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Second Indy trailer, IGN builds on LEGO Indiana Jones.. and other news from the Indy-world

News from ShoWest: A second Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull trailer is on its way in April – most likely coming out on Iron Man. So sayeth ComingSoon.net.

IGN takes an in-depth look at the upcoming LEGO Indiana Jones game, guided by Nick Ricks of the game studio Traveller’s Tales. “There’s much more emphasis on discovery and creation in LEGO Indy, with appropriate puzzles now taking the place of some of the character-based challenges of the Star Wars games.”

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull spoilers can be found by going to Jail.. or Free Parking or Boardwalk… at least by checking out the new Indiana Jones-themed Monopoly board game. Ain’t It Cool News covers the scoop.

And StarWars.com continues the tour of the upcoming Young Indiana Jones, Volume 3 DVD set with

  • a tour of disc two: Masks of Evil, where Indy faces the dangers of leading a double life in Istanbul – getting engaged and dealing with a double agent while trying to convince the Turks to switch over to the Allies, and then faces a more sinister and supernatural threat on a mission to Transylvania. Documentaries include coverage of the Mustafa Kemal and the his revolution, Halide Edib, the Ottoman Empire, and Dracula.
  • Swinging back into treasure-seeking adventure, the tour hops onto disc three: Treasure of the Peacock’s Eye – where Indy and Remy go from London to Alexandria to New Guinea in search of a lost treasure of Alexander the Great. On the way, Indy meets E. M. Forster and Bronislaw Malinowski. Companion documentaries cover Malinowski, Anthropology and New Guinea.

The DVD box set is schedule to be released on April 29th.

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The Clone Wars for young readers

We’ve never had much interest in the doings of the young kids books, but Paul over at TFN (via Once Upon a Galaxy) has an interesting find: The Clone Wars books for ‘young readers’ and ‘readers’ and published by Penguin’s Grosset & Dunlap imprint. I don’t think this would really effect the adult novels – clearly there are a variety of different contracts at work here. (Including the one with Dorling Kindersley, which is also an imprint of Penguin.) Still, an interesting development.

As for the books themselves, you can check out the lineup on their Star Wars sell sheet (Warning: PDF.) It lists six books with a July 26th release date, and even less plot details than TV Guide.

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The Clone Wars peek at ShoWest

IESB reports from Warner Brother’s “The Big Picture” event, which offered looks at this year’s upcoming movies. Here’s what they say about The Clone Wars portion:

The presentation ended with Star Wars: The Clone Wars, introduced by George Lucas himself and accompanied by a small army of clonetroopers.

The footage began with Anakin and his apprentice Ahsoka traveling to a major clone wars battle. They deploy with a bunch of clonetroopers and lead an attack straight up the side of a mountain to a base at the top. The vehicles they’re traveling in actually turn and start climbing vertically up the rock while the Jedi follow on ropes.

Following that there was a montage of footage with Duel of the Fates playing over it. There was one sequence where Count Dooku dispatches Asajj Ventress to find Jabba the Hutt’s son in an effort to win his favor.

Variety also reports. Hopefully we’ll get to see this footage at StarWars.com soon!