The Secret Darth Vader / Star-Lord Connection!
There was nearly a Star Wars / Guardians Of The Galaxy link that would have changed everything!
This is Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord, from Guardians of the Galaxy!
He's a handsome, charming, swashbuckling space adventurer, who careers around the universe quipping his way through danger
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And this is Darth Vader, aka Anakin Skywalker, from Star Wars!
He's an evil, heartless, murdering space rotter, who builds giant death machines and spreads fear throughout the galaxy
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They're very different (other than the space thing) but they were nearly connected!
When Marvel were making the Guardians Of The Galaxy movie they had an idea involving Lord Vader
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Remember Star-Lord's Walkman containing the tape of his Mum's favourite songs?
It was what led to the movie having such an awesome soundtrack
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Instead of that, the thing he brought with him from Earth was going to be a Darth Vader figure
It makes sense – Darth Vader is pretty cool, even in action figure form!
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That would have led to him teaching aliens, like Rocket and Groot, about Star Wars!
Layers upon layers! Madness!
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They decided to go with a Walkman and music instead though, which was a great choice...
Because without it, we wouldn't have had DANCING BABY GROOT!
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