6th January 2005, 11:00 AM
The funny thing is that there are more practical effects in the prequels (miniatures, matte paintings, etc.) than in any other movie from the past decade or so, but it all blends so seemlessly with the computer effects that they can't tell the difference. CG is just bad because it's geek-chic to say so, no matter if it looks ten times better than puppets and claymation.