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One of the things that makes the Battle of Hoth still look so damn good 45 years later is that it took place in broad daylight. You can see everything, the full color gamut is used, it’s visually stunning even if you know it’s stop-motion models.
These days everything is CG crashing into more CG, shrouded in soupy fog, and mud-colored even when it’s not heavily-tinted blue or something. And even if it’s fun to watch the first time, it ages way too quickly.
What I really like is that there is an understandable flow to the battle.
Both sides had objectives and took reasonable steps. The rebels clearly knew they weren't going to win, so everything they did was a delaying tactics to evacuate. The Empire knew it was going to win, but the scale of the win was determined by how fast they could stop rebel ships from escaping.
So many scifi battles are both sides just smushing together in a fight to the death.
To that end, I also feel like the shots are a lot more stationary than modern CGI sequences. We’re really able to ground with the visual information being shown, and engage more effectively because the film lets most of the motion happen within the frame rather than moving the frame itself.
Just my own two cents.
Doing shots without any CGI forced those more locked down shots. Taking away CGI entirely takes away options, which can be bad, but also takes away the ability to create a huge CGI tornado of noise where a fully digital camera whips around. The scene also, regardless of the CGI situation, was shot and acted by the AT-AT crew, snowspeeder pilots, and rebel ground troops in a way remarkably similar to 1950s WW2 movies.