I can't disagree more. The CGI was bad and should have been kept to a minimum. It was the ONLY thing I (and a few other's I talked to) didn't like about the movie.
It's something that works better for Leia at the end because, aside from the shortness of that scene, the lighting is more indistinct and washed-out, so the little giveaways of light on skin aren't as obvious.
"There's a character in this film that is full CGI[...]and it was very distracting."
The Leia was pretty darn good, until she spoke. Something was off about the facial movement to me. Did others notice that too, or was it just me?
CGI Leia was also really bad and unnecessary.
Edit: to be clear I'm operating off of the assumption that they did that so it was impossible to miss the fact that A New Hope picks up directly after the end of this movie