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
