I don’t understand why they need to try so hard to make people connect with the Yautja.

It seems inevitable for these monster franchises. Alien did the same thing, started trying to explore the origins of the xenomorph and make it relatable (Covenant, Earth). I don't know if it's because the writers have just run out of ideas about how to make a scary monster movie, or because they are pitching these projects to the lore-obsessed fans who can't accept that the original premise of these films is just a monster movie for cheap thrills and nothing deeper, but it inevitably ends up derailing everything. People lose interest, and then the studios panic and think "we have to make a reboot to bring fans back" and you get regurgitated slop like Romulus that just feel like a greatest hits (but worse) of every previously successful film. Prey was a rare example of something interesting and different that retained the core image of the monster.