Missing era upgrade materials post Era Level cap update.

Yesterday I had the items I needed to take KX security droid to level 60+ but I didn’t have the currency needed. Today I have the currency but now the items required for him have completely changed I need 1000’s of mark 1 items just to get him into the 30’s, items that are $8.99 for 900 or 499 crystals for even less. I feel like I’m being punished for not upgrading him prior to the update. I’m on tier 7 of all the coliseum bosses so there is no reason I shouldn’t be able to get him to at least level 60…
For reference, I apparently have 3000 mk 1 Grek ability modules, I don’t know if that’s the amount I had yesterday, but it currently takes 23,000 to get KX to just level 35. That means I’d have to buy 20,000 for either $200 or spend and ungodly amount of crystals. I can’t even get him to level 21 to complete the 3 era challenge requirement. Is this intentional?