Indiana Jones (franchise) Lucas, Spielberg, Frank Marshall, and Kathleen Kennedy met during the American Film Institute's tribute to Ford, and decided they wanted to enjoy the experience of making an Indiana Jones film again. Spielberg also found returning to the series a respite from his many dark films during this period. Spielberg and Lucas discussed the central idea of a B-movie involving aliens, and Lucas suggested using crystal skulls to ground the idea. Lucas found these artifacts as fascinating as the Ark, and had intended to feature them for a "Young Indiana Jones" episode before the show's cancellation. M. Night Shyamalan was hired
Indiana Jones George Hall for the VHS and DVD releases, and re-edited the episodes into chronologically ordered feature-length stories. The series title was also changed to "The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones". The character has appeared in several officially licensed games, beginning with adaptations of "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", two adaptations of "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (one with purely action mechanics, one with an adventure and puzzle based structure) and "Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures", which included the storylines from all three of the original films. Following this, the games branched off into