Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 director James Gunn took to Twitter to clarify which Phase this year’s Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special will take place in.

According to Gunn, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special will serve as the epilogue of Phase 4, taking place between Thor: Love and Thunder and next year’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The director also revealed that he had no idea that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 was part of Phase 5 until the recent presentation at San Diego Comic-Con, putting him on the same page as the fans.

You can check out the tweets below for Gunn’s own words:

The space-traveling team was last seen in this year’s Thor: Love and Thunder, where they teamed up with Chris Hemsworth’s Thor for some intergalactic adventures in the film’s first act. Though Groot will be the focus of this month’s Disney+ series of shorts titled I Am Groot, the team itself will next be seen in The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special towards the end of the year, then in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 on May 5, 2023.