I Have An Odd Question For Y'all...

Hi! As a fellow author myself I understand the grind! For writing star wars content, I think the best place to start is by watching episodes 1-4 (the prequels and the first movie in the original trilogy). Understanding the films and the feelings they evoke in you as you watch them is more important than any specific dialogue or event. Replicating the 'feeling' that the movies give you should be your #1 goal. It's why movies like Rouge One made a splash whereas The Rise of Skywalker didn't. It's not about the lightsabers or the blasters, it's what you walk out of the experience feeling.

Once you finish those movies (or all the movies, up to you), I would read these two books: 1.) "Master and Apprentice" by Claudia Gray, then 2.) "Tarkin" novel by James Luceno. I think those two books are the most well-written and give a great understanding into the inner workings of the jedi/republic, and additionally the rise of the empire for both those with power, as well as those without.