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What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?

What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord? is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord? rather than just read about it. In short: "What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?" is the second episode of the first season of the American animated television series What If...?, based on the Marvel Comics series of the same name.

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Reference excerpt

"What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?" is the second episode of the first season of the American animated television series What If...?, based on the Marvel Comics series of the same name. It explores what would happen if the events of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Black Panther (2018) occurred differently, with Yondu Udonta and the Ravagers abducting a young T'Challa instead of Peter Quill. The episode was written by story editor Matthew Chauncey and directed by Bryan Andrews. Jeffrey Wright narrates the series as the Watcher, with this episode also starring the voices of Chadwick Boseman (T'Challa), Michael Rooker (Udonta), Josh Brolin, Benicio del Toro, Kurt Russell, Ophelia Lovibond, Carrie Coon, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, John Kani, Sean Gunn, Chris Sullivan, Seth Green, and Danai Gurira. The series began development by September 2018, with Andrews joining soon after, and many actors expected to reprise their roles from the MCU films. Animation for the episode was provided by Blue Spirit, with Stephan Franck serving as head of animation. The episode shows the impact T'Challa would have across the galaxy, and is dedicated to Boseman, who died in August 2020. "What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?" was released on Disney+ on August 18, 2021. Critics found the episode to be an improvement over the series premiere, praising its premise, heist plot, and the changes made to existing MCU characters such as Brolin's reformed Thanos. The performances of Boseman, Hounsou, and Brolin also received praise, with Boseman posthumously winning a Primetime Emmy Award for his performance.

Plot In 1988, the Ravagers are hired by Ego, a Celestial, to retrieve his son Peter Quill from Earth. Ravager leader Yondu Udonta assigns this task to his underlings Kraglin Obfonteri and Taserface, who mistakenly abduct a young T'Challa from Wakanda. 20 years later, T'Challa has become a famous intergalactic pirate and hero known as Star-Lord, reformed the Ravagers using the Earth hero Robin Hood and his Merry Men as inspiration, and persuaded Thanos to abandon his plan of eliminating half of all life in the universe and join the Ravagers. He also believes that Udonta attempted to return him to Wakanda as a child, but it had been destroyed. After obtaining an orb containing the Power Stone and recruiting Korath the Pursuer into the Ravagers, the group are approached by Thanos' adopted daughter Nebula, who proposes a heist to steal one of Taneleer Tivan / The Collector's artifacts: the Embers of Genesis, cosmic dust capable of terraforming ecosystems and eradicating galactic hunger. At Tivan's headquarters on Knowhere, the Ravagers distract his enforcers, the Black Order, while Nebula and Udonta offer him the orb, allowing T'Challa to infiltrate Tivan's vast collection for the Embers. Instead, he finds a Wakandan spacecraft sent in search of him, realizes that Udonta lied about Wakanda, and falls out with Udonta before Nebula seemingly betrays the Ravagers and has them captured. T'Challa decries Tivan's practice of imprisoning others in his collection, which inspires Tivan's slave, Carina, to free T'Challa. Having obtained the Embers, Nebula frees the Ravagers and helps them defeat the Black Order while T'Challa and Udonta defeat Tivan and leave him at Carina and his captives' mercy. T'Challa forgives Udonta for his deception before the Ravagers return to Earth so T'Challa can reunite with his family. Elsewhere on Earth, an older Quill is now working as a Dairy Queen janitor when Ego approaches him.

Production

Development

By September 2018, Marvel Studios was developing an animated anthology series based on the What If...? comic books, which would explore how the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films would be altered if certain events occurred differently. Director Bryan Andrews met Marvel Studios executive Brad Winderbaum about the project as early as 2018, and his involvement was announced in August 2019. Andrews and Winderbaum executive produce alongside head writer A. C. Bradley, Kevin Feige, Louis D'Esposito, and Victoria Alonso. Story editor Matthew Chauncey wrote the second episode, titled "What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?", which features an alternate storyline of the films Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Black Panther (2018). The episode is dedicated to star Chadwick Boseman, who reprised his Black Panther role prior to his death in August 2020. "What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?" was released on Disney+ on August 18, 2021.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord? claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord? ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?

In research: What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord? appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
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In the classroom: What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord? is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2021 American television episodes, Black Panther (film series), Emmy Award–winning episodes, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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Frequently asked questions

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"What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?" is the second episode of the first season of the American animated television series What If...?, based on the Marvel Comics series of the same name.

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