Before you sprint to the theater to cue up Volume 3 of Guardians of the Galaxy, chances are you’ll need to ask your self: “Did I watch the Holiday Special on Disney+ last Thanksgiving?”
Because in case you didn’t, a number of issues within the Marvel film trilogy’s conclusion would possibly catch you the tiniest bit off-guard.
To be clear, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special was slight. ‘Twas a folly, a breezy lark during which two Guardians go to nice lengths to cheer up a despondent Peter Quill.
If yow will discover 44 minutes between now and whenever you hit the Cineplex to benefit from the Holiday Special, nice! You’ll be an excellent 2% forward of the sport. But in case you can’t or select to not, that’s the place we are available.
Down under, you’ll discover a half-dozen or so not-so-spoilery issues to know concerning the Holiday Special — new characters and developments that vary from “mildly relevant” to “crucial to appreciating the movie’s post-credits scene.” The film does assume you’re in control, although being at nighttime is not going to waylay your viewing expertise. Much.
What is Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 itself about? When the titular band of misfits’ new life on Knowhere is upended by the echoes of Rocket’s turbulent previous, Peter Quill — although nonetheless reeling from dropping (a) Gamora — rallies the workforce for a life-saving mission. The movie, penned and directed by James Gunn, stars franchise vets Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Vin Diesel (as Groot), Bradley Cooper (as Rocket), Sylvester Stallone and Sean Gunn, plus new additions Chukwudi Iwuji (Peacemaker), Will Poulter (Dopesick), Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown) and Nathan Fillion (The Rookie).
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THERE’S KNOW PLACE LIKE HOME….
Image Credit: Marvel The Guardians now function out of Knowhere (aka the floating, the decapitated head of a Celestial). Oh, and workforce additionally now cruises round in a candy, new, multi-story ship dubbed The Bowie.
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GROOT GOT SWOLE
Image Credit: Marvel Last seen as a pissy teen in Avengers: Endgame, Groot within the Holiday Special had grown to a younger (tree)man.
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COSMO UNLEASHED
Image Credit: Marvel The Holiday Special launched us to Cosmo, a fetching cosmonaut who speaks (English) by a gizmo and who’s telekinetic. Borat 2′s Maria Bakalova voices the pup.
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PETER IS IN A FUNK
Image Credit: Marvel The Holiday Special revolved round Peter Quill being in a main funk, nonetheless grieving his Gamora (who famously perished in Infinity War). Inroads had been made to cheer up Peter, at the very least for one very particular Christmas — see subsequent merchandise for extra on that — however when Guardians 3 opens, he’s extra sullen then ever.
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KEVIN BACON, ABDUCTED BY ALIENS!
Image Credit: Courtesy of Disney+ To elevate Peter’s spirits, Drax and Mantis received the concept to “gift” him for Christmas a minimum of a “legendary hero,” Kevin Bacon. That set in movement your complete particular, as Drax and Mantis traveled to Earth and not-so-elegantly kidnapped Bacon — the amusing twist being that they thought he truly was the characters he performed in Footloose and Friday the thirteenth, and never just a few “repugnant” actor.
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FAMILY TIES
Image Credit: Marvel As speculated (based mostly on some Easter eggs to be present in Guardians 2), Mantis and Peter are certainly half-siblings, sharing as they do the identical father, Ego. That reveal units the stage for a more in-depth bond ‘tween the 2 in Guardians 3.
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ARMED ROCKET
Image Credit: Disney+ screenshot “How much for the arm?” — Rocket, Avengers: Infinity War
As the Holiday Special drew to a detailed with a festive montage, we noticed that Nebula had gifted Rocket with Bucky Barnes’ tricked-out vibranium arm. (That extra-special appendage, nonetheless, doesn’t present up in Guardians 3.)
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