Lucas Says Only Ford Can Carry Indy, Star Wars Will Go 3-D

Posted by Adam Sweeney (adam@filmschoolrejects.com) on August 8, 2008

It appears the rumors of Shia LaBeouf taking over as the lead in the Indiana Jones saga were exaggerated. Lucas explains why Harrison Ford is the man and also why you will be seeing Star Wars in 3-D.

Lucas confirmed in an interview with AP Television that Harrison Ford would have to be the lead for another Indy film to come out, and laughed at the idea of Indy’s adventures being passed over to Shia LaBeouf, who played Mutt Williams in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

“He is Indiana Jones,” Lucas explains about Ford. “If Indiana Jones wasn’t in it, you’d have to call it “Mutt Williams and the Search for Elvis… “Yeah, it’s Mutt Williams and the Search for Elvis.”

Lucas also said he plans on re-releasing all 6 Star Wars films into theaters with new 3-D technology.

“We worked on some, with a company that was developing the technology a few years ago to convert films into 3-D, we worked with them. But the system works great. It’s just not very practical. So what we’ve been working on since then is to develop a sort of practical way to do it. And we will get there. It’s just a technological challenge.”

I loved the re-release of the special edition Star Wars films in theaters, and I can only imagine what a 3-D version of the films on an IMAX screen would look like. As far as the prospects of Indy V, I am just happy Lucas knows who his meal ticket is.

You can check out the rest of AP Television’s interview with Lucas here.

Do you want to see the torch passed in the Indiana Jones saga? Are you excited about seeing a 3-D version of Star Wars in theaters?

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