Eaton

Eaton
CHARACTER

Gender	Male
Nationality	American
Profession(s)	Intelligence agent

"What exactly is a headpiece to the Staff of Ra?"

―Major Eaton^[src]

Major Eaton was an agent for the United States government. In 1936, the Major served in US Army Intelligence. After Army Intelligence had intercepted a Nazi communique that had mentioned Abner Ravenwood and the Staff of Ra, Major Eaton and Colonel Musgrove sought out Indiana Jones at Marshall College to learn more information about Ravenwood, Tanis, and the headpiece to the staff of Ra. After Jones and Marcus Brody made the connection to the Ark of the Covenant, Eaton and Musgrove decided to hire Jones to recover the Ark of the Covenant for the United States before the Nazis found it. As part of the deal, the Ark would go to Brody's museum after it was recovered.

After Jones survived the opening of the Ark on the secret Nazi island in the Mediterranean, Eaton and Musgrove met with Jones and Brody again, this time in Washington DC. While Jones and Brody argued that the Ark needed to be studied, Eaton told them that their assistance was no longer needed, and instead "top men" would be handling the further research into the Ark's powers. In fact, the Ark was put into an army intelligence warehouse as crate #9906753.

Behind the scenes Edit

Actor William Hootkins played Eaton in Raiders of the Lost Ark. He had previously worked for Lucasfilm Ltd. portraying rebel pilot 'Porkins' in the original 1977 Star Wars movie.

At the end of LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures' Raiders of the Lost Ark stage, Eaton supervises the storing of the Ark in the gargantuan warehouse, only to become comically lost when he can't find his way through the maze-like stacks of boxes.

He is unplayable in the game, and is omitted from its sequel along with Musgrove and the Bureaucrat.