New trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy packs in more Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot

By Rick Marshall June 17, 2014

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With just over a month until Guardians of the Galaxy arrives in theaters, it’s clear that the characters everyone is most looking forward to seeing in the film are Rocket Raccoon and Groot, the digitally-created members of the team voiced by Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel, respectively.

The latest trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy seems to acknowledge the two characters’ growing fanbases by giving them each quite a bit more footage — especially the team’s heavy-weapons expert, Rocket Raccoon. Not only do we get some clever back-and-forth between Rocket and Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), but we also get yet another “I am Groot” from Rocket’s sentient tree pal, Groot. (In the comics, everything Groot says comes out as “I am Groot,” which can mean pretty much anything and is only understood by Rocket and a few other characters.)

We also get a bit of the backstory for Peter “Star-Lord” Quill in the preview, with Pratt narrating the opening of the footage.

“I was only a kid when I left Earth,” he says. “I had no idea what the universe had in store for me.”

Oh, and make sure you watch ’til the very end of the trailer for a particularly funny, additional scene.

Guardians of the Galaxy hits theaters August 1.

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