James Gunn understands what George Lucas did not

James Gunn Clarifies Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers Crossover Remarks - ComingSoon.net: "And, regarding the bigger picture, we all agreed on one thing, and that was to keep huge chunks of the Guardians separate from the Marvel heroes of earth, because they have a whole galaxy to explore. We wanted to use them as a way to make the MCU bigger, not smaller. "