In time, he, experiencing a rapid rise to the rank, became a feared warlord and warrior. Since his childhood, he worshiped the warlords of Kalee, watching them return home with spoils of war from conquered peoples. The son of his mother and father, Grievous, then known as Qymaen jai Sheelal, was a male Kaleesh from the planet Kalee. " Improvements! I submit to no one! I chose them!" ―EV-A4-D and Grievous - Listen ( file info) " Sometimes I wonder why you submitted to the changes." 1.4.2 Return to Utapau and duel with Kenobi.1.3.9 Campaign against the Shadow Collective.1.3.5 Battle with Kenobi and Invasion of Florrum.1.2.4.1 Fighting in the Outer and Mid Rim.
As a result, Grievous was ultimately slain by his nemesis, Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi, whose 212th Attack Battalion went on to secure Utapau even as Order 66 went into effect, marking the fall of the Republic and the rise of the Galactic Empire.
Unknown to Grievous, his master, the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, betrayed the general's location to the Jedi Order, allowing them to invade the planet Utapau in an effort to bring a swift and decisive conclusion to the war. Following the loss of Dooku, Grievous and his army went into hiding in the Outer Rim Territories. However, the Jedi succeeded in rescuing the Chancellor while driving back the Separatist invaders. In 19 BBY, Grievous launched a daring raid on Coruscant, the Republic capital world, resulting in the abduction of Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine. In addition to his combat skills, Grievous was a brilliant military strategist who oversaw multiple campaigns throughout the Clone Wars-from the Battle of Kamino, where he failed to halt the production line of clone troopers to the Battle of Dathomir, where his battle droids massacred the Nightsisters led by the witch Mother Talzin. The cyborg, nicknamed the " head clanker" by the Republic clones due to his cybernetics and role as Confederate Supreme Commander, became one of the Republic's priority targets. Known for his hatred of the Jedi Order, Grievous killed Jedi over the course of the war, and would claim their lightsabers both as trophies and weapons to be used against other opponents, be they Jedi or clone troopers. Although he was neither Jedi or Sith, nor even sensitive to the power of the Force, Grievous was a skilled lightsaber duelist, having trained in the art of the lightsaber under the fallen Jedi Master-turned- Sith Lord Count Dooku.
Willingly submitting to a procedure that rendered him more mechanical than organic, he became a living weapon, granting him lightning-quick reflexes and devastating strength. Noted for being ruthless and his extensive cybernetic enhancements, Grievous instilled fear throughout the entire galaxy as he traveled, invading planets and engaging the Jedi Knights of the Republic.Ī native of the planet Kalee, Grievous sustained severe injuries that required extensive repair by the time of the Clone Wars. Despite his position as a general, Grievous held the title of Supreme Martial Commander of the Separatist Droid Army that engaged the Grand Army of the Republic in the pan- galactic Clone Wars. Grievous, born as Qymaen jai Sheelal, was a Kaleesh male warlord who served as a commanding officer within the military forces of the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the final years of the Galactic Republic. A future where there are no Jedi." ―Grievous and Obi-Wan Kenobi What have you to show for all your power? What have you to gain?" I am the leader of the most powerful droid army the galaxy has ever seen." And I'm not in this war for Dooku's politics.