It's been six years since Lost departed from our TV screens, though its boss has now said he would "welcome" a revival.

Though, of course, on one condition…

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There has to be new characters, and don't count on executive producer Damon Lindelof to be involved either.

"Those characters not only died, but we showed you their experience post-death," he told Entertainment Weekly. "Any new take on Lost will probably have to feature new characters, as it should."

And Lindelof also feels that it's not his place to return to that world himself, and that someone else should do a revival... if it it happens.

"As it relates to Lost, which was so heavily serialized, I do think it's somewhat of a betrayal to go back in and say there's more story to tell that I just came up with now, especially when we had ample time to end it on our own terms," he explained.

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"[Co-showrunner] Carlton [Cuse] and I always said that we welcome any future crack at the [intellectual property]. Lost was bigger than us and bigger than [co-creator] JJ [Abrams].

"There's something really exciting about the fact that George Lucas sold the Star Wars universe and now the people who grew up watching it are making it.

"Maybe the same thing could be said for Lost."

While no Lost revival has happened since 2010, last year the cult show was brought back in concert form thanks to composer Michael Giacchino.

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