Lightyear

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*"Every hero has a beginning..."*
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*"In 1995, a boy named Andy got a Buzz Lightyear toy for his birthday. It was from his favorite movie. This is that movie."*
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***Lightyear*** is a 2022 American film that was released by Disney on June 17, 2022. The movie is centered around Buzz Lightyear. The movie is a prequel, and is about Buzz Lightyear being a test pilot. It was announced during Disney Investor Day in December of 2020 by Pete Doctor. It's the 61st Disney animated film, and the 26th Pixar animated film.

## Synopsis

*The origin story of action figure Buzz Lightyear and his adventures to infinity and beyond.*

## Plot

Buzz Lightyear, a space ranger in Star Command, and his commanding officer and best friend, Alisha Hawthorne, explore the habitable planet, T'Kani Prime, with their new recruit, Featheringhamstan. They are forced to retreat to their exploration vessel after discovering that the planet hosts hostile lifeforms. Buzz damages the vessel during the retreat, forcing the crew to evacuate in order to conduct repairs and continue their journey. One year later, the crew have constructed a nascent colony along with the necessary infrastructure to conduct repairs. Buzz volunteers to test hyperspace fuel, a key component of the repairs. However, after a four-minute test, he finds that four years have passed on T'Kani Prime, due to the effects of time dilation from having traveled at relativistic speeds. Buzz is introduced to Sox, a robotic feline, and continues testing the hyperspace fuel. With every test, four more years pass on T'Kani Prime, until eventually over 62 years have passed. During this time, the colony develops; Alisha raises a son with her wife Kiko, subsequently dying of old age; and Sox improves the fuel's composition, allowing it to obtain faster-than-light speeds.

Against the orders of his new commanding officer, Commander Burnside, Buzz uses this new fuel composition for a successful hyperspace test. Upon landing, Buzz discovers 22 years have passed, during which T'Kani Prime has been invaded by Zyclops robots led by the mysterious Zurg. Buzz meets up with members of the colony’s defense forces, including Izzy Hawthorne, Alisha’s now-adult granddaughter; Mo Morrison, a fresh, naïve recruit; and Darby Steel, an elderly paroled convict. While initially reluctant to work with them, Buzz eventually warms to them. Together, they plan to attack Zurg’s ship and destroy the invading force.

Following an encounter, Zurg abducts Buzz, bringing him aboard his ship where he reveals that he is an older Buzz from an alternate timeline in which he escaped from Burnside’s forces after the successful hyperspace test. Aided by the effects of time dilation, he traveled to the far future, encountering a technologically advanced and abandoned vessel. He assumed Zurg's identity by wearing his signature mecha suit, and traveled to the now-present to obtain more hyperspace fuel from Buzz in order to travel further back in time and prevent the exploration vessel from landing on T'Kani Prime in the first place. However, Buzz refuses due to the implications of the possible temporal paradox that would result from such actions, which would wipe out the current timeline and everyone from it. Meanwhile, Izzy, Mo, Darby, and Sox board Zurg’s ship to assist Buzz. After a chaotic assault on the ship, Buzz and his comrades-in-arms destroy the ship and escape.

However, Zurg, having survived his ship's destruction, arrives and attacks Buzz, grabbing the hyperspace fuel. As Zurg prepares to destroy him, Buzz shoots the fuel, causing it to explode and incapacitate Zurg. With the fuel gone, Buzz wishes to stay on T'Kani Prime. Upon landing, Burnside arrests Buzz, but relents, allowing Buzz to revive the Space Ranger Corps. Buzz selects Izzy, Mo, Darby, and Sox to form the core of this organization, much to Burnside's surprise. Buzz and his team are then sent off to a new adventure in parts unknown. In a post-credits scene, Zurg is revealed to have survived the explosion.

## Cast

* Chris Evans as Buzz Lightyear
* Keke Palmer as Izzy Hawthorne
* Taika Waititi as Mo Morrison
* Peter Sohn as Sox
* James Brolin as Emperor Zurg
* Dale Soules as Darby Steel
* Efren Ramirez as Diaz
* Uzo Aduba as Alisha Hawthorne
* Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Commander Burnside
* Mary MacDonald-Lewis as I.V.A.N.
* Anthony Armanino as Special Agent Chuck Bailey IV
* Bill Hader as Featheringhamstan
* Angus MacLane as ERIC, DERIC, and the Zyborgs
* Tim Peake as an unnamed worker in Mission Control (uncredited)

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### Videos

LIGHTYEAR Trailer (Pixar, 2022)Lightyear - Teaser TrailerLightyear - Official Trailer

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightyear\_(film)