Summary
- The new Starlord 2099, Amandla Estrellas, can literally fight a star and win, showing an immense power level.
- Starlord 2099 takes on the sentient sun Quasar 2099 and saves Orkastra-3 from a sentient star destroying planets.
- Marvel's new hero, Starlord 2099, has vibranium armor, a powerful energy hammer, and a ship that can teleport across star systems.
Marvel's new, futuristic version of Star-Lord is taking and even '90s hero Darkhawk. However, the most powerful of the lot is the new Starlord 2099, whose incredible abilities are a huge step-up from the originator of the identity.
In Annihilation 2099 #2, readers meet Amandla Estrellas, aka Starlord 2099. A hero from 2099's Wakanda, Starlord is called to help the people of Orkastra-3 after the star at the center of their solar system gains sentience and begins destroying its planets. Taking the name Quasar, the sun is capable of ending entire worlds, and yet Starlord 2099 not only answers the call, but proves herself to be capable of taking on the godlike star one-to-one.
Starlord 2099 was designed to give this alternate universe a powerhouse on the same level as Thor and Captain Marvel, possessing vibranium armor and a powerful hammer that can absorb and redirect immense amounts of energy. She also possesses a similarly powerful ship, which Quasar attempts to crush by manipulating gravity. Thankfully, Starlord fends off Quasar's attack and is able to destroy the technology which has given the sun a mind of its own, defeating the villain. By winning this fight, Starlord 2099 just became the first Star-Lord who can literally fight a star and win.
The issue hints that an aging Peter Quill helped to train Amandla and ed on his codename, but this hasn't yet been explicitly confirmed.
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Star-Lord's New Ship Is the Most Powerful in Guardians History (& It Belongs to Peter Quill's Replacement)
There is a new ship in town with Star-Lord's name on it. No, it's not for the Guardians of the Galaxy, but for Peter Quill's 2099 replacement.
The New Starlord 2099 Can Literally Beat Up Stars
Peter Quill's Overblown Name Is Actually True for Marvel's New Hero
Peter Quill's backstory has undergone several retcons over his time in Marvel Comics. The peak of his fame came in the MCU, played by Chris Pratt, with the movies depicting him as a slacker hero whose 'Star-Lord' name is more boast than fact. While the comics adopted this characterization for a while, Al Ewing's recent tenure on Guardians of the Galaxy brought back a lot of Peter Quill's original mythology, returning his powerful element guns and his connection to the 'Master of the Sun' - a godlike being who gifted Peter his high-level equipment, with hints that he is an alternate or future version of Star-Lord opening Peter's mind to his full potential.
But whether cosmic slacker or nascent Master of the Sun, Peter has never been powerful enough to take hit after hit from a literal star, let alone beat it down in return. At the same time, Starlord 2099 is shown to have a vast interstellar network of star systems which she's in charge of keeping safe, teleporting via new "Starpath" technology. Far more than Peter Quill, Amandla Estrellas lives up to the 'Star-Lord' name as someone who strides across the solar system, wrestling the stars themselves back into line when necessary.
Hopefully, Marvel fans will see more of this new Star-Lord in the Conquest 2099, which will finally see this series' new heroes meet and work together this October.
Annihilation 2099 #2 is available now from Marvel Comics.
- NAME
- Peter Jason Quill
- Alias
- Star-Lord
- Created By
- Steve Englehart, Steve Gan
- POWERS
- Enhanced Strength, Durability, Longevity, Master Tactician, Expert Combatant, Skilled Marksman, Proficient with Alien Technology, Flight via Jet Boots
- RELATIONSHIPS
- J'son (father), Meredith Quill (mother), Yondu Udonta (adoptive father), Gamora (love interest), Rocket Raccoon (teammate), Groot (teammate), Drax the Destroyer (teammate), Mantis (teammate), Nebula (ally), Thanos (adversary)
- HISTORY
- Peter Quill was born to Meredith Quill and the Spartoi prince J'son. After witnessing his mother's death, he was abducted by the Ravagers, a group of space pirates led by Yondu Udonta. Quill eventually becomes Star-Lord, leading the Guardians of the Galaxy to protect the universe from various cosmic threats.
Star-Lord, born Peter Jason Quill, is a superhero in Marvel Comics. The son of human Meredith Quill and Spartoi J'son, he becomes an interplanetary policeman known as Star-Lord.
