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General Grievous
Series Star Wars
Age N/A
Birthday Est. Year: 60 BBY
Sex Male
Species Kaleesh Cyborg
Height 7'1"/2.16 m
Weight 159 lbs
Alignment Neutral Evil

Qymaen jai Sheelal, also known as General Grievous, in one of the secondary antagonists from the Star Wars series prequel trilogy.

I'm no errand boy. And I'm not in this war for Dooku's politics. I am the leader of the most powerful droid army the galaxy has ever seen!
~ General Grievous, to Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Background[]

General Grievous was a Kaleesh warlord who was cybernetically augmented by the CIS, becoming the cyborg supreme commander of the Separatist droid army. Trained in lightsaber combat by Count Dooku, he was the most notorious Jedi hunter during the Clone Wars and collected numerous lightsabers from his victims as trophies, until his death at the hands of Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Powers & Abilities[]

  • Cyborg Strength: As a cyborg, Grievous was physically stronger then most other sentient beings.
  • Cyborg Speed: As a cyborg, Grievous's physical speed and agility could match that of most Force-users.
  • Duranium Armor: Grievous's cybernetic body is compoed of Duranium; a military-grade alloy capable of tanking blast from starfighter weapons.
  • Space Survivability: Because he was a cyborg, Grievous did not need to breathe air and could survive indefinitely in outer space.
  • Lightsaber Skills: Despite his lack of Force-sensitivity, Grievous was highly skilled in lightsaber combat and a highly gifted duellist. He was one of the greatest lightsaber duellists of his time, as he killed dozens of Jedi, from Padawns to Jedi Masters. He was personally trained by Count Dooku, and was able to utilize not only his hands but also his feet when wielding lightsabers. Grievous was the only being with knowledge of lightsaber combat was such that he knew all seven forms.
    • Form I: Grevious was highly skilled in Shii Cho.
    • Form II: Grevious was highly skilled in Makashi.
    • Form III: Grevious was highly skilled in Soresu.
    • Form IV: Grevious was highly skilled in Ataru.
    • Form V: Grevious was highly skilled in Shien/Djem So.
    • Form VI: Grevious was highly skilled in Niman.
    • Form VII: Grevious was highly skilled in Juyo/Vaapad.
    • Jar'Kai: Grevious was a master of Jar'Kai; he was one of the deadliest practitioners of the style.
  • Expert Hand-to-hand Combatant: Grievous was highly skilled in unarmed combat.
  • Expert Pilot: Grievous was highly skilled in piloting most speeders and most types of flying crafts.
  • High-Level Intellect/Expert Tactician/Leader: Grievous was highly intelligent. As the Supreme Commander of the Separatist Droid Army, Grievous was a highly skilled tactician and a capable leader.

Weapons & Equipment[]

  • Various Lightsabers:
  • Grievance Striker: A customized DT-57 "Annihilator" blaster.
  • TSMEU-6 personal wheel bike:
  • Combat speeder:
  • Soulless One: A customized Belbullab-22 starfighter.

Feats[]

Strength[]

  • Dented a ship’s hull with a punch.
  • Smashed a droid’s head to pieces with a backhanded blow.
  • Sent Ahsoka Tano flying, stunning her for a few seconds.
  • Stopped a rolling destroyer droid pushed by Obi-Wan, then smashed it against the floor.
    • Another destroyer Obi-Wan pushed knocked over a dozen battle droids.
  • Swung Obi-Wan into the ceiling, then sent him sliding across the floor.
  • Kicked back two clone troopers, KOing Rex.
  • Sent Adi Gallia flying with a kick.
  • Presumably kicked a large section of a metal door across the room.
  • Killed a clone trooper by crushing him beneath his foot.
  • Cracked a Mandalorian’s helmet with his foot.
  • Pushed his way through four Mandalorian soldiers.
  • Pulled two clones holding him with cords, and used one of them as a blunt weapon.
  • Threw off a dogpile of three clones.
  • Threw a clone while hanging from the ceiling, knocking over a Jedi.
  • Broke a starship’s window by throwing an electrostaff.
  • Lifted a varactyl off of him.
  • Collided with Quinlan Vos in midair and knocks him back.

Speed[]

  • Outran a Padawan who had a head start.
  • Spun his lightsabers in a blur using his rotating hands.
  • Leapt at a group of clones, slashing two and kicking the other two before they could get out of the way.
  • Jumped at a Padawan and killed him before he could react.
  • Dodged Obi-Wan’s leaping kick.
  • Dodged blows from Ahsoka Tano.
  • Turned to block Maul’s jumping attack.
  • Blocked Kit Fisto’s attack from behind.
  • Blocked one of Obi-Wan’s staff attacks with his arm.
  • Dodged refracted beams from a giant kyber crystal.
  • Avoided blasters while swinging from the ceiling.
  • Used his leg to grab a clone jumping at him from behind.

Durability[]

  • Was fine after being Force pushed into the ceiling by Obi-Wan and then falling down, though he lost his grip on his sabers.
  • Got up after being Force pushed into a ship’s window hard enough to crack it.
  • Crashed his speeder into a herd of varactyls and gets out from under one.
  • Seemed unhurt by a blaster bolt at close range.
  • Survived (possibly indirect) hits from Hondo’s ship’s cannons.
  • Shrugged off attacks from Obi-Wan with an electrostaff.
  • Survived being impaled by an electric spear.
    • However, this badly damaged him and allowed him to be defeated.
  • Was pretty much unharmed by an exploding fuel barrel.
  • Was inside a smallish ship as it exploded and emerged from the rubble.
  • Walked through Talzin’s force field as it was bombarded with lightning by Palpatine and Dooku.

Skill[]

  • Has killed many Jedi masters and their Padawans, and collected their lightsabers.
  • Before becoming a cyborg, was a famous Kaleesh warlord and demigod.
  • When he was eight years old he had already become an expert sniper.
  • Kicked the Huk's ass so hard that the Huk turned to the Galactic Republic for help.
  • Became an IGBC collections agent.
  • Survived the explosion of his troop ship, the Martyr.
  • Gained many enhancements along with his new cyborg body.
  • The technique that was used on Grievous's to rebuild him would later be used to save Darth Vader after his molten lava dip.
  • After acquiring a lightsaber for the first time, slaughtered all the MagnaGuards in his presence.
  • Defeated Dark Jedi sisters Kaa and Lii.
  • Trained by Dooku in the art of lightsaber combat, becoming very skilled in combat quickly.
    • Learned all the seven classic forms of Jedi arts.
  • Led a massive group of battle droids to attack the Jedi on Hypori.
    • Grievous obliterated the forces.
  • Defeated and humiliated Separatist commanders Asajj Ventress and Durge.
  • Eradicated an entire fleet of Republic cruisers.
  • Destroyed a Republic squadron led by Anakin Skywalker.
  • Captured Padmé Amidala's ship.
  • Nearly killed Obi-Wan Kenobi several times.
  • Acquired many victories over the Republic.
  • Manged to capture a planet with Count Dooku and Asajj Ventress.
  • Forced the Republic out of the system during a battle during a battle at Nexus Ortai.
  • Captured  Jedi Eeth Koth.
  • Thwarted a peace movement.
  • Would have killed Ventress if he wasn't interrupted.
  • Killed an entire group of Nightsisters.
  • Demolished Ohnaka's base.
  • Surpassed Dooku as head of the CIS.
  • Killed Waldan Bridger in a couple of seconds.
  • Kidnapped Ambassador Quiyyen.
  • Easily defeated a young Boba Fett and almost killed him.
  • Kidnapped Chancellor Palpatine near the end of the Clone Wars.
  • His design was used to make two very deadly robots and cyborg body for Karbin.
  • Easily defeated Darth Maul.
  • Killed several Mandalorians.
  • Slayed Talzin.
  • Able to fight several Jedi at once.

Faults[]

  • His organs are vulnerable, if one were to remove his chest plates.
  • Retreats when things get bad.
  • His hands, and possibly his arms can be cut off.
    • This is usually only by lightsaber though.
  • Arrogant and cocky.
  • Electricity temporarily stuns him.
  • Joints are somewhat vulnerable.
  • Has a violent temper that he takes out on his underlings.
  • Killed by Obi-Wan Kenobi.