>>124986852Drax or Rocket.
Drax is obvious, Bautista is out after vol.3 and there needs to be closure for Drax.
Vol.3 is Rocket's story. Rocket is an incredibly personal character for Gunn from what he has said in past interviews and probably doesn't want any other director or writer to touch him without his input. Bradley Cooper doesn't give a shit about being in the MCU, he just says his lines and collects a paycheck. Rocket and Nebula are also the two only Guardians to not get snap'd. Rocket lived 5 years without his family and he managed to get them back. GotG vol. 3 might just be him sacrificing himself for them (and what more painful death for everyone than Rocket's, really).
Gunn even mentions that he was bummed about being fired before vol.3 happened because he wanted to finish Rocket's arc.
>>124987289I don't think Quill will die because Pratt likes doing MCU movies and said he will stay there as long as they have him and they will keep him for th elong haul. Not to mention a suppose leaked said
him and Nebula fly off together in the end and form a new Ravagers team. It's possible that he'll be the Nick Fury type of MCU Cosmic (as in he gets other cosmic types into a new GotG team) and he'll appear in Disney+ shows and movies that connect to other cosmic properties.
