What’s interesting about this new film is that it’s not a spin-off story that follows a popular in-universe character like many others are. RELATED: How Lightyear's Tonal Shift Points Toward A Recipe For Success With Long-Running Franchises The cinematography and animation both look incredible so far, and fans are excited to see how this new story will actually play out.
While still being animated, the trailer points towards a more serious film about space travel, adventure, and heroism. Originally announced in December of 2020, Lightyear is a spin-off of the Toy Story franchise marketed as telling the origin of the hero who inspired the Buzz Lightyear toy. Does Pixar's Lightyear mark a new precedent for where Hollywood can begin pulling ideas? Has a movie like this, based on an in-universe canon, ever been done before? A story that’s not simply a spin-off following some character, but rather a story that inspires something in the original and expands on the world.
While the debate rages on about how exactly Lightyear fits into Toy Story’s canon, yet another interesting idea is sparked.
