I initially had the same reaction from the animation perspective. While some of the Clone Wars stuff is just filler, many of the story arcs are just as engaging to me now as the movies/series.
A few years back, my son put the list below together for me when I first started watching Clone Wars...
^^^ This.
:princess: and I are watching all of Clone Wars and then will move on to Rebels. This is my second time working through the series, first for her. We just wrapped up season 5 where you see Saw as a young man. There is SO much depth to story and characters that is missed out on...