Guardians of the Galaxy 2 post-credits scene break-down with James Gunn
We spoke to the director about two of those teasing scenes
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Your support makes all the difference.Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 has finally reached UK cinemas, with Marvel fans devouring every Easter egg James Gunn has hidden.
Most casual moviegoers may be wondering what exactly those post-credit scenes meant. Fear not, as we sat down with the director to explore what they mean for the Guardians future,
**Spoiler warning** The below discusses the post-credit scenes seen in Guardians Vol. 2. For those who haven't seen the film, read our review here.
Still here? As you likely know (if you hung around until the very end of the credits) there are five post-credits scenes, ranging from the introduction of teenage Groot to the golden alien Ayesha teasing Adam Warlock.
Who is that, I hear you ask. In short, Warlock was designed by an Earth-based group called the Enclave, designed to be the perfect human being. Originally birthed as 'Him', the character fights Thor and escapes to space, entering a cocoon and reemerging as Adam.
Soon after, the High Evolutionary - another comic book character - who gives Warlock the Soul Gem. Eventually, he confronts Thanos and wields the Infinity Gauntlet for some time.
Despite playing a large part in the battle against Thanos, Gunn confirms Warlock won't be part of Infinity War, instead, likely appearing in Guardians Vol. 3.
"Definitely, I see Adam Warlock as something we’re going to use in the Marvel cosmic universe," the director says. "Whether that’s in Guardians Vol. 3 or something else, I'm not sure. It’s not Infinity War, that's for sure. But we will get to meet him."
Another post-credit scene sees Sylvester Stallone's character Stakar - AKA Starhawk - team up with Michelle Yeoh's Aleta, Ving Rhames's Charlie-27, and Mainframe, who is voiced by Miley Cyrus.
Each was a member of the original, pre-Star Lord Guardians, Gunn hinting we could very well see these characters in their own film some-time soon.
"I would love to see those characters reappear in the future," he says. "Where exactly they will be, whether it is Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 or their own movie, or someone else's movie, we’ll have to wait and see.
"I think I have most of the answers now but we’ll have to completely figure it out in a little bit."
Meanwhile, the final post-credit scene featuring Stan Lee confirmed a huge fan-theory regarding the Marvel mastermind. Kevin Feige recently spoke about Lee here.
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