And you can probably also play Bingo with the Pixar plot tropes on display, from the tear-jerking montage to the vainglorious villain. Can Buzz overcome his lone-wolf instincts and turn a ragtag group of losers (including Alisha’s granddaughter Izzy, voiced by Keke Palmer) into heroes who will save the day? In addition to being cute, Sox also figures out how to develop a functioning fuel crystal, but by that time, the planet is being held captive by the evil Emperor Zurg (James Brolin). What Is ‘Lightyear’, Exactly? How Pixar’s Space Epic Fits Into the ‘Toy Story’ UniverseĪlong the way, Buzz acquires a robotic cat, Sox (Peter Sohn) - and in the grand tradition of Pixar sidekicks, Buzz’s emotional-support animal steals the movie. With test after test, he sees his best friend and mentor Alisha Hawthorne (Uzo Aduba) fall in love with a woman, have a child, get old and die over the course of what feels like weeks to him. At the end of a first failed trial, he discovers that years have passed on the planet while he was out testing the crystal. Years later, that power source prototype sufficiently developed, Buzz takes it to space to see if the hyperdrive is safe. The scientists traveling aboard the ship are awoken from their hibernation in order to build a colony and to work on creating a new crystal to act as a power source. Lightyear is headstrong and not a team player, and those personality traits lead to him accidentally stranding his ship on the planet. Once he takes a closer look, however, he realizes that the terrain is host to deadly flying insects and equally voracious flora, with vines and roots constantly attacking any interlopers. ‘Lightyear’ Trailer Reveals Emperor Zurg, Time Travel and Buzz’s Final Words (Video)īuzz Lightyear (voiced by Chris Evans) is a Space Ranger on a mission waylaid by his landing on a seemingly habitable planet.
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