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1. I don't think there is anything I like only casually? :D If I mention it, I probably want to hear them talk about it, even if I don't know a whole lot. I mean, even sportsball I'm not at all interested in what the sportsballs are doing, but I'm interested in the ways people are fannish about it. I do, I think, sometimes confuse people by knowing a *moderate* amount about things that most people either know *nothing* about or a *lot* about (I think this comes up with engineering and math more than fandom, though.) (Also I'm ADHD enough that whether I am paying attention to what you are saying has nothing to do with whether I am interested in it.)

2. I try to be low-key about this until I have felt people out, but, probably! (I think I am maybe more likely to confuse a slightly-more-than-casual fan by acting casual until they reveal they are truly into it, and then suddenly dropping all the facts and feels on them.)

3. Star Wars is big enough as a universe at this point that the only way is to treat it like a large comics fandom: canon is whatever you feel like being canon today.(Indeed the Star Wars comics *alone* probably qualify as a large comics fandom...)

If I had to, I'd say:
--The unadulterated movies 4-6 are canon.
--The radio dramas of 4-6 (which include most of the deleted scenes) are canon.
--The good bits of the prequels and sequels are canon, the rest isn't. :P
--The parts of the Solo movie that reference the Lando Calrissian novels are 100% canon, but only those bits.
--The Clone Wars and Rebels cartoons and Rogue One are kinda canon if I feel like it today?
--Everything else is up for grabs, and I'm more likely to grab worldbuilding and characters than I am actual plot.

4. If given the choice, I would pick 100% redone from scratch, less-terrible prequel trilogy over redone sequel trilogy. (The sequels are at least fun to watch.)