TheGuardians of the Galaxyhaven’t had as many film as the nitty-gritty Avengers like Iron Man and Thor , so their character arcs have n’t been flesh out or develop as much as theirs – yet , that is . The Guardiansstill have a lustrous future tense in the MCUand we ’ll probably be get a line them grow and proceed to evolve on the big sieve for years to come up .

Still , in just two movies and a handful of tolerate roles in great team - up movies , these reference have mature and opened up a lot . So , here is Every Guardians Of The Galaxy MCU Character Arc , Ranked .

Kraglin

As one of the movies ’ more minor part , Kraglin has n’t had much of an arc . He was a Ravager who led the mutiny against Yondu , then afterward regret it and helped to bring out him and Rocket out of their jail cell . After that , Kraglin join them on their seeking to save Quill and the mob from Ego andwas given Yondu ’s wizardly pointer after his death . But we have n’t find out him really mature .

We ’ll in all likelihood be seeing more of Kraglin in the future since he ’s make for by Sean Gunn whoappears in most of his brother James Gunn ’s movies , but for now , he ’s arguably the Guardian with the weakest arc .

Drax

Drax the Destroyer has go through two basic character alteration . In the firstGuardiansmovie , he ’s a badass who takes everything literally and isdriven by revenge for the death of his phratry . At the end of the movie , he teams up with the other Guardians to kill Ronan and avenge his crime syndicate ’s murders . So , he attain his vengeance and finds a novel family , giving him the perfect closing .

By the secondGuardiansmovie , he ’s just a primitive , rash cretin whose penchant for taking things literally is used for comedic core . He says thing like,“I have famously immense turds . ”It ’s not the most dramatic fiber arc , but we do see a clear progression .

Mantis

Having only been introduced inVol . 2 , Mantis is too newfangled a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy to have had one of the squad ’s greatest fiber arcs . However , she has shown some hope in the earliest stages of her development . We meet her as an unfaltering servant of Ego and see how conflicted she is to have to hideEgo ’s secretsfrom everyone .

She develops a close relationship with Drax since she can see the torment emotion that he does n’t show . She ’s really come out of her shell in a couple of years since she join the Guardians , culminate in her participation inEndgame ’s awesome “ girl power ” moment .

Groot

When the firstGuardians of the Galaxymovie was announced and mainstream moviegoers pick up there would be a talking tree in the cast , many multitude dismissed it . But the fact that Vin Diesel not only made a tree sympathetic but made a tree whocan only say three wordssympathetic .

Groot ’s sacrifice at the end ofGuardians – complete with his immortal words , “ We are Groot ! ” – isone of the most heartbreaking scenes in the entire MCU . And his replanting has head to a uproarious and loveable arc charting him farm up : we ’ve seen adorable baby Groot , moody teenage Groot , and soon enough , we ’ll have wise , old , grownup Groot again .

Nebula

Nebula ’s MCU character arc could ’ve been distilled into a very interesting solo movie . It was a joyousness when she was given a magnanimous role inEndgamebecause it was about time she had the participation in the plot that she deserve . Shebegan as a loyal handmaiden of Thanos , desperate to do him proud , and later on realized that her contention with Gamora was all down to Thanos ’ excited ill-treatment .

So , they made up and finally became loving sisters .   Gamora gave her life to protect Nebula and Nebula repay her by , five eld later , saving past Gamora from Thanos ’ wrath – as well as past Nebula .

Star-Lord

Peter Quill has gone through some stuff since the firstGuardians of the Galaxy . As his backstory has been filled in with flashbacks and anecdotes , we ’ve seenwhy he ’s characterized as a 35 - class - old man - tyke . His Father of the Church left his mother with a neoplasm in her capitulum , so she decease when he was eight , leaving him with no one . Then he was abducted and leaven by the Ravagers , with Yondu taking Quill under his wing instead of give him over to be obliterate by Ego .

Then he met Ego , his heavenly father , and instruct about the power he never live about , except Ego bend out to be evil and he has to kill him , losing the powers he only just found out about . Then his real beginner – the one who elicit him , at least – sacrifice himself to save him . And then he fall back Gamora andlashed out at Thanos , losing the struggle for everyone . But he returned at the end after being dusted to redeem himself and he ran into 2014 Gamora . Now , he ’ll do anything to find her .

Yondu

“ I ’m Mary Poppins , y’ all ! ” As proven by his operation as Yondu , Michael Rooker is fantastic at playing morally questionable case who finally deliver themselves . Guardians of the Galaxy Vol . 2is really Yondu ’s movie . For the first metre in his life , he ’s forced to confront his emotions .

He ’s contrive out from the Ravagers for sell in kids and then mutinied by his own gang for protect say kid and prove him as his own Logos . So , he ’s a pretty conflicted guy wire . But in the close , he show his true heroism when he sacrifice himself to save Quill and remind him that Ego may have been his father , but he was n’t his daddy .

Gamora

While all of the Guardians of the Galaxy struggled to become heroes and open up their hearts to each other and pursue the right thing , Gamora arguably had the hardest prison term . She was raised by Thanos , so she had to come to terms with the fact that every value she was raised with was wrong .

She ’s express to bethe potent and most capable of all the Guardians , but because they ’re all so self - ingest , nobody but us notices . Gamora was key toInfinity War , as Thanos sacrificed her to acquire the Soul Stone . Her return inEndgamewas a easing to many rooter , although she ’ll have to go through her character spark all over again becausethe Gamora we ’ve ended up with is from back in 2014 .

Rocket

Rocket start out out as the cynical character who did n’t care about anyone , but as the movies have dug deeply into his character arc , we ’ve realized his sturdy exterior is hiding a huge heart . It took an unconvincing friendly relationship with Yondu for Rocket to earn how much he cares about the other Guardians . InAvengers : Endgame , we see him open up to Thor about how deeply he like about his new family .

In fact , the only reason James Gunn recall toGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 3after being initially fired wasthe lucrative chance to finish Rocket ’s character electric discharge . Since he was the only core Guardian left behind after Thanos ’ snap , he carry the squad ’s MCU electric discharge on his own betweenInfinity WarandEndgame .

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