It’s been eight years since Disney bought Pixar, eight years since CEO Bob Iger put Lasseter and Pixar president Ed Catmull in charge of Disney’s flailing animation division. Back then, it had gone a dozen years without a hit—a stunning losing streak for the most iconic animation studio in the world. When Lasseter and Catmull came aboard, they were encouraged to consider shuttering Disney Animation altogether and replacing it with the ascendant Pixar. … After a dark decade, Lasseter and Catmull have made Disney Animation great again.