Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2: What Does The Ending Really Mean?

13. The Ending

When Ego reveals his true colours as a giant space Hitler with an evil manifesto to remake the galaxy in his own image (devoid of life), Peter Quill manages to shake off his influence and teams up with the reunited Guardians to attack the heart of the planet (Ego's weird energy brain).

Revealing his traditional planetary form after Mantis temporarily holds him off with her powers of suggestion (by making him sleep), Ego attempts to smush the Guardians and almost succeeds until Star-Lord channels the power of the planet's heart himself and they battle. There's a giant Pac-Man made of rocks and everything.

While Quill pulls the distraction, Baby Groot plants a bomb on the brain, sets a timer for five minutes and the other Guardians flee to Yondu's ship, where Kraglin waits to ferry them to safety. The bomb kills Ego, but not before Star-Lord and Yondu are left alone on the planet's disintegrating inner surface with only one jet-pack.

Yondu does what any real father would, sacrificing himself to save Peter, who loses his powers when Ego dies, and is given an emotional farewell funeral, which the Ravager factions all turn up to, led by Sylvester Stallone's Stakar. Tears flow, credits roll and we get five mid-credits sequences.

BUT WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?!