Back in the day, George Lucas commissioned a short film to be shown before “Empire Strikes Back.” The film, “Black Angel,” was included in European showings of ESB… and then promptly lost for more than 30 years. it has been found and restored and posted to YouTube. It’s *not* a Star Wars film, but instead a medieval film of substantial atmospherics. It reminds me of nothing quite so much as John Boormans “Excalibur;” the intro here claims that Boorman showed the film to his crew while making “Excalibur.”
It’s only going to be available on YouTube until the end of May (which is weird since you can simply download the video from YouTube and keep it forever); June 2 there is supposed to be some “big news.” My guess would be that perhaps the film is being rebooted to a full-length flick. This would certainly be good news for the director, Roger Christian; after directing this and serving as art director on ESB, he attained infamy and career suicide by directing “Battlefield Earth.”
It’s worth watching for the scenery if nothing else.