As Indiana Jones fans eagerly await the franchise’s next installment and pray it doesn’t star any more giant ants, more interesting news has popped up for everyone's favorite bullwhip-toting archaeologist: he might be getting a lot more new adventures than we initially thought.

At a Star Wars Celebration panel titled “The Art of Storytelling,” Industrial Light & Magic honcho Lynwen Brennan took a moment to chat about the future of another Lucasfilm property:

“Kiri [Hart] and her group have mapped out a story and timeline across multiple platforms many years in advance, many exhausting years in advance," Brennan reportedly said, adding, "so we want to be really careful with that.”

After the less-than-warmly-received Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, further work on this franchise can’t be “careful” enough. But what does this mean?

We already know that Steven Spielberg refuses to kill off Harrison Ford the way a certain other director did last December—but the man will be in his late 70s by the time the next Indy releases. Surely they don’t expect him to carry the saga throughout the “many exhausting years” to come. But we also know that his character will not go the way of James Bond, a mantle inherited by seven actors over the years: only Ford will play Indiana Jones, at least if Spielberg keeps his word. What to do?

Perhaps a successor could take over for him, as seemed to be the plan when Crystal Skull introduced Shia LaBeouf's character. But as we learned with Han Solo last year, the selection process will be tricky: a lot of young actors want to be the next Harrison Ford. (Maybe the official new Han Solo, Alden Ehrenreich, could pull a full Ford and play the new Indy successor, too.)

But most important, what does “multiple platforms” even mean? Are we going to see Indiana Jones get a V.R. movie like Darth Vader apparently is? A comic book? A TV series?

There are so many questions to ponder about these next chapters. But as fans await answers—and hope this franchise is done with C.G.I. monkeys—perhaps it’s best to simply trust that there are top men working on the new installments right now.