Speaking with Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com), co-creator and executive producer George Lucas seems to believe that Shia LaBeouf (who plays Indiana Jones' young sidekick in "The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" opening in theaters this Thursday) has what it takes to don the Fedora hat in a fifth "Indiana Jones" movie.

"I haven’t even told Steven or Harrison this," he said. "But I have an idea to make Shia [LeBeouf] the lead character next time and have Harrison [Ford] come back like Sean Connery did in the last movie. I can see it working out.

"And it’s not like Harrison is even old. I mean, he’s 65 and he did everything in this movie. The old chemistry is there, and it’s not like he’s an old man. He’s incredibly agile; he looks even better than he did 20 years ago, if you ask me."

This comes after early critical reaction from the forthcoming film has been positive for LaBeouf's performance.