While James has a point, a slightly more helpful thing would be to say that I like the focus you are giving towards legendary event characters. Concerning NS/Empire, I have found that if you can't beat em, join em. You've got a decent empire squad, and that usually wrecks a NS squad, and does well against other empire squads. Thrawn is a long ways off for you but keep at it because he is worth it. CLS seems like a realistic goal if you can manage it. My advice would be to temporarily stop farming phoenix and focus solely on a. Getting Farmboy luke to 7*, b. getting FBL, Leia, STH, and OLK up to 85 and Gear 8 ( 9 would be better), and c. Stockpiling credit and gear. Due to them releasing BB8 and JTR at the same time this event, I believe that will be the same thing they do with R2 and CLS. If that is the case, then you need to stockpile credits and gear to be able to get R2 to 85 and gear 8 or 9 almost immediately after you unlock him. swgoh.gg has a gear by level for R2 so you know what to stockpile.