The purple and fluorescent green color scheme were the favorite colors of Lasseter and his wife's respectively. Lasseter attributes his design to the influence of Apollo astronauts, in particular, their clear helmets, skullcaps, communication devices, and white suits. Joe for the film and decided upon a spaceman figure. Regarding the design of Lightyear, Toy Story director John Lasseter said he wanted to create an action figure in the line of G.I. Aldrin did not, however, receive any endorsement fees for the use of his nickname. A clip of this can be found on the Toy Story 10th Anniversary DVD. According to Pixar producers, the character was provisionally named Lunar Larry, but it sounded "too wacky", so while trying to rechristen him "we went through some space terms and the word light-year came up, and the coolest astronaut name was Buzz Aldrin." Aldrin acknowledged the tribute when he pulled a Buzz Lightyear toy out during a speech at NASA, to rapturous cheers. Chris Evans is set to voice a human version of the character in the next film: Lightyear, which will explore his backstory.īuzz Lightyear's name was in honor of Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, the second person to walk on the Moon.
He also appears in the direct-to-video film Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins and the television series, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command that was led from the film.īuzz Lightyear is voiced by Tim Allen in the Toy Story films, a few video games, and the Buzz Lightyear movie, while Patrick Warburton provides the voice for the TV series. Along with his friend, Sheriff Woody, he is one of the two main characters in all four of the Toy Story animated movies. He is a toy Space Ranger superhero according to the movies and an action figure in the franchise.
Space Ranger (in the TV series and 2022 film)īuzz Lightyear is a fictional character in the Toy Story franchise created by Disney and Pixar.