3 ms·

They actually did rewrite the entire story. What they recovered was completely remade (per the answer in the OP)

• rootbear 10y ago
  The original version did have Woody being stolen by a toy collector and being rescued by the other toys. I don't think many of the specifics beyond that survived the rewrite, but I don't know for sure. There are links elsewhere in this thread to claimed versions of the original story, but I can't vouch for their authenticity. I never saw any of the in-progress story reels.
• brazzledazzle 10y ago
  On a somewhat related note I hope someday they'll take the scene assets they have from the older films, beef up the models or substitute them with newer ones from recent movies and re-render them. The stories are solid and a remaster of older Pixar films would be a hit I think.