If anything, defending against droids should be easier than against a living person. Instead of needing to sort out the complex web of emotions of a living being, you're just detecting the timing of the basic, thoughtless routines of programming. As Han said in A New Hope, "Good against remotes is one thing, good against the living? That's something else"
Precog is precog. Qui-Gon Jinn made it clear in TPM that Force users sense events before they happen, making them appear to have remarkable reflexes. This has been basic Star Wars understanding since 1977. Mark Hamill wasn't moving at superhuman speeds when he defended against the training remote on the Falcon. His blade was in position before the small droid had even fired its shots.