^ from the Tales of The Empire trailer
New Republic soldiers appear to be Star Wars answer to Star Trek’s red shirt trope from some 60 years ago.
No substance, no real interaction or belief they could independently function in their surroundings, and therefore limited viewer immersion in the stories which they appear. They simply exist to then disposably die in some sort of attempt to raise stakes or tension for other characters in badly written, unengaging, predictable stories.