When George Lucas first found Steven Spielberg to direct "Indiana Jones", he said that he had conceived three stories, and it turned out that Lucas did not have three stories at all, but he had no choice but to The sequel went all out and started from scratch.
Lucas did not want the Nazis to continue to appear, and used the film as a prequel to "Indiana Jones". The screenwriter of "Indiana Jones" Lawrence Kasdan refused to write a script for the film. After learning that Kasdan had no hope of joining, he Lucas invited the screenwriters Willard Heyk and Gloria Katz, who learned about Indian culture, to work together. The three later drew a lot of creative inspiration from the 1939 "The Sound of the Ancient Temple Fighting Eggs".
In early 1982, Spielberg, Lucas and the two screenwriters discussed together for four days. Lucas originally planned to let a young princess become Jones's partner, but the other three were very disgusted with his idea. In May of the same year, Lucas gave Heyke and Katz a 20-page filming plan, which included the Shanghai vicious fight, the escape on the plane, and the minecart chase scenes that were deleted in the first episode.
