Disney has posted the origin story of two members of the Guardians of the Galaxy in prepping for the premiere of the animated series in September on Disney XD channel. Both Groot and Star Lord origins will be the highlight of the new Guardians of the Galaxy animation.
The voice cast consists of Will Friedle (Star-Lord), David Sobolov (Drax), Vanessa Taylor (Gamora), Kevin Michael Richardson (Groot) and Trevor Devall (Rocket Raccoon). And finally James Arnold Taylor as Yondu and Cosmo. James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) stated that the animated series is not part of Marvel Cinematic Universe or connected to the movie at all. It will be adapted into a comic book series titled Marvel Universe: Guardians of the Galaxy, using the episode’s art work with writing and letter by Joe Caramagna.
This is the official schedule and summary by Disney for the animated series:
AUGUST 1 – AUGUST 29
• Each Saturday throughout August, two new character shorts will telecast on Disney XD.
o August 1: Star-Lord
o August 8: Groot
o August 15: Rocket Raccoon
o August 22: Drax
o August 29: Gamora
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
• Disney XD debuts sneak peek at first episode of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
o “Road to Knowhere” – The newly-christened Guardians of the Galaxy come into possession of a dangerous artifact that has Thanos’ new lieutenant, Korath, after them.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
• One-hour premiere of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy featuring back-to-back episodes on Disney XD.
o Encore presentation of “Road to Knowhere” followed by “Knowhere to Run.” In “Knowhere to Run,” the Guardians struggle to subdue the suddenly-sprung-to-life Celestial head that is the Knowhere space colony, as well as storm Korath’s ship to rescue Quill, Gamora and the mysterious CryptoCube that holds the Cosmic Seed.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy available to WATCH Disney XD users on WATCHDisneyXD.com and the WATCH Disney XD app for smartphones, tablets and connected TVs.
The official synopsis:
“[Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy] follows the newly-formed team who finds a strange artifact keyed only to the DNA of Peter Quill. Upon opening it, Quill unleashes a treasure map leading to a powerful weapon known as the Cosmic Seed which is capable of giving birth to the next universe. It’s up to the Guardians to find, protect and ultimately destroy the Cosmic Seed in order to keep it out of the hands of those who would abuse its power, from galactic big boss Thanos, to the conniving brothers the Collector and the Grandmaster, to a resurrected Ronan, to the ultimate trickster, Loki, in order to save the universe.”
The mention of Loki means the team will stumble upon some Asgardian conspiracy?
So far, the origins of Star-Lord and Groot are available online:
https://youtu.be/VQP4Bgm3t28
https://youtu.be/v_RkePR_pZA
https://youtu.be/N6W38U8M1hU
https://youtu.be/BnKEdMO5zFY
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