I also heard that r5 GK is enough, so I'm going to try without Padme Relic'd. I do have Ahsoka @r4, soon to be r5, but Padme, Threepio and Shaak Ti are all g12, so we'll see.
I'm not fussed about it b/c I was way behind in SepDroids and mine are still not there yet (Droideka is still g8) so I'm not finishing the event this time, just looking to take a step forward, like last time I beat ships and then got stopped short by the GalRep phase.
If I had just 3 more weeks, maybe even just 2, I could have made it, but I still need a bit on Magna a bit on Ventress (currently g12.4) and a bunch of gear on Droideka. There's no way I'll get there by the end of the event. Besides, I only have 24k GET, so it's not going to slow me down that much. By the time I have 68k+ get the 3rd run of the event will be here.
I still wish I could get GA$ on 2nd go round like I did with JKR, DR, and Malak, but these relic requirements just take so long to meet.