No, you're absolutely right. People are treating them the same way, and I think that's sort of intentional. (For example, Bioware explicitly choosing to make very Clone Trooper-eseque armor for Troopers.) However, it isn't necessarily a bad thing, and I think the rather-similar characterizations get at something -- any pan-galactic organization is going to have major bureaucratic and logistical issues that open it up to corruption and nepotism. (Not that you disagree, far from it.)
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No, you're absolutely right. People are treating them the same way, and I think that's sort of intentional. (For example, Bioware explicitly choosing to make very Clone Trooper-eseque armor for Troopers.) However, it isn't necessarily a bad thing, and I think the rather-similar characterizations get at something -- any pan-galactic organization is going to have major bureaucratic and logistical issues that open it up to corruption and nepotism. (Not that you disagree, far from it.)