General Grievous General Grievous is a Star Wars minifigure based on the character of the same name . Grievous has currently appeared in six set s with two different variations , his most recent appearance being in 2014 . Description . Grievous is a major character in the Star Wars theme , appearing in " " and the " " sub - theme . The minifigure has a styled head , body , four droid arms and a set of droid legs ; the latter two were parts identical in design to Battle Droid parts , with a white colour instead of tan . However , in 8095 General Grievous ' Starfighter , LEGO altered the design so that Grievous resembles his appearance in the series , giving him a neck that extends horizontally from his body , and a new , less mechanical - looking body . The head is new , and has paint applications to the face and eyes . Grievous is also given new legs and arms , and his decoration is somewhat peach - coloured . Grievous had four lightsabers in both sets that included the General ' s initial incarnation ( two green , two blue ) , and in 7656 General Grievous ' Starfighter , and also came with a gun . Grievous even has his own droid bodyguards , also known as MagnaGuard s , which appear in the sets 7673 MagnaGuard Starfighter and 7752 Count Dooku ' s Solar Sailer . In The Quest for R2 - D2 . A two - part video on the LEGO Star Wars website named The Quest for R2 - D2 shows a slight variation of the old General Grievous figure , including black arm and leg joints , a redesigned cape from 7255 General Grievous Chase , and a slightly yellow - tan tinge to his armour . The colouration for his armour carried on to the " " line . Background . Grievous was once a Kaleesh warrior who was engineered for Count Dooku ' s purposes before the Battle of Geonosis , in preparation of the Clone Wars . Before his transformation into a cyborg , Dooku had Grievous ' s shuttle crash , leaving him barely alive with near - fatal injuries . Count Dooku then offered him a new existence and was transformed . Grievous then took up position as General of the Confederate droid army , and became Dooku ' s right - hand henchman and was trained by Dooku himself in the seven classic art forms of lightsaber dueling . He usually collected the lightsabers of the Jedi he killed as trophies , as he had a great hatred for Jedi . Before the events that occurred in " " , Grievous , in his final major act , infiltrated the Senate building and captured Chancellor Palpatine , taking him prisoner aboard his flagship , the " Invisible Hand " . In the opening events of " Episode III " , Jedi Knights Obi - Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker sucessfully rescued the Chancellor from Grievous ' hands , and the cowardly General fled from his dying flagship to the world of Utapau . Obi - Wan pursued him to Utapau and confronted Grievous . Ordering his army of droids to stand down , Grievous challenged the Jedi Knight for a duel to the death . Grievous utilised all four of his arms , and first attacked using his lightsaber - buzzsaw technique . Obi - Wan was able to survive this attack , and sliced the hands from Grievous ' lower arms . Grievous then fled in his personal wheelbike . Kenobi chased him through the city streets on Utapaun lizard - back before finally engaging him again on a landing platform . Obi - Wan was able to disarm Grievous , but the general used his cybernetic implants to pummel him . Kenobi was able to pull apart a section of his armour , revealing his internal organs . Obi - Wan tried to trip him , but the metal was too hard for his leg , and Grievous threw him to the edge of the platform . As Grievous was about to strike Obi - Wan with the electrostaff , Obi - Wan used the Force to summon the blaster towards him . He then killed the general by firing multiple blaster shots into his now - exposed internal organs , igniting the flammable liquids and causing him to explode . His armoured shell remained untouched while Obi - Wan stole his starfighter . Video Game . Grievous appeared in and , both appearances based upon his original variant . Instead of dying after being shot several times in the chest by his own blaster , he died after he was shot once by Commander Cody ' s gun , after killing him , and his head came off . His in - game appearance has non - LEGO eyes and skin that can be seen up close in a cut - scene , leaving only his droid and armour parts with a typically LEGO appearance . His cape is also dual coloured . He has an appearance in , based upon his redesigned minifigure .