James Gunn's ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ repeats Star-Lord's (Chris Pratt) worst MCU crime. Peter Quill joins the rest of the rag-tag cosmic team for their third standalone outing and second appearance post-Infinity Saga. They previously made a cameo in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’, but now, they are off on their own adventure, and it sounds like Peter Quill will once again commit a catastrophic mistake in their upcoming mission.
The story of ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ has long been decided, with Gunn knowing for years that it will mark the end of the original team's roster. Given this, the focus will be on the core squad as they meet new characters like Will Poulter's Adam Warlock and fight a new foe in Chukwudi Iwuji's High Evolutionary. On top of this, the cosmic team will also continue their search for 2014 Gamora (Zoe Saldana), who doesn't have any recollection of her past with the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’, which deeply hurts Star-Lord.
During Marvel Studios' Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2022, Chris Pratt teased Peter Quill's state of mind in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’. The actor says that the character is still reeling from Gamora not knowing him, causing him to have some mental lapses resulting in a terrible mistake that endangers the whole team. This sounds similar to what happened to Star-Lord in ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ where he let his emotions get the best of him during the fight against Thanos (Josh Brolin) in Titan. After realizing that the purple Titan killed Gamora, Quill broke down and attacked the villain aggressively, derailing the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy's plan to snatch the Infinity Gauntlet. This is generally cited as one of the main reasons why the Avengers and their allies lost to Thanos in ‘Avengers: Infinity War’.
Admittedly, it’s unfair to solely pin the Blip on Star-Lord's outburst in Titan. Thanos' win in ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ was caused by a combination of mistakes from the Avengers, not to mention Doctor Strange's (Benedict Cumberbatch) plan of ensuring his success to be defeated in Avengers: Endgame. Unlike other heroes who committed their fair share of slips, Star-Lord has yet to be redeemed from his actions. Both Captain America (Chris Evans) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) made strategic blunders, while Thor (Chris Hemsworth) catastrophically dropped the ball when he decided to gloat than kill the Titan right away. All three of them had already compensated for their slips in Avengers: Endgame, however. Aside from participating in the final act battle between the Avengers and 2014 Thanos, they also went on a risky mission in the time heist. Star-Lord, on the other hand, only factored in the effort to undo the Blip after he was brought back from getting dusted towards the end of the film. Unfortunately for him, helping in the last stand against the Titan arguably wasn't enough to vindicate him from his colossal mistake. -Screen Rant