General Advice needed: Return of Palpatine event?

"Loose_Lee;717511" wrote:
Droid teams will get a big big boost at lv 83 from hk/88 getting to gear 10 and I would focus on getting them max geared as fast as possible and stockpiling the necessary gear to push them into 10 first... from what I can see on my roster, most toons won't see gear 10 until lv 85.

Thus giving Droid teams a slight advantage over others until lv 85 cap reached in arena (and subsequent gear attained).