Fantasy short that accompanied "The Empire Strikes Back" in 1980 to receive digital re-release next year.

The short film that is said to have inspired Excalibur before disappearing for three decades will finally be made available to the public, as director Roger Christian has announced that Black Angel will be released through iTunes and Netflix in 2014.

The 25-minute movie about a knight getting lost in a fantasy realm as he returned home from the Crusades was the directorial debut for one-time set designer Christian, who worked with George Lucas on the original Star Wars. That relationship led to the short's original release, accompanying The Empire Strikes Back on its European and Australian theater release -- after which, the short pretty much disappeared (literally; the negative was believed lost until a couple of years ago).

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