shanerjedi said:
Seeing a human hand under stormie armor is just:
Seeing a human hand under stormie armor. It's not a mistake. Nobody assumes they're robots or monsters at this point.
Their armour is pretty useless as it is so having obvious openings in it takes a badly executed idea and adds extra naffness.
At the very least the Stormies should look like they are well armoured (it provides a symbolic notion of the threat they should represent).
Tatty armour is for rebels and pirates (Fett and Co can have dings and tears in their armour, they aren't part of a tyrannical military).
The Empire is meant to be staffed by well regulated and equipped troops (men acting like robots).