m_s0 said:
You're missing the point. Making the environment unpleasant to look at conveys its harshness. It doesn't matter whether it was an intentional decision or an accident resulting from the limitations during the actual shoot, or budget restrictions, or whatever else. Tatooine isn't set up as a magical place. Quite the contrary: it's a dump.
No, I am not missing the point. I just don't agree with that point. Most should easily recognise a harsh environment even if it visually nice. I believe these films aren't specifically made for mentally challenged people and there is no need to make everything plain obvious.
Star Wars is a fantasy and imo it should look magical (in fact it does for the most part). Hoth is a harsh place, even more so than Tatooine, yet the shots in ESB look visually pleasant (at least to me). Dagobah is a harsh place and yet it looks very magical.