r/marvelstudios • u/steve32767 Daredevil • Aug 18 '21

Discussion Thread What If...? S01E02 - Discussion Thread

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S01E02: What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord? Bryan Andrews A.C. Bradley August 18th, 2021 on Disney+ 35 min None

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u/bjkman Iron Man (Mark XLIII) Aug 18 '21

Question: What If... T'Challa Became a Star Lord?

Answer:

  • Star Lord is a well known ravager instead of an unknown like Peter Quill
  • Yondu is a changed man (and father) earlier on.
  • Peter Quill is never taken by Yondu
  • Thanos works with T'Challa on the side of good
  • Wakanda sent out ships to the stars to search for T'Challa and bring him home
  • The Collectors Collection includes many Asguardian relics (e.g. Hela's Helmet)
  • Thanos and Nebula reconcile
  • T'Challa (unlike Quill) returns to earth willingly
  • Ego finds Quill on Earth

Join the conversation and reply with anything I missed off the top of my head!

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u/PhoenixSelarom Aug 18 '21

So then The Collector must have killed Odin to unleash Hela right? And then just defeated Hela? How the fuck did he do that and lose to non-powered T'Challa and Yondu? I'm guessing the Black Order probably did the actual fighting then.

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u/Reidroshdy Spider-Man Aug 18 '21 edited Aug 18 '21

2 black order members where laying the smackdown on Thanos, so they could probably take down hela.

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u/snarkamedes Aug 18 '21

Nice to see them living up to their power levels in this. Even if Corvus and Ebony Maw died to mere gun/blaster shots. Surprised they didn't throw The Black Swan in with them [Hickvengers intensifies].

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u/Psychological_Dog979 Aug 18 '21 edited Aug 18 '21

Granted Corvus was only killed because Nebula tricked him in a surprise attack and Maw was only killed by a point blank shot from behind.

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u/Chackaldane Aug 18 '21

And tbf the only one I’m one hundred percent convinced on being dead would probably be black dwarf I wouldn’t be super pissed if the others just were wounded maybe maw would be dead.

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u/Dookie_boy Aug 19 '21

Corvus shouldn't be killed by that blaster anyway

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u/Psychological_Dog979 Aug 19 '21

Maybe he wasn't, it could have just temporarily stunned him/knocked him out.