Smithers said:

Man I have avoided comics my whole life and now all of the sudden I'm pursuing every issue of these series'... for how long they take to read/look at, they are kind of a rip off BUT it's star wars and it's canon so I have to buy it :P

If they're going the decompressed* route, then it would be better to skip buying individual issues and just wait for the inevitable trade.

Oh, and BTW, there're better comics out there to read for a newcomer. =P

*"Decompressed" is just modern comics shorthand for "padded".