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Peter Quill

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In the film Guardians of the Galaxy, Peter Quill finds himself the quarry of relentless bounty hunters after he steals an orb wanted by Ronan, a powerful villain. To evade Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with four disparate rebels, Rocket Raccoon, treelike humanoid Groot, Enigmatic Gamora, and vengeance driven Drax the destroyer. But when he discovers the orbs true power and the cosmic threat it poses, Quill must rally his ragtag group to save the universe.
On planet Earth, young Peter Quill sits in the waiting room of a hospital, listening with headphones to "Awesome Mix Tape no. 1" on his Walkman. His grandpa comes out and gets him so he can say goodbye to his mom, who is dying of cancer. His mom gives him a present and tells him his father was an angel and that Peter is just like him. She asks for his hand, but he's too scared to take it. Just then, she dies. The troubled Peter runs outside and is abducted by a spaceship. Twenty-six years later on the planet Morag, an adult Peter Quill, a.k.a. Star-lord, is searching for a mysterious Orb while listening to Awesome Mix Tape no. 1. He finds the Orb and takes it out of a laser enclosure. Almost immediately, Korath and his henchmen find Peter. After a shootout, Peter makes it to his ship, the Milano, and escapes. His partner/mentor …show more content…

They don't like each other at all. Soon they arrive at Knowhere a space station built in the severed head of a former god-like being to meet with the Collector. While they wait for their appointment, Drax, Rocket, and Groot get drunk and gamble. Gamora and Peter bond over music. He explains that his mom made him the mix tape of her favorite songs. He asks her to dance, but she doesn't trust him. He says it reminds him of an old myth about other people who didn't dance. It was called Footloose. He makes a pass at her, but she says she's not one of the doe-eyed girls he's used to and she won't fall for his pelvic

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