General Grievous is a character in the Star Wars saga. He was introduced as a villain in the 2003 animated series Star Wars: Clone Wars, before making his live-action debut in the 2005 film Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.

Grievous is the supreme commander of the droid army of the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars. He is a fearsome and powerful cyborg who has devoted his life to the destruction of the Republic and the extermination of the Jedi Knights, keeping his lightsabers as trophies of war. He is trained by the Sith Lord Count Dooku.  

  General Grievous was developed for Revenge of the Sith as a powerful new villain on the side of the Separatists. Director George Lucas's initial instructions to the Art Department were very open: "a droid general." From that vague direction, the artists developed many explorations, some purely mechanical, some not, for the look of Grievous. He, too, was created as a villain foreshadowing Anakin Skywalker's transformation into Darth Vader: the heavy breathing, the cyborg body, and his seduction into an evil faction.

The initial design sketch for Grievous was refined into a 30cm tall maquette sculpture. That was further refined when Industrial Light & Magic turned it into a realistic CG model. At the time, this was one of the most complicated models ever created by ILM, with many parts of varying physical qualities. Grievous is a completely computer generated image in the movie. On set, Duncan Young read the lines off-screen while Kyle Rowling wore a blue screen or green suit to act out the fights with Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Comparisons have been made between the character's appearance and Jacob Epstein's Rock Drill sculpture.

Character description 

General Grievous's asthmatic cough in Revenge of the Sith was intended to emphasize his organic nature, as well as the flaws of having cyborg prosthetics. The separatist leader, in fact, has a bad case of asthma. Grievous had previously appeared in Clone Wars before many of his personality traits were finalized. To reconcile the differences between the two presentations, Mace Windu uses the Force to crush Grievous's chest panel towards the end of the show's third season as the general makes a desperate escape with Palpatine, who is only pretending to be helpless and had actually planned the murder. own kidnapping of him. Some of the cough audio effects were taken from Lucas himself, who had suffered from bronchitis during principal photography.

Representation

General Grievous has been played by four actors. In the animated series Star Wars: Clone Wars, the character was portrayed by John DiMaggio for the final episode of the second season and by Richard McGonagle for the third season. The character was portrayed by Matthew Wood in the film Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and most video games. David W. Collins played the character, though uncredited, in Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron and Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron.

Gary Oldman (a friend of producer Rick McCallum) agreed to audition for his voice, but his involvement never went beyond that. Several months later, actor John Rhys-Davies was widely reported to be the voice of the character, but this was revealed to be a joke. DiMaggio was considered for the role of Grievous after previously voicing him in the 2003 Clone Wars animated series, but the plan was ultimately scrapped.     

Revenge of the Sith

In Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, General Grievous holds Supreme Chancellor Palpatine hostage aboard his flagship, the Invisible Hand. Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker launch a rescue operation, and after entering the ship they kill the Separatist leader Count Dooku. However, Grievous traps the Jedi and the Chancellor in a ray shield, and brings them along with R2-D2 to the ship's bridge. There he meets Anakin and laughs at the Jedi, stating that their lightsabers will be a nice addition to his collection. When R2-D2 creates a diversion, Obi-Wan and Anakin use the Force to retrieve their lightsabers and free themselves. A brief battle ensues with the Jedi defeating the Magnaguards and Grievous's battle droids before turning their attention to the General. Grievous is surrounded by the Jedi, so he uses a fallen Magnaguard's electro-rod to break the ship's window and escape, causing the Jedi to fall to their deaths, though the latter fails. He then fires a grappling hook to grab onto the ship and scale it on the way to an escape pod. Grievous also launches all the other pods to prevent Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Palpatine from escaping the doomed ship. However, Anakin manages to take control of the ship and land it safely.

Now taking Dooku's place as the political and military leader of the Separatists, Grievous heads to the planet of Utapau, where the council members of the Confederacy of Independent Systems are hiding; The Separatists have taken the residents of Utapau hostage. The general receives a message from Dooku's master, Darth Sidious, who, unknown to Grievous, is Palpatine's Sith alter ego, telling him to move the council members to the volcanic planet Mustafar.

The Jedi Council sends Obi-Wan Kenobi to Utapau to capture or destroy Grievous and thus end the Clone Wars. Upon arrival, Kenobi destroys his MagnaGuards, and Grievous decides to engage the Jedi in single combat, splitting each of his mechanical arms in half to simultaneously wield four lightsabers. During the duel, Republic clone troopers arrive to confront Grievous's droid army. Obi-Wan disarms Grievous with the Force and chases after him as the general retreats on his bike, fleeing to the hangar where his starfighter is located. The two engage in close combat, where Obi-Wan manages to open Grievous's chest armor, revealing the parts where his organs are located. Enraged, Grievous throws Obi-Wan off the platform, but the Jedi manages to grab onto the edge. As Grievous charges at him with his electro rod, Obi-Wan uses the Force to grab the general's blaster. Before Grievous can deliver the finishing blow, Obi-Wan shoots him through the organs under his exoskeleton, which then catches fire. Finally, Grievous bursts into flames and dies. Obi-Wan would use his ship shortly afterward to escape from Utapau following the activation of Order  66.

The beginnings of General Grievous

The war records of Qymaen jai Sheelal (named after General Grievous) caught the attention of San Hill, the president of the InterGalactic Banking Clan.

His contacts in Count Dooku's growing separatist movement had brought about a profound change, and Hill began to seek influence and advantage in the inevitable civil war that was brewing. He saw in Grievous a valuable resource.

Sheelal gathered a group of Kaleesh warriors and dedicated himself to exterminating the Huks from their planet, making them flee to the moons of this, he had no mercy, wanting to exterminate them even from the moons, and the Huks, desperate, turned to the Republic, the which gave them his unconditional support, causing the Kaleesh to suffer from hunger and an economic crisis. In exchange for backing Kalee's debts from the war against the Huks, the Banking Clan procured Sheelal's undying services as intimidator and warrior.

It was this strong warrior spirit that was transformed into deep hatred, shock and rage that would mark his destiny. Sheelal was dissatisfied with his battle droids, and desired his group of warriors, however San Hill did not agree to recruit more Kaleesh. Sheelal did not accept the way he would fight, and to convince him, they created the mages.

Throughout the galaxy during the Clone Wars, Grievous personally killed over four hundred and fifty Jedi, collecting dozens of lightsabers as personal trophies. Despite his hatred of the Jedi Order, his background as a swordsman made him appreciate the craftsmanship involved in saber construction.

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