Ashoka is actually one of my favorite characters. I wish they would have brought her in more subtlety in other works (pretty sure she's dead after the Clone Wars lol), but given the way they were ramping up the Jedi army, Anakin without an apprentice wouldn't have made much sense. She makes a good foil for Anakin, she's impulsive and smart - and holds her own to Anakin's "brute force" techniques. Brings a little more complexity than the emotion-drivel Vader we see later. Some of it is just silly (anything with Jar Jar). It is a kids show mostly, but some episodes show more depth and really flesh out the Kenobi-Anakin-Ashoka relationship. I generally enjoy the ones they bring in Dooku and Palpatine's manipulations too. I expect it depends on who the writer is. I definitely enjoy more of the later seasons. I wouldn't dismiss it off hand as a kids cartoon, otherwise you'd miss some cool stuff. (Not the amazing level as Avatar: The Last Airbender tv series, but I feel the same way about it)