The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Indiana Jones feature films, the cast and crew frequently questioned creator George Lucas about the Indiana Jones character's life growing up. During the concept stages of "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", Lucas and director Steven Spielberg decided to reveal some of this backstory in the film's opening scenes. For these scenes, Lucas chose River Phoenix to portray the character, as Harrison Ford believed that Phoenix most resembled Ford as a young man (Phoenix had appeared as Ford's son in "The Mosquito Coast"). This decision to reveal an adventure of a young Indiana led Lucas and crew to the idea
Indiana Jones first Indy-based game presented in three dimensions, as opposed to 8-bit graphics and side-scrolling games before. There is also a small game from Lucas Arts "Indiana Jones and His Desktop Adventures". A video game was made for young Indy called "Young Indiana Jones and the Instruments of Chaos", as well as a video game version of "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles". Two Lego Indiana Jones games have also been released. "" was released in 2008 and follows the plots of the first three films. It was followed by "" in late 2009. The sequel includes an abbreviated reprise of the