I had it like Hal for the longest time, but ultimately I’m leaning more towards keeping the war room scene intact. Basically because I want everything Palpatine and Anakin to say about the Jedi to be true - from a certain point of view of course - and in this scene (and not in the earlier one) they talk about taking control of the Senate. This, coupled with removing Mace’s line about “the Senate will decide your fate,” seems to cement that the Jedi are legitimately staging a coup of sorts.

The unfortunate thing is the deleted scene is the only one where they explicitly state that removing means arresting. Obviously you still get the scene where Mace tells Palpatine he’s under arrest, but this is after he’s already found out that Palps is a Sith lord.

I really wish it was possible to keep both scenes intact, but it’s just hard to ignore the repeated dialogue. As is I have the deleted scene ending after Obi-wan says the proof will come when Grievous is gone. I’m on the verge of just cutting the scene altogether, but I like that it sets up more solidly that the Jedi are suspicious of Palpatine and that shit will get real in some way when Grievous is dead. Who knows though if that’s really enough to justify such a short scene though. Tricky.