what is the significance of the crystal skull in the film?
It was believed that it belonged to an alien life form and holds great psychic power, and finding more skulls will grant the Soviet Union the ability to rule the world through the use of telepathy.
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Spalko believes the crystal skull belongs to an alien life form and holds great psychic power, and finding more skulls in Akator will grant the Soviet Union the ability to rule the world through the use of telepathy.
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The crystal skull belongs to an alien life form and holds great psychic power. Spalko believes the crystal skull belongs to an alien life form and holds great psychic power, and finding more skulls in Akator will grant the Soviet Union the ability to rule the world through the use of telepathy. It was believed that the crystal skull belonged to an alien life form and held great psychic power.
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Jones is approached by greaser Mutt Williams, who tells him Harold Oxley found a crystal skull in Peru and was later kidnapped along with Mutt's mother, Mary who went after him. Jones tells Mutt of the legend of crystal skulls found in Akator, and Mutt gives Jones a letter from his mother, with a riddle from Oxley in an ancient language. Two Soviet agents attempt to capture them, but Jones and Mutt escape and, following the riddle's meaning, reach Peru. At the local psychiatric hospital, Oxley's scribbling on the walls and floor of his cell lead them to the grave of Francisco de Orellana, a Conquistador who searched for Akator. They find the skull at the grave, with Jones reasoning Oxley had returned it there.

Jones and Mutt are captured by Mac and the Soviets and taken to their camp in the Amazon jungle. Spalko believes the crystal skull belongs to an alien life form and holds great psychic power, and finding more skulls in Akator will grant the Soviet Union the ability to rule the w 
Jones and Mutt are captured by Mac and the Soviets and taken to their camp in the Amazon jungle. Spalko believes the crystal skull belongs to an alien life form and holds great psychic power, and finding more skulls in Akator will grant the Soviet Union the ability to rule the world through the use of telepathy. Spalko threatens to kill Mutt if Jones doesn't help, but when that doesn't work, the Soviets threaten to kill Marion Ravenwood. Spalko uses the skull on Jones to enable him to understand Oxley and identify a route to Akator. Jones and his allies try to escape, but Marion and Jones get caught in a dry sandpit, where Marion reveals that Mutt is Jones' son, Henry Jones III. and are recaptured by the Soviets. While on their way to Akator, Jones and his team fight their way out of the KGB's clutches, Mac tells Jones he is a CIA double agent, and Dovchenko is devoured by siafu ants. After surviving three waterfalls in an amphibious vehicle, Jones and Oxley identify a skull-like rock  Spalko believes the crystal skull belongs to an alien life form and holds great psychic power, and finding more skulls in Akator will grant the Soviet Union the ability to rule the world through the use of telepathy. 
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull [SEP] Plot
Two Soviet agents attempt to capture them, but Jones and Mutt escape and, following the riddle's meaning, reach Peru. At the local psychiatric hospital, Oxley's scribbling on the walls and floor of his cell lead them to the grave of Francisco de Orellana, a Conquistador who searched for Akator. They find the skull at the grave, with Jones reasoning Oxley had returned it there. Jones and Mutt are captured by Mac and the Soviets and taken to their camp in the Amazon jungle. Spalko believes the crystal skull belongs to an alien life form and holds great psychic power, and finding more skulls in Akator will grant the Soviet Union the ability to rule the world through the use of telepathy.