Hey guys, I just picked up the AoR core book and will be starting a game, but I'm having trouble nailing down how I want to assemble the party. I know I want the game to be focused around the players starting as an unaligned resistance group that causes enough trouble to be recruited into the Rebellion as a whole. I know one of the players is going to be taking the Force Sensitive universal spec., so finding a holocron/master (I'm thinking General Kota) is going to be a plot point.
I've been taking cues from the Clone Wars/Rebels for mission design, but I guess my main question is can you recommend an opening to draw the party together, what are some pitfalls I can avoid, and is there a good rule of thumb for encounter building? I like the idea of minion groups but I'm worried about my players just getting nuked by a group of five stormtroopers.