If they’re so scary that they need to run away before they’ve even started firing, that’s a decent introduction at the very least, no? 😉

And yeah, this being a cut that tries to stick to canon, I’d say it’s a good thing to drop the Force speed. I’m pretty sure the only other time it’s seen again is a brief shot of Anakin in The Clone Wars, but honestly you could just as easily attribute that to those earlier episodes having less than stellar animation. Whereas there are countless times throughout canon (and specifically against Maul!) where this ability could have been used to great success.