Re-Humanising Stormtroopers

I think to expand on previous posts it would be best to give
my final (I hope!) opinion on the so-called 'Imperial Army'.

I think the most consistent description would, outside of
COMPNOR and the various 'trooper corps, describe the Imp Army
as being a very large engineering and armoured infrantry
(officer?) corps.

This is bascially suggested by the 'Olive uniform guy' on the
first Death Star and the various engineering/technical jobs
carried out by the ubiquitous Stormtroopers.

The original idea was for the Stormtroopers to all be clones,
but even if we take the assumption they may not be, their
anonymous uniforms seem to suggest a metaphor for the
de-humanising effects of war and authoritarian regimes.

Compare this to the (mostly Naval? I guess, not including
Moffs, I would count two 'Generals' in the entire trilogy)
way in which Imp officers faces are always shown: they are
the ones giving orders, they are the one's doing the
de-humanising.