Guardians of the Galaxy Fans Are Loving Baby Rocket, But Have One Big Worry About Vol. 3

Kofi Outlaw

12/01/2022 06:02 pm EST

Marvel Studios and James Gunn have dropped the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 trailer, and naturally fans are sounding off about the first look at the long-awaited threequel. James Gunn has teased all along that Guardians of the Galaxy 3 will be a much more decisive mix of good comedic fun and some of the heaviest dramatic weight we've ever seen in the franchise, as the Guardians Trilogy comes to its end.

Well, the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 trailer is quickly proving James Gunn right: some of the immediate fan reactions have focused on too very opposing emotions over Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper). On the one hand, fans are loving a flashback shot of a Baby Rocket (seemingly about to be experimented on); on the other hand, a later shot of Rocket has fans panicking that he's about to die – which would be just one of the many moments of heartbreak James Gunn has promised for us.

Baby Rocket First Footage

We just want to jump in there and save him and love him forever. So very badly.

This Is Everything

'Nuff said.

So Many Emojis to Express

For when actual emotions just don't measure up...

Going to Have Us Weeping

You already know this is going to be one of the scenes that breaks us emotionally. Probably why Gunn put it in the trailer: to prepare us.

I Do NOT Like Where This Is Headed

As soon as we got the heart swell of Baby Rocket, things turned darker in the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 trailer...

This Can't Be It... Can It?

Many fans are speculating that Peter Quill's pain and anguish in this moment will be over Rocket's death – leading to that final stand shootout with him and Groot back-to-back. Where they might die, too.

Rocket Is Going to Beat This!

Marvel fans are not at all prepared for Rocket to die – and some just refuse to believe it will happen.

Phase 5: The Death Years

Seems like Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was a bigger launchpad for MCU Phase 5 than we ever thought...

Stop Torturing Me With Your Whedonism!

Don't know how Avengers director Joss Whedon got dragged into this, but here we are...

Marvel Comics Did This

Still want EVERYTHING to be comics accurate???

I Would've Stopped This

Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige, and James Gunn should all increase their security. These fans are W I L D about Rocket!

TWIST OF THE KNIFE

James Gunn is extreme in all things he does in films/TV. Rocket's death will break us in the way that only the loss of a dear friend AND a lovable pet could.

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