Well the main political opponent of our heroes in the New Republic is a slimy spymaster who's entire race is portrayed as spies, who uses the fact that his people got massacred getting the DSII plans and in general got enslaved as an "excuse" to further his political goals. Like holy shit Zahn

But yeah Luuke is silly and I am fine with him. The only actual issue I have with his existence is he is there for the third act of the final book and then that's it. Like Zahn realized Cabaoth needed a plot