I believe TT exports as version 8 EPS, Xara imports/exports as version 8 iirc. It's a good match. Download and or open the PDF manual for TT and do a search for EPS. There are options in TT for setting the action it does upon importing (the default is what I use). Main info is on page 250 of the PDF.

As for which character to begin with? Nah, just do them as the art guy is producing them.

Take care, Mike