Grievous Grievous was a Kaleesh cyborg general who held the title of Supreme Commander of the Droid Army during the Clone Wars . Originally a warrior from the planet Kalee , Grievous chose to receive cybernetic implants to increase his combat prowess . He was recruited by Count Dooku to lead the Separatist Droid Army of the Confederacy of Independent Systems , and trained in the art of lightsaber combat . Over the course of the Clone Wars , Grievous ' shrewd battle planning and ruthlessness caused him to become feared throughout the Galactic Republic . Grievous was successful in defeating many of the Republic ' s Jedi Generals , even going so far as to maintain a collection of lightsabers taken from the Jedi he had slain . He clashed with Padawan Ahsoka Tano and Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi on multiple occasions and quickly developed a rivalry with Kenobi . Under the command of Grievous , the droid army wreaked havoc across the galaxy . Alongside Dooku ' s apprentice , Asajj Ventress , Grievous led the assault on Kamino in an effort to halt the production of the Republic ' s clone trooper s . Although unsuccessful , the mission saw Tipoca City ' s cloning facilities suffer major damage , striking a critical blow to the Republic . Later , at the behest of Dooku , Grievous traveled to Dathomir where he confronted the clan of mysterious witches known as the Nightsisters . The sisters were completely wiped out in the subsequent massacre , save for a now - disgraced Ventress and their leader Mother Talzin . Then , following the reemergence of the fallen Sith Lord Darth Maul , Grievous engaged him during his quest for revenge against his former master , Darth Sidious . Grievous was able to force the Zabrak ' s retreat , finally kill Talzin and effectively dissolve Maul ' s deadly Shadow Collective . Near the end of the war , Grievous launched an attack on Coruscant and successfully captured Supreme Chancellor Palpatine . There Palpatine , secretly Grievous ' master , Darth Sidious , was held aboard the general ' s flagship , the " Invisible Hand " . However , after the death of Count Dooku at the hands of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and the crippling of his flagship , Grievous was forced to retreat and relocate to the remote Outer Rim world of Utapau . Palpatine leaked his location to the Jedi High Council , who dispatched Obi - Wan Kenobi to find and kill the general . Kenobi arrived in Pau City , a mining settlement in an Utapaun sinkhole , where the Jedi challenged Grievous to a duel . Following a haphazard chase through the city streets and a brief brawl on a landing platform , Kenobi opened fire on Grievous ' organ sack with the Kaleesh ' s own blaster , resulting in the dreaded cyborg ' s demise . Biography . Early Life . A Kaleesh warlord from the planet Kalee , Grievous was allied with InterGalactic Banking Clan Chairman San Hill , Archduke Poggle the Lesser , and Count Dooku of Serenno . Grievous claimed to have chosen to be rebuilt and have portions of his body replaced with cybernetics . The Clone Wars . Hiring AD - W4 . In the early days of the Clone Wars Grievous hired the droid mercenary AD - W4 to oversee the Separatists ' operations on the planet Hissrich . Grievous admitted that he would have liked to do so himself , but could not as he had an entire droid army to command . AD - W4 served as commander of the droid forces on the planet , and battled with Mace Windu and his Jedi squadron . Ultimately , the droid was defeated and Hissrich was lost to the Republic . The " Malevolence " campaign . After he had been chosen and trained in lightsaber combat by Count Dooku to lead the Separatist forces in the Clone Wars , Grievous then took the " Malevolence " as his flagship . Under the general ' s command he began the Malevolence campaign , where he executed attacks on Republic fleets that left no survivors . While stationed in the Abregado system with Count Dooku aboard , a Republic task force led by Jedi Master Plo Koon and Clone Commander Wolffe arrived in the system to engage the warship . The ion cannon s of the " Malevolence " disabled the Republic fleet ' s deflector shield s , and fired on the defenseless ships , leading to the destruction of the fleet . A few individuals managed to survive via escape pod s , but Dooku ordered a pod hunter to be dispatched to destroy the pods . Plo Koon , Commander Wolffe , and the two clone trooper s , sergeant Sinker and Boost , were the only survivors . they destroyed the pod hunter and were finally rescued by Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano on the " Twilight " . As a result of the escape of some survivors , Dooku ' s trust in Grievous was shaken , and the Sith Lord left to discuss plans with his master , Darth Sidious . After destroying the Republic fleet in the Ryndellia system , Grievous , as instructed by Count Dooku via hologram , took the " Malevolence " to destroy a Republic medical facility that was treating over 60 , 000 wounded clones . In order to reach the target , the " Malevolence " had to navigate around the Kaliida Nebula . Anakin Skywalker led a small strike force of fighters which disabled the ion cannons of the " Malevolence " . After this , a Republic fleet led by Obi - Wan Kenobi arrived and attacked Grievous ' crippled ship . Grievous was forced to retreat , but Dooku came up with a new plan : taking Senator Padmé Amidala hostage . After Senator Amidala ' s ship was captured , the Republic fleet stopped firing , and a team was sent to board the " Malevolence " led by Obi - Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker . Grievous fought Obi - Wan Kenobi briefly and overpowered him , but the two Jedi managed to escape with Padmé and C - 3PO . Grievous pursued the " Twilight " in his personal starfighter , the " Soulless One " but Anakin had sabotaged the navigation system of the " Malevolence " such that when the ship engaged its hyperdrive , it crashed directly into a nearby moon . After the destruction of the " Malevolence " , the Republic made efforts to locate him . Clone Intelligence spotted him in the Balmorra system , but he vanished shortly after . Attack on Rishi Station . Several weeks later , Grievous arranged for an attack on the planet Kamino , determined to stop the clone production at its source . In order to reach the planet undetected , Grievous sent a team of BX - series droid commando s to seize Rishi Station from the clone troopers stationed there . After the commando droids had taken control of the station , Grievous was contacted by their captain aboard his " Munificent " - class star frigate , who informed him that the outpost was secure , and that they managed to disable the alarm and activate the all - clear signal . Grievous ordered him to keep the signal activated , so as not to draw the Republic ' s attention and lose the element of surprise . After ending the transmission , a battle droid informed the general that their spy on Kamino , Asajj Ventress , was contacting him . Ventress assured Grievous that everything was ready for their invasion . Pleased , the General informed her that he had almost reached their rendezvous point . However , after losing contact with the commando droids , Grievous sent a battalion to the station to investigate , in order to ensure that the invasion continued as planned . He was then informed that there are still some clones remaining , and ordered them eliminated . Unfortunately for the Separatists , the station was destroyed and the all - clear signal stopped transmitting . Realizing they were under attack , the Republic fleet moved into the Rishi system and attacked Grievous ' fleet , forcing him to retreat and postpone the invasion . Retreat at Bothawui . Following the Confederate victory at Falleen , Grievous moved his fleet to Bothawui to attack Jedi General Anakin Skywalker ' s fleet with information from his spies . Realizing that attacking from above would ' ve left them at a disadvantage , Grievous moved the fleet through the asteroid field to engage Skywalker ' s fleet , with the asteroids protecting their rear . Skywalker then deployed into the Gold Squadron from his flagship , the " Resolute " , to try and draw out the general . As Grievous ' fleet exited the asteroid field , it was able to severely damage one the Republic cruisers , but was quickly outflanked by AT - TEs hidden on the asteroids . As a result , the General issued a retreat , with one of the battle droid commanders pointing out that they had nowhere to run . Grievous then fled from his burning flagship in his starfighter , moments before it exploded . Skywalker attempted to pursue him in his Delta - 7B " Aethersprite " - class interceptor but was soon sent spinning out of control as a result of the damage his fighter had sustained earlier in the fight . Meanwhile , Grievous had managed to power up the " Soulless One " hyperdrive , allowing him to jump into hyperspace . The rest of Grievous ' fleet however , was destroyed . Following his loss at Bothawui , Grievous contacted the Trandoshan salvager Gha Nachkt , and requested that he search the debris field for an astromech droid , telling him to rendezvous at the Separatist listening post on Ruusan ' s moon once the droid was located . The droid in question was R2 - D2 , the astromech droid of General Skywalker , with Grievous suspecting that he held vital military secrets within his memory banks that could aid the Separatists . Trapping Skywalker . Later , Grievous was contacted by the Nachkt , who informed him that he had the droid in his possession and was en route to their rendezvous point . He also revealed that Skywalker had boarded his ship looking for it , and believing it to be valuable , requested more money than they had previously agreed upon . However , Grievous threatened him , telling Nachkt to arrive as fast as he could , or else there would be consequences . Not soon after , Grievous detected Skywalker ' s fighter ' s beacon , which had been activated by R3 - S6 , Skywalker ' s replacement astromech droid , in reality a Separatist spy . Having fallen into his trap , Grievous attacked , destroying his Hyperspace transport ring and preventing his escape . Grievous then launched a squadron of vulture droids to kill the Jedi , and ordered his cruisers to move in . However , Skywalker was rescued by the timely arrival of his apprentice Ahsoka Tano and the " Twilight " , Skywalker ' s freighter . The General then ordered his ships to prevent their escape , but the " Twilight " was able to navigate between the two battleships , causing them to collide with each other , destroying the vulture droids . The Jedi ' s ship then jumped to hyperspace . In his anger , Grievous decapitated an unfortunate battle droid who had pointed out to him that the Jedi had escaped . Encounter on Skytop Station . Nachkt soon arrived at Skytop Station with R2 - D2 , and proceeded to disassemble the astromech droid and sift through his memory banks for any vital information . Grievous listened as Nachkt revealed that the data within the astromech had never been erased and contained a wealth of information that they could exploit . Trying to use this to his advantage , Nachkt demanded double the agreed price , but Grievous having grown tired of his insubordination , killed him . He was then informed by R3 - S6 that the Jedi had infiltrated the station in order to rescue the droid . Grievous ordered R3 to distract them until he arrived , and tasked his IG - 100 MagnaGuard s with taking care of the astromech while he confronted the Jedi . Grievous then found Skywalker ' s apprentice , Ahsoka Tano , along with Captain Rex and a squad of clone troopers . He engaged them in combat and managed to kill all of the clones except Rex and Denal , who were saved by the timely intervention of Ahsoka . As she confronted the general , she was quickly overpowered and forced to retreat further into the station , with Grievous and R3 giving chase after her . While searching one of abandoned spare parts rooms for her , Grievous was informed that Skywalker had gone to rescue his astromech . He then had R3 go to the hangar and ensure that Skywalker would not escape . Meanwhile , Grievous having finally cornered Ahsoka , prepared to kill her , when the bombs that Rex had planted earlier , went off . In his momentary distraction , Ahsoka was able to sever Grievous ' s hand with her lightsaber and escape through the ventilation system . Their objective complete and R2 - D2 safely back with Skywalker , the Jedi made their escape . Grievous then retreated aboard the " Souless One " as the station collapsed around him . Encounter with Master Neebo . At some point prior to the discovery of his lair by the Jedi , Grievous had an encounter with Jedi Master Neebo , on the moon s of Sanjin . Neebo was attempting to protect refugee s on the moons , and she was presumed missing . However Jedi Kit Fisto and his former apprentice Nahdar Vebb found her lightsaber among the trophies of the Jedi Grievous had murdered , with Vebb deducing that everything in the room was a trophy from the Jedi Grievous had killed . Proving his competence . Later in the war , Grievous was instructed by his master to return to his fortress on the third moon of Vassek . When he arrived , he found that his MagnaGuards had been deactivated . Count Dooku , having laid a trap for the general in order to test his abilities , lured the Jedi and clones to Grievous ' s fortress . With the Jedi having infiltrated the base and with his bodyguards deactivated , the Count had hoped to punish Grievous for his recent failures . In the fight that ensued , Grievous was damaged and his pet roggwart Gor , was killed . However , he was soon repaired by his droid A - 4D and continued on his hunt for the Jedi . Eventually catching up to them , Grievous easily dispatched Nahdar Vebb and his remaining clone forces , and then went on to fight against Jedi Master Kit Fisto . After a lengthy duel in which Grievous ' s Magnaguards arrived to assist him , Fisto fled aboard his ship and escaped the planet . Shortly thereafter , Grievous contacted Dooku and told him that he had defeated the Jedi , but that Fisto had escaped . Dooku congratulated Grievous on his victory but stated that he could have done better and that there was still room for improvement . Capture of Eeth Koth . At some point during the war , General Grievous managed to capture Jedi Master Eeth Koth . He then sent a message to the Jedi Council , promising to kill Koth and then hunt down and eliminate the remaining Jedi . Unbeknownst to Grievous however , Eeth Koth had managed to communicate a secret message to the Council through the use of hand signals , telling them that he and Grievous were stationed in the Saleucami system . In response , the Council sent Obi - Wan Kenobi , Anakin Skywalker , and Adi Gallia to rescue the Jedi Master . Once they arrived , Kenobi sought out and engaged Grievous in an effort to distract him , while Skywalker and Gallia snuck aboard Grievous ' ship to rescue Koth . However Grievous , having earlier deduced that he was being tricked , had laid a trap for the Jedi . Nonetheless , his attempts to stop them were futile and Skywalker and Gallia were able to successfully rescue Koth . Meanwhile , Grievous had managed to gain the upper hand in his duel with Kenobi , but his Commando Droids on his ship had been overwhelmed by Skywalker and Gallia . Unfortunately , his Recusant - Class Destroyer , which had served as his flagship in the battle that had broken out , was taking heavy fire from Skywalker ' s trio of Star Destroyers , and was nearly destroyed . Forced to withdraw from his duel and flee , the general attempted to land on the planet of Saleucami in a Trade Federation landing ship . However , the craft malfunctioned , and Grievous and the droids were forced to evacuate into escape pods . After landing , Grievous and his forces searched the wreckage for any undamaged escape pods they could use to contact their forces , before republic reinforcements arrived . However , Obi - Wan Kenobi had followed Grievous to Saleucami in an attempt to capture the cyborg general . Unfortunately , Grievous had managed to find a working communications system in one of the escape pods and get contact with Separatist forces . When Kenobi and the clones finally caught up with Grievous , they were only able to fight a short time before reinforcements arrived , allowing Grievous to escape . Battle of Kamino . Despite the failure of their first attempt , Grievous and Ventress planned to launch another invasion of Kamino . However , a transmission between the two was intercepted by the Galactic Republic , and as a result the 501st Legion was deployed to Kamino in preparation for the impending attack . As the two conferred before the battle , Grievous decided to start their initial assault on Tipoca City , home of the Republic ' s cloning facilities . As Grievous engaged the Republic blockade , Ventress , with her " Trident " - class assault ships and aqua droid s , attacked the city . After the initial struggle , Grievous managed to break through the blockade and land on the planet with the remainder of his forces . Once there , he proceeded to speak with Ventress about their objectives ; Grievous would assault the clone trooper barracks while Ventress would get a sample of Jango Fett ' s DNA . During the assault , Ventress managed to acquire the DNA sample but her escape was prevented by Skywalker , and in the ensuing fight the sample was lost . Elsewhere , Grievous was confronted by Kenobi and the two engaged in a heated battle until a " Trident " ship destroyed the pier they were fighting on . Grievous , thinking Kenobi had been killed in the explosion , made his escape aboard a flight pod . He then rescued Ventress from Skywalker and the clones . Obstructing peace . Dooku , at the behest of his master , ordered Grievous to arrange an attack on Coruscant . Grievous thus sent in a team of Demolition droid s to blow up the power generators on Coruscant . The droids succeeded in their mission and Coruscant fell without power . Skirmish on Naboo . Later during the Clone Wars , Grievous suffered a humiliating defeat when he attempted to invade Naboo . Jar Jar Binks ( posing as Gungan Boss Lyonie ) distracted Grievous in a series of negotiations long enough for the Gungan Army to shut down Grievous ' s invasion force . As Grievous pursued Jar Jar , he slaughtered many Gungan Grand Army soldiers . At that moment , General Tarpals intervened and engaged Grievous in a duel . Although he was mortally wounded by the cyborg , Tarpals impaled Grievous through his chest which allowed the Gungan Army to bombard the injured general with energized projectiles and capture him . However , Grievous was freed in a prisoner exchange with Skywalker between Dooku and Padmé Amidala . Capturing Adi Gallia . Following his release , Grievous and his fleet attacked the flagship of Jedi Council member Adi Gallia . Grievous and his forces quickly boarded the ship and engaged the 91st Recon Corps . Grievous captured Gallia after a brief , but intense duel with the Council member . Sometime later , the General attacked and destroyed a pirate ship for target practice . However , Grievous ' s ship was then boarded by Jedi master Plo Koon and his forces , who rescued Gallia and forced Grievous to flee . Massacre on Dathomir . After the failed assassination attempt on his life by his former apprentice Asajj Ventress , who had been aided by Mother Talzin and the Nightsisters from Dathomir , Dooku summoned Grievous and ordered him to attack Dathomir and wipe them out . Grievous then took a Separatist Fleet to Dathomir and landed his forces on the planet . He had his Hyena - class bomber s launch an airstrike on their village , before sending in his ground troops to attack them . Despite being severely outnumbered and outgunned , the Nightsisters were initially able to hold their ground . This prompted Grievous to send in several Defoliator Tanks in order to burn the forest , which successfully managed to drive the Nightsisters back . Unfortunately , Talzin had sought the assistance of Old Daka , the eldest of the Nightsisters , who used her magic to raise the Army of the Dead as reinforcements . With Ventress leading the charge , the Nightsisters pushed forward , destroying the Defoliator Tanks and fighting their way to the open field from where Grievous was commanding his troops . Both armies halted their positions opposite one another . Ventress then challenged Grievous to a duel , proposing that if he won then Nightsisters would surrender to him , but if she won then Grievous and his army would leave Dathomir . The two then engaged in a fierce lightsaber duel and initially seemed equally matched , until Ventress severed one of Grievous ' four mechanical arms and knocked him to the ground . Knowing that his defeat was imminent , Grievous ordered his battle droids to kill her . Ventress tried to fight them off , but was shot in her shoulder . As Grievous attempted to finish her off , a large wave of Nightsister zombies attacked him , with both armies once again engaging each other in combat . With the assistance of her fellow Nightsister , Ventress was able to escape in the ensuing chaos . Whilst cutting down the attacking zombies , Grievous was contacted by Dooku , who was being magically attacked by Mother Talzin . Dooku ordered Grievous to follow the Nightsister magic to its source and kill Talzin before she could torture him to death . Grievous followed the green magic trail to the Nightsister village and a secret cave where both Talzin and Daka where performing their magic rituals , killing several Nightsisters on the way . Grievous then ordered one of his Commando Droids to blow up the wall of the cave . Upon entering the cave , Grievous quickly disposed of Daka by impaling her with one of his lightsabers . However , before he could get the chance to attack Talzin , she was able to teleport herself to safety , disappearing in a green mist . Grievous then toppled over Daka ' s cauldron , freeing Dooku from her spell . With Daka ' s death , all the undead Nightsisters returned to the grave , leaving the rest outnumbered , and eventually massacred by Grievous ' army . Unbeknown to Dooku and Grievous however , Ventress had managed to survive the battle . Sometime after the battle , Dooku told Grievous that with the Nightsisters dead , there was no one to control the rogue Savage Opress , whose powers he felt growing , to which Grievous simply mocked Dooku ' s notion that Opress could pose a threat to them . Battle with Kenobi and Invasion of Florrum . Grievous later attacked and boarded Obi - Wan Kenobi ' s command ship . He tore through the clone trooper ranks until he made his way to Kenobi , whom he proceeded to duel and overpower . However , Kenobi managed to escape and abandon his ship , but not before rigging it to self - destruct , forcing Grievous to retreat and abandon all the useful information in the ship ' s memory banks . Sometime later , Grievous landed on the planet Florrum and took over pirate Captain Hondo Ohnaka ' s base in retaliation for Ohnaka ' s previous capture of Dooku . Grievous was soon informed that Ahsoka Tano , her fellow Jedi younglings , and a group of pirates had freed Ohnaka . He then ordered his tanks to level the prison section . As they were escaping , Grievous and STAPs pursued them and boarded their tank . Grievous then fought Tano and though she proved to be a much more formidable opponent than in their previous encounter , Grievous was still more than a match for her . Ohnaka then arrived in " Slave I " , rescued Tano and opened fire on Grievous , but was forced to retreat when AATs arrived , leaving Grievous to laugh in victory . At some point afterwards , Grievous and his droids demolished the remains of Ohnaka ' s base and left Florrum . Crystal conspiracy . Near the end of the war , Dooku and Grievous arranged a weapons deal to acquire a massive kyber crystal from Sugi arms dealers . The deal was to take place on the outer - rim world of Utapau , with local Amani being used as bodyguards . Despite this at least two Magnaguards were present in the early days of the event , with more of them and other droids arriving later with Grievous . The Jedi Anakin Skywalker and Obi - Wan Kenobi learned of the arms deal when they came to the planet to investigate the mysterious death of Jedi Master Tu - Anh . They tracked down the crystal and stole it from those were trafficking in it , only for Grievous to then claim it . They , however , continued their mission , following the crystal to the space above Utapau . Battle above Utapau . The pair of Jedi chased the ship carrying the crystal , but the pair themselves were being chased by Grievous in his fighter and several droid fighter . The crystal was brought to a Separatist supply ship , which the pair crashed their ship into the hyperdrive of . They abandoned their craft in escape pods , but boarded the supply ship in different hangar s . While Skywalker did not encounter resistance , only seeing one unarmed OOM pilot battle droid which he scared off , Kenobi was forced to deal with the crystal ' s droid escort . After cutting down several battle droids , Grievous and two vulture droids entered the hangar . Kenobi demanded that his nemesis surrender , and the two engaged in a brief duel , with Grievous quickly overpowering Kenobi , resulting in Obi - wan ' s capture . While Grievous prepared an execution camber for Kenobi , battle droids secured the crystal , with it eventually being taken to the ship ' s vault . Skywalker was able to eventually free Kenobi and the pair eventually reclaimed the crystal . The pair learned that the crystal could fire back energy , such as laser fire , which they used to fight their way to the hangar . When they had secured a ship , Obi - wan made several AATs fire at the crystal , causing it to over load . While the crystal ' s explosion destroyed the ship , Grievous chased after the Jedi in his fighter . The pair ultimately escaped into hyperspace while the explosion grew , destroying the Separatist Fleet above the planet , and Grievous was flung into space in his starfighter . Protecting Dooku . Grievous was later seen with Dooku on the Separatist capital planet of Raxus where Dooku was receiving the Raxian Humanitarian Award . Grievous was in charge of security , and he briefly fought Quinlan Vos , who was there on orders of the Jedi Council to kill Dooku . In the end , Vos ' partner in the assassination , Ventress , escaped but Vos was captured . Destroying Maul ' s forces . Sometime after the Battle of Dathomir , Grievous was ordered by his master Count Dooku to hunt down Darth Sidious ' former apprentice — the Zabrak Nightbrother Darth Maul . Sidious had tracked Maul to the Death Watch controlled moon of Zanbar after he had escaped from Sidious — although that was ultimately the Sith Lord ' s plan . Dooku then ordered him to direct his entire droid fleet at Maul ' s recently formed crime syndicate — the Shadow Collective and ordered him to destroy his army and wound his pride , but not to kill him . This was in order for him to draw out Mother Talzin , Maul ' s mother and one of the most powerful beings in the galaxy . Grievous thought it foolish to keep Maul alive , but Dooku reminded Grievous that it was not wise to question the plans of Darth Sidious , and that he as Dooku ' s apprentice would carry out his orders to the fullest degree . Grievous then moved his fleet to Zanbar and launched several landing craft to destroy the Mandalorian warriors , starting off the Battle of Zanbar . Grievous knew from personal experience that the chances of his droid army gaining a victory in this battle were unlikely , as the Mandalorians were no mere clones . During the battle , Grievous spotted Maul on the battlefield and sent out four of his IG - 100 MagnaGuards to " soften him up " . Grievous emerged from his ship and engaged at least one Mandalorian super commando in battle , easily killing him with his lightsabers . Maul disposed of the Magnaguards and turned his attention to the cyborg general and engaged Grievous in single combat . Neither Maul nor Grievous was able to gain the upper hand in the duel but Grievous , per his orders , taunted Maul , telling him that the battle was lost . However , Maul had held several Gauntlet fighters in reserve and ordered them to drop firebombs onto the battlefield . This left both factions ' resources almost depleted . Maul , realizing Zanbar was lost , fled into a Gauntlet fighter and retreated from Grievous . Grievous then contacted Count Dooku via hologram and informed him he had fulfilled his master ' s wishes ; Maul was on the run . Dooku congratulated Grievous . Maul now believed the Sith were out to destroy him and his Syndicate but would not learn of their true intentions until it was too late . Grievous knew their goal was the witch Talzin , but did not understand what value Maul held for the Witch . Dooku told him all would be revealed as their plans unfolded . Captured by Darth Maul . After leaving Zanbar , Dooku rendezvoused with Grievous , gathering another fleet after Separatist spies reported that Mandalorian warship s were amassing on the planet of Ord Mantell , confirming Maul was in league with the Black Sun who controlled the planet . Grievous once again questioned the Dark Lord ' s obsession with destroying Mother Talzin ; Dooku explained to Grievous that Talzin was an older and fouler creature than Grievous understood , and that she would have to be destroyed before she disrupted Darth Sidious ' plans . Grievous ' super tactical droid Tey - Zuka reported to the cyborg general that a lone transport shuttle had left Dathomir moments ago , with Ord Mantell being a possible destination . Dooku believed Talzin was aboard and ordered the fleet to move to Ord Mantell . Soon they arrived and Grievous ordered the fleet to begin bombarding the city from orbit . With the city now in ruins , the landing crafts began their assault . Grievous believed Maul ' s forces would soon be on the run but became suspicious when he realized he had not seen any Mandalorian warships . Tey - Zuka calculated that they had been destroyed before they could lift off but Grievous knew better — they were planning a sneak attack . The Gauntlet fighters appeared from behind Ord Mantell ' s moon , attacking the Separatist fleet . Grievous had been lured into a trap . Tey - Zuka reported a fighter had attached itself to the hull of Grievous ' Providence - class dreadnought — but before the droid could finish , Maul interrupted . He gave Grievous an ultimatum ; either he shut down the battle droids that were killing his troops — or he would die . With the General dismissing his threats , Maul then charged Grievous , tackling him into a transparisteel viewport . Dooku had also been captured as well and brought aboard the ship , where Maul contacted Sidious via hologram and threatened to kill them both unless he met Mother Talzin ' s demands . Sidious refused , instead stating he had no further use for them . Maul decided not kill them , but ordered Grievous to the brig . Grievous told Dooku that it would be unfortunate if the next time they met he would have to add Dooku ' s lightsaber to his collection . Dooku , who was still on the bridge of the ship , later used the Force to unlock Grievous ' cell . Grievous escaped , killing the Mandalorians that were guarding him and several more while searching for a way off the ship . He soon found an escape pod , ejecting from the carrier and escaping from Maul . Confronting Talzin . Shortly afterward , Grievous regrouped with Darth Sidious aboard the " Scimitar " ; which was originally Maul ' s personal starship ; and they made their way to Dathomir where Dooku ' s signals were emanating from ; just as Sidious predicted . Sidious ordered Grievous to cloak the ship from view and make their way to Dathomir ' s surface . They landed and the pair approached a chamber said to hold a stone column that was the heart of Mother Talzin ' s power . The chamber was located very near the Nightbrother village where Maul was born . Grievous blew an opening in the wall of the chamber , entered and stated he was about to kill Maul . Sidious followed , stating only the Dark Lord ' s plan shall rule the galaxy . Dooku appeared , though he was now possessed by Talzin , who was at the time was still unable to take physical form . The four engaged in lightsaber combat ; Grievous attacked Maul while Sidious freed his apprentice from Talzin with the use of Force lightning . Talzin returned in the flesh while Sidious told her she was going to die here . Maul took advantage of this distraction and used the Force to shove Grievous through the opening the explosion had created . Sidious attacked Talzin with a Force lightning barrage while Talzin defended Maul and herself with magick . Grievous reentered the chamber calmly striding towards the now beaten Talzin ; Grievous then ignited his lightsabers and plunged them through the witch ' s chest . The retreating Maul looked on in horror as Talzin ' s body turned to stone . Darth Sidious took a moment to congratulate Dooku and Grievous ; Maul ' s future had been erased while theirs was more certain than it had ever been . Fighting Billaba . Grievous fought Jedi General Depa Billaba on Haruun Kal . There his troops decimated her clone troops , while he personally engaged the Jedi Master in a duel and almost ended her life . Six months after his victory over Billaba , he and General Kleeve then sent in their top explosives expert , Captain Rackham Sear to carry out a bombing on the Jedi Temple . After Captain Sear ' s mission failure , Grievous then went to Kardoa with Kleeve and Sear ' s brother , Colonel Coburn Sear . There , Grievous saw Billaba leading the Republic forces . Grievous then demanded that she must die . However , Kleeve saw his obsession with killing Jedi as distraction and warned against attacking before he left for Kaller . Grievous left as well for Mygeeto . However , he left Colonel Sear to deal with Billaba and her forces . Grievous then waited for Billaba and her forces to come to Mygeeto . There , he and Colonel Sear confronted Billaba and her apprentice , Caleb Dume . Battle of Coruscant . Grievous captured Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine and took him aboard his flagship the " Invisible Hand " . Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi - Wan Kenobi boarded the " Invisible Hand " to rescue the Chancellor . They defeated Count Dooku and were escaping with the Chancellor when General Grievous captured them , meeting with Skywalker face to face for the first time . The Jedi broke free of their bonds , and after destroying IG - 101 and IG - 102 , the pair cornered Grievous . The General shattered the front window of the cruiser with an electrostaff . Kenobi , Skywalker , and the Chancellor managed to stay in the ship , but Grievous was sucked into space . Protected from exposure to vacuum , the general survived and used a grappling hook installed in his arm to latch onto the hull of the ship . After ejecting the rest , Grievous fled in one of his flagship ' s escape pods , and later headed for the secured planet of Utapau in the Outer Rim Territories , where the Separatist Council was hiding . With Count Dooku ' s death , Grievous succeeded him as Head of State of the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Under the direct order of Dooku ' s Master , Darth Sidious , Grievous relocated the Council to the planet Mustafar . Return to Utapau and duel with Kenobi . After the Republic received word that Grievous was hiding on Utapau , General Kenobi was sent to defeat him . Though Nute Gunray and the other Council members doubted Grievous ' ability to lead , they followed his orders , leaving just moments before Kenobi ' s arrival . Kenobi jumped down from a bar above and greeted Grievous , who applauded his audacity before ordering his bodyguards to kill the Jedi Master . After Kenobi handily defeated Grievous ' bodyguards , the droid army got ready to open fire . However , Grievous ordered them to back away as he decided to engage Kenobi himself . He immediately split his arms in four and attacked the Jedi master in one last duel . Grievous lost two of his hands to Kenobi ' s superior dueling skill before Clone Commander Cody and the 212th Attack Battalion arrived , ambushing the droid army . Fighting broke out all over Pau City between droid and clone forces . Grievous continued to threaten Kenobi , but Kenobi ended the initial duel with a tremendous Force push that disarmed the general . Grievous fled on his wheel bike . Death . Pursued by Obi - Wan on a varactyl named Boga , after a prolonged chase and running duel , the two soon crashed onto Grievous ' private landing platform , where the " Soulless One " was docked . As they fought hand - to - hand , Grievous made use of his mechanical body ' s superior strength . However , Kenobi managed to rip open Grievous ' chest plates , revealing Grievous ' synthskin gut - sack containing his remaining organs . Angered , Grievous tossed Kenobi off the platform , but the Jedi manipulated his position via Force and caught hold of the edge . Grievous charged Kenobi with an electrostaff , preparing to finish off his old adversary . However , Kenobi used the Force to summon Grievous ' blaster , shooting Grievous five times in his exposed gut - sack . The oils preserving Grievous ' remaining biological components ignited , incinerating the famed cyborg from the inside and finally destroying him . Legacy . Years after Grievous ' death , an Imperial researcher named Cylo began working on the creation of cybernetically - enhanced individuals ; these individuals were designed to be possible replacements for Darth Vader as the Emperor ' s apprentice . One such individual , Karbin , had a cybernetic body installed by Doctor Cylo , whom claimed to have been inspired by the body of Grievous . Some time after the Battle of Endor , Temmin Wexley implied that he had downloaded some of Grievous ' old programming into Mister Bones , his robotic bodyguard . Personality and traits . As a Kaleesh warrior , Grievous stood 2 . 16 meters tall and had red skin and slit - pupilled golden eyes . As a cyborg , he had clawed feet , two arms which could split into four , and a skull - like mask which his eyes peered through . Grievous ' hatred for the Jedi was well known throughout the galaxy and was stated by him on many occasions . A brilliant military strategist and a feared Jedi hunter , he was especially known for his brutality and ruthlessness . However , he was also quick to run from a fight when the tide was turned against him . This tactic worked , until his final encounter with his nemesis , Jedi master Obi - Wan Kenobi . Skills and abilities . Despite his lack of Force - sensitivity , Grievous was highly skilled in lightsaber combat , in which he was trained by Count Dooku . With his cybernetic enhancements , Grievous relied on strength and agility when in combat with a Jedi . He was a master of many of the classic forms of Jedi arts , and was able to adapt quickly to an opponent ' s fighting style . Though he preferred hand - to - hand combat , Grievous was also skilled in the use of blaster pistols or blaster rifles , and was also a skilled pilot . Behind the scenes . Grievous was developed for the 2005 movie as a powerful new villain on the side of the Confederacy . He was introduced in " Chapter 20 " of the animated series " " , which aired over a year before the film ' s release , but his appearances in that series have been relegated to the Legends continuity . In " Revenge of the Sith " and the second " " animated series , he was voiced by Matthew Wood . Before Matthew Wood was cast in the role of Grievous , producer Rick McCallum suggested British actor for Grievous ' role . However , at the end , Oldman didn ' t accept the role and Wood was cast instead . In " Angry Birds Star Wars II " , Grievous appears during the events of " " . Also , instead of dying at Obi - Wan Kenobi ' s hands on Utapau , Grievous accompanies Anakin Skywalker and Emperor Sheev Palpatine to Mustafar , where he helps them defeat the stormtrooper s who did not side with them . After the defeat of Skywalker , Grievous isn ' t seen again during the game , possibly indicating that he was defeated or killed offstage .