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Spielberg and Ford Fought George Lucas on the Worst Indiana Jones Sequel (and Lost)

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It’s no secret that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull faced resistance from star Harrison Ford and director Steven Spielberg on the long road to its 2008 release, and that George Lucas’ insistence that aliens could be a viable plot device in the movie was a big part of that resistance. Lucas had been pitching Indy vs aliens since the 1990s, and after various writers had worked on scripts for the belated fourquel, David Koepp’s s…

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Years after its release, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull reveals its true tensions: Spielberg and Ford rejected the idea of aliens.

When three Hollywood legends fight over the origin of the bad guys in a movie, it's not just a script meeting: it's the clash of egos that almost derailed Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. Kathleen Kennedy, former Lucasfilm president, has pulled the blanket in an interview with Vulture and made it clear that neither Steven Spielberg nor Harrison Ford wanted to know anything about aliens. The problem is that George Lucas, owner of the characte…

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Den of Geek broke the news on Monday, June 15, 2026.
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