well im not taking sides here at all, but novels are canon, UNLESS the movies contradict a certain part. So we can take the novel as canon which most of it is, but anything in the movie that deals with the same topic, is higher canon. So yes, essentially you can say parts of the novel are canon. Like TPM novel says that Maul does a back flip when fighting one on one with Qui Gon, but it didnt happen in the movie, so it didn't happen. But the fight, which obviously appeared in both, did happen.
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