Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

: "So, we're saving the galaxy again?""I guess so.""Awesome! We're really gonna be able to jack up our price if we're two time galaxy savers!"
: ―Rocket Raccoon and Star-Lord
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is a 2017 superhero fantasy adventure film, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. The film is a sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy. It is the fifteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the third installment of Phase Three. The film was released on April 25, 2017 internationally and on May 5, 2017 in the United States.
The film is written and directed by James Gunn and stars Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Vin Diesel as the voice of Groot, Bradley Cooper as the voice of Rocket Raccoon, Michael Rooker as Yondu Udonta, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Pom Klementieff as Mantis, Elizabeth Debicki as Ayesha, Chris Sullivan as Taserface, Sean Gunn as Kraglin Obfonteri, with Sylvester Stallone as Stakar Ogord, and Kurt Russell as Ego.
The third film in the series, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, was released on May 5, 2023.
== Synopsis ==
Set to the backdrop of "Awesome Mixtape #2", Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continues the team's adventures as they traverse the outer reaches of the cosmos. The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage. Old foes become new allies and fan-favorite characters from the classic comics will come to our heroes' aid as the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to expand.
== Plot ==
In 1980, Meredith Quill is courted by Ego who shows her an alien seedling he had planted in the woods of Missouri.
34 years later, the Guardians of the Galaxy are renowned as heroes after 2 months for defeating Ronan the Accuser. They accept a job from Ayesha, leader of the Sovereign, to defend valuable batteries from an Abilisk in exchange for Nebula, whom the Sovereign captured following the Battle of Xandar. After defeating the Abilisk, Rocket Raccoon steals several of the Anulax Batteries for himself, and when the Sovereign discover this, they attack the Guardians' ship, the Milano, with their own fleet of Omnicrafts. The Milano is heavily damaged and forced to crash-land on a nearby planet, but the Sovereign fleet is single-handedly destroyed by Ego, who reveals himself as Peter Quill's father. Ego invites Quill to return to his home, accompanied by Gamora and Drax the Destroyer. Rocket and Groot remain to repair the Milano and guard Nebula.
Ayesha hires Yondu Udonta, who has been exiled from the greater Ravager community for trafficking children, to recapture the Guardians. Udonta's crew track down the Milano and capture Rocket, but when Udonta shows reluctance to turn Quill over to the Sovereign, Taserface leads a mutiny with help from Nebula, who tricked Groot into freeing her. Quill, Gamora, Drax, and Ego, along with Ego’s empathic assistant Mantis, travel to Ego’s home, a living planet that is an extension of his body. Ego explains that he is a Celestial who created a humanoid avatar to travel the galaxy and interact with other species. Quill soon learns he can access and manipulate the power within Ego’s planet. Drax becomes friendly with Mantis, who wants to reveal a secret about Ego.
Taserface imprisons Rocket and Udonta aboard the Eclector and turns Groot into a mascot for the crew, while Nebula takes a ship and leaves, planning to track down and kill Gamora, blaming her for the torturous cybernetic enhancements inflicted by her father Thanos. In their imprisonment, Rocket and Udonta discover they are very alike, and Udonta shares his low opinion of Ego, who originally hired Udonta's Ravagers to deliver Quill after his mother’s death. He reveals to Rocket that he decided to keep Quill safe in his own way, instead of handing him over to Ego. Groot attempts to steal a new Yaka Arrow Controller for the Yaka Arrow to aid an escape attempt, and is helped by Kraglin Obfonteri, a Ravager loyal to Udonta. Together, Rocket, Groot, Udonta, and Obfonteri escape in a detachable section and engage in a risky space maneuver to reach Ego's planet in time to help Quill. Taserface alerts the Sovereign of the escape before Udonta kills him and the Ravager mutiny.
Nebula arrives at Ego’s planet and tries to kill Gamora. Gamora survives and reaches an uneasy truce, and together, she and Nebula explore the caverns beneath Ego’s planet and discover hundreds of skeletal remains. Ego reveals his master plan to Quill: he traveled the universe and, finding the life-forms he found 'disappointing', he planted seedlings on thousands of worlds that would terraform them into new extensions of Ego, but he needed a second Celestial’s power to activate the seedlings, so he conceived children with hundreds of women all across the galaxy and hired Udonta's Ravagers to collect them. Every other child was killed when they proved unable to access Celestial power, but Quill can harness the power, and Ego uses him to activate all the seedlings, which begin their terraforming that will eventually consume every world and every person. Quill is hypnotized by Ego’s power until Ego reveals he deliberately caused the death of Quill’s mother, prompting Quill to fight back.
Mantis informs Gamora, Drax, and Nebula of Ego’s plan just as Rocket, Groot, Udonta, and Obfonteri arrive. Reunited, the Guardians fight their way through a fleet of Sovereign drones, as well as Ego himself, to reach the core of Ego’s planet where a thick shell protects the Ego's brain. Groot plants a bomb made from the stolen Sovereign batteries on Ego’s brain, and most of the Guardians escape while Quill remains to battle his father using his access to Ego’s celestial power. When the bomb explodes, Ego melts away and the planet starts collapsing. Udonta flies in and saves Quill, but sacrifices himself to keep Quill safe, as he has come to view him as an adopted son, much to Quill’s sadness. Later, Nebula reconciles with Gamora but chooses to leave to kill Thanos anyway. The Guardians cremate Udonta's remains and release his ashes into space. Suddenly, a swarm of Ravager ships appears and surround the Guardians' ship. It turns out that Rocket sent word about Udonta's sacrifice and all the Ravagers came to perform a traditional Ravager funeral for Udonta, signifying his acceptance back into the Ravagers.
Afterwards: Obfonteri takes up Yaka Arrow and controller and tries to master it, only to end up non-fatally impaling Drax; Stakar Ogord is moved by the death of Udonta, his good friend and former teammate, and reunites with his former teammates Aleta Ogord, Martinex, Charlie-27, Mainframe, and Krugarr; Ayesha, now imprisoned by her fellow Sovereign for wasting resources in her hunt for the Guardians, is seen with a Birth Pod, containing a male being inside, that she decides to name 'Adam', in response to her fellow Sovereign questioning her about said machine; years later, Groot continues growing back to normal size, exhibiting typical teenage behavior in the process, to Quill's chagrin; and the Watcher Informant discusses his experiences on Earth along with a group of Watchers.
== Cast ==
* Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord
** Wyatt Oleff as Young Peter Quill
* Zoe Saldana as Gamora
* Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer
* Vin Diesel as Groot (voice)
* Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon (voice)
* Pom Klementieff as Mantis
* Michael Rooker as Yondu Udonta
* Karen Gillan as Nebula
* Sean Gunn as Kraglin Obfonteri
* Kurt Russell as Ego
** David Hasselhoff as Ego (alternative form) / Himself
* Elizabeth Debicki as Ayesha
* Chris Sullivan as Taserface
* Steve Agee as Gef
* Tommy Flanagan as Tullk
* Evan Jones as Retch
* Jimmy Urine as Halfnut
* Stephen Blackehart as Brahl
* Joe Fria as Oblo
* Terence Rosemore as Narblik
* Blondy Baruti as Huhtar
* Sylvester Stallone as Stakar Ogord
* Ving Rhames as Charlie-27
* Michelle Yeoh as Aleta Ogord
* Michael Rosenbaum as Martinex
* Laura Haddock as Meredith Quill
* Gregg Henry as Jason Quill
* Stan Lee as Watcher Informant
* Seth Green as Howard the Duck
* Jeff Goldblum as En Dwi Gast/Grandmaster (end credits)
* Fred the Dog as Cosmo (end credits)
== Appearances ==
=== Locations ===
* Earth
** St. Charles, Missouri
*** Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers
** Germany (mentioned)
* Sovereign
** Sovereign Throne Room
** Sovereign Mission Control Centre
** Birthing Chamber
* Quantum Asteroid Field
* Berhert
* Contraxia
** Iron Lotus
* Ego's Planet
* Ria
* Xandar
* Aakon
* Hala
* Arago-7
* Easik
* Knowhere (flashback)
** Exitar (flashback)
* Drez-Lar (screen)
* Terma (screen)
* Mantis' Homeworld (mentioned)
* Kylos (mentioned)
** Forgotten Lakes (mentioned)
* A'askavariia (mentioned)
* Moon (mentioned)
=== Events ===
* Battle on Sovereign
* Escape from the Sovereign Fleet
* Attack on Berhert
* Escape from the Eclector
* Attack on Gamora
* Ego's Expansion
** Battle on Ego's Planet
* Kidnapping of Peter Quill (mentioned)
* Battle of Xandar (mentioned)
=== Items ===
* Star-Lord's Helmet
* Quad Blasters
* Translator Implants
* Godslayer
* Drax the Destroyer's Knives
* Yaka Arrow Controller
* Yaka
** Yaka Arrow
* Anulax Batteries
* Energy Rifle
* Inter-Dimensional Tracker
* Aero-Rigs
* Holographic Space Suits
* Universal Neural Teleportation Network
* Nanobot Welder
* Gatling Blaster
* Katie and Vicki
* Collapsible Blaster Rifle
* Laser Cannon
* Mini Bombs
* Bubble Shield
* Love Bots
* Yaro Roots
* Gear Shift Candies
* Star-Lord's Walkman
* Star-Lord's Zune
* Tao Mandalas
* Birth Pods
* Troll Doll
* Infinity Stones (mentioned)
** Power Stone (mentioned)
* Atomic Bomb (mentioned)
* Simon Williams' Filmography (deleted scene)
** Tony Stark
** Arkon
** Haxan 2
** Oh, Rebecca
** Toxic Janitor 2
** Dead Before Arrival
=== Vehicles ===
* Milano
* Eclector
** Quadrant
* Omnicrafts
* Laser Drill
* Star Blasters
* Ego's Ship
* Stakar Ogord's Warship
* Charlie-27's Warship
* Aleta Ogord's Warship
* Krugarr's Warship
* Mainframe's Warship
* 1979 Ford Mustang Cobra
=== Sentient Species ===
* Aakons
* Achernonians
* Arcturans
* Centaurians
* Celestials
* Easik
* Flora colossus
* Halfworlders
* Humans
* Hurctarians
* Jovians
* Kree
* Kronans
* Krylorians
* Kylosians
* Lem
* Luphomoids
* Pluvians
* Sneepers
* Sovereign
* Watchers
* Xandarians
* Xeronians
* Zehoberei
* Raccoons (mentioned)
=== Creatures ===
* Abilisks
* Vyloos
* Berhert Arachnids
* Dogs
* Orloni
* Sea-Monkeys (mentioned)
* Ducks (mentioned)
* Foxes (mentioned)
* Monkeys (mentioned)
* Pandas (mentioned)
* Rats (mentioned)
=== Organizations ===
* Guardians of the Galaxy
* Ravagers
** Yondu Ravager Clan
** Stakar Ravager Clan
** Charlie-27 Ravager Clan
** Aleta Ravager Clan
** Krugarr Ravager Clan
** Mainframe Ravager Clan
* Priestesses of the Sovereign
* Stakar Ogord's Team
* Nova Corps
* Dairy Queen
* Tivan Group (mentioned)
* Kree Empire (mentioned)
* FedEx (mentioned)
* OrgoCorp (mentioned)
=== Mentioned ===
* Thanos
* Ovette
* Kamaria
* Drax's Parents
* Yondu Udonta's Parents
* Ego's Lovers
* Ego's Children
* High Evolutionary
* Adam Warlock
* Vorker
* Teefs (painting)
* Knight Rider
** KITT
* Cheers
** Sam Malone
** Diane Chambers
* Smurfette
* Mary Poppins
* Pac-Man
* Skeletor
* Heather Locklear
== Behind the Scenes ==
* Before Kevin Feige announced the change on October 28, 2014, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 was slated for July 28, 2017.
* On June 2, 2015, James Gunn revealed on his Twitter account that the first draft of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 had been done.
* In a live periscope session, James Gunn confirmed that Tyler Bates would return to score Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
* Via Facebook, James Gunn confirmed on February 17, 2016, that principal photography had begun and that Kurt Russell would play Peter Quill's father, but not J'son of Spartax.
* On April 16, Gunn confirmed that both John C. Reilly and Benicio del Toro will not return in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. as Rhomann Dey and the Collector, respectively.
* On May 11, Kurt Russell officially finished shooting his scenes.
* On June 10, Pom Klementieff announced she officially finished shooting her scenes.
* On June 14, Zoe Saldana had officially finished shooting her scenes.
* On June 17, Chris Pratt officially finished shooting his scenes. He and James Gunn announced the presence of the cast of the movie at San Diego Comic-Con.
* On July 23, 2016, at the San Diego Comic-Con, names to many of the Ravagers were announced, along with the first piece of footage. The cast assemblage ended with the revelation that Kurt Russell would portray Ego the Living Planet, solving the mystery of the parentage of Peter Quill.
* As Ego the Living Planet was officially considered a Fantastic Four character, the movie rights to the character initially belonged to 20th Century Fox. On November 14, 2016, Paul Wernick and James Gunn revealed that Marvel Studios had agreed on a deal where Fox would surrender the movie rights to Ego in exchange for being allowed to alter Negasonic Teenage Warhead's powers (intending to use the character in Deadpool). James Gunn admitted that had no deal been reached, he had no back-up plan in regards to Quill's parentage.
== Videos ==
== Music ==
* Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - Original Motion Picture Score
* Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2
Song title 	Artist 	Location(s)
Hooked on a Feeling 	Blue Swede 	
* Sneak Peek
Fox on the Run 	The Sweet 	
* Official Teaser Trailer.
* "Star-Munch" Spot.
The Chain 	Fleetwood Mac 	
* Super Bowl 2017 Trailer.
* Jimmy Kimmel World Premiere
Suffragette City 	David Bowie 	
* "You're Welcome" Spot.
Come A Little Bit Closer	Jay and the Americans	
* "It's Showtime" Spot.
Flash Light 	Parliament 	
* "Greatest Pilot" Clip
== References ==
# ↑ Synopses For GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Vol.2 And DOCTOR STRANGE Tease "Fan-Favourite" Character Introductions
# ↑ Jump up to:2.0 2.1 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - Backstage Video
# ↑ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - Director's Audio Commentary
# ↑ SDCC 2014: Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Release Date Announced
# ↑ James Gunn on Twitter, 3 June 2015
# ↑ James Gunn on Facebook, 11 May 2016
# ↑ Pom Klementieff on Facebook, 9 June 2016
# ↑ James Gunn on Facebook, 13 June 2016
# ↑ James Gunn on Facebook, 16 June 2016
# ↑ ‘Deadpool’ / ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 2’ Character Trade Brought About Ego, the Living Planet
== External Links ==
* Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 on Marvel Database
* Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 on Wikipedia
* Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 on IMDb
* Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 on Disney+