I haven't read the book, no... Nothing against the EU, as I love EU figures too... Actually I wish we got a lot more because it's a lot deeper well than retreads at this point, so I'm with you. My dislike of the figure isn't even that it's a BAD figure. For what it represents it's perfect I'd say... Like the Vong figures too and whatnot.
I just hate the character's design in the EU, didn't like Palps having an alien as a mentor/master (though, if he kills him in part because he IS an alien and he grows to dislike aliens in the story, that's kind of cool). I hate those aliens in particular though because I felt they were among the goofier CGI aliens in the PT... Up there with the Podracers for me. Just didn't care for them, their goofy voices...
I think you'll probably love the figure though, it's Grade A like just about everything else they've put out the last several years.