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After the generally poor reception of Crystal Skull, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny had a choice in how to address Mutt Williams.

This article contains spoilers for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

It was 15 years ago that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull tried to set up Shia LaBeouf’s Mutt Williams as the lead character for a fifth Indy movie. This was thankfully nixed. How would the actual fifth film, Dial Of Destiny handle this? As it turns out, in about the most convenient way possible.

Now, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny director James Mangold has said there was a need to address the Mutt character, no matter how much he and the movie were received, something LaBeouf himself has spoken out against in the past but Mangold insists played no part in how the character was written off. Mangold agrees with the general consensus about Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull[Mutt] and says, “I didn’t believe his whole thing worked well in the prior film.” I just went towards something else because it was what was more interesting to me.”What was more interesting to Mangold, it seems, was straight-up killing off Mutt Williams in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, revealing that he — the son of Indians Jones and Marion Ravenwood — died while serving in Vietnam.

Unfortunately for James Mangold, even without Mutt Williams on the scene, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is proving to be the worst-reviewed movie of the franchise, sitting at 68% on Rotten Tomatoes, below

Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by 9%. Chris Bumbray, our own critic, gave the film a score of 5/10.1001010How did you feel about how Mutt Williams was treated in Indiana. Jones and the Dial of Destiny? Was it done well or should the character be ignored? Give us your take below!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VsyAmAOMek

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