Why Buzz Lightyear's Costume Doesn't Have Wings (At First)

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Although Lightyear tells the story of the character that inspired the Buzz Lightyear toy seen in Toy Story, it left various unanswered questions about his story, among those one about his costume, which doesn’t have his trademark wings at first – but why? Pixar continues its reign in the world of animation and keeps releasing at least one movie per year, with 2022 seeing two big releases: Turning Red, which was sent directly to Disney+, and Lightyear, the first Pixar movie to be released in theaters since Onward.

Lightyear took the audience back to the Toy Story universe with a story that serves as a spinoff and a prequel, as it explores the origin of the Buzz Lightyear toy. Lightyear is the movie that a young Andy watched in 1995 that made him a fan of Buzz Lightyear, and it follows Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear (voiced by Chris Evans) as he explores a habitable planet with his commanding officer and crew, but after some dangerous encounters with the planet’s hostile lifeforms and their ship breaking down, they end up stranded there. Buzz’s attempts to find a way back home lead him to jump many years into the future, where he meets a whole new crew and comes face to face with the evil Emperor Zurg (James Brolin), who hides a big secret.

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Although it’s a separate story from the Toy Story series, Lightyear included various Easter eggs and references to the saga, but it also made way for some big questions about Buzz’s backstory and how it connects to the Toy Story movies, as there are various inconsistencies, such as Buzz’s costume not having its wings at the beginning, which might have a deeper meaning than it seems.

Buzz wears different suits in Lightyear before