It’s been four years now, but the premise of Lightyear is still kind of confusing if you think about it too much. It explores the origin story of Buzz Lightyear, but not the beloved Toy Story character . Instead, it centers on the human (but still animated) Buzz Lightyear, a real space adventurer in the fictional Toy Story world who inspired the toy collected by the kids in the Toy Story movies.

With that tangled ball of yarn hanging over it—you kind of have to admire Pixar for pretzeling its universe so much, to be honest— Lightyear failed to catch on with audiences.…