Downsides to Research: Accuracy vs Recognition

As part of the research that yielded my Service Corps insignia patch, I came upon a detail that has led me to a dilemma.
In Part 2 of Daniel Wallace’s The Jedi Path, the various paths that a Jedi initiate may take are outlined: whether to go on to become a Padawan apprentice, to ‘wash out’ and join the Service Corps, or to leave the Order entirely and rejoin the ‘civilian’ galactic community.
In addition to the text, this is illustrated visually:

From this depiction, it appears that the Service Corps (center bottom) is differentiated by use of less layers of clothing (forgoing the tabards in favor of a tunic only?). My question is: How representative or stylized is this image?.…The token AgriCorps guy with the Mohawk also looks to be going with a simple tunic-only outfit.
The Jedi Path, as an in-universe textbook, is supposedly dated to 115 BBY… BUT, the comic series Act on Instinct—set during the Clone Wars—depicts a young AgriCorps member, Sanya, who does appear to wear tabards:

In fact, her outfit looks like a regular Prequel Jedi, just in navy blue, and with wrapped forearms. Additionally, this character would be about the same age as Silo, and so might be seen as the closest analogue to my persona?
However…while Sanya’s outfit suggests tabards may be appropriate for members of the Clone Wars-era AgriCorps… I’m depicting an on-the-run ex-AgriCorps individual in the neighborhood of 6 BBY. It would be hard to claim I’m not a fugitive Jedi if I’m dressed in full tunics and tabards. Surely it’s better to look like the Galactic ‘Gray Man’?*

BUT…
since—at least at present—my primary audience for this persona is children (and potentially, casual fans) most familiar with the standard Jedi assemblage as documented in 99% of Star Wars content, do I continue to include tabards as part of my soft kit for their sake? In other words, do I sacrifice accuracy for recognizability?

This especially bears consideration since I already deviate from the conventional, familiar Prequel Jedi with my hat, belt, belt gear, footwear, and lack of lightsaber.
Hrrrmmmm…

*I eventually got around to watching Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’ movie the other day, and couldn’t help feeling that the film’s costume designer relied a little too heavily on the ‘warrior monk with superpowers’ visual archetype…to the point where I actually turned to my partner and said, “Erm, are they purposefully trying to make Mads Mikkelsen seem like an off-brand Jedi?” His name (“Master Kaecilius”), his Joclad Danva ponytail, the obi sashes, tabards, baggy sleeves with tight forearms, etc.:

Because we apparently now live in a world where those things are used as ‘visual shorthand’ to signify ‘wizard’, perhaps it would be best to Keep It Simple and stick with the space kimono look instead of all the bells and whistles…

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