Lightyear Trailer Breakdown: Buzz Gets A Big Action Adventure Film From Pixar

"Toy Story" is the franchise that started it all for Pixar, and they're continuing that beloved series of films this year — albeit in an indirect way. The Disney animation studio is set to bring us "Lightyear," which is being officially billed as the "definitive origin story of Buzz Lightyear — the hero who inspired the toy." So this isn't the Tim Allen-voiced toy. Rather, we have Chris Evans playing the real Buzz who went on to inspire the toy that we saw in the movies. And today brings us a brand new trailer showcasing what that looks like. For those that want to take a closer look at everything going on here (and there is a lot), we're here to break it down, bit by bit. Let's dive in.

Here, we see Buzz heading out into the landscape of this unknown planet that is not Earth, as is made clear by the dialogue. 

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Buzz has a Star Command companion in tow as they are gearing up for a mission that has been a year in the making. "All for a four-minute flight," as Buzz puts it.

We then get a few more glimpses at the elaborate base of operations that Star Command has set up. It includes some truly impressive infrastructure, such as the gigantic base in the above shot. We also see a big perimeter fence that is used to help keep out some of the local wildlife.

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This poor alien bug never knew what was coming. Though, to be fair, it does look like the kind of bug that might complicate matters. Especially if there were swarms of them getting in the way of this seemingly important, semi-mysterious mission. It is also worth pointing out that Buzz explains it as being "marooned" here which indicates that he has some displeasure with the situation.

We then get to the actual mission, with Buzz getting in his ship gearing up for takeoff. Unfortunately, his pal is taken away by one of the same tentacle monsters that got our hero earlier, though this one is played up a bit more for comedy's sake. It seems that, if this mission is successful, everyone at this base will be allowed to go "home" — presumably meaning Earth. That raises some questions as the crux of the story hasn't been shared in either this trailer or the previous teaser.

The implication seems to be that Buzz ends up off course somehow during this experimental flight and he ends up somewhere he's not supposed to be. We see him heading out to this overlook to get a lay of the land. But then we get a shot of this ominous-looking ship.

Here, we also get a look at the robot underlings seemingly serving at Zurg's side. There is, as you may notice, the acronym Z.A.P on their shoulders. Not for nothing but the design of these robots is pretty cool and takes some of the toy-esque elements of what we know adapting them for the real-world take on the material.

Now we seem to be getting to the central conflict with the above massive robot terrorizing Buzz and his crew. This death machine very much looks like it was cut from the same cloth as Zurg. Is this our new Zurg?

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Has he been reimagined as a giant death robot? Or is this merely a creation of Zurg who is being set up for a big reveal once viewers are actually in the theater? Time will tell but it appears this robot will keep our hero's hands full.

Here, we see Buzz getting tackled by a robot that looks not unlike the evil ones we see at other points in the trailer. It is worth noting that we seemingly got a good look at this very same robot in the original teaser trailer on the planet that can only be described as Dagobah-like. Yes, it does seem there are some "Star Wars" influences here beyond the somewhat obscure.

Next, we get a really cool shot of the previously mentioned giant Zurg robot once again chasing Buzz. Unfortunately, our hero comes up against a dead-end and is facing down the barrel of this robot's wrath. The silhouette on the wall is a nice shot in my humble opinion. It is also worth pointing out that those yellow machines look a little bit like the Power Loader from "Aliens" which is kinda neat.

Last, but certainly not least, the trailer finishes itself off with another fun gag involving Sox. Buzz has clearly had a long day in space and is trying to turn in for the night. Sox, startlingly hanging out on the bedside table, offers to make some soothing sleep sounds for his human companion and ultimately goes with white noise. Again, this little dude is going to steal the show and we need to be ready for that. And that's about it! What is perhaps most interesting is that Disney and Pixar still appear to be keeping a lot of this under wraps, playing it mysterious and aloof. I for one like that strategy as these trailers have been quite good. We can only hope the movie lives up to it.

"Lightyear" is set to hit theaters on June 17, 2022.