From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!wbux5!wb2!houxz!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!mcewan Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Title: Re: when was Star Wars written?? - (nf) Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.1666 Posted: Sun Mar 13 22:41:16 1983 Received: Tue Mar 15 02:03:31 1983 #R:nmtvax:-22200:uiucdcs:12500026:000:245 uiucdcs!mcewan Mar 11 18:37:00 1983 I would say that your friends are having a little joke at your expense. Or else they are easily confused and when they saw the large number of "Star Wars" books released after the movie they somehow concluded that the books preceded the movies.