Heard on the podcast that you are starting up Edge. I have all of the books for EotE, AoR and the Force and Destiny Beta book. If you have any questions, I'd be happy to help out.
Couple of things:
All 3 books are set at the same time. Just after the Battle of Yavin. Force and Destiny is not after Episode 6. The careers aren't Jedi - if someone wants to play a Jedi, then the FaD options of "Knight level play" with 150 xp would be a good idea - though that gets you closer to a Padawan in my opinion.
Consider the Beginner set - gets you an adventure (and a free follow up at the FFG website if I recall correctly) and a set of the dice.
Also, I'd suggest the Order 66 podcast. They usually have Sam Stewart, Jay Little or a FFG writer on. I think Jay was at their convention last year and Sam is going to be at this year's.