RicOlie_2 said:

As has been mentioned, the pod-racers and droidekas had good designs. I don't understand those who hate the pods because they're "obvious copies of chariots." As if everything in the OT was completely separate from real world concepts.

I also like Theed, Otah Gunga (or whatever that Gungan city was called). The Gungans...not so much, though they could have been tolerable if the ones that got screen time weren't so goofy. General Grievous's wheel thing isn't bad, although I don't know if one could really consider it a success in terms of design.

I didn't even get the reference to chariots for the pod-racers. I just didn't like the design. They didn't seem like something that would be in the SW universe.

I didn't like the Droidekas either but they were a little better than the roger*roger droids. I didn't like how everything in the prequels had technological designs that were modern and smooth. In the OT everything was square and clunky like 80s tech devices, and in recent times everything got less angular and more curved. So shouldn't the tech in the PT be similar? The Droidekas also reflect this incongruity.