Is Lightyear about real Buzz Lightyear or is it a secret Toy Story movie?

Pixar and Disney made their announcement at 7:39 pm on Dec. 10, 2020. Lightyear, touted as the “definitive story of the original Buzz Lightyear.” Retweeting the 30 seconds of footage, which saw a realistically rendered Buzz soaring across the stars in a spaceship, star Chris Evans wrote: “I don’t even have the words.” But he DidHave words.

Evans made the announcement at 8 :14 pm. As bewildered observers tried to grasp the meaning behind the announcement, Evans clarified its intent. Lightyear. “Just to be clear,” he wrote, “this isn’t Buzz Lightyear the toy. This is the origin story of the human Buzz Lightyear that the toy is based on.”

Disney released the trailer to its first movie on Wednesday LightyearThe movie is due to be released in June. It looks like you imagine it to be, with a mix of InterstellarAnd Star WarsWith the Pixar cartoonery intact. But with flashes of Buzz at work, close-ups on his dog tags (which note his O positive blood type), and a hard-science-fiction approach to world-building that verges on “realism,” Evans’ tweet came back to mind. Was Buzz Lightyear a real guy? Was it really?

You are reading an actual transaction at the Polygon metaversal office. Because no one is innocent while openly discussing Pixar movies, none of these names were changed. Buzz Lightyear, a true man or just a creation of the movie universe? Toy StoryWhat do you think? The jury is out.

Matt Patches: Does the #RealBuzzLightyear soaring through space in far future suggest that Toy Story may also be set there?

Petrana Radulovic:This is what I hope Pixar Theory’s guy never sees.

Susana Polo: This implies that Andy was watching Real Buzz Lightyear to get obsessed with Buzz Lightyear toys. This was the villain of that show.

Image: Pixar

Maddy Myers Susana’s words. I feel like a lot of people aren’t understanding the conceit of this movie and it’s confusing me that anyone else is confused by it.

Susana Polo: I mean the reason they’re confused is that it in absolutely no way looks like a toyetic kids cartoon

Maddy Myers Because Toy Story is a live action movie.

Susana Polo:I guess ??????I guess?????????

Matt Patches: Wait.

Susana Polo: omg is this the LIVE ACTION REMAKE OF ANDY’S FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MOVIE.

Matt Patches: It is not. [Multiple people reply with a “Yes” emoji.] I do not think this is the implication of Chris Evans’ tweet.

Susana Polo: Who cares about Chris Evans’ tweet. We’re talking about the trailer.

Matt Patches: CHRIS EVANS’ TWEET IS CANON. I don’t think Andy will go to the theater to view this movie unless that is shown. By the way, here is Pixar’s summary:

Check out a brand-new, action-packed trailer, poster and image for Disney and Pixar’s LightyearThe original feature film, releasing June 17th 2022. The sci-fi action-adventure presents the definitive origin story of Buzz Lightyear—the hero who inspired the toy—introducing the legendary Space Ranger who would win generations of fans.

THE HERO WHO INSPIRED THE BOOK.

Maddy Myers That doesn’t mean he’s a real guy. Toy Story is not set in a world where aliens are just real and that’s fine with everyone. That isn’t a thing in those films. That’s just not the case. If it was, we would be able to tell.

Matt Patches: It’s hard to believe that we would know. Andy is busy he doesn’t need to think about aliens.

Maddy Myers Because there’s a pizza place with jokey little alien toys? Because the concept of Toy Story is that Buzz Lightyear ISN’T REAL and it annoys the shit out of Woody the whole movie?

Matt Patches: These toys may be inspired by real aliens.

Maddy Myers Are you forgetting the plot of the movie lmao — the point is he’s NOT real! Are you trolling?

Matt Patches: I don’t trust toys to tell me what is real and what is not

Susana Polo: Patches get out

Matt Patches: Woody’s perception of reality is not reliable. [Maddy posts a “Bye” emoji.]

Maddy Myers I think this entire interpretation rests on how you interpret the phrase “the hero who inspired the toy” which, to me, means like… Master Chief or whatever

Susana Polo: Toy Story 5 is us convincing Patches that Buzz Lightyear is a child’s plaything

Matt Patches: As evidence of my taking, I’d like to include this.

Timewalker Toys Photo

Maddy Myers Patches my argument is not that people don’t make action figures based on real people.

Susana Polo: Yeah Patches I’m pretty sure that Neil Armstrong figure never had A COMMERCIAL LIKE THIS

Matt Patches: I’m being won over but I think Disney and Pixar could be clearer about this. Chris Evans has ruined the conversation

Maddy Myers Toy Story 1Buzz, a fictional character in the movie’s plot and has the advantage of using of-the-moment tech. I think it’s pretty clear in-canon as to what this is. But yes Pixar’s marketing has been confusing for no reason

Petrana Radulovic:This is too incontinence.