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Old ones definitely win for me. They look much more realistic, because when models, miniatures, puppets, and so on are used, they exist, they're actually there (even if they're superimposed into the scene or whatever). When it comes to CGI/new effects, CGI is fake. If it's not done right (and it usually isn't) it looks pretty cartoonish and fake looking. It's especially noticeable when actors have to react to CGI and walk around CGI sets and stuff. It looks much better and more realistic when actors are on real sets with real people (even if those people are in masks/suits to look like aliens or whatever, they're still there and actors can react to real things).
That's one of my major complaints about the prequels. Lucas doesn't give the old stuff a chance anymore, he practically uses CGI for everything. I just don't get why he doesn't use the best of both of them instead of packing the prequels with often fake-looking CGI.