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    Starhawk

    Character » Starhawk appears in 262 issues.

    The One-Who-Knows has the incredible power of the fallen deity the Hawk-God and the ability to know the future by having existed in countless alternate universes.

    Short summary describing this character.

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    Origin

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    His adoptive parents were mutants who had left Earth and traveled to the stars. They were eliminated by the Reavers of Arcturus, a military force devoted to the cause of eradicating all mutants. To their surprise Stakar had no obvious mutant traits, appearing baseline human. He was adopted by a Reaver, named Ogord. Stakar was an intellectual and pursued studies in science and archaeology.

    He and his adoptive sister Aleta accidentally revived the dormant Hawk God and were transformed by his powers. For a time, they were both trapped in the same body, alternating place with each other as the situation required. The two adoptive siblings have had a complex relationship, ranging from intense rivalry and hatred for each other to at times pursuing romantic relationship with each other. When the Hawk-God allowed them to split briefly, they had three children together - Tara, John and Sita. When they joined back together, Starhawk could not ignore his destiny to the stars and created a Earth-like home for his children on an asteroid. At all times, no matter who was in possession of the body, they could contact their children from anywhere.

    The children were eventually captured by Ogord and used against Starhawk in retaliation for him not choosing to use his powers for the evil purposes of the Reavers. His mind controlled children siphoned nearly all of his life force, so when it came time to save them he did not have the energy to do so. Starhawk was unable to prevent the children's deaths, something Aleta would blame him for.

    Origin

    Stakar was created by Steve Gerber and Sal Buscema and first appeared in Defenders vol. 1 issue 27, where he was a mysterious alien who joined the Defenders and Guardians against the Badoon.

    Major Story Arcs

    Meeting the Guardians

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    Starhawk

    Starhawk first met the Guardians and the Defenders in a fight against the Badoon. He stayed with the Guardians when the teams parted ways. He has since been retconned to be the son of the Earth-691 versions of Quasar and Kismet. He is half-human and half of the same artificially created race as Adam Warlock. He was born on planet Vesper but was abducted shortly after birth. He was raised on planet Arcturus IV by adoptive parents and learned much later they were not his biological parents.

    Starhawk and Aleta both became members of the Guardians of the Galaxy. In a battle with the Stark, they were attacked with a barrage of lasers while trying to change places with one another. Somehow this energy caused them to finally split, making them able to live their separate lives. But they were not meant to split so soon.

    Slowly, Stakar began to grow opaque and transparent. In a misunderstanding, the Spirit of Vengeance further injured Stakar and he began to slip from existence. He attempted to fuse back together with Aleta, but she refused to let him. She would provide some of her light powers to keep him alive out of sympathy. He was confined on the Guardians' ship in a special encasement to prevent him from completely disappearing. Since Stakar began to slip away, the power of the One-Who-Knows began to belong to Aleta. Eventually, he would combine with her anyway, against her will, right as she was to defeat Malevolence and take the place as Matriarch of the Universal Church of Truth. For this, Starhawk was kicked out of the Guardians (just as Starhawk had told Martinex would happen).

    Hawk-God

    Dark Starhawk
    Dark Starhawk

    With Aleta back in the Nether-Realm, Stakar attempted to convince her that it was the Hawk-God all along who tormented and controlled them both. This really was the Hawk-God himself, who was also trapped with them. He defeated and consumed Aleta and the Starhawk went through a metamorphosis. Transformed, both Stakar and Aleta were in command of a single body, existing simultaneously. This combined the powers of Aleta and Starhawk, making darkness constructs instead of light. The Hawk-God also took more control of Stakar, making him more devious and evil.

    While Starhawk had been unanimously kicked out of the Guardians of the Galaxy, he was allowed to remain near the team because of Aleta's influence. Although they could no longer change bodies, Aleta could speak with her voice through their new body. They continually fought for control and Aleta still resisted her capture, being able to harm Starhawk from the inside.

    The Dark Starhawk would convince the Guardians to rebel against Major Victory and go back in time to wipe out the Badoon before they could conquer the solar system and commit genocide. Going back in time, they arrived during the Infinity War and Stakar was forced to face multiple evil doppelgangers of himself. He pleaded for Aleta's assistance, but she refused. In order to survive, he granted her control of the body, although briefly.

    The battle weakened Stakar greatly and when Aleta continued her internal assault he was forced to reveal the truth - it was him that tormented her all along, not the Hawk-God. In anger, she defeated him in his weakened state and reverted him back to an infant. Aleta took the place of Starhawk and Stakar was sent back to his infant body to start his life over once again.

    But naturally, he would not be gone long, as Starhawk exists in multiple realities he would soon return. The existence of two Starhawks gained the attention of Eternity, who sent the Hawk-God to prove his worthiness and handle the situation. The Hawk-God chose to fuse their hands together and force them to work together.

    They traveled back in time to undo damage to the time line caused by the Guardians leaving an Alpha Centaurian artifact in the past. On their way back, Aleta sensed danger to the Guardians and forced Stakar to follow. They arrived at a meeting of cosmic beings. Their presence infuriated the Hawk-God, but he did not kill them and instead showed some restraint and encased them in energy. He released them (although without the Starhawk power) when he and the other abstracts were forced to battle Protege.

    Both were judged by the Hawk-God and Aleta chose to relinquish her Starhawk power. Stakar was given back his role as Starhawk and he was grateful, but he was left with the knowledge that his origin was not as he had thought it was and the mutants he was found with were not his parents. This lack of knowledge shook Starhawk to his core, giving no meaning to the vast amounts of information he possessed from his many lives. Without this basic knowledge of his own existence, he could have no inner peace.

    Starhawk's Father

    Starhawk's True Father Revealed!
    Starhawk's True Father Revealed!

    In an effort to find this information, he sought out Hollywood, believing his long life to hold some insight. Hollywood directed him to the Silver Surfer, the current Protector of the Universe, who Starhawk found nearly dead from an attack by Galactus. Starhawk was able to revive the Surfer and wished to use his Quantum Bands to find the knowledge. Eon appeared and forbid it, attempting to revert Starhawk to a child again, much as Aleta did. But Starhawk's resolve was strong and he resisted. This action impressed Eon, who gave Starhawk the Quantum Bands and informed him of his true father - Quasar! But the Quantum Bands began to corrupt Starhawk and the Silver Surfer fought him to reclaim his bands.

    After losing the bands, he still sought the location of his father's death, the Abrogate. He soon discovered that the Abrogate was a sentient being capable of reversing all energy. Starhawk was killed in the battle just as his father was. As Starhawk was a weared of the Quantum Bands, he was sent to the White Room. But unlike the others there, Stakar had great power of his own and used them to escape the room and death itself.

    He sought his mother Kismet and they soon learned the truth. Eon had stolen Starhawk on the day of his birth. But it was not reallt Eon at all, but his son Era who had been deviously imperonating his parentage for centuries. He escaped the battle and Starhawk and Kismet went together to find and defeat him.

    Guardians 3000

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    More recently, Starhawk and his team where forced to investigate a time-flux that had started to appear in the galaxy, causing many things to 'happen again', though with different outcomes. This caused the team to fight some battles that they already fought as well as not remembering certain events. It also caused Starhawk to change from gender at a certain point when time was re-set again.

    Alternate Versions

    Earth- 616

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    Female Starhawk

    The Starhawk of a bleak future in which the universe was consumed by the Fault, an expanding rip in space-time, uses one of Doctor Doom's time travel devices to go back in time to find answers and prevent this tragic future. Upon arrival to Knowhere, Starhawk finds himself face to face with his comrade, Major Victory. Starhawk believes his presence is the cause of the rupture and battles him, only to be driven away by this time lines Guardians of the Galaxy and the security aboard Knowhere.

    Starhawk attempts this again, only to be female this time. The Guardians capture her and lock her away. Major Victory visits her regularly to attempt to remember his past, but refuses to speak with her. Eventually, Starhawk learns that it is not Major Victory or the existence of the Guardians that will cause the Fault, it is Black Bolt, king of the Inhumans.

    She is able to escape her capture by manipulating Moondragon, who's mind is weak from her recent resurrection. Having made so many mistakes with her accusations, the only way to prove what she has been trying to tell them is to show them. She brings them to her time, 3009. She explains that she has tried many times, resulting in her changing forms. She learned the real truth when the Inhumans and Imperial Guard were aboard Knowhere.

    Convinced, the two Guardians teams join forces in an attempt to stop the attack of the Badoon, who have gained control over the remaining universe, and to send a message back in time to warn of the cause of the Fault. In order to allow them all time to execute the plan, Starhawk meets the Badoon head-on and destructs herself, buying them the time they need but killing herself in the process.

    Powers & Abilities

    Being the One-Who-Knows, Starhawk has perceived knowledge of the past and future due to his many lives he has lived. Countless times has Starhawk been reborn into his infant body, yet every time he attempts to change his life he only creates another alternate reality. Eventually, he would again return to his infant body and do it all over again.

    Either due to his genetic inheritance of his Divine Powers, Starhawk has a particularly long lifespan. In the Earth-691 reality, he was born in the 21st century and survived to the 31st with little signs of aging. Starhawk also possesses limited healing abilities.

    Starhawk is composed of pure light. He fires blasts of photonic energy, light beams, and project light and luminescence. He can merge with Aleta into a single entity and then create solid constructs of light. Since he is composed of light, Starhawk can make himself intangible.

    His senses are superhuman, primarily his eyesight. He remains sensitive to energy in his environment and can track energy trails across the galaxy.

    He has limited superhuman strength and durability, able to lift c. 2 tons. By reinforcing his own body with light energy, Starhawk can increase his strength to much higher levels. He has engaged Thor in hand-in-hand combat, indicating strength c. 100 tons. Starhawk is only able to increase his mass and strength because of Aleta's solid light powers, so he does not possess them when separated from her.

    Starhawk is capable of faster than light speeds. It was once said he could travel from zero to light speed in 6.5 seconds with Aleta and instantly when in total control of the Starhawk entity.

    Starhawk appears to have precognition but actually relies on the memories of versions of himself from "other life cycles", experiencing life as a constant deja vu. However his own actions and those of allies and enemies can change the course of events to new paths, rendering these "memories" partly unreliable.

    Other Media

    Film

    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2.

    The Character of Stakar Ogord is played by Sylvester Stallone (he is never referred to as StarHawk), and is one of the Commanders of the Ravagers.

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    He is forced to shun and ostracize his friend Yondu, when he learns of the former's acceptance of Ego's bounty on Peter Quill (StarLord) as a child. This goes against the Ravager code ("No Women, No Children), forcing Stakar's hand in exiling Yondu.

    At the end of the movie, Yondu sacrifices his life to save Peter, telling him that while Ego may have been the boy's father, Yondu was the one who raised him and loved him. The Guardians hold a funeral for Yondu, cremating his body in the exhaust of their ship. To their great surprise, the other Ravagers arrive to pay their respects, having learned of Yondu's sacrifice and redemption. Stakar Ogord also arrives and announces to his crew that Yondu never did betray their code.

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