Grievous/Legends


 * "More machine than alive, Grievous is &mdash; though more dangerous for it."
 * &mdash;Master Yoda

General Grievous (&mdash;19 BBY) was the leader of the droid armies of the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars. His body was a fusion of a powerful robotic structure and an organic brain, nervous system and sensory organs. Brilliant gold eyes with a reptilian black pupil and red sockets were the only visible reminder of his organic past.

He was known as a Jedi hunter and collector of fallen Jedi's lightsabers, which he showed and used in battle with his foes. It is believed he killed well over thirty-two Jedi, and it is highly likely he killed even more. The general used his body's dexterity and mechanical forearms to gain an advantage in lightsaber combat. By dividing his six-fingered mechanical forearms, Grievous was able to wield four lightsabers simultaneously. He also was able to use his feet to hold two more while being supported with repulsorlifts built into his legs. Each of his limbs could attack at an astounding 20 strikes per second, allowing him a maximum 120 srikes per second, which allowed him to overwhelm most foes instantly. Grievous traveled with a cadre of droid bodyguards, known as MagnaGuards, who wielded dangerous electrostaffs made from lightsaber-resistant phrik alloy.

Biography
Grievous was originally an organic Kaleesh, a species locked in an intraplanetary war with the Huk. Jedi Knights sent to resolve the conflict sided with the Huks, and hefty fines and embargoes came down upon the Kaleesh. The arrival of the Separatists, in the form of San Hill and the InterGalactic Banking Clan, brought an opportunity to Grievous. In exchange for leading the Confederacy's droid armies, the Banking Clan offered to defeat the Huk on Kalee. At first, Grievous refused, wishing to stay and lead his people through their trying times. It was then that a Separatist bomb crashed a shuttle Grievous was on, causing near fatal injuries and rendering a body that had survived many battles useless. Planted evidence pointed to a Republic plot. San Hill repeated his proposal, including a promise to replace Grievous' broken body. Desiring vengeance against the Galactic Republic and the Huk, Grievous agreed.

The Kaleesh commander was taken to the planet Geonosis, where Poggle the Lesser and his Geonosian scientists implanted Grievous' brain, eyes, and vital organs into a duranium alloy body reminiscent of a Krath War Droid. His blood was completely replaced by Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas' on order of Count Dooku. The cyborg project was funded by San Hill to create a military leader that could counter Count Dooku's growing political influence, although he presented the finished General Grievous as a twisted gift to Dooku. Though taken back by his appearance, Dooku was pleased and bestowed upon Grievous the title Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies.

Dooku trained Grievous in the art of lightsaber combat, which Grievous took to at a rapid pace. His new skills were tested at the Battle of Geonosis, but none of his Jedi or clone opponents lived to tell of his existence.

Grievous' first public appearance against the Republic was at the Battle of Hypori, where he dispatched a team of seven Jedi Knights.

He firstly killed Jedi Master Daakman Barrek, who did manage to contact Obi-Wan Kenobi. Then, Grievous went to kill the other six who were hiding in an Acclamator-class assault ship wreck. One Jedi, Sha'a Gi, who was the Padawan of Master Barrek, fled into the open and Grievous squashed him. Then, Grievous attacked the remaining five Jedi who were taken aback by the General's unorthodox fighting style, who even swang lightsabers with his feet. When he jumped against the wall, he jetted away from it, crashing into the ground, and sending four of the five Jedi flying. The other one, K'Kruhk, a Whiphid, was too heavy to be thrown away. He battled General Grievous, but Grievous quickly overpowered him and stroke him down. He was badly wounded and any if he belonged to any other spiecies he would have died, but he entered a Whiphid Healing Trance and managed to survive the encounter. Then, he was attacked by Tarr Seirr, a Cerean. Grievous grabbed his face with his mechanical foot, and broke his skull. Then, Aayla Secura lunged at him, but he grabbed her head too, and flung her and Tarr Seirr into the ceiling. Then he battled Ki-Adi-Mundi and Shaak Ti. Firstly, he smashed Ki-Adi into a pillar, and then he disabled Shaak Ti. Ki-Adi stood up and used the Force to bring his lightsaber to him. But Grievous grabbed Ki-Adi-Mundi's lightsaber and lit it, now swinging three lightsabers, two in his hands and one in his foot. Ki-Adi then retrieved a lightsaber from Grieovus's trophy belt. Grievous attacked him, but was stopped when an elite team of ARC troopers arrived. All the troopers fired at him, but the merciless general evaded them all. He killed three troopers when a LAAT ARC trooper transport gunship fired at the droid general with lasers and missiles. Ki-Adi-Mundi wanted to pursue him, but the ARC trooper captain told him not to, as the survivors would die. When Ki-Adi entered the gunship, he saw his fellow Jedi Aayla Secura and Shaak Ti both knocked out and heavily wounded.

Six months after the Battle of Geonosis, Count Dooku tested the General; he unleashed Asajj Ventress and Durge, his other most powerful minions in an empty ship deep in outer space to hunt down an unknown foe. This foe was Grievous, who defeated and humiliated both Separatist Commanders, rendering Asajj unconsious and decapitating the newly-rebuilt --after the Battle of Muunilinst-- Durge with an energy lance and two lightsabers. The General had passed Dooku's test; he was the most powerful of his minions and the one worthy of the position of Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies.

In 20 BBY, Grievous baited the Republic forces to Vandos by kidnapping Ambassador Quiyyen. Jedi Knights T'chooka D'oon and Jmmaar were killed in the assault, though the Republic was successful in securing Quiyyen. This led to T'chooka's padawan, Flynn Kybo, gathering a group of other Jedi, including B'dard Tone and Codi Ty, to take revenge on Grievous, something the Jedi Council hardly approved of. They eventually tracked him down to the moon Belsus in the Anoat system and attacked. While Codi rescued a group of younglings Grievous had captured, B'dard and Flynn dueled with Grievous himself; both of them were killed.

Grievous began a long march of war commanding the fleets and armies of the Confederacy towards the Core worlds. Hundreds of planets along the Corellian Trade Spine fell before his forces, including the major world of Duro. After his victory at Duro, Grievous forced a public surrender by Hoolidan Keggle in a galaxy-wide HoloNet transmission. Grievous was also responsible for melting the crust of a heavily populated and urbanised planet called Humbarine, one of the founding members of the Galactic Republic, during an hour-long orbital bombardment by the Separatist starfleet under his flagship, the Invisible Hand. Grievous became an avatar of terror in the eyes of the citizens of the Republic.

As the tide turned against Grievous he led his flagship, Invisible Hand, and the rest of the Confederacy starfleet in an all out assault to the Republic capital, Coruscant. While a battle raged in space between Confederate and Republican star cruisers, Grievous led an assault on 500 Republica with intelligence provided by Darth Sidious, killed Palpatine's Jedi protectors and kidnapped the chancellor. As he fled, Jedi Master Mace Windu used the Force to dent the plates covering Grievous' internal organ sac, aggravating the General's already irritating wheezing and coughing problems - a result of his organic form not taking well to his cyborg implants.



A false distress call was sent to Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi to rescue Palpatine. The Jedi defeated Darth Tyranus and escaped with the Chancellor, but the rescue mission was a trap. The two Jedi were later entrapped in an energy shield, and they were soon surrounded by droids, who then brought them before Grievous in the Invisible Hand's bridge. When the Jedi managed to uncuff themselves, the General fled in one of the ship's escape pods.

The general then managed to board his ''Sheathipede-class shuttle and head for the recently secured planet Utapau in the Outer Rim. General Kenobi eventually caught up with Grievous on the planet with a Venator-class Star Destroyer in orbit. Despite all of his advantages, it was quite possible that Grievous feared Kenobi, as he immediately revealed his four arms (something he usually kept a secret) in an all-out assault. However, he could not stop Kenobi from cutting two of his hands off before Clone commander Bly and his clone troopers arrived. Grievous rode off on his wheel bike, being chased by Obi-Wan on a veractyl lizard named Boga. Once again, all his advantages still weren't enough, despite his faster vehicle and delaying Obi-Wan with a power-coupling array. After the prolonged chase and duel, Kenobi caught up with Grievous on his landing dock, as they fought a deadly hand-to-hand with Grievous as the obvious superior fighter. Kenobi fell off the platform, but he managed to get a grip on its side before he could fall into the massive sinkhole. However, during the fight, Kenobi had pulled Grievous' stomach plate off, revealing his organic insides. Using the Force, Kenobi called Grievous' blaster to his free hand. He blasted Grievous' organ sack own blaster just as the general was about to finish him off. His organic components burst into flames, charring him from the inside out and blasting his guts out through his eye sockets.

The corpse of General Grievous lay on the Utapau landing platform, and even the Utapaun birds of prey would not touch his remains.

Grievous' lightsabers

 * Your lightsabers will make a fine addition to my collection.
 * &mdash;General Grievous




 * Sifo-Dyas&mdash;a gift from Dooku
 * Jmmaar&mdash;killed by Grievous
 * K'Kruhk&mdash;defeated by Grievous
 * Puroth&mdash;killed by Grievous
 * Nystammall&mdash;killed by Grievous
 * Shaak Ti&mdash;defeated twice
 * Aayla Secura&mdash;defeated by Grievous
 * Anakin Skywalker (briefly)
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi (briefly)
 * Daakman Barrek&mdash;killed by Grievous
 * Soon Baytes&mdash;killed by Grievous
 * Roron Corobb&mdash;killed by Grievous
 * T'chooka D'oon&mdash;killed by Grievous
 * Adi Gallia&mdash;killed by Grievous
 * Sha'a Gi&mdash;killed by Grievous
 * Foul Moudama&mdash;killed by Grievous
 * Tarr Seirr&mdash;killed by Grievous
 * Ki-Adi-Mundi&mdash;defeated by Grievous
 * Even Piell&mdash;killed by Grievous
 * B'dard Tone&mdash;killed by Grievous
 * Flynn Kybo&mdash;killed by Grievous

General Grievous despised the Jedi, but he had a collection of their lightsabers. After he collected the lightsabers of all the fallen Jedi on Geonosis, Count Dooku gave him a gift: Sifo-Dyas' lightsaber. Grievous then went to Vandos, where he used Sifo-Dyas's blade to kill Jmmaar and T'chooka D'oon in battle, taking both their lightsabers before departing. His next lightsabers came from Puroth and Nystammall on Tovarskl. He used Puroth's blue blade when he only used one saber. Then, he revealed himself to the Jedi on Hypori. He killed Daakman Barrek, Tarr Seirr, and Sha'a Gi during this battle, nearly killing K'Kruhk in the process. Grievous and Ki-Adi-Mundi had a short confrontation, and the general fled once a squad of ARC troopers appeared in a modified LAAT/i gunship to rescue Ki-Adi-Mundi. Grievous lost Master D'oon's lightsaber in his hurried escape. On Boz Pity, he killed both Soon Baytes and Adi Gallia, and he then stole their blades off their corpses. Later, when he attacked Coruscant, Grievous slew Foul Moudama and Roron Corobb, claiming their lightsabers as well as Shaak Ti's. Those were his last lightsabers ever to claim. However, it is highly likely that aside from the ones described here, Grievous slew many other Jedi and took their lightsabers.

Behind the Scenes

 * Greivous was first 'revealed' to the public in Chapter 20 of the Star Wars: Clone Wars cartoon.
 * In the Clone Wars cartoon, he was voiced by John Di Maggio and Richard McGonagle; for Episode III, he was voiced by Matthew Wood.
 * He was initially going to be voiced in Episode III by actor Gary Oldman; however, he later learned that he was unable to do so, as the movie was being made outside of the Screen Actors Guild, which he is a member of.
 * The reason Grievous has a cough was because, during the production of Episode III, George Lucas came into work one day with a cough, and decided that it would be amusing to record it and use it on the new Episode III villain (it has been suggested by fans that Lucas also intended the cough to foreshadow the trademark breathing of Darth Vader).

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * Star Wars Visionaries
 * Star Wars: Republic Commando
 * Star Wars: Clone Wars
 * Hiding in Plain Sight
 * Rogues Gallery
 * ''General Grievous
 * ''Boba Fett: A New Threat
 * Star Wars: Republic
 * Star Wars: Obsession
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Reversal of Fortune
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith