Guardians Of The Galaxy: Quill's Ship The Milano Is Named For Alyssa Milano 

director James Gunn has confirmed, via Twitter, that Peter Quill\'s ship in the film is named The Milano after Alyssa Milano, Peter Quill\'s childhood crush.

comics, Star-Lord steals a sentient vessel that he simply calls "Ship." The change in name is presumably to help reinforce Quill\'s connection to 1980s Earth culture.

In the 1980s, Milano played the role of Samantha Micelli on the sitcom 

. She continued to grow in fame, appearing in many made-for-TV movies, until she reached teen idol status. Peter Quill was hardly the only boy to have a crush on her during the decade.

Marvel has released nine new images from the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy.The images show [...]

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She also wrote a pretty damn good comic book series this year.

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