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"Honduras, December 1920" was an unproduced episode of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, which would have been part of the third season of the series. The subject of the episode was to have been archaeology with a follow-up intended with the also unrealized "Brazil, December 1921".

While on a field trip with Herbert Spinden, after they arrive at a Honduran port and meet some Banana Republic types before they begin, Indy would for the first time (chronologically) encounter René Emile Belloq, his future rival, who initially has a friendly relationship with him. The story was to depict their discovery of a crystal skull in the ruins of a Mayan city where Jones and Belloq would have tried to decipher Mayan hieroglyphs at the ball court, as well as discussing possible sacrifices and rituals. However, Belloq steals the skull and sells it to the adventurer Mitchell-Hedges.

It's possible that this episode would have explained the event as referenced by Chattar Lal in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom that saw Indy accused of being a grave robber instead of an archaeologist while on an adventure in Honduras. This has since been attributed to events surrounding the Crystal Skull of Cozan in the opening chapter of the Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone novel.

The crystal skulls have been incorporated into multiple Indiana Jones stories over the years since. Philosopher's Stone novelist Max McCoy featured the Cozan skull as a subplot which ran throughout his Indiana Jones books, including an encounter between Jones and Belloq in his 1996 novel Indiana Jones and the Dinosaur Eggs. Lucas himself eventually dealt with the skulls in 2008 film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull which included Indiana Jones explicitly pointing out that the Crystal Skull of Akator was not the Mitchell-Hedges Skull.

External links

The Lost Chronicles of Young Indiana Jones on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)

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-'''Honduras, December 1920''' was an unproduced episode of ''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]'', which would have been part of the third season of the series. The subject of this episode was to have been [[archaeology]], but the theme was not listed.
+'''"Honduras, December 1920"''' was an unproduced episode of ''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]'', which would have been part of the third season of the series. The subject of the episode was to have been [[archaeology]] with a follow-up intended with the also unrealized "[[Brazil, December 1921]]".
-In this episode, while on a field trip with [[Herbert Spinden]], after they arrive at a Honduran port and meet some [[Wikipedia:Banana Republic|Banana Republic]] types before they start, Indy would for the first time (chronologically) encounter the rival [[archaeologist]] [[René Emile Belloq]], who starts a friendly relationship with him. The story was to depict their discovery of a [[Crystal skulls|crystal skull]] in the ruins of a [[Maya]]n city, where Jones and Belloq would have tried to decipher Mayan hieroglyphs at the ball court, as well as discussing possible sacrifices and rituals. Their relationship was to start out good, but Belloq steals the [[Mitchell-Hedges Skull|skull]] and sells it to the adventurer F.A. Mitchell-Hedges.
+While on a field trip with [[Herbert Spinden]], after they arrive at a Honduran port and meet some [[Wikipedia:Banana Republic|Banana Republic]] types before they begin, Indy would for the first time (chronologically) encounter [[René Emile Belloq]], his future rival, who initially has a friendly relationship with him. The story was to depict their discovery of a [[Crystal skulls|crystal skull]] in the ruins of a [[Maya]]n city where Jones and Belloq would have tried to decipher Mayan hieroglyphs at the ball court, as well as discussing possible sacrifices and rituals. However, Belloq steals [[Mitchell-Hedges Skull|the skull]] and sells it to the adventurer [[Frederick Albert Mitchell-Hedges|Mitchell-Hedges]].
-It's possible that this episode would have explained the events that, according to ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'', caused Indy to be accused of being a grave robber instead of an [[archaeologist]] while on an adventure in Honduras, like [[Chattar Lal]] mentioned during the [[Pankot Palace]] dinner. This has since been attributed to events surrounding the [[Crystal Skull of Cozan]] in the opening chapter of the ''[[Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' novel.
+It's possible that this episode would have explained the event as referenced by [[Chattar Lal]] in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'' that saw Indy accused of being a grave robber instead of an [[archaeologist]] while on an adventure in Honduras. This has since been attributed to events surrounding the [[Crystal Skull of Cozan]] in the opening chapter of the ''[[Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' novel.
-The crystal skulls have been incorporated into multiple Indiana Jones stories over the years since. Even novelist [[Max McCoy]] included the man idea in his ''Indiana Jones'' novels, furthermore he included an story involving Belloq and [[crystal skull]]s in his novel ''[[Indiana Jones and the Dinosaur Eggs]]''. Eventually, Lucas himsel dealt with the skulls in 2008 film ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' which included the archaeologist explicitly pointing out that the [[Crystal Skull of Akator]] was not the [[Mitchell-Hedges Skull]]. In the [[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (novel)|''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' novelization]], Indy's encounter with Hedges at Honduras in [[1926]] for his famed crystal skull is mentioned, indirectly stating that the episode's events are [[canon]]ical.
+The crystal skulls have been incorporated into multiple ''Indiana Jones'' stories over the years since. ''Philosopher's Stone'' novelist [[Max McCoy]] featured the Cozan skull as a subplot which ran throughout his ''Indiana Jones''  books, including an encounter between Jones and Belloq in his 1996 novel ''[[Indiana Jones and the Dinosaur Eggs]]''. Lucas himself eventually dealt with the skulls in 2008 film ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' which included Indiana Jones explicitly pointing out that the [[Crystal Skull of Akator]] was not the Mitchell-Hedges Skull.
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