Overall the show so far has certainly been better than I expected it to be. Mind you, judged by the standards of real Star Wars it still doesn't do too well. But judged by the standards of the last two prequels it comes out looking quite good. I still have plenty issues mind you. Like how the Jedi often come off like twerps (Fisto, Luminara, Aayla, plus Kenobi sometimes). And Trespass annoyed me, though it had good atmosphere. And the whole Jedi anti-attachment thing still grates bigtime. But they've nonetheless done quite well. Ashoka and Ventress are successful portrayals. My view on Ventress has changed a good degree, a result of adapting to the format. A lack of Hayden Christensen is helpful. Though I'm still not crazy on their interpretation of Anakin -he's too much a bland Joe Shmoe to be the great Jedi hero who becomes Darth Vader, plus he's annoying sometimes. I really wish Lucas had kept his vision of Anakin more in line with the guy we met briefly at the end of ROTJ in Darth Vader's death scene. If he'd kept in line with that there'd have been no Jake Lloyds, Hayden Christensens or animated Joe Shmoes.

Some expanded universe fans are getting bothered because the show is rewriting the story of the clone wars, going against what the expanded universe has established. And maybe you could say well Lucas should be able to brush aside the expanded universe for his stuff, but I think his stuff has been on the expanded universe level for a long time now, so maybe it shouldn't have that higher status. And Lucasfilm is selling expanded universe stuff as some sort of canon, so maybe it isn't fair to just rewrite its story just because Lucas feels like doing an animated show. This show is certainly best taken as expanded universe itself. Even though I gather we're supposed to see it as part of the great Lucas Vision that's higher than expanded universe.