No details were shared regarding what they are looking to do with the series or if it will be a prequel to or spinoff of the film franchise. It could also tie into the upcoming fifth Indiana Jones film. The report also said that Disney is “currently exploring a number of options to keep the franchise going, which could mean a series, new films, other media, or a combination thereof.”
If Disney and Lucasfilm actually do end up moving forward with this project there’s really only one thing they could do that the fans would be happy with, and that would be a series that follows the later adventures of Short Round!
They could bring Ke Huy Quan back to reprise his role and tell some wild and fun adventure stories! The series could fill us in on what happened to him after the events of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and how his relationship with Indiana shaped his life. The series could show us what became of Short Round, and how he followed in Indiana’s footsteps and became an archaeologist!
The character was explored further in the 1980s Marvel Comics series, The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones. In the comic, he accompanied Indiana on an expedition in the Caribbean sea hoping to find Atlantis, where he ended up rescuing Indiana during a pirate attack. He then returned to boarding school.
Then in 2008, The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones was published, and it says that Short Round actually did become an archaeologist like his mentor, and went even went on a journey to track down the Peacock’s Eye, which was the diamond Indy lost at the beginning of The Temple of Doom.
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