I guess it's always been a "monster of the week" type show with a vague arc that becomes important at the end of the season. I think the fact that this season has been "plot/arc focused" is part of the issue, because it feels like things are sometimes rushed, other times taking too long, but without the mission of the week that provided some variety and distraction.

I feel like it's a bit oddly paced because you start the season with Din going on a mission to the waters, but thats resolved within the next episode, then you have the idea of Moff Gideon still being around teased, then you do an arc of Bo Katan joining the clan but now that's being cleared to make way for a new arc. I don't know its just felt really off and feels like it's got a less clear direction this season, which is maybe just because they've branched out into a wider storyline and no longer just focussed on Grogu and Din.

Oh in which case I'd say it's worse than previous seasons as the pacing has really been off. I was willing to give it the benefit of the doubt that they were just finding their feet as they combined storylines but that shouldn't take more than half a season.

I also think they shouldn't have had the Mandalorian episodes in Book of Boba Fett, they didn't really recap how/why Baby Yoda is back so I'd imagine that would be very confusing if you hadn't watched Boba Fett.

I think it's maybe suffering from coming off the back of Andor, I also think the pacing of the season has been a bit off for some reason but hopefully that will improve now that they're getting further into the story (I'm actually not sure how many episodes there are in each season so I may be way off thinking pacing will improve).