Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

**Buzz Lightyear of Star Command** is an American television series created by Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley. It focuses on the adventures of space ranger Buzz Lightyear.

The series aired on UPN and ABC for one season from October 2, 2000 to January 13, 2001.

## Plot

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is set in the far future. Capital Planet is the forefront of the Galactic Alliance, a peaceful union of various planets, home to various alien species that coexist in harmony. Star Command is a peacekeeping organization consisting of Space Rangers, who investigate threats to galactic peace. The primary enemy of Star Command, as well as Buzz’s archenemy is the Evil Emperor Zurg, an intergalactic crime boss and warlord that rules Planet Z, with an empire of heavily armed robots and slave races forced to work in opposition to the Galactic Alliance.

The series features Buzz Lightyear, a famous and experienced Space Ranger who takes a crew of rookies under his wing as he investigates criminal activity across the galaxy and attempts to bring down Zurg’s evil plots to rule the universe.

## Cast and Characters

### Star Command

#### Team Lightyear

* Patrick Warburton as Captain Buzz Lightyear
* Nicole Sullivan as Princess Mira Nova
* Larry Miller and Neil Flynn as XR
* Stephen Furst as Booster Sinclair Munchapper

#### Other Personnel

* Patrick Warburton as Little Green Men
* Adam Carolla as Commander Nebula
* Steve Hytner as Ty Parsec
* Phil LaMarr as Rocket Crocket
* Rob Paulsen as Fop Doppler
* Nikki Cox as Petra Hammerhold
* Michael Showalter as Plasma Boy
* Joy Behar as 42

### Villains

* Wayne Knight as Evil Emperor Zurg
* Frank Welker as Grubs / Brain Pods / Hornets
* Diedrich Bader as Warp Darkmatter
* Patrick Warburton as Evil Buzz Lightyear
* Kerri Kenney-Silver as Gravitina
* Craig Ferguson as NOS-4-A2
* Brad Garrett as Torque
* Bobcat Goldthwait as XL
* Steve Hytner as Wirewolf

### Galactic Alliance

* Roz Ryan as Madam President
* Jim Cummings as Senator Aarrfvox
* Dan Castellaneta as Senator Banda
* Corey Burton as Senator Hammerhold
* Frank Welker as Senator Phlegmex

### Other

* Russi Taylor as Becky
* Corey Burton as Brent Starkisser
* Paul Rugg as Cosmo / Ed
* Tony Jay as Dr. Animus
* Linda Hamilton as Dr. Ozma Furbanna
* Brian Doyle-Murray as Officer Panchex
* Joel Murray as Professor Triffid
* Cree Summer as Savy SL2
* Stephen Root as Sheriff of Roswell
* John O'Hurley as King Nova
* Earl Boen as Santa Claus
* Ed Asner as The Fixer
* Jon Favreau as Crumford Lorak
* French Stewart as Rentwhistle Swack

## Production

Developed by Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle, later the creators of Kim Possible and Big Hero 6: The Series, the series was originally announced when plans for a Toy Story television series were announced (including a Woody's Roundup series, which was ultimately cancelled). 62 episodes of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command were made, but due to ending production in 1999-2000, the show's episode run was aired on UPN and ABC out of order, despite the show being a success during its airing.

## Release

The series was aired during UPN's Disney's One Too programming block from October 2000 to August 2003. One episode, "Super Nova", only aired twice during its original run. It also aired on Disney Channel from June 5, 2006, to May 16, 2008, when it was taken off the air in the U.S.. Two episodes, "Conspiracy" and "Inside Job", were rarely seen after 2001. The show also aired on Toon Disney from 2003 to 2007 as well as on the network's Jetix block for a brief time in 2004.