If you've been fretting over a continuity issue between Guardians of the Galaxy and Thor: Ragnarok over the past few weeks, then fear not as you may finally have an explanation courtesy of director Taika Waititi. As you may recall, the Sakaarians in the 2014 release from James Gunn looked an awful lot different to the colourful inhabitants populating The Grandmaster's planet in the Marvel threequel.
Asked on Twitter why they're so different in appearance, Waititi responded: "As every true Marvel fan knows, Sakaarians wear reversible clothes. Grey, rugged, and scary on one side, colourful, festive, and flamboyant on the other!" The filmmaker is obviously making a tongue in cheek comment here but it's easy enough to figure out why there was such a difference between the two lots of aliens.
It could be that the Sakaarians in Guardians of the Galaxy were some sort of warrior race that left the planet as guns for hire, for example, so it's probably best not to worry too much about this continuity "error." Throw in the fact that Marvel probably didn't know they were going to make Thor: Ragnarok when that movie was being developed and this really isn't that big of a deal. What do you think?
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