Depending on the canon (because iirc I don’t recall if it’s in the new Disney canon) droids can be detected by the force, and also by some are considered sentient beings. BattleDroids weren’t quite as independently sentient though, from what I recall.
Can we fix it?
Meh, I dunno. Probably not. Does it even matter?
Tbf they were mainly battle droids
Depending on the canon (because iirc I don’t recall if it’s in the new Disney canon) droids can be detected by the force, and also by some are considered sentient beings. BattleDroids weren’t quite as independently sentient though, from what I recall.