Indiana Jones and the Iron Phoenix
LucasArts planned a Fate of Atlantis sequel about the Philosopher's Stone, but the German market and the cost of hand-drawn animation helped bury it before production.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Never Born
- Peak stage
- detailed preproduction
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
An unmade graphic-adventure sequel developed at LucasArts for personal computers.
Indiana Jones would pursue the Philosopher's Stone while former Nazis attempted to resurrect Adolf Hitler.
Existence timeline
LucasArts begins a follow-up to Fate of Atlantis.
The Philosopher's Stone plot and locations take shape.
The team tests a highly animated presentation.
German restrictions and production costs weaken the case.
LucasArts ends development before a retail build exists.
Dark Horse preserves the central story in four issues.
Why it ended
LucasArts cancelled the game before full production as sales concerns and animation costs undermined the project.
Last confirmed trace
A design, test animation, surviving artwork and a Dark Horse comic adaptation preserve the story.
What it left behind
The comic transformed a cancelled game plot into an officially published Indiana Jones adventure.
How we classified it
The proposed archive unit never reached ordinary public access in the form being documented.
The strongest verified milestone maps to detailed_preproduction under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.