“It’s not a Pollock… it’s a Rembrandt.”
In this clip, Young Indiana Jones Chronicles script supervisor Hilary Momberger-Powers reflects on how George Lucas and Rick McCallum carefully built the team behind the series.
🎙️ Full interview available now.
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A powerful story from the making of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.
In this clip, script supervisor Hilary Momberger-Powers shares the moment she left for the show’s European shoots while saying goodbye to her brother.
A deeply moving memory from our full interview, available now.
#YoungIndy
Hilary Momberger-Powers, script supervisor on Young Indiana Jones.
From voicing Sally Brown in the classic Peanuts television specials to working behind the scenes on a globe-spanning Lucasfilm production, her journey is incredible.
🎙️ Coming this Thursday to YouTube & podcast platforms.
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Is a Young Indiana Jones Special Edition actually possible?
If the DVD cuts were rebuilt in Avid, the timelines likely still exist. With modern tools like Resolve and After Effects, many of the digital composites could be recreated today.
So… should it happen?
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“It feels like it was stripped right out of Raiders.”
Our commentary on Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal (lost broadcast version).
The whip. The bar sequence energy. The marketing hook.
And then… Tolstoy.
Full episode available now.
#YoungIndy #IndianaJones #Raiders
From our commentary on Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal (the lost broadcast version):
Dan Madsen reflects on the original “Old Indy” concept — and how unexpected it was when that framing device disappeared in later cuts.
Full commentary available now.
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The lost version of the Young Indy pilot.
Full audio commentary.
With:
🎙️ Anthony King (Force Ghost Conversations)
📰 Dan Madsen, founder of Star Wars Insider
🎧 Coming Thursday.
Support our documentary on Kickstarter.
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Our Thanksgiving episode is LIVE!
Production designer Gavin Bocquet returns to talk Young Indy, the Star Wars prequels, Radioland Murders, Kevin Feige’s interest—and the massive scale of Avengers: Doomsday.
Watch now: youtu.be/uwNY9y0E-rw
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The Young Indy train stunt was chaos — explosions, horses, and one legendary stunt fall.
Paige Thomas shares the story of finally being allowed to roll camera… and accidentally turning it off the moment the train exploded.
youtu.be/8FUh10VBVoE
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Next time on The Young Indy Chroniclers — we talk with Les David, curator of the largest Indiana Jones collection in the world.
🎥 Full episode Thursday!
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🎬 Kickstarter Update:
#GeorgeLucas: The Lost Golden Age is officially going into production!
Help us get to $30,000 so we can film interviews in the UK.
Support now to lock in your DVD or Blu-ray copy:
👉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/geo...
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Young Indy prepared Simon Jowett for 007.
Those Lucasfilm newspaper strips led to his James Bond comics for Dark Horse — and now the upcoming James Bond video game First Light. 🕶️🎮
Full episode: youtu.be/ivc7VaJpmMU
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🎬 Kickstarter Update:
George Lucas: The Lost Golden Age is officially in production!
Support now to lock in your DVD or Blu-ray copy:
👉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/geo...
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When adapting The Princess of Peril for the Young Indy newspaper strips, writer Simon Jowett helped define the moment Indy became Indy — the hat, the jacket, the whip. 🎩
🎥 Watch the full episode: youtu.be/ivc7VaJpmMU
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Before Young Indy was a show, he was just 12 minutes of The Last Crusade.
Writer Simon Jowett tells how he built Indy’s world from scratch — researching the Templars, Freemasons, and sketching a backstory that didn’t yet exist.
🎥 Watch the full episode: youtu.be/ivc7VaJpmMU
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Next time on The #YoungIndy Chroniclers, we talk with Simon Jowett, writer of the Young Indiana Jones newspaper strips that came before the TV series.
🎬 #GeorgeLucas: The Lost Golden Age is officially going into production!
Support now to lock in your DVD or Blu-ray copy: tinyurl.com/227yj28h
Mein Horrorctober besteht jedes Jahr daraus, die Dracula-Folge von #YoungIndianaJones zu schauen. Das reicht mir an Horror. #YoungIndy #IndianaJones
In our Hollywood Follies commentary, Matthew Jacobs reflects on Indy’s emotional dilemma — likening it to the universal experience of having a crush on someone you worked with, and wondering what might have been.
Full commentary on YouTube: tinyurl.com/47yahmc9
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Parts of Hollywood Follies were filmed in North Carolina — during the same stretch when Travels with Father and what became Winds of Change were shot.
We revisit that period with co-writer Matthew Jacobs in our commentary.
Watch here: tinyurl.com/47yahmc9
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What if George Lucas had made a cameo in Young Indy?
In our Hollywood Follies commentary, Matthew Jacobs recalls how he and Jonathan Hales wanted George to play the man cleaning the floor.
Full commentary now on YouTube: tinyurl.com/47yahmc9
#YoungIndy #HollywoodFollies #GeorgeLucas #Lucasfilm
In our Hollywood Follies commentary, we discuss with co-writer Matthew Jacobs how the singing group was shot later as pickups — while Indy and Von Stroheim were filmed separately, then combined in post.
Watch here: tinyurl.com/47yahmc9
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Our first Young Indy audio commentary is live! 🎙️
We revisit Hollywood Follies — the last chronological episode — as co-writer Matthew Jacobs shares his collaboration with Jonathan Hales.
Watch now: youtu.be/wnziWAGbvcY
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For Young Indy’s aerial battles, the production turned to Alabama — where an aviation enthusiast owned the entire collection of planes from the WWI film The Blue Max.
Chris Bromley shares the story in our latest episode: youtu.be/00MAleaD5Ls?...
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Our first-ever Young Indy audio commentary drops Thursday! 🎙️
With writer Matthew Jacobs, we revisit the series and draw surprising comparisons between Young Indy and Attack of the Clones. Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@YoungIndyCh...
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Leaving Turkey after filming Young Indy, the crew faced a shocking accusation: smuggling stolen artifacts.
Chris Bromley recalls how it felt like being trapped in Midnight Express.
Full episode now on YouTube: youtu.be/w4Ua10aHgbs
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On Young Indy in Turkey, a local co-producer tried to pull a fast one — even attempting to impound the camera truck.
Rick McCallum’s solution? Outsmart him. 🚚🎥
Chris Bromley shares the wild story in our latest episode: youtu.be/w4Ua10aHgbs
#YoungIndy #RickMcCallum #Lucasfilm #FilmHistory
Turkey. Sand blowing everywhere.
The Young Indy crew ordered 100 pairs of goggles to save the shoot.
But days later… no goggles. Why weren’t they arriving? 👀
Chris Bromley tells the story in our new episode: youtu.be/w4Ua10aHgbs
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George Lucas would show up on location.
Rick McCallum kept the whole machine moving.
And the Young Indy crew filmed around the world.
Ben Burtt's right hand man Chris Bromley tells all.
New episode now: youtu.be/00MAleaD5Ls
#YoungIndy #GeorgeLucas #RickMcCallum #Lucasfilm
“Driving a real WWI ambulance through the hills of Feltre, Italy — that was the thrill of Young Indy.”
Jay Underwood reflects on the authenticity and production value that made the series unlike anything on TV.
Full episode: youtu.be/w4Ua10aHgbs
#YoungIndy #JayUnderwood #Lucasfilm
“Rick McCallum taught us how to make something out of nothing.”
Chris Bromley remembers the fearless spirit of producing Young Indy — including one wild story of sneaking a handheld camera into a theater.
Full episode next week!
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