- "Quill said he stole the Power Stone from Morag."
"Is that a person?"
"No, Morag's a planet. Quill was a person." - ―Rocket and Bruce Banner[src]
Morag is an oceanic planet located in the Andromeda Galaxy at the Eclipsing Binary Star M31V J00443799+4129236. Some inhabitants of this planet were the Orloni and aquatic crocodile-like creatures.
History[]
Quest for the Orb[]
- "Father's found an Infinity Stone."
"Where?"
"On a planet called Morag." - ―Gamora and Nebula[src]
Thousands of years ago, Morag was the home of an advanced and flourishing civilization, that was wiped out by a global warming catastrophe. Sometime prior to their demise, the inhabitants of Morag built a temple to guard the Orb, an artifact which contained an Infinity Stone. Following the warming, Morag became entirely covered in oceans. However, every three hundred years, the sea lowers and the Temple is made accessible.[1]
In 2014, Star-Lord landed on Morag and entered the Temple Vault. He obtained the Orb, but was immediately surrounded by Korath and two others. After identifying himself, Star-Lord ducked as Korath fired upon him, destroying a temple wall. Star-Lord activated his helmet and quickly exited the Temple Vault with Korath and his men in pursuit. Star-Lord raced to the Milano and took off. Korath and the Sakaarans fired on the Milano, but Quill dodged the blast and left the planet. But just before he left Morag his ship almost crashed which Bereet to come up from the lower deck asking him what happened. Shortly after Quill left, Yondu Udonta came for the Orb, only to find it and Quill gone.[2]
Alternate Universes[]
Theft of the Power Stone[]
War Machine and Nebula arrive at the Temple Vault
In 2023, the Avengers used the Quantum Realm to time travel through the Multiverse in order to acquire the six Infinity Stones from alternate past timelines. War Machine, Nebula, Black Widow and Hawkeye arrived in an alternate 2014 timeline, where they flew the Benatar from Earth to Morag and landed on it. Black Widow and Hawkeye waited as War Machine and Nebula unlatched the space pod for their potential use, before flying off of the planet.
War Machine and Nebula then waited for Star-Lord to arrive and hid behind rocks. Star-Lord arrived and War Machine rendered him unconscious, allowing Nebula to retrieve the tool to open the Temple Vault. Nebula then retrieved the Orb and gave it to War Machine , who used his Time-Space GPS to return to their timeline. However, Nebula, whose consciousness was linked to her 2014 counterpart, remained on Morag. She ran to the space pod and attempted to warn Black Widow and Hawkeye about the situation, only for that timeline's Thanos to beam her into the Sanctuary II. Later on, Steve Rogers used the Quantum Realm to travel through the Multiverse to the alternate 2014 Morag and return the Power Stone, albeit without the Orb.[3]
Visited by T'Challa[]
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Trivia[]
- In the comics, Morag IV is a remote planet whose barren surface played host to a throw down between Quasar and Moondragon against the Super-Adaptoid and the Phalanx.[4]
Behind the Scenes[]
- In the original short storyboard that James Gunn used to pitch himself as director for Guardians of the Galaxy, Morag was originally referred as "Mazar".[5]
- The Binary Star System where Morag is located really exists. It has been discovered in 2005, and it was used to calculate the distance of the Andromeda Galaxy from Earth.[6]
- The first draft of Avengers: Endgame had the Avengers retrieving the Power Stone from Morag long before the Quest for the Orb, back when Morag was actually flooded.[7] Anthony Russo later noted that the sequence may have involved a "giant sea eel" and that it was an early idea.[8]
Appearances[]
- What If...?
- Season One
- What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord? (alternate universe)
- Season One
- Avengers: Endgame (alternate universe)
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Avengers: Infinity War: The Heroes' Journey (mentioned)
- Avengers: Endgame (mentioned)
- Loki
- Season One
- The Nexus Event (monitor)
- Season One
References[]
- ↑ James Gunn's Commentary on "Guardians of the Galaxy"
- ↑ Guardians of the Galaxy
- ↑ Avengers: Endgame
- ↑ From Hala To Xander: Mapping Out Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
- ↑ James Gunn's Facebook
- ↑ First Determination of the Distance and Fundamental Properties of an Eclipsing Binary in The Andromeda Galaxy
- ↑ ‘Avengers: Endgame’: The Screenwriters Answer Every Question You Might Have
- ↑ AVENGERS: ENDGAME Directors On Deleted Scenes, Quicksilver Rumors, Why Bucky Isn't Captain America, More
