The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles into the 2008 feature film "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull". A number of actors connected to the Indiana Jones films and/or George Lucas's "Star Wars" franchise made guest appearances. Harrison Ford appeared as a middle-aged Indy (age 50) in the episode "Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues", which aired in March 1993. Paul Freeman, who played Rene Belloq in "Raiders of the Lost Ark", portrayed Frederick Selous in a couple of episodes, while Roshan Seth, who played Chattar Lal in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", played a North African sheikh in
Indiana Jones (franchise) Further Adventures of Indiana Jones" in 1983, and Dark Horse Comics earned the comic book rights to the character in 1991. Novelizations of the films have been published, as well as many novels with original adventures, including a series of German novels by Wolfgang Hohlbein, twelve novels set before the films published by Bantam Books, and a series set during the character's childhood inspired by the television show. Numerous "Indiana Jones" video games have been released since 1982. The first film, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981) is set in 1936. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is hired by government agents