Today I picked up the omnibus featuring all three Prequel novelizations. To be honest, I started reading PHANTOM MENACE when the film came out, but got frustrated with all of the additional material. However, I guess I am still hoping the Prequel Trilogy, one way or another, will grow on me. So I am attempting to read the book versions of each film.

I thought I would include you in this, because there might be times when I want to discuss certain passages or characters and I thought your insights would be intriguing.

So far, I am interested in the old spacer that Anakin and his friends meet early on in the book. I envy him, to a degree, because he served the Republic at a time that would soon seem peaceful, pleasant even. He also seemed to speak as something of a narrator. Once or twice he uses the phrase "a long time ago" and I am surprised the author didn't have him say: "in a galaxy far, far away."