Rhomann Dey and tells them of his plan. Ronan arrives with the Dark Aster and thousands of Sakaaran soldiers.
As the Nova Corps hold off the large ship by creating a forcefield, Quill, Gamora, Groot, and Drax fight their way to Ronan and blast him with the Hadron Enforcer; however, Ronan is unaffected by the attack and easily defeats the group. Before he can kill them, Rocket comes crashing in with his own ship heavily damaging the ship and causing it to crash. The group is protected from serious injury by Groot who shields them seemingly at the cost of his life, making a dome around the team. As Ronan emerges from the ship unharmed, mocking the Guardians, Star-Lord distracts Ronan by dancing to "O-o-h Child" by the Five Stairsteps, allowing Drax and Rocket to destroy his hammer and allowing Star-Lord to grab the Orb, which almost kills him. Gamora, Rocket, and Drax come to his aid and the four use the Orb's power to blast Ronan, killing him.
After the team destroyed Ronan, Yondu demands that Star-Lord hand over the Orb despite Star-Lord telling him that it is only safe with the Nova Corps. Quill tricks Yondu into taking a container supposedly containing the stone but actually contained a Troll doll. As the Ravagers leave Xandar, they remarked that it turned out well that they did not deliver Star-Lord to his father as a child. After the Ravagers left, Star-Lord gave the real Stone to the Nova Corps. Star-Lord's group, now known as the Guardians of the Galaxy, have their criminal records expunged by the Corps, and Star-Lord learned that he is only half-human, his father being part of an ancient species. Star-Lord finally opened the last present he received from his mother; a second cassette tape filled with her favorite songs. The Guardians leave in the rebuilt Milano accompanied by a twig recovered from Groot, which has already started regrowing.
====Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2====
Two months after the battle on Xandar, the Guardians of the Galaxy were hired by the High Priestess Ayesha, leader of the Sovereign race to defend some interdimensional batteries a creature known as the Abilisk. During the fight, Quill and the Guardians were badly beaten until Quill and Rocket forced the creature to look up, exposing a neck wound that Gamora widened to kill the creature.
Afterwards, the Guardians were thanked by Ayesha who handed over Nebula as a trade who had been arrested by the Sovereign. Ayesha made various disparaging comments about Quill's hybrid status that offended him but he said nothing.
Later, after apologizing to Gamora for supposedly flirting with Ayesha something she didn't care about Drax told him he had no chance with her since "he was a dancer and Gamora was not".
The Guardians were then attacked by a Sovereign fleet and discovered that Rocket had stolen the batteries from them. Quill and Rocket tried to pilot the ship to safety, but their arguments over who was the more capable pilot caused them to run into a Sovereign fleet trap. The ships were then suddenly destroyed, but due to the damage caused to the Milano, they crashed on another planet.
A ship landed on Berhert housing Ego and Mantis. Ego revealed himself as the one who destroyed the Sovereign ships and that he was Quill's biological father. Ego explained that he had been searching for Quill after Yondu failed to deliver him as he was paid to do so, though initially skeptical, Gamora persuaded Quill that he should go with Ego to see 'Ego's planet'.
The next day, Drax and Gamora accompanied Quill, Ego, and Mantis onboard Ego's Ship whilst Rocket and Groot remained to repair the ship and guard Nebula. On the way, Mantis revealed her ability to feel the feelings of others and demonstrated by touching Quill and revealing his crush on Gamora to everyone in the room. When Drax burst into hysterics at the announcement, Quill became defensive arguing that it wasn't that funny though he was clearly embarrassed.
On arrival to Ego's planet, Ego revealed that he was a Celestial and explained his origins. He revealed that the planet was a part of him and his human form was an avatar body he walked in to explore the Galaxy and seek other lifeforms. Ego explained how he met Quill's mother and fell in love with her whilst visiting Earth and hired Yondu to bring Quill to him.
Quill asked Ego why he then chose to leave his mother behind, and Ego revealed that he had to return to his planet otherwise his avatar body would die after prolonged distance from his main source. Ego then helped Quill to access his abilities as a Celestial, which allowed him to create objects greatly exciting Quill who then proceeded to play catch with his father using a ball he had created.
Quill later danced with Gamora trying to persuade her that she felt something for him too, something she denied. Gamora revealed her suspicions about the planet as Mantis seemed unusually fearful, but Quill argued that he had finally found his family and demanded to know why she couldn't be happy for him. Gamora replied that she thought he had found his family before walking off due to Quill's arrogance at being half-a-god.
Ego came to comfort Quill afterwards and revealed that he was immortal due to his Celestial DNA and offered to bring him into what he had been working on. Excited, Quill accepted, which was overheard by Mantis. Ego explained what he had not told him earlier; that when he found life he was disappointed by it and planned to improve it by planting parts of himself in every planet he went to. His plan was to bring all the planets together to become a part of himself. He hypnotized Quill into helping him before continuing.
He revealed that on every planet he went to, he would impregnate one woman as to activate the parts of himself needed two Celestial beings. Ego revealed that he had loved Meredith Quill very much and that had he visited her again he would have stayed on Earth and never finished his plan - so he had caused the cancer in her body to kill her. This revelation caused Quill to break free of the hypnosis whereupon he shot his father repeatedly in a blind rage.
Ego repaired himself and attacked Quill forcibly activating the Celestial power inside him and triggering the parts of himself that began destroying the planets. He then broke Quill's Walkman before being crushed by a ship piloted by Rocket and Yondu as Mantis, Drax, Gamora, and Nebula arrived to save Quill after learning of Ego's treachery from Mantis.
Mantis explained that Ego's only weakness was his brain at the core of the planet, so Quill and Yondu piloted the industrial craft underground and tunneled through the planet surface. They arrived to find Ego's brain sealed in a core that was connected to the rest of the planet and began cutting into it, knowing they only had a limited time before Ego found them.
They were interrupted when the Sovereign fleet arrived causing Drax, Gamora, and Mantis to fall out of the craft. Mantis used her power to subdue Ego by putting him to sleep whilst Quill, Rocket, and Groot flew to the core to plant a bomb on Ego made from the batteries stolen from the Sovereign and Nebula and Yondu piloted the ship. Quill defended the core from the Sovereign whilst Rocket gave Groot the bomb temporarily taking a break to ask if anyone had any tape to put over the death button.
He then argued with Rocket after the answer being 'no' with Groot running off whilst still being unsure about how to operate the bomb. Quill continued to fight the Sovereign before being shot at and knocked back into the ship. When the ship exploded after Nebula hacked herself into the infrastructure, Quill floated down with Yondu commenting that the latter looked like Mary Poppins and assuring him that "he" was very cool.
Mantis was then knocked out by a piece of shrapnel, which awoke Ego who began to fight the Guardians. After subduing all of them and then using his power to force Quill into reactivating the seedlings around the universe. However, Quill's bond for everyone he cares about enable him to take control which stopped the seedlings then used his Celestial powers to free his fellow Guardians and fight his father. Quill was able to use his powers to construct a rocky giant avatar resembling Pac-Man temporarily and also to create giant rocky gloves to punch him.
Both eventually collapsed, exhausted with Ego furiously trying to plead with Quill to help him, after discovering the bomb on his brain, telling him that with Ego dead, his powers will fade away and he will be rendered mortal. Quill stated that he accepted this fact, much to his father's horror. He held him down as the bomb exploded, destroying Ego's brain and watched as his father's avatar passed away in his arms, while his Celestial powers seemingly faded away. Without Ego's essence, the planet began to break down and collapse in on itself. A ship piloted by Kraglin Obfonteri rescued the other Guardians, leaving Quill stranded at the core. Yondu saved Quill, telling him that Ego may have been his biological father, but he wasn't his "daddy" before giving him the only spacesuit and dying in the vacuum of space.
After Yondu's death, Quill had come to realize that Yondu was the father figure in his life all along and he had always been searching for before Kraglin and the other Guardians burned the body as part of a Ravager funeral. Kraglin gave Quill a 'Zune' that Yondu had bought for him that contained 300 tracks that Earth was now listening to and Quill gave him Yondu's arrow.
Quill listened to his new Zune with Groot before noticing the arrival of the other Ravagers who had heard about Yondu's sacrifice and re-accepted him as one of their own. Quill and the other Guardians watched as Yondu was honored with a proper Ravager funeral and Gamora hinted to Quill that she may reciprocate his feelings, with the two embracing.
Quill went into Groot's room, who was by now the size of a teenager with the same attitude, and complained at him to tidy up after himself and stop wasting his time playing a video game.
====Avengers: Infinity War====
 
Peter returns in this film, where he and his teammates pick up Thor, who is floating in space due to Thanos attacking the Asgardians and obtaining the Tesseract. Quill is jealous of the team being fascinated by Thor and overlooking him. At one point, he deepened his voice to imitate him but his team saw through this. Thor soon updates them on Thanos collecting the stones and where the rest are. Quill learned about the protectors of Earth, The Avengers. Thor also planned on creating a weapon to kill Thanos while denying Quill and the others could wield a weapon of such power.
The Guardians separate with Rocket and Groot leaving with Thor and Peter remaining with Gamora, Mantis, and Drax towards Knowhere, where Thanos is most likely going after the Reality Stone from the Collector. Before they arrive on the colony, Gamora has Quill promise to kill her if Thanos ever captures her, with Peter reluctantly promising (on the behalf of his mother). When they arrive on Knowhere, the Guardians enter a fight with Thanos (who has already obtained the Reality Stone). He holds Gamora hostage, with Quill threatening Thanos with his blaster. Gamora reminds Quill of his promise to her. Gamora and Peter reveal they love each other before the latter goes to his deal to kill her. However, Thanos has turned Quill's blaster into bubbles with the Reality Stone. The mad Titan compliments Quill for actually trying to do it before he escapes with Gamora and sacrifices her on Vormir to obtain the Soul Stone.
Peter, Drax, and Mantis meet Nebula on Titan after she sent a distress call to the Guardians to meet her there. The Guardians meet Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Doctor Strange, who they initially ambush until Quill learns that they come from Earth and they are the Avengers that Thor told them about.
Despite brief tension, they come up with a plan to get the Infinity Gauntlet off of Thanos. They also learned that the stakes are high with Dr. Strange used the time stone to tell them of the potential losses.
Very soon, Thanos arrived and Titan is revealed to be his home planet. They fight him with Mantis subduing Thanos as the others go to remove the Gauntlet. However, as soon as they almost got the Gauntlet off, Quill learns of Gamora's death from Nebula and, in blind rage, begins punching Thanos in anger while Tony attempts to hold him back. However, due to this, Thanos escapes. Quill is one of the people who becomes a victim of Thanos' snap shortly after watching Mantis and Drax fade.
====Avengers: Endgame====
Quill is first seen dancing, as in the original timeline, when James Rhodes and Nebula travel back to Morag in 2014 to steal the Power Stone before he could. After watching him for a while, with Rhodes referring to Quill as an idiot, he beats Quill up, rendering him unconscious and potentially creating an alternate timeline in, which the Guardians never existed. Nebula then takes the tools from Quill's clothes to open the door and obtain the Stone.
He is one of the many people resurrected due to Banner snapping his fingers and reversing the Snap. After Strange creates an inter-dimensional portal, Quill returns to Earth for the first time in 30 years to help in the battle against the 2014 Thanos (who time traveled to the future).
Captain America soon calls the resurrected heroes the Avengers, as he ordered them to battle. Quill then flew into battle, shooting most of the enemies. During the battle, Quill is saved by Gamora from 2014. As he mistakes her for the actual one and goes to approach her, Gamora attacks him and asks Nebula in disgust if he is really the one she falls in love with to which Nebula responds that it was either him or the tree.
After Tony sacrifices himself by snapping his fingers with the stolen Infinity Stones, Thanos and his forces disappear. Quill and his fellow Guardians (sans Gamora) appear at Stark's funeral to pay respect to the man who saved the day.
After reclaiming his ship, Quill wanted to leave Earth as quick as he could, due to associating his home planet with his mother's death. Thor joins the Guardians on their further adventures as Quill begins to search for Gamora, who has mysteriously disappeared. Thor challenges Quill's leadership, causing the others to suggest they fight over it. However, Thor revealed that he was joking and accepted Quill as the leader, to his relief.
====What If...?====
=====Season 1=====
Peter Quill appears at the end of "What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?", working as a night janitor at Dairy Queen when his father Ego appears in front of him. However, the alias as Star-Lord is given to T'Challa since Yondu Udonta's subordinates abducted him from Wakanda instead of Peter.
Another Peter Quill makes a cameo appearance in "What If... Ultron Won?" as Star-Lord, along with Drax the Destroyer and Gamora, trying to defend Sovereign from Ultron, but was killed after Ultron used the Infinity Stones to destroy the whole planet.
This same Peter Quill from the second episode, later appears in "What If... The Watcher Broke His Oath?", where he was saved by Star-Lord T'Challa, who (after helping the Guardians of the Multiverse defeat Ultron) then takes Peter Quill under his wing as a Ravager.
=====Season 2=====
The young Peter Quill appears in "What if... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?". After he was abducted by the Ravagers, Yondu would deliver him to his father Ego. Due to being raised by Ego instead of Yondu, Peter embraced his full powers and tried to destroy the galaxy. The 1988 Avengers managed to get through to child Peter and get him to come to their side and use his powers for good. Peter befriends them and a young Hope Van Dyne and the team destroy Ego, saving the world.
====Thor: Love and Thunder====
Star-Lord and the Guardians appear in the film, briefly, shown to be still with Thor, whom they have had adventures with for several months. However, after their battle Indigarr, Thor decides to leave the Guardians while Kraglin Obfonteri officially joins the team. Star-Lord bids goodbye to Thor, who returns too New Asguard and the Guardians continue their adventures throughout the galaxy.
====The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special====
By December of 2025, Quill has been distant and is still depressed over losing Gamora. Mantis and Drax discuss how they could make this the best Christmas ever for Peter and Drax asks Mantis if she will tell Peter her secret, but she is hesitant. To make Quill feel better, Mantis and Drax decide to get Peter's favorite celebrity as a present: Kevin Bacon.
On Knowwhere, a depressed Quill is shocked to see the place decorated for the holidays and opens the present to find a mind-controlled Kevin Bacon greet him and realises that Mantis used her powers to clam Bacon down and make him cheerful. Peter angrily demands that Mantis sets him free and promises a controlled-free Kevin that he will be returned to Earth, but he starts to escape so the Guardians grab him. After Kevin Bacon agrees to stay and perform for the Guardians, Peter and Mantis discuss why she wanted to make this Christmas so special for him, revealing her secret: Mantis and Peter share the same father; Ego. Overwhelmed with emotion, Peter tells Mantis having her a sister is the best gift he could ever receive and they hug, wishing each other a merry Christmas. The two join the rest of their friends as Kevin finishes performing.
====Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3====
In 2026, months after Christmas, Quill is is shown to be very depressed over losing Gamora and has resulted to repeatedly getting drunk. Peter passes out and Nebula carries him to his bedroom on Knowhere. A day or so later, Knowhwere is ambushed by the arrival of Adam Warlock who critically injures Rocket on the orders of the High Evolutionary, the raccoon's creator. Star-Lord blasts Warlock and runs to Rocket's aid with his sister Mantis. After Adam returns to his mother, impaled, the Guardians try to save Rocket's life with med packs on their Bowie ship. However, they discover a kill switch on Rocket, much to Quill's horror and learn Rocket only has about two days left until he dies.
Desperate to save their friend, Nebula reveals to Peter that she has secretly been in contact with Gamora, the version from 2014. Quill asks Nebula why she never mentioned speaking with Gamora, to which she responds with the fact she didn't want Peter to freak out. Gamora agrees to help Peter and the Guardians and they travel to Orgoscope, as they think the device that could save Rocket's life is there. While on their way, Peter tries to make 2014 Gamora remember their time as a couple, but she has no recollection of this as that version he loved was a future, alternate version. Quill opens his heart and tells Gamora he misses her so much and how much he and alternate Gamora loved each other. However, their moment is ruined as Mantis tells her brother that she, Nebula and Drax have been able to hear their entire conversation, much to Quill's horror.
Finally arriving on Orgoscope, the Guardians meet a woman named Ura and he takes this a chance to butter her up by flirting with her to get the information, until Gamora has had enough and threatens to kill her instead, much to Quill's annoyance. After Ura is threatened by Gamora, she takes them to where Rocket's file is and Star-Lord explains to Ura about how he was in love with an alternate version of Gamora and how he caused the infinity war, also saying how Gamora came back a completely different person. Gamora states that the person Quill was in love with sounds more like Nebula, which leads to him almost flirting with Nebula, until she tells him to "knock it off", snapping him out of his loving look towards her.
Back on the Bowie, Star-Lord tries to get through to Gamora once more, saying she found a family with the Guardians and not with the Ravengers. This causes Gamora to finally snap and throw Quill against a wall, angrily saying she doesn't care about the Gamora Peter loved and she will never be the person he wants her to be. The Guardians soon arrive on Counter-Earth and come across Rocket's creator, the High Evolutionary, who demands to have Rocket back in his possession. Saying no to the mad scientist's demands, Quill is thrown back to earth, with Groot safely landing them and Quill kills Theel, an ally of the High Evolutionary.
Back on the Bowie, Star-Lord, Gamora, Nebula, Groot and Mantis all run to Rocket's aid, but they are too late and he flatlines. Quill screams in horror of Rocket's death and tries to save his best friend. Unknown to the Guardians, Rocket has a near-death experience where he reunites with former teammates while in heaven, who send him back to Earth. Peter and the Guardians watch as their friend is revived and hug him.
With Rocket revived, he, Peter and the Guardians decide to defeat the High Evolutionary once and for all, with Gamora ripping his mask off and he is left in a damaged state, but still alive. Following the battle, Peter decides he needs to have a chat with his teammates as he has something important to say.
A while later, the Guardians have a discussion where Quill reveals he is quitting the team to return to Earth. Mentioning he has been in space since he was 8 years old, Peter states he needs to return home to his family, while mantis, Nebula and Drax also announce their departure to find their own purposes, and Gamora returns to the Ravengers. Rocket is unsure what to make of this news but accepts when Peter appoints his friend as the new leader of a new Guardians team, saying Rocket will make a much better leader than he ever was.
Just before Gamora leaves, she and Quill make amends, but she does tell him she still isn't the version he wants her to be. Finally accepting and making peace with the fact that his Gamora is truly dead, Quill understands the woman he loved is indeed gone. Gamora believes he and her alternate self made a fun couple, which Quill sadly confirms. Gamora leaves as Peter tearfully and emotionally watches, fighting back tears.
Peter is later seen having returned to Earth, and reunites with his grandfather, Jason Quill, whom he hasn't seen in almost 40 years, as well as meeting Jason's new wife, Peter's step-grandmother. The two tearfully embrace and Peter is shown to be happy to finally live a normal life back on Earth. He and his grandfather had breakfast, discussing basic things.
====Avengers: Doomsday====
Star-Lord is set to return in this film, for the first time since Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, with Chris Pratt reprising his role.
====Spider-Man 4====
Star-Lord will appear in this movie.
===Marvel Animation===
====The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes====
The Guardians came to Earth in search of Michael Korvac. The Avengers engaged in battle with the Guardians and Hawkeye took to fighting Star-Lord. They made their way to the kitchen and Star-Lord convinced Hawkeye to listen to what he has to say. The Guardians and Avengers formed an alliance but were sucked into the Soul Gem. When they were out, they worked together to take down Michael Korvac. But the cosmic-powered madman had defeated them. Witnessing Korvac's shaking feelings from the words of Corrina, the Avengers and the Guardians were surprised. As the Guardians prepared to leave, Iron Man wanted to know what other threats of the universe, but Star-Lord had grimly replied that it's better not knowing about it at all.
====Ultimate Spider-Man====
Star-Lord appears as the leader of the Guardians of the Galaxy alongside Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Nova.
The Guardians battle the Chitauri an alien race led by Korvac. When Rocket Raccoon's ship is pulled into the Chitauri ship, Rocket fakes surrender so that they can free the captive Guardians of the Galaxy members. Afterwards, Spider-Man discovers that the Chitauri are planning to destroy the Earth. The Guardians plan to run the Chitauri ship into the sun while fighting the Chitauri forces. When their tactic does not work, the Guardians end up making their way towards the Dark Matter Cannon. While Nova and Spider-Man head to the Dark Matter Cannon, the Guardians fight the Chitauri and Korvac. After Korvac is defeated by Groot, Nova destroys the Dark Matter Cannon and the Chitauri ship is destroyed, saving Earth.
In "The Return of the Guardians of the Galaxy", Star-Lord is with the Guardians of the Galaxy when they land on Earth to rebuild their ship at the same time when Titus was leading the Chitauri into targeting Nova's helmet.
====Avengers Assemble====
Star-Lord was seen with the Guardians of the Galaxy when they are in the middle of evacuating the D'Bari from their homeworld before it can be consumed by Galactus.
====Guardians of the Galaxy====
Star-Lord is a major focus in the Guardians TV series' first season, as he is the "key" for the box of an object called the Cosmic Seed. The Guardians search for the whereabouts of the seed through Star-Lord's connection with the box. During the search, the team lands on Spartax, where Star-Lord reconnects with his father, King J'Son, and his younger sister, Victoria. Initially glad to find his father, Star-Lord turns against him when he finds out that J'Son stole the Cosmic Seed from Asgard and caused a war between Spartax and Asgard. After leaving Spartax and doing more searching, the Guardians find the seed only for the seed to be taken by Ronan and Nebula, before being obtained by Thanos. The Guardians battle against Thanos on Earth in New York and take the seed away from him before causing massive destruction while using the seed's energy stored in the box to restore New York.
The second season begins with the Guardians encountering the Avengers after trying to leave Earth, but failing because of the Milano needing repairs. After leaving Earth, the team go on various adventures including the battling of symbiotes throughout parts of the galaxy and encounters with a Nova Corps helmet and Adam Warlock. Star-Lord, along with the other Guardians, have to confront J'Son again after J'Son manipulates Nova to help him escape prison. After escaping prison, J'Son gets a hold of Nova Corps helmets and wears one himself in an attempt to dominate the galaxy. The Guardians and Nova team up to stop J'Son from carrying out his plan in the galaxy and on Earth.
===Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers===
Star-Lord leads Drax the Destroyer and Gamora in search of their partners Groot and Rocket Raccoon, who crash-landed on Earth. There, they face the Avengers, and Star-Lord faces Captain America.
After the Avengers and Guardians stop fighting, the Guardians explain that they took an artifact called the Kree Mact to avert it from falling in Ronan the Accuser's clutches. Both heroic teams face Fin Fang Foom and Ronan, and after the battle, the Guardians leave the Kree Mact under the Avengers' care.
==Video games==
===Disney Infinity===
Star-Lord appears alongside the rest of the Guardians in the Disney Infinity: 2.0 Edition Guardians of the Galaxy Play-set by protecting Knowhere from Ronan the Accuser and his Saakaaran forces.
===Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy===
Star-Lord appears as a playable character in Square Enix's Guardians of the Galaxy game.
==Disney Parks==
===Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!===
Star-Lord is a predominate character in this attraction where he and the guardians must break-out of the Collector's Fortress. He is seen multiple times in the attraction, first being imprisoned and later fighting aliens and monsters.
===Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind===
Star-Lord is set to appear in this Epcot attraction and is featured in its promotional artwork. In the ride's announced backstory, Quill is a nostalgic Epcot fan who encouraged the Nova Corps to establish an outpost in Epcot.
===Skipper Canteen===
In the Skipper Canteen in the Magic Kingdom, one of the books is called The Stars Above Us and is written by an author named Quill. This was included as an allusion to Star-Lord in the Disney Parks but is likely non-canonical given the restaurant's setting being around 1938.
===Live Appearances===
Star-Lord, along with Gamora, first appeared in Disney parks as face characters at the "Awesome Mix Tape Dance Party", during the Unleash the Villains event in 2014.
Star-Lord appears in the Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Dance Off! street show at Disney California Adventure but currently doesn't do meet-and-greets.
Star-Lord is currently doing meet-and-greets with Baby Groot at Disney's Hollywood Studios in the Walt Disney: One Man's Dream building.
==Gallery==
==Trivia==
*Star-Lord is a decade younger than Iron Man (who was born in 1970).
*Star-Lord's entrance and escape from the Morag temple is reminiscent of Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
*In the comics, Star-Lord was confirmed as bisexual.Marvel confirms Chris Pratt's Guardians Of The Galaxy character Star-Lord is bisexual
*Star-Lord and Gamora are the first characters in the MCU to actually say "I love you" to each other. The second are Peter and MJ.
*Star-Lord has the honor of saying the MCU's first uncensored F-bomb.
*In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, set in 2026, Mantis believes Peter to be 50 years old, which he shoots down, but he is chronologically 46 years old by the time of the movie. However, due to the blip and being dead for 5 years, he is physically 41 years old in the film.
*In the comics, Peter Quill was originally a NASA astronaut whose mother was killed by aliens and who ended up assuming the mantle of the Star-Lord, an interplanetary policeman. This version of the character was later retconned in another reality. The mainstream version of Quill was taken into space at a young age, after having witnessed his mother being killed by a group of Badoons, and ended up imprisoned at the Kyln. He later formed a team called the Guardians of the Galaxy. He is the son of J'son of Spartax.
**In Guardians of the Galaxy, Quill has a NASA patch on his backpack.
*Star-Lord's actor, Chris Pratt, has described the character as a mixture of and .Guardians of the Galaxy: From the Set of the Marvel Studios Adaptation
*Peter shares his middle name, Jason, with his grandfather.
==References==
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*Star-Lord on Ultimate Spider-Man Wiki
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