The first three Indiana Jones movies saw Dr. Henry Jones Jr. coming into contact with powerful religious artifacts, i.e. the Ark of the Covenant in Raiders of the Lost Ark, the Sankara Stones in The Temple of Doom and the Holy Grail in The Last Crusade. Then The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull came along and went full sci-fi by having Harrison Ford’s character witness an alien from another dimension. 15 years later, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is bringing time travel into the franchise, and producer Frank Marshall addressed how the 2023 new movie release will explore this concept.
The Dial of Destiny trailer released in April teased the use of time travel with a line of dialogue from Mads Mikkelsen’s Jürgen Voller, the main antagonist: “Hitler made mistakes, and with this, I will correct them all.” Sure enough, Marshall explained to SFX Magazine how the dial can be used to change the timeline, but don’t go thinking this particular artifact will stand out like a sore thumb compared to its predecessors. In his words:
