MaximRecoil said:
They could make a lot of types of special effects look more believable in '97 as compared to '77-'83, but they were still a long way from being able to create realistic looking people or critters entirely from CGI.
I don't know, Jurassic Park was 4 years earlier, was much more ambtious, and looked 10 times better. I think the challenge was that they were trying to add CGI to a 20-year old film, and a deleted scene at that. Just a bad idea to being with. Yes, Jabba always looked awful.