Why is Gamora (in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3)?
As great scholars have asked, “Where is Gamora?” “Who is Gamora?” and “Why is Gamora?” And with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 rocketing toward theaters, and Vol. 2 six years back in the rearview mirror, you may well be asking yourself, “How is Gamora alive in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3? Didn’t she die in Avengers: Infinity War?”
Yes, she did. And then some other things happened, and now she’s back. Sort of. It’s complicated. Let’s refresh.
[Ed. note: This piece contains spoilers for Marvel Cinematic Universe movies up through Thor: Love and Thunder, but not for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.]
If you’re a die-hard Marvel fan, some of this is foundational, but let’s go over a few basic cornerstones of Gamora lore (Ga-lore-a).
Introduced in 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy, and played by Zoe Saldaña, Gamora is an assassin with the sobriquet “the deadliest woman in the galaxy.” When Gamora was young, the intergalactic warlord Thanos conquered her planet, killed 50% of its population, adopted her as his own daughter, and brought her into a life of space murder. But in Guardians of the Galaxy, she was on the run from her adoptive father, after defecting from his forces. She teamed up with the Guardians to keep the Kree general Ronan the Accuser from obtaining the Power Stone, and over time she encouraged her sister Nebula to defect from Thanos as well.
Technically, Gamora is dead. During the events of Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos abducted her and took her to the planet of Vormir, home of the hidden Soul Stone, which demanded the sacrifice of a loved one in order to wield it — and apparently, the possessive affection of an abusive father explicitly willing to kill his own daughter to gain power counts as love.
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