@MasterSeedy
So is that not consistent with the rest of the game? Ewoks Vs Seperatists in Assault Battles for example?
There's plenty in the game that doesn't fit together in the exact way it should if you go by the Star Wars universe.
To my mind, the quests are primarily there to guide newer players to the characters that will be important for them either now or in the future.
There's plenty of new players coming into the game, this is designed to keep more of them here and that's a great thing.
"They never thought through what it means..."
Honestly it doesn't mean anything past Ventress being available early on, a great character and there's no Nightsister quest, why not throw her in there?
In my opinion that seems pretty well thought through.
I don't see any arena sacrifice for any of the quests. If you're a new player then these battles can be won with the required faction as you rise up. If you're a long time player, just do what everyone else does and speak to your shard mates. When you're both sitting at 1st and 2nd half hour before your payout then just put in weak teams and swap wins.
Finally, I don't think I mentioned anything about anyone taking anything too seriously or not. The game is there for everyone and I would hope most play it in the way that they want so they have fun and keep playing.