Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is written and directed by James Gunn, who once more takes the loveable cast of A-holes on a mission to save the galaxy. After a mission goes awry, the Guardians find themselves being hunted from all sides, when they meet Ego, who claims to be Star-Lord's real father. The film stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, and Kurt Russell.
Gunn has been consistently active on social media as of late, mostly answering questions related to the Guardians and other Marvel films. On Twitter, he clarified some details about the second film's setting. According to Gunn, "[The] First part takes place in Andromeda. Ego is further away, in a galaxy on the edge of the universe, probably MACS0647-JD or something". In another post, Gunn confirmed that Gamora's death in Avengers: Infinity War was not what he had initially planned for the character, but he was consulted before the character's fate was "set in stone" and that the scene in which she died is probably his favorite of the film.
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Ego brings everyone to the planet that literally lives through him, as Ego is a Celestial and his consciousness is the core of the planet. He explains to the three that he came up with a human form to travel the galaxy and he came to Earth and fell in love with Meredith, but could not see her so often because it would take up a lot of his energy. Peter continues to hold hostile feelings for Ego for leaving Meredith alone to die. As Peter grows more emotional, his hands produce powerful energy that is linked to Ego's own power. Ego shows him how to control and use it.
Ego explains to Peter that he wants to make what he calls "The Expansion". He went around the galaxy to thousands of other worlds to plant the seedlings to grow his power over the galaxy and cover the planets in an extension of himself. He impregnated women from those worlds and produced many children that Yondu delivered to him, but when they did not possess the same power of a Celestial, Ego had them killed, and now their bones are what Gamora and Nebula found. Peter just so happens to hold the power that Ego was looking for. Ego also reveals that he put the tumor that killed Meredith in her head so that he would not feel the pain of being apart from her. Peter snaps out of it and begins to unload his guns on Ego in fury. In response, Ego takes Peter and controls him to start spreading the seedlings across the planets, causing mass destruction. To top it off, Ego crushes Peter's Walkman and Awesome Mix Vol. 2 that his mother left him. 2ff7e9595c
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