Return of the Jedi was inducted today in the National Film Registry, completing the induction of all three movies of the Original Trilogy.

(https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-21-078/)

What does this actually mean? To my understanding, the Library of Congress already has a copyright deposit print that’s most likely in rough shape and nowhere near as good as the print for 4K83.

At least the US Government now has a mandate to keep a copy of the theatrical cut in their protected archives so the original version never becomes a ‘lost film’.