Status Updates From Star Wars: Allegiance

Mara was stowed away on a pirate ship for 4 days, and then they decided to try and ambush/kill her DURING their attack against the freighter? That doesn't many any sense. And how did they even find out where she was? That was never asked nor addressed. Kind of a plothole

The setup for this part is kind of dumb. They land on a new planet, get shaken down by local cops, a nearby mechanic just so happens to overhear all of this and gives them info. LaRone tells this random mechanic to gather people for a protest. Not only does this guy do it, but 300-400 people actually show up. Why would anyone listen to a COMPLETE stranger outsider and agree to meet up for a protest? It makes no sense

I thought that maybe after I started reading, some of the details would come back to me. Nope! I still don't remember a single thing about this.
I do like how stormtroopers here are portrayed as they were originally - elite soldiers. Even Lucas seemed to forget this, and just used stormtroopers everywhere. No, stormtroopers are supposed to be elites, and they're also NOT the entirety of the Imperial Army.

Now that I'm done with the cantina tales detour, it's back to Zahn block. This and the informal sequel Choices of One are back-to-back.
I've actually read this book before, around the time it came out, probably 08 or 09. I still have the paperback on my bookshelf. But I remember NOTHING about it. Not a single thing. I distinctly remember reading it, but nothing about its contents. Very weird phenomenon for me.