If you couldn’t make a “dream” sequence work, perhaps you could do something similar to the politics of war episode, where you put audio over Padmé walking the streets of Coruscant, illustrating what is currently going through her mind. You could probably trim that fireside conversation down if necessary as well. Perhaps you could have a scene of Anakin brooding, but also cut to flashbacks of Ahsoka leaving, of Obi-Wan, etc, to extend the moment a little as well.
Yeah, something like that could also be possible. If there are quiet moments I’ll try backing them with “memory” audio. I can’t remember what episode it was in, but I think there’s a quiet scene of Anakin sitting in his dormitory(?) in the Jedi temple at some point, which also might work.
I haven’t rewatched that arc in awhile, so I can’t think of a particular moment where it could fit. Are you including the Trace and Rafa arc for Season 7?
Yeah. Quite heavily trimmed around the middle, if I remember right. It’s ultimately a strong arc, it’s just that the two middle episodes have quite a lot of repetitive or redundant content which whacks the pacing right off.