"You can't say the CG models in episode 1,2 or 3 look bad"
I do all the time they look nothing like the hand built motion control models in the originals. And being Earlier types in the evolution of star wars ship techology they should look like the originals from an earlier point in time.
They looked all too fake and overly bright and did not have the used universe look to them.
The prequels should look more primitive than the originals not more advanced. But that is what you get when you make the backstory for a film series 26 years after the fact.
Nobody still got the point i was trying to make that cgi is just another tool the filmakers can use it should not drive the movie the story and characters should. Cgi is an often inferior tool to traditional effects because it looks phony and is still not where it has to go to be believable if at any time simultated reality can replace real physical objects you can see and touch.
You could make an arguement that the average filmgoer cannot notice the difference, but i can. A trained eye can pull out every mistake and flaw they make in a film to the point of movies no longer being enjoyable.
People who only grew up with cgi films and they are just the norm will Not skip a beat.
All the best films i love and have seen in my life were all shot mostly traditionally. They were made in the 70s and 80's and nobody cares for that style of filmaking anymore. There are few exceptions Batman Begins and the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, those are cgi films i like.
I no longer go to the cinema as it is mostly mindless bubblegum crap for the teeny bopper scene. If anything is even worth a single watch i watch it on dvd.
They don't make em like they used to and that is a crying shame.