Well, I don't know how many of you people did, but on the release date (Tuesday, April 23rd) I stopped by my local Barnes & Noble and picked up the novel for AotC (Which stands for "Attack of the Clones" for whoever asked). I read through it, and didn't see ANYTHING that remotely related to black spoiler #3.
Also, I have read the Bounty Hunter Wars books where it talks of how Boba Fett survived (and killed) Sarlacc, but I'm thinking that those books might have suspect authenticity as some other aspects of the books seem to have at least minor contradictions with AotC. As the Lucas companies have said, the Star Wars movies are canonical, then the books and other stuff. Wherever a contradiction lies, the movies are right.
In other news, Mann's Chinese theater has its premiere tomorrow - and a friend who I now officially hate (well, maybe I'll wait until after he tells me about it) is going - with his mother. How sweet - the two of them are going to see AotC for Mother's Day. I hate him. He's going to watch Star Wars in the same room as Lucas. And Daniels. And McGreggor. And Portman. And Christianson. And all the other greats....best I can pull off is a likely possibility of seeing it at a theater managed by a friend of some friends on Wednesday....Ah well.
--TurboNed