As to the Star Wars origins website....
In Lucas' defense (can ya believe it, Cass?), I was under the impression that Lucas asked an artist to come up with the most nightmarish face imaginable. When that turned out to be too scary, there was a second draft, which later became Maul. It's probably in the Making Of book, but I'm too lazy to walk to my office and look it up.
Nonetheless, that's an awesome saying.
