F2P player returning after long hiatus and looking for guidance

This is awesome! Thanks so much for all of the detailed guidance. It has helped me decide on a 3 prong approach.

1) JKL / JML - I have added the characters and ships you recommended for farming to my favorites so I can build them up to aim for JKL and JML. I'm focused on Chewpio first which should help me become more competitive in Arena with my CLS team. Luckily, the shard seems somewhat stale so I won't drop lower than 450 while I am working on them.

2) GAS - Yesterday I was able to 7 star Padme so I've also added the extra characters and items I need for GAS to my to do list (Mostly just gearing up toons and farming Anakin's ship).

3) Genosians - I joined a solid guild so the the last thing I am working is just strengthening my Genosians (They were all already 7 star and G8 or above) for the raid and farming Brood Alpha.

This gives me alot to work on but given my base and some good guild positions I should be able to move along quickly. Will pop back in here with my progress.