What looks to be the official plot synopsis for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 has emerged online, and it appears Rocket raccoon is central the story--he may be in trouble. According to GamesRadar, the synopsis for the third movie reveals that the team is getting back together to embark on a "dangerous mission to save Rocket's life."

　　"Our beloved band of misfits are settling into life on Knowhere, but it isn't long before their lives are upended by the echoes of Rocket's turbulent past," reads a line from the synopsis. "Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him on a dangerous mission to save Rocket's life--a mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them."

　　The synopsis on Marvel's own website seems to have since been edited, as it leaves out the wording about Rocket specifically. Perhaps this information wasn't supposed to come to light just yet. It makes sense, though, as the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 trailer focused a lot on Rocket, featuring a flashback shot of him as a baby raccoon and another very sad sequence. Rocket looks beat up and sad, when he says, "We'll all fly away together, one last time."

　　Writer-director James Gunn has said that Rocket, who is voiced by Bradley Cooper, is a very important character in the series.

　　He told Entertainment Weekly (via TheDirect) that, at the onset of the Guardians series, he felt it might be "stupid" to include a talking raccoon in the franchise, as it could come across like "Bugs Bunny in the middle of the Avengers." But he stuck with the idea and he later had an epiphany of sorts.

　　"I was driving home, and all of a sudden, I was like 'Well, okay. Let's say there is a talking raccoon, where does he come from?' And I realized that, to tell the story honestly, he's the saddest person or character in the universe, and that he was unlike anybody else and he was created in this horrible way, and we're gonna learn a little bit about him as the story goes on," Gunn said. "And then this film tells that story along with that family that he's created along the way, and the jerky father he has back there."

　　Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 releases on May 5, 2023. For more, check out the trailer above and a breakdown of who's who in the gallery below. The movie is expected to bring about an end to the current iteration of the Guardians of the Galaxy, but of course Marvel could continue the series with a new cast later on if it chose to.

　　Gunn, meanwhile, has switched teams and now is the co-head of DC Studios. Alongside Peter Safran, the pair just announced a huge slate of new DC films and TV series.

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