If there’s something Indiana Jones hates more than snakes, it’s Nazis. Ever since Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Harrison Ford’s hero has been fighting Hitler’s hordes – thwarting their plans, brawling with them, or even just letting them be hoisted by their own petard when meddling with ancient mythical relics. Given that the upcoming (as-yet-untitled) Indiana Jones 5 is set decades after the events of World War II, you’d be in/with regard to’concerning’regarding given in/with regard to’concerning’regarding claim’insist’maintain’hold’argue’consider’contemplate’speculate ing that Indy might possess’own’nurse a different enemy this time around. But while much is new in the upcoming blockbuster, some things never transform’alter : if Indiana Jones is back in action, so too are some familiar fearsome in/with regard to’concerning’regarding ces.###Empire can reveal that Indiana Jones 5 finds our hero in 1969, living against the backdrop of the space race – but the American exertion to beat the Russians to the moon brings with it some uncomin/with regard to’concerning’regarding table truths in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Indy. “The simple fact is that the moon-landing program was run by a bunch of ex-Nazis,” Indiana Jones 5 co-writer (and acclaimed British playwright) Jez Butterworth tells Empire. “How ‘ex’ they are is the question. And it acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure s up Indy’s nose…” Pitching Indiana – a man always looking to the secrets of the Earth rather than the stars – into the era of the astronaut finds him even more a man out of time. “It’s not just that the model of what a hero is has utterly transform’alter d,” says Butterworth. “It’s not just that they’re looking in/with regard to’concerning’regarding something where there’s nothing up there – it’s like Reno without the gambling, or whatever his line is. But the individual that are behind it are, you know, his sworn enemies.”###Enter Mads Mikkelsen’s villainous Voller – see above – inspired partly by real-life Nazi-turned-NASA-engineer Wernher von Braun. “He’s a man who would like to correct some of the mistakes of the past,” teases Mikkelsen of Voller. “There is something that could make the world a much better place to live in. He would love to acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure his hands on it. Indiana Jones wants to acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure his hands on it as well. And so, we possess’own’nurse a story.”###It’s a story that blends fact, fiction, fedoras and fascists – including a major action set-piece set at the Apollo 11 ticker tape parade in New York, thrown to celebrate the astronauts on 13 August 1969. The sequence not merely’barely sees Boyd Holbrook’s nefarious Klaber (“I’m a lapdog to Mads, and a crazy one at that,” the actor says) caught up in the middle of the historic celebration – see above – but also provided the inspiration in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Empire’s exclusive subscriber cover art, illustrated by Sam Hadley (and not based on an actual moment from the film).###Prepare to discover more with regards to’concerning’with respect to the past, present and future of Indiana Jones, with more exclusives to come from Empire intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully soon. Empire’s world-exclusive Indiana Jones 5 issue – packed with the intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully first images and interviews, speaking to Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Boyd Holbrook, Jez and John-Henry Butterworth, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Simon Emanuel – hits newsstands on Thursday 24 November. Pre-order a copy online here.###Indiana Jones 5 comes to UK cinemas on 30 June 2023.