You can finally watch the lost film that was supposed to play with Star Wars‘ ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ in theaters.
A lost film that was supposed to play before ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ has been recovered, allowing anyone who want to watch the movie as it was meant to be seen run this short film to get in the mood for lightsaber fights and the force.
Here’s a brief history of the film:
Back in 1980, George Lucas wanted a film to play with Empire Strikes Back in the UK and ended up commissioning then art director Roger Christian to make it. Christian, who had set-directed Star Wars, and art-directed both Alien and Monty Python’s The Life Of Brian, made the short film in Scotland and titled it Black Angel.The film is a swords-and-sorcery tale of a knight traversing a plague-stricken land with many elements of dream imagery and mythical archetypes woven throughout. [A.V. Club]
No one has seen this short film in over 30 years. Now, thanks to YouTube and the power of the Internet we can feast our eyes on the entire short film. You can watch it over and over again to make up for all those times you watched ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ without it.
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