Lightyear (2022)

A Star Command exploration vessel nicknamed “the Turnip” changes course to investigate signs of life on the unknown world T’Kani Prime. Woken from hibernation, Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear and his commanding officer and best friend Alisha Hawthorne scout the landing site, accompanied by rookie Featheringhamstan. Attacked by hostile lifeforms, they attempt to take off, but the Turnip’s escape trajectory is compromised by Buzz, who inadvertently causes the station to crash despite his best efforts. Blaming himself for failing their escape and stranding the crew, Buzz volunteers as the test pilot for the hyperspace fuel crystal they will need to develop to return home. One year later, the crew constructed a new colony to conduct repairs.

Buzz’s disastrous first test flight is compounded by the effects of time dilation: for the four minutes he spent in flight, four years have passed on T’Kani Prime. Alisha shares that she is now engaged to a scientist named Kiko, whom she met three years previously. She gifts Buzz Sox, an AI robot therapist, with the shape and programming behaviors of a cat. Alisha instructs Buzz to wait on testing new crystal mixtures until they find another way to return the crew home, but Buzz decides to take the initiative and conduct further tests, with Alisha’s reluctant approval. After a dozen failed tests, Buzz returns from his last flight to discover that Alisha has died of old age. She leaves a recording for him where she shares her happiness and introduces him to her small granddaughter, Izzy Hawthorne.