In defense of Matthew Stover's ROTSs novelization, it is the only form I care to experience that story in. Far better than the film. I don't even remember that line from the book, so it clearly didn't have a big impact on me or bother me that much. But I like Stover's Anakin [is] far, far, better than Hayden's Anakin.

Definitely. I'm not knocking on Stover, so much as the trend itself in EU. I prefer Anakin to be eloquent, as Darth Vader is in the OT (one of the few traits I think should be present in both good Jedi Anakin and evil Sith Vader).