just finished reading the novel (the hardcover print, not the graphic novel). this should be one heck of a movie. things i didn't get though/general comments:
- if yoda and kenobi train with qui-gon on how to merge with the force, how does anakin pick up the trait?
- the skeletal death star frame reminds me of a what they used in the non-cannon sw novels
- definately watching the clone wars (or perhaps reading labrynith of evil) helps sets the stage for the movie. though in clone wars there were 3 jedi knights rescuing palpatine and in the novel they only mention 2
- the wookies dont even make it in the novel :|