Black Angel

Long Lost ‘Star Wars’ Short Film Is Becoming a Feature
Long Lost ‘Star Wars’ Short Film Is Becoming a Feature
Long Lost ‘Star Wars’ Short Film Is Becoming a Feature
The timeline of Star Wars history is filled with all kinds of odd corners, left turns, and wild diversions, but there’s nothing quite as strange as Black Angel. A 25-minute medieval fantasy short that was attached to the earliest screenings of The Empire Strikes Back in 1980, the film was considered lost for decades until its rediscovery in 2013. Now, this long-lost object of curiosity is getting the feature treatment and original writer/writer Roger Christian is set to return.
The Lost ‘Star Wars’ Short Film That Mysteriously Disappeared
The Lost ‘Star Wars’ Short Film That Mysteriously Disappeared
The Lost ‘Star Wars’ Short Film That Mysteriously Disappeared
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, George Lucas commissioned a short film to be paired with 'The Empire Strikes Back' in theaters. That film was the medieval fantasy 'Black Angel' and it was directed by Roger Christian, the acclaimed production designer who won an Oscar for his work on the original 'Star Wars.' And then theaters stopped playing shorts before features and 'Black Angel' van