Knightmessenger said:

Seriously since it was a guy in a suit, has anyone else noticed that a lot of the stuff in the prequels that still looks good was miniatures or other models? Even if just as much blue screen was used, I think a lot of effects would have looked so much better had they been photographing something real instead of CGI.

True, I recently read a behind the scene star wars book and it shows how naboo was almost all miniatures, and they look pretty good. Sadly, everything else looks awful.