There was a hidden reason why they keep referring Buzz Lightyear and their leader Zurg as B-Zurg ever time they speak, is because they can't pronounce Buzz's name correctly which foreshadows that Zurg is Buzz Lightyear when his first name has been scramble backwards after trying to say the B word first, while his last ...
It is later revealed that Zurg is actually the 50-year future self of Buzz Lightyear, wishing to time travel back to the past to prevent his crew from ever landing on the planet. He also serves as Buzz's arch-nemesis.
As you may recall, in Toy Story 2 there is a scene in which Zurg tells Buzz he is his father, in a nod to Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader from Star Wars. But in Lightyear, it is revealed that Zurg is an older, alternate version of Buzz.
Beneath his mechanized suit, Emperor Zurg turns out to be none other than Buzz from another timeline, an older, embittered version (voiced by James Brolin) from a future that's figured out how to use Buzz's fuel to travel through time.
An alternate universe version of Emperor Zurg appeared in the Buzz Lightyear of Star Command cartoon series, where beneath the mask is an evil Buzz Lightyear.
Zurg isn't Buzz's father in Lightyear – instead, he is a future version of Buzz. In a plot uncannily similar to Emmett and Rex Dangervest in The Lego Movie 2, an older Buzz travels back in time to finish the mission once and for all.
In the post credit scene, Zurg's robot suit is shown drifting through space, undamaged, but seemingly inactive. However, the eyes on Zurg's robot suit suddenly power on, indicating that he survived the explosion after the fight with Buzz.
So, the movie explains that the Alien Ship, Zyclops and Zurg Suit are Alien in origins, they look a lil' more advanced and "futuristic" than Human tech, they have Alien letters on 'em and so on.
Jessie. Buzz doing a Spanish romantic dance with Jessie. Buzz's relationship with Jessie is only hinted at the end of Toy Story 2 when Buzz became instantly lovestruck with her looks and her adventurous personality. Jessie immediately returns his compliments by describing him as the sweetest space toy she has ever met.
The decision to change Zurg's backstory was revealed by Lightyear director Angus MacLane in an interview with IGN. The filmmakers did try to work with the father element, yet they realized it distracted from the story as audience members would just be waiting for the reveal of his father.
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Trivia. Lightyear's incarnation of Zurg is also an evil Buzz from an alternate future that has assumed Zurg's identity and traveled back in time to prevent the crash that marooned Buzz's colony on Tikana Prime even at the cost of damaging the space time continuum.
Zurg's character appears to draw from Darth Vader, a main villain in the Star Wars original trilogy, with a similar voice, appearance, and set of mannerisms.
According to MacLane, then, the Zurg toy design seen in Toy Story 2 is based on the non-canon Buzz Lightyear of Star Command TV series, which explains why it has more cartoonish elements than what will be seen in the new movie.
What is the twist at the end of the movie Lightyear?
Instead, the movie delivers a twist that this older Buzz that is in Zurg's robotic suit is just that: an older Buzz. He's a Buzz that unwittingly travelled into the future to fix the hyperspeed crystal, but when he returned, he was criticised by Commander Burnside for his actions.
As they head back to the ship, Zurg intervenes and captures Buzz, then reveals himself to be an older version of Buzz from an alternate timeline, which split upon Buzz's return to the planet after the successful hyperspace test: without the robot army to detain them, soldiers from the colony attempted to arrest Buzz ...
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Woody is a cowboy ragdoll, based on the main character “Woody Pride” from the 1950s television show “Woody's Roundup.” In Toy Story 4, Woody states he was made in the late 1950s. However, the Toy Story series is still set in the 2000s as of now, making Woody about 50 years old in the Toy Story Universe.
So when artist Ken Mitchroney was tasked with creating Zurg for Toy Story 2, that little speech was all he had to go on. “I wanted him to represent all the different types of evil bad guys out there,” Mitchroney tells Inverse.
Super Strength: Zurg has demonstrated above-average levels of strength, able to destroy machinery with his bare hands, although it is unknown if this strength is natural or the result of his armor.
