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MacLane said that in order to shape the film, they did a thorough \"examination of what makes Buzz, Buzz.\"

\"For me, the unifying element was that Buzz is a character who is constantly out of step with his environment,\" he said. \"Oftentimes there's a disagreement over the nature of reality.\"

\"In 'Toy Story,' for example, he's convinced he's a Space Ranger when Woody's telling him he's a toy; you have to come to grips with that,\" the director continued. \"In the second movie, it's kind of rebooted with another Buzz Lightyear that has to learn the same thing and that character has a disagreement over the nature of reality. The third film, it's the Spanish Buzz mode. The fourth film is the internal monologue character, so it's always finding a way to separate the character from their surroundings.\"

\"I think there's a universality to how -- for as connected as we are as people -- how disconnected we can become in society, and that's something I really wanted to explore,\" he added.

MacLane also described why he believes Evans was the perfect choice to voice Buzz Lightyear.

\"[Buzz] says really, really goofy things really, really seriously and takes the job very seriously, and so for me, there were very few actors that could pull off an earnestness and also the comedy of that,\" he said.

\"He's been a tremendous creative partner throughout the whole process and has totally gotten it and elevated the material in every way,\" the director added about Evans.

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MacLane said he knows the trailer leaves many questions unanswered, and he's looking forward to seeing the fan theories that arise following its release.

\"I will say, honestly, it's like 5% of the scale of the film,\" he said of the trailer. \"It really is, in every sense of the word, a teaser. Chris says one word, it's really very minimal.\"

\"But I hope that they get the sense of scale and confidence and comedy, the combination of flavors and tone that we're going for in the trailer,\" he added. \"They get a gesture of what the film is going to be.\"

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