Indiana Jones was built on a legacy of vintage media. The swashbuckling fedora-wearing archaeologist went on huge globe-trotting adventures that were ripped from the pulp fiction action-adventure novels and movie serials of the 1930s. It’s a firm foundation to build a franchise, and the first three movies: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, and The Last Crusade followed this pattern, each following Indy as he sought after a different religious artifact.
