Black Angel is a 1980 British short fantasy film that was shown before the theatrical release of The Empire Strikes Back in certain locales.

In June 2015, it was announced that Christian was working on a feature film adaptation of Black Angel which would be partly funded through crowd-funding site Indiegogo.

Sir Maddox, a medieval knight, returns from the Crusades to find his home rife with sickness and his family gone.

[3] According to Christian, the step-printing technique (in which frames are duplicated to slow action) he employed for a fight sequence influenced George Lucas to include the same method in a scene of The Empire Strikes Back.

[4] George Lucas tied the film as a programme with The Empire Strikes Back in the United Kingdom, Australia and Scandinavia.