Actually James, I love the design of the original movies. In fact, I think the snow troopers are totally bad ***, and the AT-AT was easily one of my favortie toys as a kid.
I'll lay it all down for you real quick: The original three Star Wars films, IN THEIR ORIGINAL FORM, are awesome. But George Lucas sold out to the Dark Side. He made a mockery of the first three movies, and then he followed up with 3 more movies that are simply deplorable, imho.
Bart