Lightyear (2022)

This is the origin story for how Buzz Lightyear, the toy, ended up in Andy’s toy box all those years ago. This being a movie designed to propel toys forward, Buzz was the hero of a movie. He is a space ranger, working with a gay black woman boss and is the same concrete, obsessive, stubborn guy who follows his own path rather than following orders that we know from the Toy Story movies. He is also at core a guy who wants to help others, and, when all is said and done, is at once irritating and likeable. The one out of continuity thing is Buzz has a sidekick, Sox, and emotional support cat who is also exceptionally gifted at calculations and problem solving. How Andy had Buzz and not Sox is a huge mystery. In any case this is exceptionally lame when held up to Toy Story 4, but an acceptable cash generating parallel story movie.