Yondu Udonta

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A Centaurian Ravager captain who was freed from Kree slavery by Stakar Ogord, later exiled for trafficking children to Ego. In 1988 he took the young Peter Quill from Earth and raised him. He hunts Quill over the Orb, helps stop Ronan at Xandar, loses his clan to Taserface's mutiny, and dies at Ego's planet saving Quill with his last space suit.

Comics

Yondu Udonta is a Centaurian cast out of his tribe on Centauri-IV as a boy who became a space pirate. He leads the Ravagers, took in young Peter Quill, and later guided and then betrayed the Guardians of the Galaxy in the Jojola Nebula. After a stint of imprisonment on Knowhere, the Ravagers settled on Ego the Living Planet and helped the Asgardians of the Galaxy beat Chargazel's Raiders.

Timeline 15 events

  1. Secret Wars · Comics: As leader of the Ravagers, Yondu captured young Peter Quill, then took him in as a crew member.
  2. Secret Wars · Comics: Yondu blackmailed Quill into raiding the Asterion One; Quill turned on the Ravagers and escaped.
  3. Secret Wars · Comics: Having found a technology-filled planet in the Jojola Nebula, Yondu was captured on Knowhere, paroled by the Guardians, and betrayed them before being arrested.
  4. Fresh Start · Comics: The Ravagers helped refugees by settling on Ego the Living Planet, where Yondu made a deal with Ego.
  5. Fresh Start · Comics: The Ravagers and the Asgardians of the Galaxy fought off Chargazel's Raiders, and the Ravagers stayed on Ego.
  6. Fresh Start · Comics: As a boy Yondu crashed a stolen Syneca ship into his tribe's temple, killing an elder, and was cast out of Centauri-IV.
  7. 1988 · Cinematic: Hired by Ego, he goes to Missouri on Earth to kidnap Peter Quill, but keeps the boy instead of delivering him.
  8. 2014 · Cinematic: He travels to Morag for the Orb and finds Quill has already taken it, then puts a bounty on his former protege.
  9. 2014 · Cinematic: He goes to Xandar to press the Broker for the Orb's buyer, then to Knowhere to confront the Collector.
  10. 2014 · Cinematic: He captures Quill and Gamora in space, then agrees to help take on Ronan at the Battle of Xandar.
  11. 2014 · Cinematic: He survives a crash in the Battle of Xandar, kills the Sakaaran troops sent to take him, and receives a decoy Orb from Quill.
  12. 2014 · Cinematic: His clan goes to the Iron Lotus on Contraxia, where Ogord rebuffs him and Ayesha hires him to hunt the Guardians.
  13. 2014 · Cinematic: On Berhert he spares Rocket and the batteries, sparking Taserface's mutiny, and is knocked out by Nebula.
  14. 2014 · Cinematic: He escapes the Eclector with Rocket, Groot and Kraglin, destroys the ship and kills Taserface, then flies a quadrant to Ego's planet.
  15. 2014 · Cinematic: He helps the Guardians drill into Ego's core, and gives his last space suit to Quill, dying in the process.

allied with

Star-Lord, Groot, Kraglin Obfonteri, Rocket Raccoon, Stakar Ogord

enemy of

Star-Lord, Ronan the Accuser, Ego, Ayesha

travels to

Earth, Morag, Xandar, Knowhere, Contraxia, Berhert, Ego

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Last checked 22 Oct 2026