OBI-WAN37 said:

There are more miniatures and models in each Star Wars prequels than entire OT. The whole "there's too much CGI" is not true. I've seen people comment on TFN saying they prefer the original trilogy but still know there are more models and miniatures in the PT.

You need to stop for a moment and consider why people aren't recognizing the model work in the prequel trilogy. The reason people keep confusing the models for bad CG is because the way the models are presented, they look like bad CG. I remember being rather unimpressed with the obviously CG arena near the end of Episode II. It was only after watching a "making of" bonus feature on the DVD that I found out the arena was a physical model. I was actually shocked that it was a model because it looked so fake at the time that I was convinced it was created in a computer.

The whole point of models in a live-action movie is to have something that looks real when you can't justify building full-scale. If the models are built and integrated into the movie in such a way as to make them match a sea of bad CG elements, then it defeats the purpose of using models. That's probably the big technical triumph of the prequel trilogy; the ability to consistently make real, physical objects look completely fake continues to astound me.