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George Lucas teases MTV News<\/a> with hints about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull<\/a><\/i>:<\/span><\/p>\n

While Indy\u2019s Holy Grail \u201cCrusade<\/a>\u201d gave him a taste of immortality, and his \u201cTemple\u201d quest for Sankara Stones brought him a glimpse of \u201cfortune and glory,\u201d those relics are stuffy museum pieces compared to the power of the crystal skulls, Lucas asserted.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this is actually better, it\u2019s up there with the Ark of the Covenant,\u201d he declared of the fourth film\u2019s \u201cMcGuffin<\/a>\u201d (a term coined by Alfred Hitchcock to describe an object which drives a film\u2019s plot). \u201cSankara Stones and the Holy Grail were a little tough, but I think this time we\u2019ve really got a great one.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe skulls themselves are real and a lot of the stuff in the movie is real, just like in the other movies,\u201d Lucas continued. \u201cWe don\u2019t base it on a lot of phony-baloney stuff. It\u2019s all based on at least true mythology that exists today that \u2026 a certain amount of the population actually believes in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lucas emphasized that \u201cKingdom of the Crystal Skull\u201d is shaping up to be the best Indy flick since the first one, even going so far as to call \u201cSkulls\u201d tonally most like \u201cRaiders<\/a>.\u201d But whereas the Ark of the Covenant has very few historically ascribed powers, true believers attribute all sorts of abilities to the crystal skulls, ranging from the skulls being psychic amplifiers to tools of death to repositories of ancient knowledge (something like an Atlantian supercomputer).<\/p>\n

So which theory will be in the film?<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s several different kinds of skulls, several different kinds of theories, several myths that are surrounding them,\u201d Lucas said, clearly delighted by his secret knowledge. \u201cSo, you just have to put all the pieces together, look it up and figure out which one it is. Or just wait until the movie comes out, which is so much easier.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lucas also mentions that he got the idea for \u201ccrystal skulls\u201d while working on The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles<\/a><\/i> (1992-1994) \u2014 the TV series where Harrison Ford last played Indy, in a prologue set in 1949 or 1951. (The first three movies took place between 1935 and 1938; the new movie is said to take place in 1957<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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