Guardians Of The Galaxy: Star-Lord’s Father Revealed?
The biggest mystery in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ might just have been solved – the identity of Star-Lord’s galaxy-hopping father.
According to Umberto Gonzalez of Heroic Hollywood, inside sources have revealed the identity of Star-Lord’s dad… and it’s not who you might think.
“Off the bat, let me tell you that it ain’t Thanos, Loki, Star-Fox, Adam Warlock, Yondu or The Collector,” he said. “According to four of my individual sources, in fact four individuals who do not know each other, tell me that Peter Quill’s father is none other than Captain Marvel.”
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Of course James Gunn has already fervently denied that Captain Marvel would appear in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’… but it might be a bit of a cop out.
“He’s correct,” said Gonzalez. “Because he’s talking about Carol Danvers… I’m talking about Silver Age Captain Marvel, the original Captain Marvel, aka Mar-Vell – the Kree super-soldier sent to examine Earth’s missile and advanced technologies programs.”
First appearing in the comic books in ‘Marvel Super-Heroes #12’, Captain Marvel was created by Stan Lee and Gene Colan… and eventually allies himself with Earth upon learning the malign plans of his Kree superiors.
Adopting the mantle of Captain Marvel, the alien known as Mar-Vell became one of the more unique Marvel heroes… and went on to inspire a number of heroes to follow in his footsteps – including Carol Danvers.
But could he really be Star-Lord’s father?
As an alien entity sent to Earth, it certainly makes sense that he may have interacted with the locals… and perhaps fallen in love with Peter Quill’s mother. And let’s face it – it would be a rather neat way of tying the Captain Marvel legacy into the wider Cinematic Universe.
After all, Carol was originally given her powers by Mar-Vell himself.
“Captain Marvel’s mortal enemy, Colonel Yon-Rogg kidnapped Carol, using her as bait in his conflict with Mar-Vell,” says the official Marvel wiki. “In the course of the battle, Carol and Mar-Vell were caught in the explosion of a Kree Psyche-Magneton device. [This] somehow caused Carol’s genetic structure to be melded with Mar-Vell’s.”
Although Mar-Vell was apparently unaltered by the event, Carol Danvers became a perfect Kree/Human hybrid – inheriting all of Mar-Vell’s powers, Kree knowledge and training.
Will this prove to be Carol’s origin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
For now, we’ll have to wait and see… but it could well tie these upcoming Marvel movies together.
**Update: Director James Gunn has already disputed this rumour**
“The rumors surrounding Quill’s parentage at the present moment are completely false, and aren’t even close to the truth,” he said via Facebook. “I don’t know how people come up with this stuff, but it certainly isn’t through legitimate sources.”
‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ heads to cinemas on 5 May 2017.
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