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Note: 2003 General Grievous is part of the Star Wars Legends timeline and he is literally Legends Grievous. However, this page only focuses on the 2003 Clone Wars events of 2003 Grievous whereas the Legends Grievous Page covers all of his history.
The General Grievous in the Clone Wars 2003 series aka 2003 General Grievous and also known as Legends Grievous was a cyborg General that killed various Jedi for no known reason. He was evil much like his counterpart the 2005 General Grievous and didn't care about anyone but serving his own goals.
Personality
Since the 2003 Grievous was a machine, he, like the Legends Grievous, was nothing like the heroic Grievous. 2003 Grievous was cunning, vicious, and destructive. He had no remorse for killing people, especially the Jedi, since he was the ultimate Jedi killing-machine. 2003 Grievous also wanted to kill all of the Jedi but for some reason, spared Shaak Ti during his final operation. He was literally the Non-Canon Grievous before he existed.
History
Background
Before becoming a cyborg, 2003 Legends Grievous was named Qymaen jai Sheelal and was a fearless Kaleesh warrior, beloved by his people for his efforts in the Huk War. When the Kaleesh called for help from the invading Huks, the Jedi aided them but the Huks lied to the Jedi and told them that the Kaleesh started the war and the Jedi helped the Huks instead of the Kaleesh. Sheelal and his people fought against the Jedi/Huk onslaught and was later enslaved by the Jedi and Huk on Chancellor Valorrum's orders. Sheelal and his best friend (and possibly girlfriend), Ronderu Iij Kummar, fought alongside each other but after a battle, Kummar was separated from Sheelal and killed by Huks.
Sheelal during the Huk War.
After more fierce fighting with the Huk, Kalee was in debt and InterGalactic Banking Clan member San Hill asked Legends Grievous to help him with secret service in return for Kalee being free from debt. Legends Grievous didn't question the Muun and accepted - but the Muun couldn't be trusted. San Hill instead harassed Kalee with Munificent-class ships and when Grievous came back, he was furious and quit the IGBC to save his people. San Hill was furious and secretly sabotaged his shuttle with Count Dooku and Geonosian Poggle the Lesser. They betrayed him yet again, replacing the parts of his brain responsible for mercy and compassion with circuitry.
Legends Grievous was placed as commander of a massive droid army and Legends Grievous dislikes droids, and thought of it as a huge insult when he was called a "droid" because of his robotic exoskeleton, becoming furious. He later had customized melee droids made for him. With the new guards being built for the new Confederacy, Legends Grievous borrowed Sifo-Dyas's lightsaber and trained with Dooku and trained the MagnaGuards to fight in Kaleesh fighting skills. After that, he was soon ready for battle and on top of that, Dooku lied to Grievous, saying that the Jedi destroyed his shuttle, to make him hate the Jedi even more.
Also, the Jedi with Huks slaughtered Legends General Grievous's people and one of the Masters of the Jedi was named "The Executioner of Kalee." When the Jedi arrived on Geonosis, 2003 Grievous stayed behind to protect Poggle the Lesser’s lieutenant. A female Jedi, arrived and attacked 2003 Grievous first thinking he was a droid. Legends Grievous killed the female Jedi. After feeling no remorse he then realized the Jedi didn’t even care about what they had let happen. Legends Grievous then took the lightsaber of her and starting collecting them so he could fight against the Jedi and innocents, making him the villain he would become.
Hypori
2003 General Grievous vs Ki-Adi-Mundi and Aayla Secura of the vicious Republic.
2003 General Grievous made his first appearance to the Jedi at Hypori, assigned to protect the Hypori Droid Factory. His ships shot down various Acclamator-class assault cruisers and then led the massive assault against Master Barrek and killed him. Alongside B2 Super Battle Droids and OG-9 Homing Spider Droids, the 2003 Grievous's forces surrounded the Jedi, led by Ki-Adi-Mundi, and he went inside, killing 3 of them and wounding three of them. Clone troopers arrived to rescue the Jedi but he killed them viciously. Ki-Adi-Mundi, wanted to persue him but they left instead leaving this Grievous to prepare to slaughter billions.
Keeping his position
The three villains: Asajj Ventress, 2003 Grievous & Durge fight for Supreme Leadership of the Droid Army
Six months after the Battle of Geonosis, Count Dooku tested Legends 2003 Grievous by pitting him against fellow Separatist commanders Asajj Ventress and Durge aboard the Count's Trenchant space station. After Durge and Ventress had been lured onto the station, Legends 2003 Grievous sneaked up on Durge, shocking him from behind with an electrostaff and throwing him across the room through the various trophies there.
When Ventress jumped onto a dragon hanging from the ceiling and attempted to find 2003 Grievous, he instead sneaked up on her and knocked her off her perch with the blunt end of his staff. Although Durge caught the falling Ventress, 2003 Grievous soon confronted the pair face-to-face. The general threw Ventress into a glass case and was caught around the neck by one of Durge's flails. Ventress then attacked 2003 Grievous from behind as he removed the flail, slashing at the cyborg with her paired lightsabers, and Durge contributed to the fight, punching 2003 Grievous and slamming him through a statue of Count Dooku. As Durge and Ventress advanced, Grievous activated two of his lightsabers, cutting into Durge and beheading the bounty hunter. Evil 2003 Grievous saberlocked with Ventress and was slammed into a containment case by the Dark Acolyte. Despite his injuries, Grievous grabbed Ventress in a choke, responding to her probes about his identity by stating that he was "the future." With that, 2003 Grievous choked Ventress unconscious. The cyborg general brought Ventress's inert body to a meeting with Count Dooku, questioning if he could jettison both bodies. Dooku refused the request and ordered them to be put in bacta tanks, stating that they had proven themselves and citing their loyalty. However, Legends Grievous had successfully humiliated both Separatist commanders, showing Dooku his worthiness of holding the position of Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies. The General's skill at fighting Jedi prompted Republic News services to nickname him "The Knight Slayer." As Supreme Commander, Legends Grievous normally traveled with a cadre of IG-100 MagnaGuards, who wielded dangerous electrostaffs made from lightsaber-resistant phrik alloy. Legends Grievous quickly became the face of the Confederacy, and was feared by countless citizens loyal to the Republic.
Training with Dooku
2003 trains with Count Dooku.
Inside a CIS Base, 2003 Grievous was sparring with Count Dooku his master. After they finished, 2003 liked his collection of lightsabers from the Jedi he slaughtered. Dooku told 2003 Grievous not to be too over-confident about his trophies and told to use fear, intimidation, strength on his side. But if that didn't work, was to retreat from battle and 2003 Grievous agreed at Darth Sidious, the true leader of the CIS, appeared on a hologram. Sidious gave 2003 Grievous orders for the final operation and 2003 Grievous said the Jedi have no idea what awaits them.
Capturing Palpatine
The evil 2003 Grievous corners the villain Shaak Ti.
2003 Grievous led the Confederacy starfleet in an all-out attack on the Republic capital, using secret hyperspace routes given to him by Sidious. During the battle, the evil 2003 Grievous ordered diversionary tactics, such as sending suicide squadrons of Vulture droids to cause chaos in the city and to terrorize the citizens. While a massive battle raged between Confederate and Republic forces, 2003 Grievous led an assault on 500 Republica with intelligence provided by Darth Sidious.
The evil Jedi, commanded by Shaak Ti, took Palpatine to a secret bunker aboard a maglev train; however, 2003 Grievous and his MagnaGuards caught up with them and dueled the Jedi on top of the train. The duel ended with 2003 Grievous being pushed off the train, although he was saved by a hijacked republic gunship, unknown to the Jedi. 2003 Grievous reached the hardened bunker with six of his MagnaGuards in tow, and accessed it using codes provided by Darth Sidious. Cutting a bloody path of destruction through the bunker, he made his way to Palpatine. He quickly killed four of Palpatine's sinister Jedi protectors: Roron Corobb, Foul Moudama, Roth-Del Masona, and B'ink Utrila, as well as a number of clone troopers before kidnapping the Chancellor. He then dueled Shaak Ti and spared her to inform the Jedi that the Chancellor was gone. As he fled, malicious Jedi Master Mace Windu Force crushed the plates covering cruel 2003 Grievous's internal organ sac, injuring his lungs and aggravating the General's already irritating wheezing and coughing problems; a result of his organic form not taking well to his cyborg implants. This crippling blow injured 2003 Grievous for the rest of his life—which would not be long.
2003 Grievous's Endgame
The rest of the sinister 2003 Grievous's history is connected to the evil Legends Grievous as they are the same Grievous as stated above but this page is only for the 2003 Clone Wars version but if you want the rest, go to his article below:
- Main article: 2005 General Grievous
Gallery
Appearances
Star Wars: Clone Wars – "Chapter 20" (First appearance)- Star Wars: Clone Wars – "Chapter 21"
- Star Wars: Clone Wars – "Chapter 22"
- Star Wars: Clone Wars – "Chapter 23"
- Star Wars: Clone Wars – "Chapter 24"
- Star Wars: Clone Wars – "Chapter 25"
Trivia
- This "Grievous" is Non-Canon and has nothing to do with General Grievous from The Clone Wars Canon who is a hero.
- While some idiots think 2003 Grievous is "heroic", that is not the case. Legends Grievous is cruel and malicious like the Jedi he hates and while it's good he kills Jedi (Because they're evil in Canon & Legends), it's not good he killed innocents and committed atrocities. The Canon Grievous however, never did this making him a hero instead of a villain.
- While 2003 Grievous had epic fighting skills, he still wasn't a hero like the 2008 Grievous, who also had good fighting skills but due to the plot armor in The Clone Wars 2008 series, it made Grievous Hero look "weak" when he was really strong.
- 2003 Grievous was also more droid than Kaleesh because in Star Wars: Clone Wars, he didn't even have organs making him more of a machine than Kaleesh, further proving he's not the 2008 heroic TCW General Grievous.