While waiting for Guardians of The Galaxy 3, James Gunn has concocted a special Christmas medium-length film for Marvel fans with little winks and a big revelation!
What does it talk about ?
Mantis, Drax, Nebula, Kraglin, Rocket, and Groot team up to change Star-Lord’s mind, still affected by Gamora’s disappearance. Their plan includes kidnapping Kevin Bacon, Star-Lord’s favorite actor, to give him as a gift.
Kevin Bacon as a Christmas present for The Guardians
Before reuniting with Star-Lord and his gang in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 in May 2023 at the cinema, James Gunn offers a magical break to Marvel fans. Through a medium-length film, entitled Guardians of the Galaxy: Happy Holidays and available on Disney+, the screenwriter and director offers an unforgettable adventure during the Christmas holidays.
To cheer up Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), Mantis (Pom Klementieff) and Drax (Dave Bautista) set out to kidnap Kevin Bacon, their friend’s idol, to celebrate Christmas, a holiday that is particularly close to his heart. heart. The two accomplices will therefore travel to Earth and more particularly venture to Los Angeles to please Peter.
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With this medium-length film, James Gunn manages to tell a touching and relevant Christmas tale in Marvel sauce with the humor that we know him and an explosive soundtrack. The appearance of Kevin Bacon brings an extra touch of madness that mixes well with the rest of the gang, Nebula, Kraglin, Rocket, Groot and the dog Cosmo.
This fan theory confirmed!
Warning, spoilers. It is advisable to have seen “Guardians of the Galaxy: Happy Holidays” before continuing to read this article.
Guardians of the Galaxy: Happy Holidays is not just an entertaining medium-length film to keep Marvel fans waiting. It also acts as a transition between Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 since it confirms a theory!
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In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Peter Quill meets his biological father Ego, who is a real psychopath and is responsible for the death of Meredith Quill, Star-Lord’s mother. But we also learn that Ego has traveled the galaxies and impregnated thousands of women with the aim of having the most powerful child for a crazy project!
We meet Mantis in this second part and we are told that she has been present alongside Ego since she was very young and that she does not know the identity of her real parents. After the release of the film, which marks Mantis’ entry into the Guardian gang, some fans speculated that she could be one of Ego’s daughters and therefore Star-Lord’s sister!
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A Reddit user even thought he had found Mantis’ mother in the lot of women conquered by Ego in a scene where the latter explains his purpose to Star-Lord. And he surely had the eye since Guardians of the Galaxy: Happy Holidays confirms this theory!
When Mantis explains to Drax why she wants to brighten up Star-Lord’s life for Christmas, she summons the secret she entrusted to him, that of being Star-Lord’s sister. And at the end of the medium-length film, Mantis reveals this secret to Peter Quill, who considers this information to be “the greatest Christmas present”.
It is therefore important for Marvel fans to watch the special medium-length film since this relationship will surely be mentioned in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
Guardians of the Galaxy: Happy Holidays is available on Disney+.