Guardians of the Galaxy: New Animated Shorts Spotlight Rocket Raccoon’s Origin
Marvel Entertainment has released the latest animated shorts for the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy animated TV series. The latest videos feature the hidden origin of the iconic Rocket Raccoon. You can check out the video clips in the player below.
The latest shorts pick up from the end of Groot’s backstory. Groot is taken to a prison of various aliens and creatures, where he meets a family of raccoon-like creatures, among them is the future rocket. Unfortunately, Rocket becomes the subject of horrible and terrible experiments, which grant him highly-advanced intelligence, speech and combat expertise. While in prison, he forms a bond with Groot and stages a daring breakout in order to free the other creatures and Groot. However, Rocket has become so different, that he’s tragically rejected by his animal brethren, but he forms a team with Groot. The clips also show how Rocket comes up with the name of Rocket for himself. The clips definitely give a good idea for a backstory for Rocket Raccoon that is more in line with the continuity of the films.
Next up for the animated Guardians of the Galaxy shorts will be Drax the Destroyer and Gamora. Guardians of the Galaxy is set to premiere with a special sneak preview event on next month Disney XD on September 5. The regular series premieres on September 26 on Disney XD.
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