>>213121130 (OP)Last crusade and kingdom of the crystal skull are the same way, where the villains would have just been killed by the supernatural forces after discovering the thing anyway so Indy’s narrative importance is worthless. The holy grail doesn’t leave the cave without destroying it and crumbling apart and the alien in the 4th film killed Spalko by increaasing her IQ too far till her brain exploded.
Temple of doom is the only Indy film where Indy actually concretely saves anyone. The only film he actually does anything.