Read it. Also get the paperback "Survivor's Quest". I love Zahn's stormtroopers. The Hand of Judgement is just... guh. And I adore Aurek Seven. They're so badass and competent and they can think for themselves. And Chak Fel! I was furious when he got killed off-page in the Dark Nest trilogy.
I love Phanan. And I get why he died, but... damn. Allston said on his website that while Phanan feared death and fought against it, he had no future to live for. ;_;
I like exploring different cultures just fine. It makes things interesting. My problem with Mandalorians is how Traviss portrays them as morally superior to everyone else. They are a strongly mercenary people. People pay them to go kill people or capture and bring them back. That's not really a moral high ground. Sure, Mandalorians might see themselves like that, but why does everyone else either half-worship them or get slaughtered? I mean, all throughout those of her Legacy books I read before quitting, the characters keep going on about how awesome Mandalorians are.
Much preferred them in "Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor". They're nothing like the moral ideal - they were hired to keep a populated planet from falling into New Republic hands and they threaten to blow up a city if anything lands, and even their Mandalore is like "...yeah, they're being idiots" - but they do get talked around into being allies, and they're good fighters.
I used to follow Traviss's Livejournal blog. She said at least once that the Jedi are the real bad guys, she cheered watching Order Sixty-Six, and that they deserved to die.
And I can't accept that. Misguided, yes. Incautious, yes. Not nearly as good as they saw themselves, very much yes. But deserving to die? No! And what, were the Jedi supposed to say "Well, the Republic has no army and we have a large number of willing clones ready to fight with us, but we don't know why they're here, so let's just say no and die fighting the Seperatists on our own, letting them overrun the Republic!"
I think it was also in that blog where she said that she doesn't have the time to actually read the EU books, but has people supply details she wants to use in stories. Which really shows with Scout. I'm still burning over that. Damn it, I love Scout.
Besides. She had Daala elected Chief of State. Unanimously.