Guardians of the Galaxy (News)

Yesterday's news from the folks at Geek.com that Ego the Living Planet would appear in next year's Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 2 set the nerd news cycle on fire with reports and speculation. While many pieces were quick to label Ego as the villain of the Cosmic sequel, we aren't quite so certain.

While Ego is an incredibly interesting character, it's debatable whether or not he can, or should, antagonize the Guardians in the second film. In our team conversation, it was overwhelmingly clear that Ego may better serve the narrative as a plot device, potentially helping further open the door to the greater Cosmic beings in the MCU and that the original article's comment about him making "an appearance" may have been misconstrued.

Guardians of the Galaxy is set to be released on May 5th 2017