I'd really love to see a video of this panel so we could hear it all for ourselves.
Perhaps a third book was mentioned and then she name dropped the second book. Who knows? The author obviously mixed up some of her notes when writing the piece.
Her importance has more to do with the fact that her character is ever-present in nearly every single storyline (in a variety of ways), which, going back to the movie, is why I find it odd that there has been no official mention of her. It's a distinct shake-up in terms of the interpretation of original DS-canon
Pssh. That would've been unfair to Michael.