I meant to add my own sadness at hearing this news at the time, but got side-tracked.

Anyway, it's good to know that his most famous movie has just been announced as being amongst the latest ones that are being preserved for posterity by the US Library of Congress as part of it's National Film Registry - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12085224

Couple of thoughts - I take it that it's the PRE-SE version of ESB that they'll be preserving! Also, since STAR WARS (again, I hope it's the original version...) has already been chosen for preservation, surely they can't miss out on the last chapter eventually? I'm not sure that the prequels will get the same attention however...