Fans will want to collect all the Lightyear toys, from action figures to plush toys to vehicles and playsets. Each item sold separately, subject to availability. A standalone movie, this sci-fi adventure might not have super strong ties with the original franchise, but it is a comedic, emotional ride with a hopeful message, as per our four-star review. Ecarma, Caleb (June 16, 2022). "Pixar's Lightyear Is Triggering the Latest Right-Wing Anti-LGBTQ+ Panic". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on June 19, 2022 . Retrieved June 19, 2022.

Lightyear First Reactions Unanimously Praise Pixar's Toy Story Spinoff". Screen Rant. June 9, 2022. Archived from the original on June 11, 2022 . Retrieved June 15, 2022. Uzo Aduba as Alisha Hawthorne, Buzz's best friend, commanding officer and Kiko's wife, who is one of Izzy's grandmothers. [5] Lightyear claims to be the "definitive origin story" of Buzz Lightyear, but really it's only the origin of the hero who inspired the toy. You won't be learning anything about the history of Buzz before he met Woody and co, even if there are Toy Story nods to be found everywhere. Made of soft, easy-to-touch fabric, this soft doll makes the perfect companion for naptime, nighttime or any time. Jones, Tamera (June 10, 2022). " 'Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear' Featurette Blasts Onto Disney+". Collider. Archived from the original on June 11, 2022 . Retrieved June 11, 2022.When an exploration of lifeforms on an uncharted planet goes very wrong, Buzz ( Chris Evans) makes a critical error trying to escape the planet. Thanks to him, his entire crew is stranded 4.2 million light-years from Earth with their hyperspeed crystal destroyed. Further information: Censorship in the Middle East, LGBT people in Islam, and Censorship of LGBT issues Coates, Tyler (March 9, 2023). "Artios Awards: Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Fabelmans, and Marcel the Shell With Shoes On Among Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on March 10, 2023 . Retrieved March 10, 2023. Yep, Zurg is here, but like Buzz, he's not quite the Zurg you know from the Toy Story movies (even if he inspired the toy from Toy Story 2). There's a fun spin on a classic moment from that sequel, yet the presence of Zurg only adds to the feeling that Lightyear didn't really need to be a spin-off.

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released Lightyear on Ultra HD Blu-ray, DVD and Blu-ray on September 13, 2022. [94] Reception [ edit ] Streaming viewership [ edit ] a b c "DIRECTOR ANGUS MACLANE CALLS CHRIS EVANS 'SUCH A JOY' AS BUZZ IN 'LIGHTYEAR,' PIXAR'S LOVE LETTER TO SCI-FI ADVENTURE MOVIES". Fandango Media. October 27, 2021. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021 . Retrieved October 28, 2021. Libbey, Dirk (February 7, 2019). "Toy Story 5? Here's What Tim Allen Says". CinemaBlend. Archived from the original on December 2, 2019 . Retrieved August 30, 2019. a b Venable, Heidi (April 28, 2022). "People Have Seen The First 30 Minutes Of Disney's Lightyear, Here's What They're Saying". CINEMABLEND. Archived from the original on June 9, 2022 . Retrieved June 15, 2022.Chris Evans goes to infinity and beyond in Pixar's first Lightyear teaser trailer". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 7, 2022 . Retrieved March 28, 2022. In February 2019, Tim Allen, who voiced Buzz in the films, expressed interest in doing another film as he "did not see any reason why they would not do it", [11] while in that May, on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Tom Hanks, who voiced Sheriff Woody, said that Toy Story 4 (2019) would be the final installment in the franchise, [12] but producer Mark Nielsen disclosed a possibility of a fifth film, as Pixar was not ruling out that possibility. [13] In December 2020 at a Disney Investor Day meeting, Lightyear was announced as a spin-off film depicting the in-universe origin of the human Buzz Lightyear character, with Chris Evans providing the character's voice. [4]