Indiana Jones (franchise)

The Indiana Jones franchise is a multimedia franchise featuring the adventures of the title character, the archaeologist Doctor Indiana Jones. The series began with the feature film Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981 and continued with four other films, alongside a television series, novels, comics, video games, and theme park attractions. The franchise was conceived by Star Wars creator George Lucas, produced by Lucasfilm Ltd., and stars Han Solo actor Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, and has also featured other Star Wars cast and crew members in distinct roles. Numerous crossovers between both franchises have also occurred.
==Overview==
Star Wars creator George Lucas conceived the idea of Indiana Jones around 1970, as a tribute to serial films of the 1930s. Lucas eventually mentioned the idea to his friend Steven Spielberg on the weekend that Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope premiered in 1977, leading to Spielberg agreeing to direct the first film, and eventually the whole trilogy.George Lucas: The Creative Impulse The series began with Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981, followed by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1984, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in 2008, and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny in 2023.
==Star Wars crossovers==
Star Wars Insider has had off-and-on coverage of the Indiana Jones franchise. It was the subject of the magazine's recurring Indy Vault column, written by J. W. Rinzler. In the 1980s, Marvel UK's Star Wars Monthly and Return of the Jedi Weekly included back up stories reprinting the comic series The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones.
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy features Indiana Jones's signature hat in the level where Han Solo and Chewbacca go to meet Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, R2-D2 and C-3PO at Docking Bay 94 in Mos Eisley. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga features a playable cameo of Indiana Jones, who uses a whip and a pistol. Previews of LEGO Indiana Jones show him with stubble on his face. However, his face here is the same as Han Solo's. The game LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures features easter eggs of several Star Wars characters in need of rescue; if players rescue each character, they unlock Han Solo as a playable character. C-3PO's head is also visible in a gag, replacing the idol from Raiders of the Lost Ark. The LEGO subtheme of sets LEGO Indiana Jones features Star Wars easter eggs in two sets; 7621 The Lost Tomb, and 77013 Escape from the Lost Tomb, with both sets depicting C-3PO and R2-D2 in hieroglyphs.
In the 1997 novel The Paradise Snare, Han Solo has many aliases given by Garris Shrike. One of them is "Jenos Idanian," an anagram of "Indiana Jones". Also, the name of xenoarchaeologist Henrietya "Corellia" Antilles parallels that of Henry "Indiana" Jones; both are archaeologists, both have a place name as a nickname, and both have a last name considered common in their respective universes. Jones makes an appearance in Star Wars: Yoda Stories (as a continuation to events seen in Indiana Jones and His Desktop Adventures), where Luke Skywalker comments on his similarity to Han Solo. The resemblance is also noted in the Star Wars Tales story "Into the Great Unknown" where Jones finds something disturbingly familiar about Solo's skeletal remains.
The character of Doctor Chelli Lona Aphra, created by writer Kieron Gillen for Marvel Comics' series Star Wars: Darth Vader and Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, was conceived as the archaeological antithesis of Indiana Jones, according to Star Wars: Darth Vader Vol. 2. Her ship, the Ark Angel, is also named after the Ark of the Covenant, the MacGuffin which Jones sought out in Raiders. In the Star Wars Rebels episode "Through Imperial Eyes," the Holy Grail from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is displayed alongside other artifacts such as the helmet of Commander Gree in the office of Grand Admiral Thrawn.
In 2023, four episodes of This Week! in Star Wars were branded as This Week! in Indiana Jones, as promotion for the then-upcoming film Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
==Cast and crew overlaps with Star Wars==
===Cast===
Actor 	Year	First Star Wars work 	Star Wars role 	Year	First Indiana Jones work 	Indiana Jones role 	Notes
Pernilla August 	1999	 	Shmi Skywalker Lars 	1993	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles - "Vienna, November 1908" 	Emilie 	
Bruce Boa 	1980	 	Carlist Rieekan 	1993	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles - "Vienna, November 1908" 	Richard Kerens 	
Kenneth Coombs 	1983	 	Imperial officer 	1984	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 	Club Obi-Wan patron 	Uncredited in both roles
Daniel Craig 	2015	 	FN-1824 	1993	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles - "Palestine, October 1917"	Schiller 	
Anthony Daniels 	1977	 	C-3PO, Dannl Faytonni 	1995	Young Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen 	Francois 	
Harrison Ford 	1977	 	Han Solo 	1981	Raiders of the Lost Ark 	Indiana Jones 	
Oliver Ford Davies 	1999	 	Sio Bibble 	1992	Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal 	Ship's Captain 	
Grey Griffin 	1999	Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace video game	Asajj Ventress, various	2001	Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine 	Nubian Boy 	
Julian Glover 	1980	 	Maximilian Veers 	1989	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 	Walter Donovan 	
William Hootkins 	1977	 	Jek Tono Porkins 	1981	Raiders of the Lost Ark 	Eaton, Sergei Diaghilev	
Christopher Lee 	2002	 	Dooku 	1992	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles - "Austria, March 1917" 	Ottokar Czernin 	
Ian McDiarmid 	1983	 	Darth Sidious 	1993	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles - "Paris, October 1916" 	Jacques Levi 	
Mads Mikkelsen 	2016	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 	Galen Walton Erso 	2023	Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 	Jürgen Voller 	
Kevin Michael Richardson	1999	Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace video game	Jolee Bindo 	2003	Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb 	Homonculus, Triad Ghoul	
Kiran Shah 	1983	 	Teedo, various 	1981	Raiders of the Lost Ark 	Abu 	
Michael Sheard 	1980	 	Kendal Ozzel 	1989	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 	Adolf Hitler 	
Max von Sydow 	2015	 	Lor San Tekka 	1993	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles - "Vienna, November 1908" 	Sigmund Freud 	
Phoebe Waller-Bridge 	2018	Solo: A Star Wars Story 	L3-37 	2023	Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 	Helena Shaw 	
===Crew and authors===
Crew member 	Star Wars contributions 	Indiana Jones contributions 	Notes
Clint Bajakian 	Sound designer 	Video game composer 	
W. Haden Blackman 	Author and video game writer 	Special thanks in Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb 	Wrote the crossover comic "Into the Great Unknown," published in Star Wars Tales 19
Ben Burtt 	Sound designer 	Sound designer, also directed Young Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen 	
Carrie Fisher 	Portrayed Leia Skywalker Organa Solo in the original trilogy and the sequel trilogy	Wrote The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles - "Paris, October 1916" 	
Joe Johnston 	Visual effects artist, writer 	Visual effects for Raiders of the Lost Ark, Directed The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles - "Princeton, February 1916"	
Gloria Katz 	Uncredited script doctor on 	Co-wrote Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 	
George Lucas 	Franchise creator, director, writer 	Franchise creator, story by credit for the first four films 	
James Luceno 	Author of novels and reference books 	Author of novels and reference books 	
James Mangold 	Directing an upcoming film 	Directed and co-wrote Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 	
Joel McNeely 	Composer of Shadows of the Empire soundtrack 	Composed the score for multiple episodes of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 	
Ralph McQuarrie 	Conceptual artist 	Illustrated an image of the Ark of the Covenant used in Raiders of the Lost Ark 	
Jonathan W. Rinzler	Author 	Author 	Described as being "like Indiana Jones when it came to unearthing film histories" in his StarWars.com obituary
Steven Spielberg 	Oversaw animatics for The Making of Star Wars Revenge of the Sith 	Directed the first four films 	
Jon Kasdan 	Co-writer of Solo: A Star Wars Story 	Wrote unused material for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 	
Lawrence Kasdan 	Screenwriter 	Writer of Raiders of the Lost Ark 	
John Williams 	Film composer 	Film composer 	
Ryder Windham 	Author 	Author 	
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