Marvel's Indiana Jones Gag Creates A Major Star Wars Paradox
WARNING: Spoilers for Moon Knight episode 4.
Moon Knight episode 4 scrambled every piece of information the show had presented so far, but it also created confusion in terms of the MCU's worldbuilding and its pop-culture connections — specifically in regards to Indiana Jones and the franchise's Star Wars connection. Having been around for over 14 years, the MCU collects fun references to other franchises, actors, and other real-life elements. Even Superman, DC Comic's flagship hero, has been mentioned in the MCU thanks to Eternals.
If it was already challenging to find a reliable narrator in Moon Knight, episode 4's ending twist confirmed that viewers can't take anything in the show for granted. After being shot by Arthur during his time in Egypt, Marc Spector awoke in what appeared to be a mental hospital. As if that wasn't minding-bending enough, the episode suggests that he had been there for quite some time and that all the people he had interacted with during the first three episodes, such as Layla and Arthur, were either patients or employees at the facility.
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During the shocking sequence in the mental hospital, a curious detail was the TV in the background playing a VHS of a movie called Tomb Buster. The film seems to be the MCU's low-budget, straight-to-TV version of Indiana Jones, given the similarities not only the similarities in the name but also in what it was about – an adventurous archeologist. The problem is, if Tomb Buster is indeed the only version of Indiana Jones to exist in the Marvel universe, an inconsistency is created as to how the Marvel franchise has been referencing Star Wars. George Lucas' space opera is confirmed to exist in the MCU thanks
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