Oh my Star Lord! Shirtless Chris Pratt shows off his ripped torso in Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 Super Bowl spot

By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com

Published: 21:00 EST, 5 February 2017 | Updated: 21:01 EST, 5 February 2017

A rollicking new trailer for Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 aired on Sunday evening in aid of Super Bowl 51.

Chris Pratt, who leads the cast as Star-Lord, can briefly be seen shirtless, exposing his musclebound figure in the 'Extended cut' posted by director James Gunn.

Zoe Saldana's green assassin Gamora roars as she fires a massive multi-barreled gun, and Dave Bautista's Drax The Destroyer brandishes two knives while leaping toward the maw of a tentacled monster with several rows of piercing teeth.

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Action-packed: A rollicking new trailer for Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 aired on Sunday evening in aid of Super Bowl 51

The trailer opens on Elizabeth Debicki's golden character Ayesha, Sovereign High Priestess, who asks some Guardians: 'Just who in the hell do you think you are?'

Standing before her are Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, the racoon-like Rocket and the sapling-like Baby Groot. Star-Lord replies: 'Well...' and trailer launches into high-gear.

Against Fleetwood Mac's blaring 1977 song The Chain, a profusion of action sequences explode onto the screen.

When you got it: Chris Pratt, who leads the cast as Star-Lord, can briefly be seen shirtless, exposing his musclebound figure in the ' Extended cut ' posted by director James Gunn

In one, Star-Lord activates an oxygen mask that materializes onto his face before he leaps alongside Bradley Cooper's Rocket into an outer-space firefight.

During another, Rocket cackles after detonating a bomb that sends several of his foes hurtling into the air as a force-field bursts into being underneath them.

Michael Rooker's Yondu, who's blue but for a glinting red fin on his head, strolls nonchalantly down a bridge while his own enemies float suspended in mid-air.

Armed: Zoe Saldana's green assassin Gamora roars as she fires a massive multi-barreled gun

Antenna-sporting Mantis, acted by Pom Klementieff, squeals: 'He's so cute!' before a shot of Vin Diesel's Baby Groot screaming as he charges at an unseen target.

Karen Gillan's blue and purple Nebula flicks her tongue across her lips while holding a knife to a foe, and is also seen firing the guns of a spaceship she's flying.

Gamora and Nebula were raised together by the villainous Thanos of the first film, also directed by Gunn, which opened in 2014.

Belly of the beast: Dave Bautista's Drax The Destroyer brandishes two knives while leaping toward the maw of a tentacled monster with several rows of piercing teeth

Ready to strike: Karen Gillan's blue and purple Nebula flicks her tongue across her lips while holding a knife to a foe

After a shot of Baby Groot intoning the only phrase he can say: 'I am Groot,' another shot shows a perplexed Yondu shouting: 'What is that?'

Rocket, who frequently translates for Baby Groot, is seen with the little creature on his shoulder, and interprets: 'He says: "Welcome to the frickin' Guardians Of The Galaxy"...only he didn't use "frickin'."'

The Guardian octet - Yondu, Nebula, Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket, Baby Groot and Mantis - are all seen posing in apparent triumph as explosions rage behind them.

Bosom buddies: Bradley Cooper's raccoon-like Rocket translates for Vin Diesel's sapling-like Baby Groot, saying: 'He says: "Welcome to the frickin' Guardians Of The Galaxy"...only he didn't use "frickin'"'

Picture of calm: Michael Rooker's Yondu, who's blue but for a glinting red fin on his head, strolls nonchalantly down a bridge while his own enemies float suspended in mid-air

Their moment of heroism is, unfortunately, cut short when a flaming boulder hurtles in from nowhere and strikes Mantis from her perch.

'Look out!' Drax shouts, uselessly late, and after Star-Lord appraises the damage with a hushed: 'Oh, wow...' the Destroyer offers a sheepish: 'I tried, guys.'

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2, which also stars Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Chris Sullivan and Sean Gunn, will be out April 28 in the UK and May 5 in the US.

High-spirits: Antenna-sporting Mantis, acted by Pom Klementieff, squeals: 'He's so cute!'

Royalty: Elizabeth Debicki's golden character Ayesha, Sovereign High Priestess, 

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