Reilly is playing Rhomann Dey, a leader in the Nova Corps. A few pieces of trivia:ġ) Rocket Raccoon hates talking animals, especially Russian accented dogs.Ģ) Groot is arguably one of the most intelligent beings in the Marvel universe and is actually royalty.ģ) Star-Lord is one of the major players in the cataclysmic events (Annihilation story arc) that caused the tears in space that were offhandedly mentioned in Thor: The Dark World. The 2008 team also added a necessary humor to the Marvel universe that was almost perfectly encapsulated in the trailer for the upcoming movie. The 2008 team continued the cosmic involvement and ended (sort of) with my favorite story arc in the last ten years, The Thanos Imperative. The original team also holds one of the most unique and consistently experimental tones that started in the Silver Age and was consistent in it's ability to push the story lines to new levels, especially in regards to the cosmic level and expanding the involvement of the Celestials. The 1969 Team took part in one of the most under-read and under-rated saga's in Marvel history - The Korvac Saga. There is so much amazing history behind The Guardians of the Galaxy, they're personally my favorite team from Marvel (Both the 1969 Team and the 2008 Team).