General Grievous

General Grievous

Separatist Commander

A Kaleesh with a difficult past, General Grievous served as a key pawn for Count Dooku's gain during the Clone Wars. Unknown to Grievous, Count Dooku arranged for a bomb to be placed on his space shuttle, in the hopes that if the Separatists saved him from certain death, Grievous would be indebted to their cause. The plan worked, as Grievous was critically injured in the explosion, and the InterGalactic Banking Clan reconstructed him as a cyborg. Earning his new name from Count Dooku, Grievous agreed to help topple the Republic in exchange for the chance to get revenge on the Jedi.

Dooku trained Grievous in all seven forms of lightsaber combat, believing he would make an excellent enforcer for the sometimes hapless droid forces. Grievous continued his loyalty to Count Dooku throughout the course of the war, all the while unaware that it was Dooku who was responsible for the state of his body.

During the years of the Clone Wars, Grievous took the lives of several Jedi, each time adding their lightsabers to his collection. He was known to duel with up to four lightsabers at one time, as his arms were capable of splitting and giving him more hands to use.

In his boldest move yet, Grievous led an assault on the Republic capital of Coruscant, where he was successful in storming the Senate building and taking Chancellor Palpatine hostage. The entire battle was all a ploy to draw out Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker so that they could encounter Count Dooku, all of which was unknown to Grievous himself. However, the Jedi were successful in rescuing Palpatine and cutting down Count Dooku, much to the dismay of Grievous, who escaped to the Outer Rim worlds.

Tracked down to the planet Utapau by Obi-Wan Kenobi, Grievous engaged the Jedi Master in a prolonged lightsaber duel before ultimately being defeated. Kenobi used the General's own blaster against him, hitting him several times in the chest. Grievous died never knowing that he was merely a pawn to a much more powerful Sith Lord.