szemely says:
I hope to have a character submitted tonight. Not knowing jack about Star Wars is making the whole background thing a little tough so it'll most likely be pretty generic.
If you've not seen the movies and don't mind spoilers, there's a reasonable summary at
sparknotes. I only skimmed it, but it seemed to have a good combination of detail and overview. The timeline for this campaign is somewhere between Episode IV (the original Star Wars movie) and Episode V -- or it could be considered to overlap with Episode V depending on the dates involved (there's a 2-3 year gap between the destruction of the Death Star and the subsequent Battle of Hoth).
Note also that if you haven't seen the movies and are interested in doing so, I highly recommend the
Machete Order.