Read first or Watch?

the book probably won't get released over here till 2012, so I'll go for watch

the strength of the star wars films has always been about iconic visual moments for me......if they'd never made the films, and it was just a book, i've got a feeling it would strike me as a very stupid book....

for aotc, i downloaded the script, but refused to read it....it was sitting on my harddrive for about 2 weeks unread....i'd sent it to a friend, and he says "have you read the script yet? i have".....that pushed me over the edge, and i read it....it was an enjoyable read, but a terrible mistake....i ruined the film for myself, and have never really enjoyed it properly since.....

perversely, i knew almost nothing about tpm when i first saw it, and even now, though i know aotc is a far superior film, i just don't enjoy it as much.....

weird, huh?.....

i want to add more about the good and bad duels, because i think
its a topic well worth discussing. but so not to move this off topic i guess ill start a thread on it...but where to post it...i guess since the topic encompasses the whole saga ill put it on the ep3, since there is no "eps. 1-6 forum" right?

I will watch it first. If I read the novel first and it contains stuff that has been cut from the movie, I may in the end get disappointed ^^°

I will watch the film before reading the book for sure. When ATOC book was released I got it and spent the rest of the day reading it. Wont be doing that again.

9 out of 10 times when I read the book of the film the book is usually better. In TPM book Maul had a whole lot more of dialogue but when the film came out he had only like 3 or 4 lines. So I definitely favor to read read the book before seeing the film.

The author of these books gets the full scipt before it is cut down to the film we see at the Cinema. Buy a graphic novel and it's all there, all the cut stuff in comic book glory. Same when you buy the Art of Books, or Screenplays.