It’s official. Alcon Entertainment has put an offer out to Harrison Ford asking him to reprise the role of Rick Deckard in the untitled sequel, ‘Blade Runner 2.’

The film has big shoes to fill though, with the thirty-two-year-old original being listed as one of the “100 Greatest Movies of all Time” by the American Film Institute (AFI) and having been added to the National Film Registry. Written by Hampton Fincher, screenwriter from the first Blade Runner, assisted by Michael Green, screenwriter of ‘Green Lantern,’ the sequel needs Ford to pull it all together.

The seventy-one-year-old actor has already committed to pull Han Solo out of the closet for Star Wars Episode VII: The Creaking Bones of the Elderly. As a result, that may play a big part in his decision to jump into the role of Deckard again.

Also, after bombing at the box office in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, it is not certain that Ford will want to take another gamble by digging up an old role. The bigger question is: can they make the movie without the Deckard? Considering that movie goers, who are thirty year old today, were only two years old when the original came out, it might be safe to say that most teens to fifty year olds may not have seen the movie and may not care about a sequel.

It’s a risk that Ridley Scott may not agree to either. After having directed the first film, it is uncertain if he will agree to sign on as director this time around, but Alcon has said it would move on without him if he is unable or unwilling. Sequel success depends a lot on the dedication of fans of the original film, but since it was so long ago, the sequel has somewhat of a clean slate. The producers can play up to the millions of Ford fans, if he agrees to take on the role, or choose another lead with an equally large, or larger, fan base.