MCU: 12 Things We Learned From 4Chan's Latest Marvel Movies "Leak"
11. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 Is Completely Stand-Alone
The Rumour
Despite Marvel's desire to tie everything together under one banner, James Gunn's Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 is pretty much stand-alone and only briefly references the Thanos storyline.
Response
It's not entirely unexpected: Gunn has spent the last couple of years firmly denying that he'd have any tangible ties to the Avengers or other MCU characters, and he's always a man of his word.
The Thanos issue is a little curious though. Okay, so the Guardians have other fish to fry, but Thanos has unfinished business with them since there's one Infinity Stone on Xandar and The Collector has another one. They'll come back into play sooner or later, but ignoring them now just makes Thanos look a bit of an idiot whose over-looking a major thing he needs to do.