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Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (novel)

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Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings was to be the novelization of the video game of the same name, written by Rob MacGregor. Amidst delays with the game, the book was rescheduled to be released in June 2010.

However, when the game release was then brought forward to June 9, 2009, Del Rey had issues which prevented them publishing the novel in conjunction with the game's release so simply decided not to put the book out at all despite it being finished months before the deadline. When MacGregor questioned the decision, he was told that there weren't enough Indiana Jones fans to justify another novel, effectively cancelling it.[2]

Afterwards, MacGregor tried to get the approval of publish it himself for free as an e-book, and cover art was provided by Indiana Jones fan and illustrator Christian Guldager, but this idea was also nixed.[3]

Across 2021 and 2022, MacGregor released a reading of his manuscript as a series of podcasts on SoundCloud.[4] On March 3, 2023 the novel was as released as a free eBook with MacGregor contributing an afterword on the effort to get his work in front of the general audience after fifteen years.[5]

Plot summary[]

Main article: Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings

Appearances[]

Characters[]

Artifacts[]

Creatures[]

Cultures[]

Events[]

  • California Gold Rush (Mentioned only)
  • Chinese New Year
  • Christmas (Mentioned only)
  • Darien scheme (Mentioned only)
  • Exodus (Mentioned only)
  • Great Flood (Mentioned only)
  • Roaring Twenties (Mentioned only)
  • Spanish Civil War (Mentioned only)
  • Sultan's Ball
  • World War I (Mentioned only)

Locations[]

Organizations and titles[]

Vehicles and vessels[]

Miscellanea[]

Behind the scenes[]

After unsuccessful attempts from his agent to convince Lucasfilm Ltd. to hire him to write the novelization of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Rob MacGregor was approached to adapt the storyline of Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings. For the author, who had previously written the novelization of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in the past, adapting the story of a video game proved more difficult than that of a movie script as it involved greater development of the characters and adjustments to the storyline. However, all locations from the game version remained unchanged.[3]

Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ Leland Chee interview at TheRaider.net. As a copy of the completed manuscript never reached Leland Chee, the Keeper of the Indycron, it's unclear how much, if any, material from the novel has been archived beyond that which would match the released video game.
  2. ↑ Rob MacGregor AMA at Reddit
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Interview to Rob MacGregor at El Recoveco del Geek (Spanish site)
  4. ↑ Rob MacGregor: Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings on SoundCloud
  5. ↑ Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings novelization available for free to fans, fifteen years later at The International House of Mojo

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