In hindsight, the fillers can be pretty amusing to think about, regardless of their quality.
For example, the Star Village contained a meteorite capable of making their ninja seriously powerful (or so it was said). Logically, Orochimaru or the Akatsuki should have been foaming at the mouth to check this out, especially with the village being as small as it was. Should have been easy for someone really strong to solo the village and take off with their star, right? Instead, none of the heavy hitters were anywhere to be found during that storyline. During this storyline, the leader of the Star Village was also raving about how his powers with the star attached to him put him on par with the Five Kages. Again, someone the Akatsuki or Orochimaru would have at least been keeping an eye on. Nary a mention of the those groups in the anime, though.