'I've always been curious about Buzz's world, like, the world of the Space Rangers and the world of Star Command. 'Buzz is a character I've always been pretty interested in and connected to, since I started on Toy Story 2 as an animator, and I've always been kind of drawn to him,' MacLane told ET in an interview last year. The idea for the origin story was crafted by longtime Pixar animator and director Angus MacLane, who found a unique way to explore a new side of the beloved hero. this is the character the toy is based off of,' Evans explained of his role in Lightyear. 'So you can't make pure, fresh tracks in the show. Chris Evans becomes Buzz in new Lightyear featurette By Blair Marnell JAfter playing Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear in four Toy Story movies, Tim Allen left some pretty big.

Instead, it's a meta take on an origin story for the toy character people fell in love with in the Toy Story franchise. Just as Toy Story 2 introduced Woody's Roundup - the 1950s children's television show that inspired the Woody cowboy doll - Lightyear is the movie within the Toy Story universe that inspired the Buzz Lightyear action figure coveted by young Andy in the franchise's first film.

Lightyear is not technically a Toy Story movie, in the sense some might expect.

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