>>715090994
He saw the picture of Aayla hanging on the wall at Lucasfilm, so he included her, because he needed to populate the Geonosis arena with diverse alien Jedi. Same with Talon, whom he saw a picture of somewhere, and liked the design, so he wanted to pair her with Maul that he resurrected. But he never gave a shit about the story or knew anything about it, really. Reminder, that in the Republic comics, Ki-Adi Mundi had a harem of wives and was a Jedi Knight on the Jedi Council. Meanwhile, in the movies, Jedi cannot marry, and only Jedi Masters can be on the Council.