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whipwarrior said:Rob tried to get the project off the ground last year but Lucasfilm wouldn't allow it, citing production cost without a movie to generate profit. Of course, such paltry considerations never deterred the endless torrent of Star Wars merchandise released in the absence of a feature film (TV series aside), so unless Indy 5 happens, don't hold your breath for an Indiana Jones literary revival.
The argument would then be that Star Wars is way more popular than Indy and I guess SW fanboys always seem to have more cash to splash than Indyfans. We tend to be a smaller and more conservative lot, much like the good professor himself. Also count in the many new versions of the original trilogy and releases on various formats. And Star Wars is as Steve Sansweet once put it more "toyetic" than Indy.
And I wouldn't hold my breath for Indy 5 either. More likely hold your breath for someone to eventually break this out on the net, much like the rejected Indy 4 scripts (still waiting on the Jeff Boam one!).
I'd also argue that one Indy game adaption is a little loss (for Lucasfilm) to take considering they never released "Army of the Dead" in Australia.