Multiple INs would be a given for such a popular film (and I do recall “The Godfather” OCN becoming so worn that the normally photochemical-only Robert A. Harris didn’t want to risk running it through a gear-based mechanism again), but “Empire” and “Jedi” (and “The Godfather Part II” for that matter) weren’t known for having their negatives in such terrible condition… and later on, the extremely popular “Titanic” only needed new INs made. So I guess a couple more questions:

Is there a rough idea for when the OCN-IP-IN-Print order started? And in the case of an optically blown-up Super 35 film, were the anamorphic internegatives straight from the S35 IP or were two more steps added like OCN-IP-Blowup-Positive-IN-Print?