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marvel - What race (species?) is Star Lord's dad?



At the end of the new Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Trailer we meet Star Lord's father:





Dad appears to be human. But Peter Quill's mother said in the first film that his father was a



"being made of pure light".



What race (species?) is Star Lord's father in the MCU?



Answer





The film informs us that Ego, Star Lord' father, is in fact what is known as a Celestial.
This is not an official quote from the script but am almost 99% sure it's accurate



Peter: A Celestial? Like a God?


Ego: Small 'g'.



Ego seems to find the need to distinguish between a God and a god.


The below passage describes the plot of the film and how the Character in the Film relates to his Comic counterpart.




Ego is not powerful himself, he needs an offspring to combine his powers with, so he can take over all the planets he has planted his "seedlings" to terraform and create extensions of himself.




Answer from before Film was released


From an interview with James Gunn, the director of Guardians of the Galaxy, he reveals that Ego, Star Lord's father is not only a living planet, but also a God. He also states his reasons for choosing Ego to be Star Lord's father instead of J'Son, like in the comics. (Emphasis mine)


Warning, the large gap in the middle spoils the main theme of the movie.



Gunn told io9 of why he chose Comic-Con to reveal the information. “And I think one of the things I impressed upon people early on is the identity of Quill’s father is not the big stunner in this movie. I’m not leading it all to Darth Vader being Luke’s father in the third act reveal.



This is really about the relationship between [Star-Lord] and his father, who happens to be a living planet, and his other father, Yondu, who is an abusive jerk. It’s about the dysfunctional family triad that those three characters have. That’s the center of the movie.”





“I didn’t like that in the comics J’Son is a king, and he also reeked very much of Star Wars, so I didn’t want that same sort of thing,” Gunn said. “I like the idea of Quill’s father being an ancient, cosmic, incredibly powerful being who, just like Rocket, has problems connecting to other people because [...] there’s nothing else like him. This character has a hard time connecting to other people because he’s a god who’s been alone for billions of years.”
James Gunn explains why Ego is Star Lord's Father




1 Link to the official Marvel Wiki.

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