chiss eyes in legends are better bc it takes the creepiness of retroreflection in animal eyes up to eleven by making it Bigger and All The Time
Meanwhile I like the pupils because I’m too lazy to figure out how his vision works without them (how does light enter? And yes my anal retentive self would have to work out the mechanics.) Bad enough he’s a homeotherm who can see in infra-red.
But have you considered: Legends Eyes Are Sexier™.
Meh, I like to think there’s a holdover from Legends, where the irises have a creepy backglow in the dark, similar to the Nightbrothers in The Clone Wars.

They are all transformers eyes to me so they are all sexy