{"id":6938,"date":"2019-05-03T22:25:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T22:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-proxy.atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/?p=6938"},"modified":"2019-05-03T22:25:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T22:25:54","slug":"how-avengers-endgame-sets-up-guardians-of-the-galaxy-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/how-avengers-endgame-sets-up-guardians-of-the-galaxy-3\/","title":{"rendered":"How &#8216;Avengers: Endgame&#8217; Sets Up &#8216;Guardians Of The Galaxy 3&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avengers: Endgame<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was truly a game-changing movie for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It finished off the MCU\u2019s Phase 3 and closed out arcs for some of the MCU\u2019s veteran characters like Iron Man, Captain America, and Black Widow, while also teasing what fans can expect from Phase 4, including more Spider-Man (who will be seen next in<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/spider-man-far-from-home\/243423\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spider-Man: Far From Home<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on July 2), more Captain Marvel, more Black Panther, and best of all, more Guardians of the Galaxy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0jNvJU52LvU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With most of the Guardians now returned to the present-day following the reversal of Thanos\u2019s Snap, the possibilities seem endless when it comes to what fans can expect from the third and final film in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guardians <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">saga. Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/james-gunn-rehired-guardians-of-the-galaxy-3\/\">James Gunn will return to direct<\/a> and has teased that this film will be <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an \u201cepic conclusion\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guardians<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> story. While no plot details for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guardians 3<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have been confirmed, we can\u2019t say for sure what this story will be about, but thankfully, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Endgame <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has given us a pretty good idea of what we can expect. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>WARNING: Spoilers ahead for <\/b><b><i>Avengers: Endgame<\/i><\/b><b>. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s what we know.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Where Are the Guardians When &#8216;Endgame&#8217; Begins?<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5881\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5881\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5881\" src=\"http:\/\/blog-proxy.atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/RocketAndNebula-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"avengers endgame\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/RocketAndNebula-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/RocketAndNebula-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/RocketAndNebula-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/RocketAndNebula-500x313.jpg 500w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/RocketAndNebula-400x250.jpg 400w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/RocketAndNebula.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Avengers: Endgame&#8217; (Credit: Marvel Studios).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Endgame <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">begins, the only surviving Guardians are Nebula and Rocket.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avengers: Infinity War<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the first part of this epic MCU story, was not kind to the Guardians. There was a particularly high toll taken on the group thanks to the fact that two of the group\u2019s members \u2014 Gamora and Nebula \u2014 are Thanos\u2019s daughters, adding higher emotional stakes when it came to defeating him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Infinity War<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0nearly wiped out the Guardians. After meeting Thor, who literally crashes into the windshield of the <em>Benatar<\/em> before coming aboard and telling them about Thanos being on the warpath, they try to stop Thanos. First, they attempt to do it on their own, but Thanos is able to keep the upper hand thanks to the Infinity Stones. This leads them to team up with a few of Earth\u2019s heroes \u2014 Tony Stark, Doctor Strange, and Peter Parker \u2014 to fight Thanos on his home planet, Titan. Well, everyone except for Rocket and Groot, who broke off and went with Thor, eventually ending up in Wakanda. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the fight on Titan, the Guardians learn that Thanos sacrificed Gamora on Vormir in order to get the Soul Stone. Thanos is able to escape from Titan to Wakanda and is able to complete the Snap. In the final minutes of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Infinity War<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Snap claims Peter, Drax, Mantis, and Groot, leaving Nebula and Rocket behind to find a way to bring them back. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What Happens To The Guardians In &#8216;Endgame&#8217;?<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_6637\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6637\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6637\" src=\"http:\/\/blog-proxy.atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/avengers-endgame-18-1556027031-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"Karen Gillan and Don Cheadle as Nebula and War Machine (Courtesy: Marvel Studios)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/avengers-endgame-18-1556027031-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/avengers-endgame-18-1556027031-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/avengers-endgame-18-1556027031-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/avengers-endgame-18-1556027031-500x313.jpg 500w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/avengers-endgame-18-1556027031-400x250.jpg 400w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/avengers-endgame-18-1556027031.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karen Gillan and Don Cheadle as Nebula and War Machine (Courtesy: Marvel Studios)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the first hour of\u00a0<i>\u00a0Avengers: Endgame<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s three-hour runtime, Nebula and Rocket at the only Guardians we see. It\u2019s implied we\u2019ll likely never see Gamora again because she has been sacrificed on Vormir and we are meant to hold on to the hope that Peter, Drax, and Mantis will return once the Avengers can reverse the Snap. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We find out that, in an odd twist of fate and a hefty dose of time travel, Gamora is able to be resurrected &#8211; in a sense. When Rhodey and Nebula return to Morag in 2014 to retrieve the Power Stone before Peter can steal it (in what was the opening scene of the first <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guardians of the Galaxy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), present-day Nebula\u2019s mind syncs up with 2014 Nebula\u2019s mind, allowing 2014 Thanos, Gamora, and Nebula to uncover the Avengers\u2019 plan. Thanos sends 2014 Gamora and Nebula to capture present-day Nebula in order to extract more information from her because she was present during the planning meetings wherein the locations of the Stones were revealed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2014 Nebula and Gamora capture present-day Nebula and keep her prisoner on Thanos\u2019s ship with Gamora staying behind to interrogate her. Present-day Nebula tells Gamora that they end up becoming friends and that it\u2019s possible for Gamora to change her ways since this version of Gamora is still one Thanos\u2019s right-hand man and hasn\u2019t yet met the Guardians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2014 Nebula, decidedly more of a killer than a friend, manages to throw some big wrenches in the Avengers\u2019s plan to retrieve the Stones. She time travels back to the present day and while the other Avengers are building a new Infinity Gauntlet, she helps to bring Thanos, 2014 Gamora, and present-day Gamora (along with the rest of Thanos\u2019s army) to the present day so he can attack the Avengers and get the Stones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, Rocket isn\u2019t given too much to do during <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Endgame<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but he is given the important take of helping Thor retrieve the Reality Stone from Asgard during the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thor: The Dark World<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> storyline. Still in mourning over the loss of his friends, Rocket is more determined than ever to retrieve the Stones and makes damn sure that Thor is, too. While Thor is talking with his mother, Frigga, for one final, precious conversation, Rocket sneaks into Jane Foster\u2019s room and retrieve the stone and the pair have to make a hasty exit back to the present day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the final battle against Thanos, the Avengers are able to reverse the Snap and bring all those lost during <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Infinity War<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> back to life \u2014 and back to the battlefield to take down Thanos. In one brief moment during the battle, 2014 Gamora swoops in to help Peter fight. Unfortunately, 2014 Gamora has none of the emotional ties or history with Peter that present-day Gamora had, so when Peter goes to hug her, she punches him. Clearly, there will need to be some work done on this relationship. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What Does It Mean For &#8216;Guardians Of The Galaxy 3&#8217;?<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_6192\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6192\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6192\" src=\"http:\/\/blog-proxy.atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/gamora-nebula-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"Zoe Saldana (Gamora) and Karen Gillan (Nebula) in 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' (Credit: Walt Disney Studios)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/gamora-nebula-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/gamora-nebula-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/gamora-nebula-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/gamora-nebula-500x313.jpg 500w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/gamora-nebula-400x250.jpg 400w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/gamora-nebula.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zoe Saldana (Gamora) and Karen Gillan (Nebula) in &#8216;Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2&#8217; (Credit: Walt Disney Studios)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Endgame <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">leaves the Guardians in an odd place. Gamora has disappeared to who knows where following the big battle against Thanos, leaving Peter heartbroken all over again. But the gang is back together and Thor has seemingly joined the team, too. The last thing we see before the film wraps up is the newly reunited Guardians jetting off into space for their next adventure. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With all of this in mind, we can expect to see at least a portion of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guardians 3<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s screentime dedicated to the team trying to track down 2014 Gamora and possibly trying to reincorporate her into the crew. Peter will stubbornly pursue this objective because he won\u2019t want to lose Gamora for a second time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a similar vein, the Guardians will likely have to talk about what happened during <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Infinity War <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Endgame<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, dealing with the emotional toll of the decimation of their team. There\u2019s going to be a lot of emotional work done to restrengthen the bond of the Guardians and hopefully, this third and final film is ready to tackle that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But also, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guardians 3 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be entirely its own new adventure. While no plot has been confirmed, we wouldn\u2019t be surprised if we saw the return of Ayesha from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who appeared in one of the film\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yM7MELfOccM\" data-rel=\"lightbox-video-0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">five end credits scenes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and teased the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/marvel.fandom.com\/wiki\/Adam_Warlock_(Earth-616)\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> arrival of Adam Warlock<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The Guardians did Ayesha dirty in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vol. 2 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and her final scene indicates she\u2019s on the warpath, ready to take down the Guardians at any cost. Definitely keep an eye on her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get your tickets to see <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avengers: Endgame<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/avengers-endgame\/284981?ref=avengers_oo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avengers: Endgame was truly a game-changing movie for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 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