: But you are forgetting, that at the time the optical compositing tools were
: light years ahead of what was available years prior! You're forgetting
: that he WAS working with the most advanced technology at the time that had
: the fewest limitations!

Because the technology was a limiting factor, but so was the fact that Lucas had to work on a limited budget and fight for creative control

Limitations are tools, money, and the boundary conditions of the medium you work in. If George Lucas woke up in 1976 and found that a meteor made of pure platinum had struck his yard and opened up an oil well, then Lucas could have had the movies made and distributed the way he wanted. And those movies would have sucked.

: The problem was that Lucas didn't have Kurtz on Jedi, nor the prequels. Not
: the technology.

My argument isn't that technology is the sole limiting factor. I'm saying that it was a major limiting factor in earlier video games. Now that detail is dirt cheap, a new limiting factor needs to be imposed.

If the artists at 343i had someone telling them to reduce the complexity, consolidate their designs, and knock off on the anime influences, Halo 4 would have been better.