Earlier than you sprint to the theater to cue up Quantity 3 of Guardians of the Galaxy, chances are you’ll wish to ask your self: “Did I watch the Vacation Particular on Disney+ final Thanksgiving?”
As a result of should you didn’t, just a few issues within the Marvel film trilogy’s conclusion may catch you the tiniest bit off-guard.
To be clear, The Guardians of the Galaxy Vacation Particular was slight. ‘Twas a folly, a breezy lark during which two Guardians go to nice lengths to cheer up a despondent Peter Quill.
If you will discover 44 minutes between now and if you hit the Cineplex to benefit from the Vacation Particular, nice! You’ll be a very good 2% forward of the sport. However should you can not or select to not, that’s the place we are available in.
Down beneath, you’ll discover a half-dozen or so not-so-spoilery issues to know in regards to the Vacation Particular — new characters and developments that vary from “mildly related” to “essential to appreciating the film’s post-credits scene.” The film does assume you’re up to the mark, although being in the dead of night is not going to waylay your viewing expertise. A lot.
What’s 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 group 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….
Picture Credit score: Marvel The Guardians now function out of Knowhere (aka the floating, the decapitated head of a Celestial). Oh, and group additionally now cruises round in a candy, new, multi-story ship dubbed The Bowie.
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GROOT GOT SWOLE
Picture Credit score: Marvel Final seen as a pissy teen in Avengers: Endgame, Groot within the Vacation Particular had grown to a younger (tree)man.
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COSMO UNLEASHED
Picture Credit score: Marvel The Vacation Particular launched us to Cosmo, a fetching cosmonaut who speaks (English) by way of a gizmo and who’s telekinetic. Borat 2′s Maria Bakalova voices the pup.
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PETER IS IN A FUNK
Picture Credit score: Marvel The Vacation Particular revolved round Peter Quill being in a main funk, nonetheless grieving his Gamora (who famously perished in Infinity Battle). Inroads had been made to cheer up Peter, a minimum of 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!
Picture Credit score: Courtesy of Disney+ To lift Peter’s spirits, Drax and Mantis acquired the thought to “present” him for Christmas at least 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
Picture Credit score: Marvel As speculated (primarily based 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
Picture Credit score: Disney+ screenshot “How a lot for the arm?” — Rocket, Avengers: Infinity Battle
Because the Vacation Particular 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.)
