Wednesday, August 11, 2010

BLACKSTAR WARRIOR

I posted about this a while ago -- the mysterious blaxploitation knock-off of Star Wars made in the late 70's, which disappeared shortly thereafter. I believe back then I linked to the documentary fragments being assembled.









And now, as you've probably seen, the full trailer has been recovered from a projectionist's attic in Cleveland.



Congratulations to the courageous historians who have worked so hard to save part of our heritage.

15 comments:

m. scott veach said...

haha... the documentary part had me totally believing... i wish they hadn't put out the trailer... i would have gone on for years thinking this was all true...

Daisy Bookworm said...

So they'll do "Spaceballs" but not this? So wrong.

Brad said...

I, too, was totally buying it up until the trailer. You got me fair and square. :)

SueN. said...

This would have been SO much better than the last three they put out.

I still refuse to believe emo!Anakin became the baddest badass of them all.

Wendigo said...

Shoddy fights, Wilhelm Scream, tacky one-liners.. this is just the thing Hardison would show Parker and Elliot on a Friday night !!

theragingcelt said...

That Lando is one bad muther...SHUT YOUR MOUTH!
Seriously, I want to live in the alternate universe where this is an actual film.

LarryFleming said...

Verrrry Funny John. I had heard about these videos, but had never seen them.

Harlan said...
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Harlan said...

This is awesome. It had me until the trailer. Who is playing Lando? I think I know but I'm not sure.

JoJo Dancer said...

Loved it when he said "works every time". Nice throw back to Billy Dee in the Colt 45 commercials.

Radagast said...

Leonard Roberts! Very nice, but that pretty much rules out this being made in the 70s. :D

isabel said...

Being from Ohio, I always find it amusing when people fill in "random town" with somewhere in Ohio.

Funky reel found in attic? Ohio.
Small town girl murdered on CSI/Law & Order? Ohio.

Now that I think about it, Leverage has not gone down the Ohio well. If you decide to provide Leverage to some wronged Ohioan, please let me know!

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Hmm, but that's a real thing m. scott.

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