Ayesha and that other Guardian

Time to speculate, based on what James Gunn’s revelations. Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 was supposed to feature another Guardian. The golden Ayesha of the Sovereign people is the film’s main antagonist. She’ll be after the Guardians of the Galaxy because Rocket stole the planet’s power source.

However, her role (or her people’s role) could be much bigger in the long run. In the comics, she is the genetic twin of Adam Warlock, so she could be the door through which this essential Infinity Gauntlet character enters the MCU.

Furthermore, James Gunn said that another Guardian was supposed to be introduced as part of the initial script treatment. However, the character was later dropped, since there were already too many characters in the film. Of course, the director didn’t say which character this was – but maybe we can all assume that it was Warlock.

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