A recap of how Gamora is back in Guardians of the Galaxy 3
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 has finally arrived on Disney+ and its arrival has led to some Marvel fans asking the same question: how is Gamora back alive?
It's been an eventful time for the Guardians since Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, with Gamora sacrificed by her father Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War to get his hands on the Soul Stone.
And then things took an unexpected turn with Gamora in Avengers: Endgame that has led directly to the Gamora we see in Guardians of the Galaxy 3, who doesn't seem to know anything of what she's done before with the Guardians.
So if you need a refresher over just why that is (and we don't blame you as it's been four years since Endgame), we're here to help.
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To explain all, we need to head back to Avengers: Endgame and its timey-wimey plot that went all over the MCU timeline.
Part of the time heist saw Nebula and Rhodey (or should that be Skrull-Rhodey?) head to Morag in 2014 to steal the Power Stone before Peter Quill could. While in 2014 they attracted the attention of 2014's Thanos, which led to 2014-Nebula switching places with 2023-Nebula.
When 2014-Nebula ended back in the present day, she brought Thanos and his ship into the same year, along with the 2014 version of Gamora, who hadn't even met the Guardians at that point in her timeline. This 2014-Gamora ended up going against her father to help the Avengers in the Battle of Earth.
At the end of Avengers: Endgame, 2014-Gamora snuck away as the rest of the Avengers were mourning the loss of Tony Stark. This was the last time we saw her in the MCU until the events of Guardians of the Galaxy 3.
The threequel revealed that 2014-Gamora had gone on to join the Ravagers since the events of Endgame. She acts as though she doesn't know Peter and the Guardians because she really doesn't – this Gamora isn't the Gamora we watched in the first two Guardians movies.
That version of Gamora really did die when Thanos sacrificed her and the Gamora in Guardians 3 is the alternate-timeline Gamora. It's why she acts differently to the Gamora we knew, as she's had different life experiences.
Even though Peter believes he can make this version of Gamora remember what the original Gamora did, it's just never going to happen as they're different people. She does still help the Guardians out, but admits to Peter at the end that, "I'm still not who you want me to be".
"I know. But who you ain't so bad," Peter says in return, finally accepting that his Gamora is gone.
For Zoe Saldaña, she explained that while the decision for this alternate Gamora to not end up with the Guardians was "bittersweet", she thought it was the "right way to end things for her".
"At the end of the day, any multiverse that she would've come from, she was still going to have the same experience with Thanos, and she was still gonna have the same guilt and the same trauma," Saldaña continued.
"So she finally found solace with the Ravagers, and she felt more open than she had ever been."
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 is available to watch now on Disney+.
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