Guardians of the Galaxy: James Gunn reveals how Groot and Rocket met
With the Guardians of the Galaxy saga drawing to a close this year, James Gunn has been discussing how it all began, giving new insight into how Groot and Rocket came to be friends.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 ended the GOTG trilogy with an emotionally-charged bang. You canread our review of the movie here, and check out the potential future of the franchise here.
But while posting on new social media platform Threads, writer-director James Gunn has been writing about the Guardians of the Galaxy’s past. And more specifically how Groot and Rocket came to be friends.
The post was inspired by a question about Tibius Lark, a mysterious character who is name-checked in the first movie but then never mentioned again.
In response to the question, James Gunn explained that Tibius Lark was supposed to appear in a short film alongside Rocket and Groot. Here’s what he had to say onThreads:
“I wrote a short film explaining the origin of how Rocket & Groot met. It was even storyboarded & location scouted & we did test footage for it (it was seen at SDCC in the ‘trailer’ we cut together after 12 days of shooting). But I didn’t have time to do it as Vol 1 amped up. In it Tibius Lark, Groot, and Rocket were all imprisoned in a deep well in the ground. Tibius was on the verge of dying. He explained to Rocket he had been caring for Groot for years.
“He was a former zookeeper in a shitty galactic-side zoo [who] explained he had saved Groot, who was on exhibit there, & that Groot was a loyal friend. He asked Rocket to please take care of him, & then he died. As he died Rocket looked down in the dark cell & noticed he was a robot, the lower body of his body smashed open and mechanical.
“The guards above ground heard something rumbling & they turned & saw Rocket & Groot bursting up from the ground, Rocket on Groot’s shoulder, & in Rocket’s hands was a machine gun made from Tibius Lark’s body, & he shot all the guards & they escaped & were together until they met the Guardians. That’s who Tibius Lark was.”
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