Indycron continuity database

The Indycron continuity database is an internal database used by Lucasfilm which covers all forms of licensed Indiana Jones media. It is maintained by Leland Chee, keeper of the Star Wars Holocron.

Says Chee, "We try to make things as consistent as possible so Indy doesn't get his hat twice or be introduced to Wu Han or Marcus Brody twice. We track things like when Indy was born, where and when he went to high school, when and where he got his college degrees, where he teaches and when, what kind of pistols does Indy use, what languages does Indy speak, and other things like that."^[1]

In an interview with TheRaider.net in April 2010, Chee stated that the only areas off-limits to writers are Marion Ravenwood's life between Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and Colin Williams.^[2]

Canon systemEdit

According to Leland Chee, the Indiana Jones canon hierarchy is organized as follows, relative to the Star Wars canon hierarchy:^[1]

Feature films = G canon
Television = T canon
Licensing = C and S canon

Each entry to the Indycron is categorized into one of the following:

Movie
TV
Licensing
Non-Continuity
Non-Fiction

Despite this, there have been instances where information in a higher-tier source has been superceded by that from a lower source. For example, the illness that took the life of Indiana Jones's mother Anna was stated to be scarlet fever in 1994's The World of Indiana Jones, a "Licensing" source. However, footage shot in 1999 for the "Television" canon Spring Break Adventure sees Jones state his mother died from influenza. Chee has said that Anna died from scarlet fever nevertheless.^[1]