10 Deleted MCU Scenes You Have To See
4. Quill Flirts With A Korbinite - Guardians Of The Galaxy
This scene isn’t that crucial in and of itself, with the movie beginning with Quill forgetting about a girl in his spaceship and him generally acting like a wannabe lothario throughout. However, in terms of establishing the Korbinites within the MCU, it’s surprising that this scene was left out.
The Korbinites aren’t a democratic socialist grassroots political wave, but instead one of the most popular races within the Marvel Cosmic Universe. The main reason for this is Beta Ray Bill, one of Marvel’s most popular cult characters yet to appear in the MCU.
Bill was designed as a monstrous figure with an equine face, supposed to inspire feelings of dread; the twist being that in fact he was a mighty, noble hero. So noble in fact that he’s canonically the first non-Norse character to wield Mjolnir.
Beta Ray Bill himself wasn’t in this scene, but just as Nova Corps led to many getting excited for Nova, had this remained it would have done the same for Bill. Especially as the Korbinite was Ti Asha, Bill’s love interest in the comics.
With Gunn back at the helm for Guardians 3 and Thor moving into cosmic space, hopefull,y we’ll see him sooner rather than later.