Sure, but puppets and animation at least have the tangible feeling that human hands were involved, and there was really something there on the day (or after on a scale go-motion set). Your brain can just tell somehow. Bad opticals on the other and might be more of a problem, but there aren’t really many in SW.
Sometimes it’s too tangible to the point of looking unintentionally rubbery or miniature, could even make an argument for rushed matte shots, it depends how you measure your idea of lifelike, Dud Bolt is all real in The Phantom Menace, but he sticks out in his own way vs the other racers, he is clearly a rod puppet with little to no articulation. ymmv