Here is the crazy thing..... if this event doesn't fit your character rp wise... there is no one in the world putting a pistol to your head and ask you to participate. Just wait for another event, maybe the lvl 55 gree event we're gonna see sooner or later. There are jedi/ trooper whatever which participate as bounty hunter... why not. Fed up with their order/ government to get some money... is it so hard to carve out a story to support this? Does there really has to come out a book, called the "Jedi Bounty Hunter" to make people believe that this can happen? We have Wookiee Jedi in the Star Wars lore.... how much further could any RP idea go?
It would be Lore-breaking if Luke Skywalker would demolish Dromund Kaas or Darth Vader Poster would cover the underground from Coruscant but just because people can't wrap their head around a possible story... .
People in the real world do kill/ rob people.... they aren't professionals but desperate or just ruthless and see the opportunity. If you play your Jedi as rogue or actually as a bounty hunter which is using his force powers to capture fugitives... why not?
The thing is... you are putting a "background" just as Bioware is. While I think it would be a good idea to have specific dailies like this... the rogue Jedi bounty hunter may come forward and argue that saving people doesn't make any money.