I'm not one that hates the pretrilogy, but TPM is the one I watch the least often. It's only halfway through the next film that I start to get the "Star Warsy" feeling. But that's just me, I know some fans consider this is the closest PT got to the OT.
Speaking of which, how is it that the SE of ANH never got Jabba to look like in this film? I'm sure it may have something to do with George mistreating the OT, but it does make you wonder. 1997 and 1999 weren't that far away, and the SE tested SFX techniques later applied to the PT.