I think I’ll be cutting my Pirates of the Storm episode entirely as plot wise it’s not needed. In terms of season flow (the main thing keeping this episode in the season), I think it’ll be fine if I follow the below outline. Essentially The Syndulla Kalikori episode takes the episode slot of Pirates of the Storm. Consequently, this means I don’t have to remove Sabine from the episode like I needed to with its previous placement.

S03E01 - Into Shadow (introduce Thrawn) - 40 min ep
S03E02 - Imperial Supercommandos (continue Mandolorian plot) - 20 min ep
S03E03 - Maul (finish Maul’s storyline setup in S02E12) - 60 min ep
S03E04 - The Syndulla Kalikori (continue Thrawn’s presence) - 20 min ep
S03E05 - The Darksaber of Mandalore (continue Mandalorian plot) - 40min ep
S03E06 - Fulcrum (continue Thrawn line) - 40min ep
S03E07 - Zero Hour (continue thrawn line) - 40min ep

I think having 20 minute episodes surrounding the 60 minute Maul episode will flow nicer for viewing experience. It also means S03E04 is the middle point for runtime and middle episode of the season, which feels right to me.

If anyone has any more ideas or another episode I should reinstate I’d love to hear it 😃