What is the best system to play in the era of episode 2/3 or even just after 3?

Depends on your focus. I would recommend all would be useful but that can be subjective.

Which do you like better? It's all Star Wars. I wouldn't exclude any book from any period personally.

Are you playing padawans that escaped Order 66? FaD.

Are you playing clones that removed their chips, and went rogue? AoR. Maybe EotE.

Are you playing scum, bounty hunters and smugglers? EotE.

Just like in the OT era. Pick your focus and go with it.

That's the great thing about the game - once you get right down to it, it's pretty era agnostic. Scum will always be scum regardless if it's 5,000 years in the past or 100 years in the future. Jedi are pretty constant too, with ebb and flow to their dominance, but the force mechanic doesn't care what the calendar says. That just leaves AoR as the odd man out, and really - a military is a military, Duty will always work when you are with a blanket organization.

So it's just a matter of what theme you want for your game.

That's the great thing about the game - once you get right down to it, it's pretty era agnostic. Scum will always be scum regardless if it's 5,000 years in the past or 100 years in the future. Jedi are pretty constant too, with ebb and flow to their dominance, but the force mechanic doesn't care what the calendar says. That just leaves AoR as the odd man out, and really - a military is a military, Duty will always work when you are with a blanket organization.

So it's just a matter of what theme you want for your game.

Yup. It really is just a matter of current hair styles, fashion trends, and pop culture honestly....

Are you playing padawans that escaped Order 66? FaD.

Are you playing clones that removed their chips, and went rogue? AoR. Maybe EotE.

Are you playing scum, bounty hunters and smugglers? EotE.

Just like in the OT era. Pick your focus and go with it.

What about playing a group with a mix like scum, villians, more.. plus a dark side/sith char. looking for sith artifacts between episode 2/3 ect

what would you suggest?

You can combine all three books into a single campaign. You aren't limited to using just one of them.

Are you playing padawans that escaped Order 66? FaD.

Are you playing clones that removed their chips, and went rogue? AoR. Maybe EotE.

Are you playing scum, bounty hunters and smugglers? EotE.

Just like in the OT era. Pick your focus and go with it.

What about playing a group with a mix like scum, villians, more.. plus a dark side/sith char. looking for sith artifacts between episode 2/3 ect

what would you suggest?

They are all the same system. The single, very minor, difference is Obligation/Duty/Morality, but you can use one, none, or all if you want, and/or you could tailor it to each character. I have two AoR characters in my campaign and we aren't using Duty at all. You could easily start everybody as EotE characters, with the "dark side" person taking the Exile tree to give them FR1. Later when they want to explore Force-using trees, they could take something from F&D.

Do you have any specific questions about this? Are you trying to pick one core book because of the cost? I have a feeling we're not answering what you want to know, but it's not really clear what you're after.

With a mostly Scum party I'd stick to Obligation, if you're using those optional rules. If the dark-sider's player isn't interested in redemption, then I wouldn't bother with Morality.

If your questions concern equipment, there are appropriate ships, vehicles, and miscellaneous equipment scattered throughout ALL the books. Check out http://swrpg.viluppo.net/ for the location(s) of specific items. That way, you can maximize your purchases if gear is what's driving your decision. As whafrog said, we don't seem to be picking up what you're laying down; do you want recommendations for ships? Careers? Specializations? Force powers? More specific info will help us help you.

thanks eveyone i appreciate it .. i think the gm will be starting between ep 1/2 or ep 2/3

this is a great community not like some that only give smart a$$ comments lol

this is a great community not like some that only give smart a$$ comments lol

Oh, dont worry. We also pack in our share of smartassery.

If it's just one Force user and the rest are from the dark underbelly of society, I'd probably go EotE. There's enough Force stuff to get you a nice, basic Sith in there. You wont be doing all the crazy stuff we occasionally see, but it'll get you by.