I thought having women and PoCs as Imperial officers and stormtroopers in more recent media wasn't a bad choice, per se, but I likely would not have done it.

there was some very on the nose non- huMan shit in some of the books about admiral girlboss. i think you can cast women and PoC in those roles but you have to do some really funny 4-th wall kinda shit like literally get fox news's token minorities for the parts. bonus points if you can screw them financially while you're at it.