I also did not receive the the Solo-Mode Droid when starting the Prelude for the first time. The Flashpoint never indicates its in solo mode. As someone who just resubscribed to SWTOR, I am extremely disappointed that a bug of the magnitude, made it through the QA process for the new content. As a player it shakes my faith in future content releases.

Good tips by the previous posters. It took me almost a dozen tries to finally beat the mission. I loathed this mission. It felt overly difficult, even with healer companion. The sudden difficulty spike is not challenging in a fun way. I was frustrated and it made me, as a player, stop caring about continuing the story. The mission feels better suited for a Flashpoint rather then a story mission. I'd rather Daily and Flashpoint grind my characters to level 55 then play the mission ever again.

My Sith Assassin and main character, Malhem http://twitpic.com/e0bh3n

Yes. I am aware of that. The man can act and has done a great job in other games. The male JK VO just doesn't click with me in this game.

I decided to play a Jedi Guardian as a female, because I couldn't stand the male voice acting for the Jedi Knight. Found the male VO too wooden and lifeless. Couldn't imagine being stuck listening to it for 50 levels. In my opinion, the female voice actor handles the dialog much better then her male counterpart. All the other characters I play are male.