Yeah, the actual dialogue isn’t necessarily bad (though it definitely could’ve been trimmed here and there), it is mostly the actors performances or blocking, things under the director’s control, that makes the entire production feel a little more amateur.
And you’re right about the Mandalorian. I went back and watched a clip from Season 2 and immediately noticed how the blocking looked so much more artistic/professional in comparison to what we’ve generally seen in Kenobi. Hell, I think the best example is comparing the Mandalorian episode we got in the Book of Boba Fett to the rest of the show. It felt like that one episode had the same budget as the entire season of BOBF. But again, I don’t know if it is just because Favreau/Howard/Filoni and their crew have a better understanding of the Volume than the other creatives have. Might be worth going back and watching Chow’s Mando episodes to compare it with Kenobi. I recall her episodes being really solid, which is just leading me to believe they are just being forced to work with less money.
This is pretty much how I feel. I am enjoying the series, but there are some standout issues too preventing me from enjoying it more. I do hope we may see improvements on this as the series progresses. In the third episode, up to Vader and Kenobi at the Quarry, I thought it was pretty solid, probably the best one so far. But then it petered out and the previous issues in some of the scenes in the previous two episodes appeared again.