Warning: SPOILERS for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 are ahead!
There are numerous reasons why Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 has received a lot of positive reception from critics and fans alike, which includes delving into the tragic backstory of Rocket Raccoon, whom director/writer James Gunn once called the franchise’s “secret protagonist.” The threequel showed haunting flashbacks of Rocket’s time being under The High Evolutionary’s thumb, with arguably that only bright spot during that time being when he made friends with some of his fellow cybernetically-augmented animals, including Lylla the otter, voiced by established MCU vet Linda Cardellini. Now that Vol. 3 has come out, it turns out there’s an Easter egg concerning Lylla in the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie that only people who’ve seen this 2023 new movie release will now understand.
