SilverWook said:
EDIT: My bad, it wasn't the AFI. It was an L.A. film festival in 2003.
http://www.filmbuffonline.com/Editorial/EditorialStarWars.htm
AFI was forced to show the 2004 edition on a separate occasion though, you're correct. Same with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts; in 2007, they showed the SE for the "Great to be Nominated" screening of Star Wars.