Asterothe

Thank you so much for bringing this up. I knew I read this at some place and you found the source. I'm in TP forums too.

This only means that the ending of MI2 was not set but he had a general idea how the story will conclude. I'm sure he had a story in place for the trilogy.

This might not hold (Ron letting us do MI games) since Disney still owns its rights it seems.

Brainstorming about our favorite game series should not be labeled going to Krazytown. There won't be any disappointment as long as they release the game for me. I'm super happy no matter what. After having 30 years for MI3a, I expect to play the real story Ron had in mind but unless he tells it, we won't know what are the differences between his original vision vs the released version. Guybrush and Elaine marrying is not a minor detail I don't expect him to flip flop on that idea. We will see when the game is out. LucasFilm tweet and Ron's blog post from 2013 indicated that the game would resume from where MI2 ended. I hope for that to hold and some elements of CMI are included by some clever story telling.

Of course there was not a 100% set in stone story but there has to be a blue print, a skeleton of the story. Elaine marrying Guybrush would invalidate it.

For MI fans, that have been waiting the real conclusion of the story. A good story definitely makes a game great. It being changed for some executive decision would be sad especially after having waited 30 years. I'd always take a MI game with Ron over without him (or any Ron adventure since he has to yet disappoint me) but as a purist and die hard MI1-2 fan I want the real MI3a. There will be changes and it won't be the game he would release in 1992 for sure but it has to be his conclusion picking up from the end of MI2. And LucasFilm tweet even indicated that. So him saying CMI is cannot is a bit confusing. Barrowing from a few elements from CMI with a clever story telling is all I hope for.

True but I hope to hear as much as possible close to the original story Ron had in mind. Marriage definitely would ruin it since it was clearly not part of it.

Thank you. I hope this means still Return to MI is the real MI3a. Ron always said Elaine would never marry Guybrush. Accepting CMI as it is would ruin the story.

Where did Ron exactly say CMI will be cannon?