It might be analog but many things that are analog are actually better than digital.
Also film is archival digitally stored video is not.
I'm surprised nobody is shocked that the prequels and special editions being stored in this way is utterly foolish unless George Had them bounce the digital video back to film for archival purposes.
as for cgi if it matches the original physical effects which was not done for the special editions i am all for it. Daren Docterman is an excellent example, the work he did on the directors cut of star trek the motion picture was done as to match the original effects.
I think the prequels should have been made as to match the oot, the effects were to modern and flashy. since the timeline of the prequels predate the 1977 star wars the effects should have shown that.
I agree that cgi takes a lot of finessing to make it look real, for example gollum in lord of the rings feels less fake than jar jar, even though they are both cgi rendered. too bad Peter Jackson succeded in making him rediculously annoying almost as bad as jar jar. He is more a sympathetic character in the books.
In those films i love the old school models and location shooting, but they went way overboard with the cgi as if they were trying to outdo George Lucas.