Indiana Jones and the Great Circle answers the decades-old Lore question

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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle sheds some new light on how the breakup between Indy and Marion Ravenwood played out. In doing so, the upcoming game answers a decades-old lore question that Indiana Jones fans have been pondering since the 80s.



Marion Ravenwood-related spoilers for the entire Indiana Jones film series ahead. Likewise, spoilers for the first hour of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

Marion Ravenwood is one of the most iconic characters from Indiana Jones franchise, in large part because she is the original and most famous love interest of the titular protagonist. But despite the fact that they play a prominent role in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), she is nowhere to be seen Temple of Judgment (1984), and it is not until Realm of the Crystal Skull (2008) that she was finally reunited with Indy. The movies themselves never explain exactly how the two broke up.


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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle offers some of the best puzzling and tomb raiding in a video game, matching Spielberg's films in many respects.

40 years after Temple of Judgment did Indy and Marion's breakup canon, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle provides some long-awaited clarity on how this came to be. As noted by ComicBook, the game's opening sequence shows Indy finding a gift from Marion in the form of a new diary, prompting his mentor, Marcus Brody, to question him about the gift's origins. While Indy is initially evasive, it is later revealed that he suddenly abandoned Marion to go to Siwa, Egypt, all in an attempt to escape some of the problems that have developed in their relationship. All of this takes place between the events of the first two Indiana Jones movies, which is when the new game takes place.


Indy has been avoiding Marion for months before the “Great Circle” event

The opening sequence of the game also reveals that Marion has been trying to contact Indy for months after he abandoned her. While in Egypt, Brody was the one who answered calls from Marion, who eventually stopped. All of this is to say that their breakup was initiated by Indy, who essentially ghosted her until she gave up.


As to his reasons for doing so, the fourth Indiana Jones the film provides some clues on this front. During Realm of the Crystal SkullIndy tells Marion that he never won an argument with her, implying that they argued a lot and that he felt insecure in her presence.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will be released on December 9. Anyone who purchased its $34.99 Digital Premium upgrade has been able to play it since December 6th. While the day one version of the game will be exclusive to Xbox Series X/S and PC, Microsoft has already confirmed that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is also on its way to PS5. The game is currently scheduled to hit Sony's current generation console sometime in the spring of 2025.

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