Are you sure taking out Maul is the way to go? He's still a very powerful lead, and scimitar is excellent coming in as a reinforcement.
I feel like you can continue to side farm JKA via hard missions, so perhaps taking him out is premature. Some much needed gear drops from his two nodes so you aren't really giving up much by farming him in that manner.
Is Chirrut viable without Baze? I don't see myself buying baze shards anytime soon. I feel like buying cantina/lsds refills and any spare crystals to buy difficult to obtain gear might be a better approach.
Unlocking Baze is a cool 4000 crystals, which is a significant amount for f2p/crystal sub only players who are not able to achieve very high rank arena rank. You would have to stop refilling all energy for 2-3 weeks to save up enough crystals, which in turn will slow down your cantina energy/shipment shard farm, lsds shard/gear farm and level progression significantly.
Ive spoken to some guild members and after reading some of Doitsuyama's posts here it seems like some sort of sith or empire team (Rex vs Maul lead) is the goal for end game f2p. My server is jam packed with Chaze/Nihilus teams (I hear Rex does not do well against DN lead) in the top 50.
Im lvl 63 atm.
My Lando is G7 and I wont be gearing him any further. G7 -> G8 he shares many gear requirements with other priority characters. I will probably stop STH at G8.
I feel like investing any further into these characters is a mistake. From what I have heard both fall off end game, and neither have a ship. In my experience Lando and STH seem to be lacking vs chaze and DN teams. Lando aoe does more harm than good most of the time, stacking hots on everyone and giving Baze free taunts, while STH's taunt doesn't get much mileage as its getting removed soon after activation.
For my end game options I am looking to prioritize Boba, Wiggs, Palpy (2 weeks), Rex, TFP, Savage, RG, Kylo, Maul and FOTP. There are more, but very far off, like B2, Shore, or cantina sith.
Basically looking to craft Sith, Empire or Rex lead teams for end game.
Sorry for the long read!