I have no issue whatsoever with the samurai design influences in this show, or the western ones in Mandalorian. It adds a bit of variety and is a nice change from the super generic outfits everyone wore in the OT.Yes, it hasn't been subtle since the beginning. It was a marriage of east and west: Vader with his Samurai inspired helmet, Han Solo with his vest and tied down quick draw holster.
Much of The Mandalorian was full on wild west. Then Ahsoka appeared in her Japanese inspired costume, and the thirteenth chapter being a love letter to Kurosawa.
Star Wars has always been a version of our world, transported to another galaxy in another time, which made it familiar and accessible.
Sabine's training was very on the nose though. The influences were so close that the separation between worlds became transparently thin.
It's okay if you lose yourself in it, and imagine that these ancient influences somehow survived and resurfaced in our world.
The only Filoni character that kinda crossed the line for me was Cad Bane with his silly cowboy hat and Clint Eastwood voice, but everything else I think has blended into the SW universe well.