Sci-Fi event had nothing to do with christmas, it had to do with the recent release of Star Wars VIII, The Last Jedi.

What we have now is the christmas event, and it is just the same as the rest, so nothing new here. And I expect the stuff we get to be just as bad as last time... that is how they roll.
I've seen this behaviour many times before, just before a game die. They want to milk it for whatever they can before letting go...