To be honest, even after the 1997 SE releases I kind of expected an emphasis on story and effects that matched what had been seen before rather than trying to outdo them.

How blindly trusting I was.

I would rather have seen films that emulated the filmic style of the era in which they drew their inspirtation than these things that play like videogame cutscenes edited together.

If the time period seen in the OT was the late seventies and early eighties then the time period seen in the PT should have emulated the style of the forties and fifties. I'm not saying that Lucas should have restricted himself to 50 year old FX technology, although that would have been admirable but too much CGI is overuse of the technology.

CGI is a tool and should be made to serve the story, not vice versa.

The original films have never been about the effects for me, I always cared more for the story.

I guess Lucas did not.