Maybe we'd have a chance to redirect him from inhabitated worlds if it was just Silver Surfer -- he's an unwilling herald and has a lot of respect for life. We even have a history, him and me.

But not while Stardust is around. She thinks being devoured by her master is an honor. She'll kill anyone that tries to stop him and anyone that tries to evacuate worlds he feeds on. She even picks inhabited ones on purpose.

I'm sorry, I wish I could tell you I had some magical solution, but I don't. Even at my most powerful I didn't have a chance of stopping him.