First look at Eson - the villain in 'Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind'

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Celestial Eson - the Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind antagonist

Posted: Friday April 15, 2022 4:04pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Marvel has today shared a first look at Eson - the antagonist in EPCOT's upcoming "Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind."

Celestial Eson - the Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind antagonist

Eson was once in possession of the Power Stone, one of the six Infinity Stones, as the group learned in the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie.

Marvel.com added this tease of the storyline involving Eson.

Visitors hoping to explore and learn a little bit about the first-ever Other-World Showcase Pavilion in the area will get more than they expected when Eson, a Celestial that has been watching Earth for eons, makes a startling appearance. The Celestial is looking “to right a wrong in a big way,” and the Guardians of the Galaxy — Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket, and Groot — step in to help save the day. But, they can’t do it alone and need our help to stop him from completing his grand plan!
What does that entail? While that remains to be seen, you just know there are going to be some rockin’ tunes along the way to saving the galaxy, again.

"Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind" officially opens to guests May 27 2022. The first previews for select groups begin this weekend.

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montyz81Apr 16, 2025

OK. Sorry, didn't have a lot of sleep yesterday, slow on the uptake.

Giss NericApr 16, 2025

I think he meant odd suppository, like rectal suppository as it is a laxative ;)

montyz81Apr 15, 2025

It was a joke: https:///2025/03/guest-defecation-shuts-down-disney-ride-for-third-time-this-month-em1/

larryzApr 15, 2025

That's an odd supposition...

montyz81Apr 15, 2025

Maybe someone defecated near it, and the fumes weakened the glass's molecular structure!

JABApr 13, 2025

That's not true. Tempered glass is very susceptible to focused impacts. That's why those emergency escape tools with a tiny metal point will shatter a car's window with very little force, and why a great many tempered glass PC case side panels have shattered simply by laying them on a tile floor because one of the tiles' corners was sticking up. If something hard and pointed hit it in the right way, it wouldn't have necessarily taken much force at all.

lazyboy97oApr 12, 2025

If someone was wearing something like a metal ring and hit it in the right place, especially near a corner, it is possible to break the glass rather easily.

MisterPenguinApr 12, 2025

The building is just settling on a sink hole.

bmr1591Apr 12, 2025

Definitely not a punch, but a metal water bottle strapped to a backpack whipping around could generate a lot of power.

Giss NericApr 12, 2025

Shattering tempered glass requires a huge amount of force so I'm not sure if someone punching the glass is true.

bmr1591Apr 11, 2025

I’m eager to hear how that happened. Someone lean on it with too much weight? A flying water bottle?

ZachPLApr 11, 2025

Just saw this on reddit

gerararFeb 25, 2025

The VQ system has finally ended today for GOTG: CR! Standby line starts tomorrow Tuesday, February 25, 2025. The VQ system was reportedly supposed to end multiple times during some lull periods, but never came to fruition. It went through 2 hurricane closures, but nearly 3 years later after the ride opened May 27, 2022, the VQ has concluded and standby is finally here. Scatterplot of every single VQ data point collected for the past 1002 days. Here's my final update for it and wrap-up post:

Andrew25Feb 24, 2025

I for one hope that one day they can find a way to add railings within the pre-show spaces to reduce the pain point that is the funnel at the end. Ideally, it would be tiered "rows" within the preshow space where a CM then can release each section one by one instead of the mass release. I also think Disney should really enforce kicking people out of line who exit the preshow early to get a headstart.