I've been watching the first season of Farscape recently and the one thing I've noticed is how great the makeup/costumes/prosthetics are in the show. That aliens look absolutely fantastic. Light years better than when the original Yoda puppet was used.

I'm really impressed with how far the Henson companies have taken puppetry.

So...I got to thinking....why the hell did Lucas go with all CGI when he could have gotten the Henson companies to do some really great work and then only use CGI sparingly on individual characters?

It would have been more beneficial to the actors and it would have probably looked 10 times cooler.

What do all of you think? Would the PT have been better using the Farscape type puppetry mixed with some CGI?