Well you know, I'm not responsible for expanded universe.I don't even like it, but it has its own pros, in a certain way. It's star wars by someone else than GL. And usually writers happen to be creative, and have enough empathy as to describe a person's feelings. So if the guy made a point, even in a stupid context (I agree with you...a clone of Maul, WTF)... why not to consider it?
My english is quite bad, so I have to ask... what do you mean by skimming??