As of today I am officially caught up on Clone Wars (except for the pilot movie, which I am still putting off for a while), and the show has continually exceeded my expectations. The show delves into a lot of dark and complicated territory that not even the original Trilogy did that's handled quite maturely, and on it's got some very nice animation that is probably the best I've seen in a CG TV show. On top of that, it's peppered with references and plots that relate to the EU, like the Death Watch Mandalorians and the Emperor's Hands (read: Mara Jade). Looking back, I wish that I had not written the series off just because of how negatively the pilot was recieved.

I still expect the pilot to suck because they essentially took 4 TV episodes and cobbled them into a movie (and on top of that the first season got progressively better as it went on, which means the movie was probably the four worst episodes), but the show itself has managed to find a special place in my Star Wars geek heart.