<P> After the film's announcement, Gunn said he knew "a lot of where I want to go (in the sequel)", having written the backstory of Peter Quill, his father, and his history with Yondu during the making of the first film with the intention of exploring them in a future film . Gunn said he "probably won't structure the (sequel) in the exact same way (as the first one). One of the reasons people like Guardians is because it's fresh and different, so the second one will be fresh and different from the first one ." Before starting on the script, Gunn also hoped to further explore Drax the Destroyer, Nebula, Kraglin, and the Collector, and expand on Xandarian, Kree, Krylorian, and Ravager culture . He also hoped to introduce more female characters in the sequel, though wanted to avoid including "earthlings" such as Carol Danvers in order to keep Quill the main focus from Earth . Likewise, Gunn also chose not to feature Novas Richard Rider or Sam Alexander in the film, saying, "I don't want Nova right now because I think Quill being the only earthling is important . That serves the entire movie going audience and not just the handful of Nova (and Carol Danvers) fans ." </P> <P> Feige said exploring Quill's father "would certainly be part of a next Guardians adventure...I think there's a reason we seeded it at the very end of the (first) film like that ." Gunn also stated that he wanted to make sure "Yondu's place in everything made sense" in regards to his relationship to Quill and his father, and also revealed Quill's father would not be J'son as in the comics . Gunn also stated he "was less confident (Marvel) was going to buy in on Baby Groot than" including Ego the Living Planet, since "adult Groot was the most popular character from the first film and I didn't think they'd want to risk a good thing ." However, by changing Groot, Gunn felt it "opened the film up" creatively, allowing Gunn to bring out "new aspects of our other characters ." Gunn stated that Thanos would only appear in the sequel "if he helps our story and he will not show up at all if not . Thanos is not the most important thing in Guardians 2, that's for damn sure . There's the Guardians themselves and other threats the Guardians are going to be facing that are not Thanos ." Feige later confirmed that Thanos would not appear in the sequel, as he was being saved for a "grander" return . When asked about how the film would connect with the other Phase Three films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Gunn said, "I don't feel beholden to that stuff at all . I think it's really about the Guardians and what they are doing ." </P> <P> Gunn set the film two - to - three months after the first film, "because he felt the group are just such fragile egos and he didn't think this story could start years later ." Major planets visited in the film include Sovereign, Berhart and Contraxia . Feige also stated two or three other worlds would be seen, as well as "a little bit of Earth in this film, but it's not these characters going to Earth ." In December 2014, Gunn revealed the story for the film was written, saying, "It's (still) constantly shifting, but I feel like it's pretty strong . I'm excited about it ." By early February 2015, Gunn said that when he first presented his idea for the sequel to Marvel they thought it was "risky", and that he would be submitting a full story treatment to the company "in a few short weeks". He described it as "not really based on anything" from the comics, being mainly an original story . Gunn later referred to this treatment as a "scriptment", "a 70 - page combination of a script and a treatment and it goes through every beat of the movie". By April, he was preparing to write the screenplay, and in May he was hoping to complete the script before he began work on The Belko Experiment in June 2015 . </P> <P> On June 2, 2015, Gunn announced on social media that he completed the first draft of the screenplay, and that the film's title would not simply be Guardians of the Galaxy 2 . The same week, he confirmed the return of Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, and Cooper as Gamora, Drax, and Rocket, respectively . At the end of the month, Gunn announced the film's title as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, on which he said that he "came up with a LOT of titles for Vol. 2 . But because' Guardians of the Galaxy' is already so wordy, it seemed strange to add another bunch of words after it . I liked Vol. 2 the best, so that's what I stuck on the cover of the screenplay--and, fortunately, (Marvel) liked it ." </P>

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