'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' trailer drops with great tunes and a Rocket backstory - CNN

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After a very agelong wait, the closing section to the “Guardians of the Galaxy” trilogy is astir here.

The first trailer for “GOTG Vol. 3” dropped Thursday connected YouTube, aft premiering astatine Brazil Comic Con, again revealing the radical of improbable heroes who person comparatively esoteric origins successful the Marvel comic books but – acknowledgment to the guidance of manager James Gunn – person go 1 of the astir beloved groups successful the MCU.

The teaser clip shows precocious play among the interstellar adventurers, who see Starlord (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Drax (Dave Bautista), Nebula (Karen Gillan), Mantis (Pom Klementieff), Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel) and Rocket Raccoon (voiced by Bradley Cooper).

Rocket, successful particular, is seen a clump successful the trailer, including successful a flashback country erstwhile he’s a wee space-raccoon, promising viewers immoderate invited backstory.

Less contiguous is Gamora, who done the events of 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame” is nary longer alert of her relation with the team. Marvelites are anxious to spot conscionable however she’ll beryllium incorporated into the communicative here, and whether she’ll someway retrieve her friends (and emotion for Peter Quill/Starlord).

But arsenic always, the interplanetary enactment is acceptable to large throwback tunes, this clip 1 successful particular: “In the Meantime” by Spacehog, from 1994.

The archetypal 2 “Guardians” films mostly featured beloved euphony from the ’60s and ‘70s, and the euphony prime successful this trailer is possibly a hint that the highly anticipated soundtrack to the 3rd measurement mightiness beryllium conscionable a interaction much contemporary, with tunes from the ‘80s/’90s.

Since “Endgame” and earlier that, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” successful 2017, the unit (minus Saldana’s Gamora) was seen concisely successful this summer’s “Thor: Love and Thunder” and conscionable past week successful the “Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special,” costarring Kevin Bacon.

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” blasts into theaters connected May 5, 2023.