George Lucas is rarely a man of small ideas. In 1992, Lucas decided to transfer the character of Indiana Jones, popularized in three mega-successful films, on to the small screen. Conceived as The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, the series began as an hour-long drama but surprisingly poor ratings forced George Lucas to revamp his idea into a series of periodic movies instead. When The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles began, our hero was a young child. As the series moved along, Indy was shown as an archaeologist in his late teens and early adulthood. While the Indiana Jones movies focus on an older man fighting off countless enemies, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles serves to show him learning various skills and meeting countless historical figures.
