I just finished up season 5 last night. So whats left is season 6 which never aired if I recall. Some of the episodes are just too cliche and dumb down for my liking. And some of the stories and arcs are too stale, lacking emotion or allow you to forget there is really a war at all. There are some story arcs and stand alone episodes that are just brilliant. Like the Onderon rebellion story arc was amazing. Unlike watching the clones get picked off one by one in an episode, watching those rebels die made you feel something IMHO. It was also closer to the end of the series when they started to show people actually die on screen, and brutally at that.
Also am I the only one who noticed how white washed the mandalorians are?
It would have been cooler/more interesting if the clones where actually random citizens in the republic. Then making the "clone wars" about an evil clone army attacking the republic (a la Uruk-hai from LotR) and the republic having to militarize. This allowing Palpatine to seize power to establish order and win the war. Centralizing the military from various armies of the republic into one big military loyal to him. Later with his elite loyal citizen brigade called "storm troopers" to help wipe out the Jedi and secure his position in the government.
Just a note this is the standard Imperial Grunt:
Then the storm troopers were suppose to be the advanced assault troopers, best of the best. You'd think they were the standard grunt and not the elite troopers/ person guard of the imperial elite the way they show them.
I'm on Season 2 now, does Ahsoka become less annoying in time?
As time goes by yes, but I fell like certain story arcs contradict lessons and experiences learned in previous episodes (sometimes the one right before the one you are watching).