How Indiana Jones Got His Name From George Lucas' Wife
Indiana Jones is a legendary character, with a name almost as memorable as his adventures, but what is less well known is that the inspiration for that name came from George Lucas' wife, Marcia. In the 1970s George Lucas directed three movies, THX 1138, American Graffiti, and Star Wars. Following this, he took an extended hiatus from directing but was executive producer for The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, while also receiving story credits for both and sharing a screenwriting credit with Lawrence Kasdan for the latter. In addition, Lucas and Kasdan teamed up with Steven Spielberg in 1981 to create and shape the action-adventure classic Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Throughout those years, he was married to Marcia Lucas, who was a well-respected film editor in her own right. She worked on Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, received an Academy Award nomination for American Graffiti, and an Academy Award for Star Wars. More than this, she made many telling contributions to her husband's movies. For example, it appears that she was the first to suggest that Obi-Wan Kenobi should be killed by Darth Vader in Star Wars, and she also argued against Indiana Jones being an alcoholic in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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One of the most significant contributions that she helped make to Raiders of the Lost Ark was in the naming of the swashbuckling archaeologist at the heart of the story. George Lucas and director Steven Spielberg disagreed over various aspects of the character both before and during production, so their struggle to find a name that felt right was unsurprising. However, inspiration eventually came from a
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