Started wondering about this tonight: I read the novelization of Episode III back when the movie came out and it talks about a lot of stuff not in the movie, so I bought the Episode I book just to see how that compares to the movie. Anyway, I was wondering if you got somebody to read the books before they saw the movies, what would they think? How would their mental image of the universe differ to that on screen?
Also, next time you go into a bookstore check out Star Wars: Visions. It's a pretty cool book, lots of pictures that are randomly awesome.
And a topless twilek, which is more than awesome.