Talk:"Mauler Mithel"/@comment-152.179.142.38-20140826211410/@comment-25332048-20140910162909

I believe it was from the original card game, his name, ship and left-wingman status were written for the flavour text.

http://www.starwarsccg.org/cardlists/images/starwars/Premiere-Dark/large/ds612.gif

I think this was the first published form of this info, and it must have become canon.