10 Things That NEED To Happen In Upcoming Movie Sequels
5. Rocket Survives - Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3
James Gunn is currently busy wrapping up principal photography on the highly anticipated Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and has stated that much of the film will be focused around completing Rocket Raccoon's (Bradley Cooper) character arc.
According to Gunn Guardians Vol. 3 will delve deep into Rocket's backstory, presumably detailing his creation and how he came to meet Groot (Vin Diesel), which naturally has fans suspecting that this might signpost Rocket's death at film's end.
Movies typically start laying on the sentimental backstory when they're gearing up to kill a character off, and it goes without saying that few deaths in the movie would strike an emotional chord with audiences quite like Rocket.
But honestly it'd be such a trite, predictable thing to do after revealing Rocket's backstory that one genuinely hopes Gunn is toying with us and will end up subverting expectations.
Having Rocket prevail over his trauma and go on to live a happier life would be a more satisfying ending than the typicality of him sacrificing himself to save the rest of the team. It's been done to death, literally.