Ego (Kurt Russell)

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Peter Quill's cosmic lineage -- see also: the reason he could handle the Power Stone without painfully exploding -- was unveiled when a Celestial, the living planet Ego, revealed that he was Peter's father. Which made Star-Lord half-almighty alien. Of course, Peter was only created so that Ego could double up on his own power and spread himself, literally, across the entire universe. And while tha... read more

Ego, also known as Ego the Living Planet, is the main antagonist of the 2017 Marvel film, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. He is a Celestial and the father of Star-Lord. Despite being a seemingly good person who wants to re-connect with his son at first, he is truly a sociopathic and omnicidal mastermind who desires to expand himself over the entire universe, which would mean the destruction of all life in it. Like Ronan from the first film, this film version of Ego is far more cruel, malevolent and an infinitely bigger threat here than his mainstream comic counterpart ever was.