The MCU timeline helps reveal how old Star-Lord is in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, but the answer to Peter Quill’s age is not that simple anymore.
There is a complicated answer for how old Star-Lord is in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The final installment of James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy wraps up the main storyline for the original Guardians team and shows how much they have changed over the years. The films have chronicled most of Peter Quill’s life specifically, as the first movie showed his origin in 1988. He was kidnapped at 8 years old shortly after his mother’s death. The movies primarily focused on Star-Lord when he was 34 years old since Guardians of the Galaxy and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 only take place a few months apart.
Peter Quill’s age in the MCU has advanced much more thanks to the adventures he has been involved in before Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. He was about four years older during Avengers: Infinity War and then vanished for five years as part of Thanos’ snap. Based on the team’s MCU timeline, it is also known that a few years have passed for Star-Lord since he came back in Avengers: Endgame by the time that Guardians of the Galaxy 3 takes place. Since it takes place after The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, how old Star-Lord is in Guardians of the Galaxy 3 can be determined.
Star-Lord Is 40 Years Old In Guardians of the Galaxy 3
It appears that Star-Lord is 40 years old in Guardians of the Galaxy 3. The movie takes place after The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, which appears to take place around Christmas in December 2025 based on Groot’s growth. With some time passing between the Disney+ special and Phase 5 movie, that places Guardians of the Galaxy 3 in 2026 in the MCU timeline. While that is more than 40 years since Star-Lord was born in October 1980, it is important to remember that Peter Quill was snapped by Thanos and those five years do not need to be added to his biological age.
The Guardians of the Galaxy movies and Star-Lord’s other MCU appearances have firm timeline placements that make determining how old Star-Lord is in Guardians of the Galaxy 3 possible. He is 34 years old in both of the previous entries in the franchise since they take place in 2014. It is also well-established that Avengers: Infinity War takes place in May 2018, which means Peter would be 37 years old at the point when he was snapped and returned in 2023. That means he is roughly 40 years old in Guardians of the Galaxy 3 even if he was born nearly 46 years before.
How Old The Other Guardians of the Galaxy Members Are
Determining how old the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy members are in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is also a bit complicated due to their various backstories. Rocket is most likely around 15 years old, which is far greater than the average raccoon’s life expectancy. Gamora should be about 27 or 28 years old since this version of her came from 2014, while Groot is six or seven years old in human years but aging much quicker than that. Drax, Mantis, and Nebula’s ages have never been disclosed, and all three could either be close to their actors’ age or much older thanks to their alien genes.
