Lightyear (film)

Lightyear is a 2022 American computer-animated science fiction action-adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is a spin-off prequel of the Toy Story film series, serving as an origin story for the fictional test pilot/astronaut character who the Buzz Lightyear toy/action figure featured in the main films was inspired by. It was released in theaters on June 17, 2022, which was two weeks after a live-action sequel, Hollywood Stargirl for Disney+.

Directed by Angus MacLane. Written by MacLane, Matthew Aldrich, and Jason Headley.

Buzz Lightyear

• I'm Buzz Lightyear, I'm always sure!
• Buzz Lightyear mission log. Star date 3902. After a full year of being marooned, our specialized crew have put this planet's vast resources to incredible use. Finally, our first hyper-speed test flight is a go.
• Terrain seems a bit… unstable. No read-out yet if the air is breathable. There seems to be no sign of intelligent life anywhere.
• Narrating helps me focus.
• Buzz Lightyear mission log. Planet clearly uninhabitable! In fact, outright hostile. Sentient foilage have apprehended Cadet Furth-- Feathering-- Featheringson-- FEATHER-- AAGH-- They got the rookie - whom I STRONGLY suggested should NOT HAVE JOINED IN THE FIRST PLACE-- (gets sent flying)
• Let's get everyone home.
• So, everyone is just stuck here because of me.
• Buzz Lightyear mission log. My mistake has marooned us on this strange planet. I need to make it right.
• Buzz Lightyear to Star Command, come in Star Command. Star Command, come in (do you read me?). Why don't they answer?
• [Izzy: Somethin' wrong with your sandwich?] Why's the meat on the outside?
• [as he attacks Zurg with his laser] Not today, Zurg!
• Buzz Lightyear mission log. Star date 4071. As members of the Elite Universe Protection Unit of the Space Ranger Corps, we've been charged to protect the galaxy from the threat of invasion from any sworn enemies of The Galactic Alliance.
• [last lines] All right, Space Rangers. Here we go. [Alisha: To infinity…] And beyond.

Zurg

• [confronting Buzz] Buzz... [Buzz: What? How do you know my name?] Come with me.
• You look good, Buzz. [Buzz: Dad?] Guess again.
• [attempting to kill Buzz for the last time] Buzz Lightyear, Mission Log: I now have the crystal in my possession, and can finally, at long last, finish the mission! I'm gonna go back and matter again, Buzz! And you? It will be like you were never here, so... prepare to die. [Buzz: Not today, Zurg!] Huh?!

Sox

• Hello, Buzz. I am Sox, your personal companion robot.
• I was issued by Star Command to ease your emotional transition after your time away.
• [after shooting Zurg with a tranquilizer dart, knocking him out unconscious] I bought you 5 minutes.
• That was utterly terrifying and I regret having joined you.
• The probability of survival with an inexperienced crew is 38.2%.

Izzy

• I hope you're ready for action, because all we needed was a pilot.
• I have a plan, and I have a team.
• Grandma always said she believed in you.
• Are we going to space? I can see stars, that is space!
• These new suits are amazing. Arm blaster, rocket wings.
• [to the statue of her grandmother; proudly] Look, Grandma, I'm a Space Ranger. Just like you.

Mo

• We can do anything!
• Well, I thought that this was going to be like a fun boot camp, workout thing. But it is not.

Darby

• I can do this, and they shave a little time off my sentence.
• I'm not allowed to handle weapons, would be a violation of my parole.
• Don't die is just something you want to do every day!
• I can't believe I'm allowed to carry this. I wish I had two of them.

Alisha

• Hello, Sox. I need you to do me a favor. I need you to look after my best friend. His name's Buzz. He's away right now, but he'll be back soon. He's a Space Ranger. He's going to get us all home.
• [last words] Goodbye, Buzz. I'm sorry I won't be there to see you finish the mission. To infinity... [Buzz: And beyond.]

Dialogue

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Diaz: Commander, are you okay?

Buzz: Diaz, you grew a beard. How did you grow a beard?

Diaz: Oh, right. First of, welcome back. Secondly…

Buzz: Wait, wait... What is this? How long was I gone?

Diaz: Four years, two months, and three days.

Buzz: What?

Alisha: [hugs him] I thought we lost you, Buzz.

Buzz: Alisha, what happened?

Alisha: Time dilation.

Buzz: What?

E.R.I.C.: Time dilation is quite simple. As you approached hyper-speed, your time slowed relative to our own. So, during your mission, you aged only minutes, while the rest of us have aged years. Simply put - the faster you fly…

Buzz: The faster I fly, the further into the future I travel. I get it. So what are we gonna do now?

Alisha: I don't know, but I think we should hold off on any more test flights until we figure out something else.

Buzz: Commander, we said finish the mission. That's what Space Rangers do.

Alisha: At what cost, Buzz? Are you willing to lose another four years?

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Buzz: [notices a ring on Alisha's finger] Wait, what's that?

Alisha: Oh, I got engaged.

Buzz: Oh, wow. That's-That's great. What's her name?

Alisha: Kiko. She's one of the science crew. It's funny, I never would've met her if we hadn't…been stranded.

Buzz: You got engaged to someone you just met?

Alisha: Buzz, I met her three years ago.

Buzz: Oh, right. Right. Well, congratulations. I'd love to meet her.

Alisha: Well, there's plenty of time for that. Get some rest. That's an order.

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[Buzz enters Alisha's office, only to find that she's not there and the room is completely cleared out, except for the desk with a holographic device sitting on top; Buzz activates the device, showing a hologram of the elderly Alisha, sitting up properly in her bed]

Alisha: Hi, Buzz. You're back here in a year or two, and, well, I won't. I don't know what happened, but I seem to have gone and gotten very old. I always thought we'd get to be Space Rangers again. [chuckles softly] I miss being out among the stars. All the adventures. But more than any of that, I missed you.

Young Izzy: Hi, Grandma. [climbs up on the bed]

Alisha: Hey, sweetheart. I'm leaving a message for my friend, Buzz.

Young Izzy: The Space Ranger?

Alisha: [chuckles] That's right. He's in space right now.

Young Izzy: [amazed] Wow!

Alisha: This is my granddaughter, Izzy.

Young Izzy: I'm gonna be a Space Ranger, too.

Alisha: Just like him?

Young Izzy: [whispers] Just like you. [hugs her grandma]

Alisha: [tenderly kisses her granddaughter's head; last and final words] Goodbye, Buzz. I'm sorry I won't be there to see you finish the mission. To infinity… [holds out her finger]

Buzz: And beyond.

[Alisha ends the holographic message and the hologram turns off; Buzz mournfully notices something sticking out from under the desk and picks it up, revealing a photo of him and Alisha, he tearfully gazes at the photo and wipes his eye]

Commander Burnside: [entering] Knock-knock. Sorry to interrupt. I'm just moving into my new… [recognizes Buzz, meeting him for the first time] Oh! [laughs] Look at that! The actual Buzz Lightyear in the flesh.

Buzz: [salutes] Affirmative.

Commander Burnside: [salutes in return] Commander Cal Burnside. I was a big fan of yours when I was a kid.

Buzz: Well, then I look forward to working with you to finally get us out of here.

Commander Burnside: Oh… Did no one tell you?

Buzz: Tell me what?

Commander Burnside: Yeah. Um… [clears throat] That was the last mission, Buzz.

Buzz: What?

Commander Burnside: We've decided we gonna go ahead and stay right here.

Buzz: Wait, here? Negative, that is not a viable option.

Commander Burnside: It is now. See, we're building this… Laser shield. It'll keep all the creeters out. And we'll just tuck right in here and make do with what we've got.

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Buzz: Listen. Um… I just… When I first went to the Academy, I was not, you know… good. I screwed up every day. I got tangled in the obstacle course, my hands shook so much I couldn't hit the target. Not the bulls-eye, the whole target. And I was gonna quit after the first week. It was clear I was not space ranger material.

Mo: Really?

Buzz: Yeah. [points to Izzy] But her grandma saw something in me. So I started looking for it, too.

Sox: Recalibrating. One corrupted file restored. [activates a hologram of Alisha with his electronic eyes]

Alisha: Hey, he's lighting up.

Izzy: [surprised] Grandma…

Alisha: Hello, Sox. I need you to do me a favor. I need you to look after my best friend. His name's Buzz. He's away right now, but he'll be back soon. He's a space ranger. He's going to get us all home. [repeatedly] Get us all home…

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Zurg: [revealing himself to be an alternate timeline version of Buzz] You look good, Buzz.

Buzz: Dad?

Zurg: [chuckles] Guess again. [hops out of the mech suit, walks towards Buzz, and shows him his dog tag with his name]

Buzz: Huh? [takes out his own dog tag and sees the names are identical to the other, then sees a cat's shadow appearing from behind the suit] Sox?

Future Sox: [with his electronic left eye exposed; distorted] Hello, Buzz.

Buzz: I don't understand.

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Buzz: Wait a minute. Hold on. You're not me. I'm me.

Zurg: Well, you're you now. But I'm you 50 years from now.

Buzz: Well, there can't be two me's.

Zurg: Yet, here we both are.

Buzz: Okay, then. If you're me, I'm thinking of a number between one and…

Zurg: 273.

Buzz: Whoa.

Zyclops: B-Zurg.

Zurg: Isn't that cute? Robots can't quite say "Buzz", so around here, I'm just…Zurg.

Zyclops: B-Zurg.

Zurg: And I guess, so are you.

Buzz: How? I don't understand.

Zurg: Don't worry about it. None of this is going to matter.

Future Sox: Buzz.

Zurg & Buzz: [at the same time] Yes?

Future Sox: You have to explain it all to him.

Zurg: You're right. I'm sorry, it's just... exciting! You're finally here! See... I reached hyper-speed, too, just like you did. But I wasn't greeted as a hero. No, that new commander was going to arrest me for stealing the XL-15. I found a way to get them home, and they didn't even care! So, I escaped. I went as far as I could as fast as I could. At that speed for that long, I traveled centuries, and I ended up in a future you wouldn't recognize… filled with technology you can't even imagine, and that's when it dawned on me: if we can use this crystal to go forward in time, why not use it to go back?

Buzz: But we can't go back in time.

Zurg: We can now.

Buzz: What?

Zurg: Listen, Buzz, I've broken time. What's happening to you never happened to me. This is a new now that's never been lived. You see we can change things, Buzz.

Buzz: Well, if we can go back in time, we can… We can stop ourselves from ever landing on that planet.

Zurg: From ever hitting that mountain.

Buzz: We can just continue the mission home.

Zurg: And none of this will have ever happened.

Both: It's a good plan.

Zurg: And this crystal is the key to it all.

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Commander Burnside: All right, team, we've picked up a signal in the Gamma Quadrant of Sector 4. We don't know what it is, but we're not gonna wait for it to invade our home.

Buzz: [on locking wrist communicator] Copy, Commander. You can count on us. [he and his team board their ship; narrating] Buzz Lightyear mission log. Star date 4071. As members of the Elite Universe Protection Unit of the Space Ranger Corps, we've been charged to protect the galaxy from the threat of invasion from any sworn enemies of The Galactic Alliance. Okay, everyone, make sure you're securely fastened.

Taglines

• Infinity awaits.
• In 1995, a boy named Andy (Davis) got a Buzz Lightyear toy for his birthday. It was from his favorite movie. This is that movie.

Cast

• Chris Evans — Buzz Lightyear
  • James Brolin — Zurg (Future Buzz)

• Peter Sohn — Sox

• Keke Palmer — Izzy Hawthorne

• Taika Waititi — Mo Morrison

• Dale Soules — Darby Steel

• Mary McDonald-Lewis — I.V.A.N.

• Uzo Aduba — Alisha Hawthorne

• Efren Ramirez — Airman Diaz

• Isiah Whitlock Jr. — Commander Cal Burnside

• Tim Peake — Tim from Mission Control

• Bill Hader — Rookie Featheringhamstan

External Links

• Lightyear quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Media related to Lightyear (film) on Wikimedia Commons