In the midst of reading Darth Plagueis, watching Sidious in his political infancy is intriuging. To the original topic, it'll be fun to watch - most of us will pay to see it. As for Karen Travis, dammit, I wanted that last book!

The Commando series was brilliant and the cartoon series changed the entire lore. If you go the author's site she gives reasoning for no further books and at least gives notes to what would've been.

As a long time SW fan, reading the cannon, watching all of the movies repeatedly and playing this game and even SWG prior - I think you will watch the movie regardless. I agree that there are parts of EPI that annoy and demean the vision of the universe we envision. But the prequels were still entertaining and gave some visual reinforcement to what we imagined. Many think that what was created and delivered to us may have been presented in a better light, but it is what it is, to see Maul battling in 3D will be amazing. The only thing that I really dislike is how Lucas decided to bastardize the Mandorlian lore. The Republic Commando series was by far the most intriguing and entertaining literature thus far. Excited to watch the movies in 3D, even if I wish we'd see additional storyline on the bigscreen and not in animation.