What Is ‘Lightyear’, Exactly? How Pixar’s Space Epic Fits Into the ‘Toy Story’ Universe
21.04.2022 - 19:01
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“Lightyear” was announced as part of the Disney Investors Day, a presentation meant to drum up interest in upcoming Disney projects while assuring the market that, yes, 2020 was a very lousy year but there’s plenty to get excited about still. Pixar chief creative officer Pete Docter explained that “Lightyear” wasn’t a new “Toy Story” film, exactly, but rather the film that inspired the toy that Andy loved so dearly.
Instead of Tim Allen voicing the character, this version of Buzz would be voiced by Chris Evans.While this seemed straightforward, the Internet was immediately confused. Part of this had to do with Evans’ tweet that immediately followed the announcement that read, in part, “Just to be clear, this isn’t Buzz Lightyear the toy.
This is the origin story of the human Buzz Lightyear that the toy is based on,” and some fuzzy messaging around the announcement, both of which implied that Buzz Lightyear was a real person in this fictional “Toy Story” universe.With “Lightyear” just a few weeks away, and after talking to the filmmakers behind the movie, we can now clear up all confusion about what this latest Pixar feature really is.Simply put, “Lightyear” is the movie that Andy saw that made him want a Buzz Lightyear toy. During a panel with director Angus MagLane that TheWrap attended, MacLane explained that Andy might not even have watched “Lightyear” when it was a new movie.
To MacLane, the movie was made in the late 1970s or early 1980s. This would have been before Andy’s time.
But he still could have seen it.MacLane took it one step further, saying that the Buzz Lightyear toy (immortalized in the “Toy Story” films) could have been based on an animated spin-off that aired after the original movie. (Much in the same
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