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Sequence numbering.
the autist formerly known as flinch Started conversation Dec 22, 2002
Empire was always "Episode VI" from relese, so numbering must have occured before 1980. Also i think pre-quels rather than sequels is the germaine point. Lucas always wanted sequels, in fact Alan Dean Foster was employed to wrote a screenplay for the first sequel even before Star Wars was released (which became the Splinter of the Minds Eye novel).
Sequence numbering.
Oberon2001 (Scout) Posted Apr 28, 2003
Empire is number V in order (and was released in 1980) and was the first to be numbered. Lucas then went back and re-cut IV so it was numbered.
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