>>92097949Perlman, the person that wrote the original script for GotG (which Gunn then threw out when he got the project because he wanted to do it his own way) is a big Rich fan and originally had some set-up for Rich becoming Nova in GotG. Gunn doesn't like Nova though so there's no chance of him getting used there.
BUT Perlman was brought back to write the script for Captain Marvel so there's a chance that Rich will get used or set-up there. The Kree are going to be the villains of the movie and Xandar has replaced the Skrulls as the Kree's lifelong enemies in the MCU so they can shoe-horn him in thanks to that.