Will Poulter

James Gunn reveals who the secret real Guardians of the Galaxy protagonist is and it's surprisingly not Chris Pratt's team leader Star-Lord.

Only time will tell when Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. The recently released first Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Given Gunn has heavily hinted at least one key character will die in the film, it could come to be that Rocket is ultimately one of the only surviving members of the original Guardians and will carry on the lessons learned from his friends throughout the previous films. In a stark contrast to the previous films, however, it was clear early into the film's development that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. [finally explore Rocket's origin story](https://screenrant.com/guardians-galaxy-3-rocket-origin-story-confirmed-details/), further sparking theories that Cooper's character would be the main focus and could even die by the end of the story. For me, [Rocket] was always the secret protagonist of the Guardians of the Galaxy movies.