zombie84 said:

I posted this in my saveSW thread, but I wrote to Congress to clarify if it was the original, and if it was a new or existing print. Good news. 1) It's the original. 2) It will be a newly struck print.

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After the recent selection, we will in the near future request that Fox/Lucasfilm strike and send us a new 35mm print of the original 1980 release version. We do that for all the studio titles, and the studios do cooperate.

Indeed good news, assuming:

1) Fox/Lucasfilm do indeed cooperate

2) Someone at the Registry actually checks to ensure they haven't tried to sneak in an SE print...