It depicts Star Wars characters including Stormtroopers, droids, and Sith lords.

[3][4][5] The installation has cameras, facial recognition technology, a fog machine, LED lights, microphones, motion sensors, and a plywood AT-ST Walker by local artist Mike Bennett.

Robot Alley's creator Robert Fortney, who is also a film editor,[6] sometimes appears as "alter ego" character Plastorm, wearing armor and a helmet inspired by The Mandalorian.

[7] Robot Alley was included in the Los Angeles Times's 2023 list of twelve family-friendly activities in the Portland metropolitan area.

[3] Neighbors to the alley have reacted positively, stating that it has cut-down on crime (as originally intended), and increased the sense of community.