Toy Story 5 Director Andrew Stanton Explains Why Jessie Takes Center Stage Over Woody and Buzz
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Kaitlyn Booth
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Summary
Toy Story 5 director Andrew Stanton explains why Jessie takes center stage over Woody and Buzz in the upcoming film. The story focuses on toys confronting the reality that modern kids, raised with iPads and technology, no longer play with traditional toys. This marks a shift in the franchise's focus to Jessie as the emotional core of the narrative.
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We have known since April 2025 that Toy Story 5 would focus largely on Jessie, as the toys themselves went up against the idea of tech and the notion that kids no longer really play with toys.
It's one of those topics that has been floating around for a while now, and as the first generation of kids who were raised with iPads continue to grow up, we are also seeing what happens when you place a kid in front of a
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