Director James Gunn has opened up with more information about who the father of Guardians of the Galaxy's Star-Lord is, and has also shared some info on Thanos' role in the sequel.

In an interview with Empire, Gunn says a document about the identity of Peter Quill/Star-Lord's father is being passed around between "a select two or three of us," and goes on to say that the plan was always to figure out who the father was before the screenplay was shot. "We wanted to make sure Yondu’s place in everything made sense and it does, so it’s all very specific stuff."

Gunn did confirm that Quill's father is NOT the character from the source material, revealing, "It’s definitely not the character who it is in the comics, I’ll say that much."

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In the comics, Quill's father is an alien (who looks basically human) named J'son -- AKA Jason of Spartax-- the King of the Spartoi Empire. Some fans suspected that J'son was Quill's father in the film as well, due to Corpsmen Day's (John C. Reilly) accidental naming of Star-Lord as Star-Prince.

On the capacity of Thanos in Guardians 2, Gunn says the character is not going to play a large role: "He will show up [in the sequel] if he helps our story and he will not show up at all if not. Thanos is not the most important thing in Guardians 2, that’s for damn sure. There’s the Guardians themselves and other threats the Guardians are going to be facing that are not Thanos."

The Guardians helmer goes on to describe Nebula as Thanos' "sweetest" daughter, "which tells you what his kids are like..."

Guardians of the Galaxy 2 blasts into theatres on July 28, 2016.

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