Originally posted by: C3PX
My prediction is that the aliens in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will be to the Ark in Raiders of the Lost Ark and the Holy Grail in The Last Crusade what Midiclorines (sp?) were to the force in The Phantom Menace. It will serve as a purpose to totally de-mythologize them supernaturally, and re-mythologize them as alien technology. I suppose it is not very likely, but I suppose since he moved the force from religion to science, it wouldn't be too far fetched for him to do the same with the Ark (now sort of an alien death ray box) and the grail (now an advanced alien medical technology).
Likely the Hebrew patriarch Abraham made a deal with aliens, but since he was an ignorant primitive he mistook them for a god. The aliens used their technology to help Abrahams wife have a baby at the age of 90, a miracle. Later when Abrahams decendants were held in captivity by the Egyptians, the aliens helped them escape and guided them to an area with better land and helped them to defeat the original occupants. Around this time they made them the Ark. Many years later one of the aliens named Jesus came to live among the humans teach them how to aspire to be a better race, but they didn't agree with him so they killed him. But aliens prove to be a bit of a challenge to take down, and he got back up, stuck around for awhile and went home, accidently leaving his healing device behind. A couple of thousand years later a guy named Henry Jones Jr. comes into contact with both of the alien artifacts. This summer, he'll get to the bottom of it all.
I really hope Lucas doesn't go this route. This will be a great way to destroy the IJ saga. Lets turn it into a clearly anti-religious statement. All that would accomplish is to offend many people and get people riled up.
I don't see that Aliens will fit into the story at all. I hope this isn't true.