Frank Darabont, the man behind the film version of The Shawshank Redemption was commissioned to write a script for the 4th part of series and it was finished over two years ago. Darabont had quite a lot of experience with the Indiana Jones character as he wrote many of the scripts for the Young Indiana Jones television show and the direct-to-video movies based on that part of his life. Steven Spielberg absolutely loved the script and thought it was as good as the original movie, and he was all set to shoot it back in 2004. And a bit of background information to put this in perspective: when Michael Eisner, then a Paramount executive who was involved in the project read the script for the original Raiders, he thought it was the best script he had ever read.
Then George Lucas read the Darabont script and said he didn't like it at all and basically killed it right there. Sure, Spielberg and Lucas are still working on coming up with a movie they can both agree upon, but I think that is increasingly less and less likely, and if they finally compromise, well, that is probably going to be a somewhat subpar product.
I mean, we are is the man that thought Howard the Duck would end up being a good movie... I guess no one around him had the good sense to tell him NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! And legions of Star Wars fans now know what has come of Mr. Lucas's feeling for what makes good and compelling film. I think this parody says it all really. To use the vernacular he has created, he is a Sith Lord of entertainment now, because there is no other explanation for Jar-Jar that fits better.
Even though Spielberg has made some stinkers as of late *cough*WaroftheWorlds*cough*, well, he still has a better track record as of late, so I am more willing to trust his judgement on that script than Lucas's. Though maybe the world is better off with only 3 Indiana Jones movies after all, because I could only be disappointed now anyway. For now, I have to be content with the original.
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