Unfortunate that things have come to this. All sides look bad in this. The National Film Registry is going to get hit hard for not living up to their mandate. Hopefully this will coerce Lucasfilm to make a statement.

Thanks for the research canofhumdingers. Let us know more about your trip!

Some minor things: (third to last paragraph)

But, the news may be even worse: no only do they not have an original Star Wars print

Add a 't', think you meant ": not only"

they don't have any version

change 'they' to 'National Film Registry'. People are going to be very confused by the two separate entities under one roof. When ever you can, use the full name to alleviate confusion.

has said recently that he would like to restore the originals but can't pay for it

methinks

GL said this? got a link. Add a space for the second.

congressman

congressperson

Here's how to find who you should be writing to:

http://www.contactingthecongress.org/

https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

And you might want to explain 'cultural heritage protection law' if you want these letter to be more pointed.

*EDIT*

Wonder where this story has been circulating. Hope more stats surface about the wheres and whens.

And would be great if someone at Fox could scan the document which points out what should happen to prints of the films which are found.