Thanks guys. What is the fastest way to get characters? Because I need one more dark side character to be able to do the dark side battles. What characters make a good Light side squad for early on?
Leveling up gives them to you for free. At certain levels you get toons(Characters) for ships. My things I listed aren't that long-term but to keep in mind as you're advancing. Like soul said you'll need to drop chewie at some point and I'd recommend level 45.
When you get to cantina there will be a thing at the bottom right that says redeem(may be something else). You'll want a long term tank and I'm gonna shock you guys but I'd recommend stormtrooper. He is actually a very good tank since they updated him.
Save jedi, clones, resistance, first order, and sith for endgame(lvl 75+).
Your first priority is gonna be scoundrels. A team that I'd recommend is this one
https://swgoh.gg/squads/53211/. Make sure you keep your scoundrels highly leveled up. They're your main source of credits.
Sync your account there too and give us a link to you profile so we can help you with stuff. Plus you can see your roster with out opening the game up.
Like soul said only spend your crystals on energy refreshes. If you're at a high enough arena rank you should be able to buy two refreshes of the yellow(normal) energy. Do that once you are around level 60, from level 35-60 buy one refresh of energy and one thing of sim tickets every day. Never spend crystals on shop or battle refreshes, it makes gearing take longer.
Always finish all your daily activities
Make sure to buy all the gear in shipments that costs credits even if no one needs it at the time or you have a ton of it. If you don't you'll wish you'd bought it when you run out. That's all I can think of right now.
Edit: I just realized that the number on the swgoh.gg link is my school id(don't tell anybody).
Edit 2: A good light side squad for early game is Qui-Gon Jinn, Ewok Elder, Luminara/, Lando, Stormtrooper Han(SThan).
Stay away from the Jedi Knight Guardian, Mob Enforcer, Greedo, Ewok Scout, Eeth Koth, Coruscant Underworld Police(CUP), Ugnaught, Bhodi Rook, all nightsisters, IG-100 Magnaguard, all tuskens, and Nute Gunray. They are terrible.