Video: Star Wars set creator is crowdfunding a remake of lost fantasy film ‘Black Angel’

A British filmmaker who worked on the original Star Wars trilogy has raised more than £20,000 in one day as he looks to make a feature length version of a lost short film

Roger Christian, who won an Oscar for set decoration on the original Star Wars film, has begun crowdfunding his 'Black Angel' project on indiegogo, raising more than $32,000 (£21,000) in the first 24 hours. The original Black Angel short film first aired before cinema screenings of The Empire Strikes Back in 1980, and resurfaced after more than 30 years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K87cxaRRP0o Some big names have already been secured for the feature-length version, including John Rhys-Davies, who played Gimli in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. And for any huge Star Wars fans with deep pockets, a $20,000 donation to the Black Angel project will earn you an original negative from the first film. Pretty good timing, with Episode 7 not all that far away. If you want to know what to expect from the fantasy epic, you can watch the original short film in full here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L8pHKP-vv4 H/T Entertainment Weekly