Toy Story 5's focus on Buzz Lightyear brings unwanted attention to Pixar's 2022 film, Lightyear, which failed to resonate with audiences. Despite its connection to the Toy Story franchise, Lightyear's confusing premise and lukewarm reception make it a challenging topic to revisit.
Toy Story 5's Buzz-centric storyline drags Pixar 's Lightyear movie back into the spotlight, forcing the studio to address its 2022 flop. The meta approach to Buzz Lightyear 's origin story was ambitious, but it ultimately backfired when the movie failed to make any kind of notable impact. Lightyear 's premise was too confusing for much of the Toy Story fan base to latch on to, and those who did see it generally had lukewarm feelings toward it.
So, it would make sense if Pixar avoided drawing attention to Lightyear again, but Toy Story 5's release in 2026 will do the exact opposite. Lightyear is very far from the list of best Pixar movies, which is surprising when it's considered that it belongs to the otherwise successful string of Toy Story movies. It's not exactly a bad film, but it was a project that no one really asked for and its placement within the main canon was unnecessarily complex for a family-friendly saga. Despite Lightyear's failure, Pixar appears to have painted itself into a corner by pretty much forcing itself to reaffirm the decision to make the movie in the first place. Toy Story 5's Buzz Storyline Means The Upcoming Sequel Must Acknowledge 2022's Lightyear Origin Movie Lightyear was the movie that made Andy want a Buzz action figure If nothing else, Lightyear at least revealed why Andy had such an intense desire to own a Buzz Lightyear action figure in the first Toy Story movie. Establishing Buzz as merchandise of the Lightyear movie was an interesting creative choice, but not one that particularly needed an entire spinoff project to address. Regardless, it's canon now, and Toy Story 5's decision to include a horde of commemorative Buzz Lightyear toys as the story's villain(s) means Lightyear needs, at the very least, a passing mention in the upcoming seque
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