Ok gonna have to stand in error a bit, perhaps, on this one and rethink things.
Due to Lone and her careful guidance, I have now recalled memory of RS's imaginings of the original CB, and in originally wanting the CB to have arms and legs and to be translucent. However, due to the relatively primitive effects of the time, they could not make it move correctly and still accomplish all that. Therefore THIS CB is Ridley's original vision, so there is something to be said for that. Thanks LONE!!!
However, I remember what George Lucas did when he started "repairing" the Star Wars films to make them what he "thought" he wanted them to look like "at the time", and ... well... I'd say pull in the reins on that sort of thinking, Ridley.