Does this excuse it though? All it proves is that it’s a passable effect.
I mean, I thought the CG in the PT was really good when I was a kid. In my teens I started to realize how imperfect it was. Now much of it just looks awful. I have a feeling that the new SW movies will suffer from the same effect over the next couple of decades. Maybe not as much (thanks to a decent amount of practical effects), but I don’t think they’ll age too well. And I think Tarkin will be one of the effects that will stand out the most.
You’re definitely not wrong.
Back in the day, we all thought that the graphics provided by the Nintendo 64 and Playstation 1 were as lifelike as it would ever be. CGI ages, and it’s usually poorly.
Perhaps they will continually update them as time goes on? =P