Considering just the original movies back when they were first made, the Stormtroopers are basically The Faceless Enemy.

The Black Hole doubled down on the creepiness of facelessness.

And the og movies didn't have "animated" droids, they had dudes in costumes and puppets. And yeah, the focus at first in A New Hope is, in fact, on the robots. There even used to be a rumor that Lucas originally envisioned the story as being told from the droids' POV. (We see droids. They show us Leia. Then Darth Vader shows up. Droids escape, and lead us the audience to Luke.)

Considering just the original movies back when they were first made, the Stormtroopers are basically The Faceless Enemy.

The Black Hole doubled down on the creepiness of facelessness.

And the og movies didn't have "animated" droids, they had dudes in costumes and puppets. And yeah, the focus at first in A New Hope is, in fact, on the robots. There even used to be a rumor that Lucas originally envisioned the story as being told from the droids' POV.

Considering just the original movies back when they were first made, the Stormtroopers are basically The Faceless Enemy.

The Black Hole doubled down on the creepiness of facelessness.

And the og movies didn't have "animated" droids, they had dudes in costumes and puppets.