So I put my letter in the mail just now. This was what I wrote. If anyone has any suggestions or improvements for future letters, let me know, will be good to vary the content.

"To whom it may concern,

My name is Michael Kaminski, author of The Secret History of Star Wars. It has come to my attention that Lucasfilm is currently preparing a Blu Ray release of the Star Wars films, which is very exciting to me as a lifelong fan. However, also as a lifelong fan, I cannot help feel a sense of frustration that the original theatrical versions have not yet been restored. I know the negative is conformed to the Special Edition edit, but I also know that there are interpositives, separation masters, and fine-grain masters that would be viable for a high definition presentation of the original cuts.

I love the Star Wars series with all my heart--it is the reason why I wrote a 600-page book on the subject. However, as both a historian and an archivist, not to mention a fan, I cannot help but be disgusted and disturbed at the manner in which the history-shaping original cuts have been treated, such as the Laserdisc re-release of 2006. I urge Lucasfilm to please include the original theatrical versions of the Star Wars trilogy in high definition on the upcoming Blu Ray. I'm afraid I will have no need to purchase the set when it arrives if this does not happen. I've spoken to many other people and they feel the same way. I hope Mr. Lucas gets a chance to present his directors cut in whatever way he wants, but I also hope he can overlook his own ego and give back to the world the films that not only granted him the empire in which such Special Editions were made possible, but that changed the world of cinema, touched the lives of hundreds of millions, and has a very important spot in the cultural heritage of the 20th century western world.

Sincerely,

Michael Kaminski"