Lightyear
Movie, 2022, Andy, Set in The film Andy saw
Lightyear is #14 of 15 in release order and #1 of 15 in chronological order in the Toy Story.
The story
Legendary Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside a group of ambitious recruits and his robot companion Sox.
Lightyear recap
Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear crash-lands an exploration ship on a hostile planet, stranding a thousand crew members. Blaming himself, he spends years test-flying a hyperspace fuel crystal, and each four-minute flight costs him four years. His commander and best friend, Alisha Hawthorne, grows old, marries and dies. Thanks to his robot cat Sox, Buzz finally succeeds, but returns to find the colony under siege by Emperor Zurg's robots. He joins a ragtag team of trainees: Alisha's granddaughter Izzy, Mo Morrison and the elderly parolee Darby Steel. They fight their way to Zurg's ship, where Zurg is revealed to be an older Buzz from an alternate future who wants the crystal to travel back and prevent the crash.
Lightyear ending explained
Buzz refuses to erase the life the colonists built and destroys the crystal. The team defeats Zurg and his ship, and they return to the colony, which has learned to defend itself. Commander Burnside lets Buzz and his team form a new Space Ranger corps. The film opens with a note that this was Andy's favorite movie in 1995.
Post-credits scenes
There are three. During the credits, Commander Burnside brags about his laser shield after it vaporises a space bug. After the credits, DERIC, the ship's computer voice, finds everyone has left. At the very end, Zurg's lifeless body drifts in space and its eyes light up, hinting he may return.
Where to watch Lightyear
Lightyear is streaming on Disney+ in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 74%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Lamp Life, before Toy Story 5.
- Chronological order: first, before Toy Story.
What to watch before Lightyear
In release order, the essentials before Lightyear (2022) are Toy Story (1995), Toy Story 2 (1999), Toy Story 3 (2010), Toy Story of Terror! (2013), Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014), and Toy Story 4 (2019).
Cast
- Chris Evans as Buzz Lightyear (voice)
- Keke Palmer as Izzy Hawthorne (voice)
- Peter Sohn as SOX /Old SOX (voice)
- Taika Waititi as Mo Morrison (voice)
- Dale Soules as Darby Steel (voice)
- James Brolin as Zurg / Old Buzz (voice)
- Uzo Aduba as Alisha Hawthorne (voice)
- Mary McDonald-Lewis as I.V.A.N. (voice)
- Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Commander Burnside (voice)
- Angus MacLane as ERIC / DERIC / Zyclops (voice)
- Bill Hader as Featheringhamstan (voice)
- Efren Ramirez as Airman Diaz (voice)
Directed by Angus MacLane.