Well, I believe I’ve found a solution to the Senate inaction. It uses deleted footage and would require a voice-over, but I’m sure some excellent volunteer could manage it since it is a standard male Resistance officer and his mouth is out of frame for most of the shot. All other hurdles such as timecode removal are old hat at this point, so it would just take a bit more work.

Here’s the mockup if anyone wants to take a gander. I’m quite proud of the scene flow and placement, personally.

JEDIT: The end of the scene felt a bit abrupt, so I lengthened it with the shot of Threepio after Leia’s pronouncement with his line ‘Oh my, this is a catastrophe!’ I suppose it could just as easily be changed to ‘Without the Republic fleet we’re doomed!’. That’s probably the best place for that line, with the catastrophe line going in the Resistance briefing scene.