In a 2024 GameRant interview with the game's director and designer Jens Andersson, he went into detail about Bethesda collaborating with Lucasfilm Games, what input they had on the game, and how much creative freedom Bethesda were given. Bethesda director Todd Howard originally came up with the idea of making a game about the Circle, but the game's story was entirely devised by Andersson and his team after the first two months of development. Lucasfilm Games gave feedback on the story, and Bethesda cooperated because they were fans of the franchise and felt Lucasfilm Games were on the same page in regards to their goals. They trusted Lucasfilm as a whole to know how the Indiana Jones character and IP should be treated in order to create "something that felt like an Indiana Jones experience".