Was Temple REALLY intended to be a PREquel?

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Posted by nitzsche from 1Cust183.tnt23.sfo3.da.uu.net on February 23, 1999 at 10:11:02:

We all know that it was set in 1935, a year prior to Raiders, but was this really intended or was it a mistake? Could it possibly be that the trilogy was to take place over three years--1936, 1937, and 1938, but they mislabeled the Temple of Doom as being prior to the events in Raiders?

You see, there are reasons that it might seem that Temple was after Raiders in the Indy chronology. Subtle things like Indy's costume (in particular his Wested) looking more disheveled or battered, his encounter with the swordsman where he slyly grins before trying to repeat what he did in Raiders by simply blowing the guy away--but his gun is missing. Doesn't the music even cue the scene from Raiders? The loss of his original gun during the Lao Che chase scene, and other little things.

What do you all think?

--nitzsche


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