Star-Lord Died in the Comics, Not Gamora By the end ofThe Thanos Imperative,both Nova and Star-Lord are trapped inside the Cancerverse with Thanos himself, and the two of them give their lives to keep the purple tyrant from returning to their universe. ...
In the main MCU timeline, Thanos the Mad Titan appears to have been too formidable a force for anybody to confront; this was not the case in the timeline where T'Challa became Star-Lord. Rather than engage Thanos in battle, T'Challa appears to have confronted him in a philosophical debate...