someone will, and i know a bunch of people will read it(the script that is) and then be pissed off that they read it. i really dont care, cause as strong as the human mind is as far as putting a mental picture with words...nothing can prepare us for the dazzling visual display the boys at LFL and ILM will have in store for us....
Willpower, shmillpower.
To me, the release of the novel signifies the release of the story. To me, the story is just as important as the visuals, and it (the story) is usually done better on paper. It adds insight and some backstory to a lot of events that Lucas only glosses over in the films. I feel that I get a more complete experience reading the book before seeing the movie.
I have never understood that view. Star Wars is a film based medium designed entirely for film; the visual experience is an essnetial part of the whole experience; and I have only ever seen it as a far inferior experience in print. I'll read books that whose stories are designed to be books, but books of films are very often a very bad idea.