I finally figured out how to boil my problem with how Seventh and Fifth were handled in Rebels down to a simple sentiment, and it’s like they feel like an opening act for Maul and Vader.

However, unlike an opening act, they have the majority of the screentime, which is a bit of a problem since opening acts are supposed to be a short bit that generates hype for the main event.

Found this thread while scrolling through search results and looking at it helped me achieve clarity as opposed to running myself in circles, and it just makes good points in general https://twitter.com/schgain/status/1257148653396824064