I always hated this. Storm Troopers are essentially the elite of Empire. The only reason they don't hit the good guys is because they're the bad guys. Eventually the 'storm troopers can't aim' gag stopped being a gag and became insulting.
Modern SpongeBob and Star Wars make for really good case studies of the downsides of "hiring fans" that grew up with the source material
The og creators often had many different influences that went into the work but now the new guys only take from the work itself and thats it