I was in my local Borders the other day and noticed one of the first new Indy book products has hit shelves. It's from Scholastic and is a hardcover collection of new young adult adaptations of the first three movies.
The individual adaptations in this collection (written by Ryder Windham and Suzanne Weyn) are listed on Amazon, but the collection is not. The individual titles aren't due out until May 1st, so this is very strange.
And here's something even more interesting: There's a new prologue added to Temple of Doom that takes place prior to the scene in Club Obi Wan. In it we discover that the diamond Indy is trying to obtain is, in fact, the "peacock's eye" from the Young Indy TV adventure of the same name.
Though I suspect this isn't something Lucas had in mind back in 1984, it does help make more sense out of why Indy would want it (I was always confused about that bit - wouldn't Indy rather have the remains of Nurhachi than a diamond of no obvious historical or archaeological worth?).
In any case, if you can find the hardcover collection of these new adaptations, you may be picking up something that is a low print run treasure. Grab one while you can.
walker
The individual adaptations in this collection (written by Ryder Windham and Suzanne Weyn) are listed on Amazon, but the collection is not. The individual titles aren't due out until May 1st, so this is very strange.
And here's something even more interesting: There's a new prologue added to Temple of Doom that takes place prior to the scene in Club Obi Wan. In it we discover that the diamond Indy is trying to obtain is, in fact, the "peacock's eye" from the Young Indy TV adventure of the same name.
Though I suspect this isn't something Lucas had in mind back in 1984, it does help make more sense out of why Indy would want it (I was always confused about that bit - wouldn't Indy rather have the remains of Nurhachi than a diamond of no obvious historical or archaeological worth?).
In any case, if you can find the hardcover collection of these new adaptations, you may be picking up something that is a low print run treasure. Grab one while you can.
walker