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In this animated film, space adventurer Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) loses his partner during a mission and resolves to never jeopardize another person's life again. But Buzz's commander, Nebula...
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By Matt Purslow
Updated: Oct 27, 2021 2:25 pm
Posted: Oct 27, 2021 1:56 pm
The first trailer for Lightyear has shown off Disney and Pixar’s ‘real life’ version of Buzz Lightyear, as well as Space Ranger members of Star Command.
The movie, which is set to release summer 2022, follows the journey of Buzz Lightyear (this time voiced by Chris Evans) as he progresses from a test pilot to a full-blown Space Ranger in Star Command. The trailer shows a quick look at that journey, opening on Lightyear testing what looks to be an experimental spaceship. Later we see Buzz on an alien planet, getting caught up in the tentacles of an alien monster, and him approaching a realistic version of his iconic white, green, and purple space armour. There’s also an ominous box opening to reveal red light, but it cuts before we can see what’s inside. Could it be… Emperor Zurg?
If this is all a bit confusing, Pixar’s chief creative officer Pete Docter explained the concept earlier this year, and it’s most definitely not a Toy Story film or prequel. "At first glance you might think, 'Well, this is a Toy Story film’. Well, not so fast,” he said. “See, back when we created the very first Toy Story, we designed Buzz Lightyear with the idea that he was a toy based on some really cool character from an epic, blockbuster film. Well, all these years later we decided it’s time to make that film."
Disney and Pixar previously explored the idea of the ‘real’ Buzz Lightyear in the animated TV show Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, but that and Lightyear seem to share little in common aside from treating Buzz as a real person rather than a toy. Where the TV show was a bright and colourful, very Saturday morning affair with aliens working for Star Command, it appears that Lightyear is more of a ‘realistic’ sci-fi approach.
The new poster for Lightyear shows off the detail going into the artstyle, with a grubby ‘caution’ warning on the red armour segment that, at least in the toy version of Buzz, activates his wings. Here, however, it looks more like a port, perhaps for fuel or oxygen.
Lightyear was announced at Disney’s investor day last year, where it also announced that The Mandalorian would have a spin-off in the form of Star Wars: Ahsoka. We recently learned that Hayden Christensen will appear in that show, and that he'll also be playing Darth Vader in the Obi-Wan Kenobi show.
Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.
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Feb 8, 2022 · Once again set to David Bowie's Starman, the trailer features Chris Evans' 'real' version of Buzz Lightyear, who is working with Star Command to attempt to escape a planet that he and his fellow...
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Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins: Directed by Tad Stones. With Tim Allen, Nicole Sullivan, Larry Miller, Stephen Furst. Buzz Lightyear must battle Emperor Zurg with the help of three hopefuls who insist on being his partners.
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Apr 21, 2022 · With just over a month remaining until the film's arrival, Pixar has released a new Lightyear trailer. The video finds Evans' Buzz and his Star Command friends marooned on an alien planet and the titular hero accidentally traveling 62 years into the future in an effort to help them get back home, coming into conflict with Emperor Zurg.
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Jun 10, 2022 · Disney released the first trailer for Lightyear on October 29, 2021, which gives audiences a good look at the film’s stunning photorealistic animation as well as its futuristic worlds and...
May 31, 2022 · Rather than exploring the origin of the toy, it’ll follow the story of how Buzz became a Space Ranger for Star Command. The official trailer, released on April 21, 2022, showed Buzz going...
