dr.jones1986
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Crack that whip said:That's quite possible, but at least for the time being, there's a critical difference. Sebastian Shaw's appearance as an older Anakin (the way he would presumably have looked had he lived to that time without ever having become Darth Vader) wasn't merely dropped, but outright replaced by a new, different portrayal that specifically depicts a (visually) different new version of his spirit form.
With Old Indy, the segments have merely been dropped, with no new "alternate" information presented anywhere that specifically refutes them (well, except for some of the chronology and other details of his stories, but not the basic idea of an extremely aged, one-eyed Indy still alive and well in the 1990s, having an extended family and retelling the events of his youth to anyone who'll listen). This is despite the considerable revisions and additions to the rest of the TV show, as well as the addition to the canon of a whole new movie that takes place before the bookends but after everything else. Now, it may well be that George Lucas no longer intends for the George Hall segments to officially represent the twilight years of Indy's life, but so far he hasn't actually issued any sort of edict or anything to that effect, and none of the new material produced since the show ended its original ABC run gives any indication of what goes on in Indy's life anytime after the late 1950s. I think unless and until something actually does, the Old Indy segments should be considered part of the canon (even if only provisionally, with the understanding that a new release or publication can alter their canon status at any time - but then, that's pretty much the way it is with everything else having to do with GL's creations...).
Well the Mutt character was never mentioned in the old Indy cutscenes but a daughter was. We know he only had one kid with Marion and being as Marion is almost 50 by the time they get married in KotKS, they aren't having anymore. The fact they are cut seems pretty safe to say that Lucas didnt like it. I doubt he will ever make an offical statment on it, being as it wouldn't make him anymore money...I kid Georgie Boy