When Disney fired James Gunn in 2018, the director wasted no time. He was called up to the ranks of DC, competition of Marvel Studiosand there he had complete freedom to develop both The Suicide Squad as their spin-off for HBO Max, The peacemaker. From that stay, the way was paved for Gunn one day to become, along with peter safranin none other than the president of DC Studios.

Gunn’s firing, on the other hand, was not final. Just a year later the House of Ideas reinstated him to lead Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3, the finale of his acclaimed trilogy, and it was something Gunn was very pleased with. Well, according to him, what he most regretted about leaving Marvel was having left the story of Marvel unfinished. rocket: the anthropomorphic raccoon he dubs Bradley Cooper.

Gunn has a special affinity for Rocket. The inseparable companion of groot (voice of Vin Diesel) has had a very hard life. He was born from mysterious scientific experiments that left him traumatized, and highly irascible towards anyone who calls him “raccoon”. Rocket feels a great inner rage, along with an emotional vulnerability that the makeshift family of the Guardians of the Galaxy has been able to supply

the most tragic character

We already saw how Rocket’s attachment to this clan was pushed to its most painful extremes when Thanosin Infinity Wareliminated with a snap all his companions except Nebula (Karen Gillan). Rocket joined the Avengers and did everything he could to get things back to normal, but that was far from the end of his story. There remain many enigmatic aspects of his past.

It is what it intends to show Guardians of the Galaxy 3, as it has been hinting in several of its trailers. In these images of Rocket have been seen when he was very small, as a flashbacksand this is because the Rocket Raccoon it will be the emotional center around which the plot revolves. It wouldn’t be unreasonable to consider him the great protagonist, in fact, and Gunn’s ultimate love letter to the character.

Until now star-lord (chris pratt), as the leader of the group, was the point of view of the public. Guardians of the Galaxy It began in 2014 showing his past on Earth, before he began to live adventures in space. He volume 3 will continue to pay attention to you, especially regarding your difficulties in reconnecting with Gamora (Zoe Saldana) has once returned from the dead, but coming from another timeline and keeping no recollection of his membership in the Guardians.

But the protagonist will be Rocket. He volume 3 will show what happened in his past, related to the High Evolutionary (Chukwudi Iwuji), and how it comes back to haunt him. we can see this May 4th.

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