Filoni and the Clone Wars are the only thing keeping the franchise alive. It's the best Star Wars stuff since 1980, and it's all because of Filoni--and I hate the EU. Calling the Clone War show EU is almost disrespectful to it, because its mostly pretty great.
The film was awful though. Truely, one of the worst things I have ever seen, without exaggeration. How could you have such a contrast between the show and the film? Two words.
George Lucas.
He basically was the man behind the film, and Filoni is the man behind the show.
The more bewildering question is how did I ever watch the show when I didn't even want to watch the film and it turned out to be worse than I feared? Word of mouth, I guess. That show certainly has to work AGAINST the Star Wars brand--"no really, I know it's star wars, but this one is GOOD."
Although, I think the prequels make it look better than it is. If the prequels were awesome, people would not appreciate it as much.