Sabotage of Grievous' shuttle

Count Dooku arranged a sabotage of Grievous' shuttle, which resulted in destroying most of his body and nearly killing him. When Dooku and his Sith Master, Darth Sidious, were drawn to Grievous' bloody reputation as a Kaleesh warlord on his homeworld, Kalee. With Grievous no doubt having wanted to become a cyborg and undergone gradual upgrades, at least, by that point, historical work was unsure if the crash really happened or if Grievous's transformation was entirely by his own choice.
==Prelude==
During the Republic Era, Count Dooku and his Sith Master, Darth Sidious saw potential in the Kaleesh warlord Grievous, who led his people, the Kaleesh in a merciless war against their planetary neighbors, the Yam'rii of Huk. Dooku needed to recruit someone to lead the Droid Army.The Star Wars Book After the Jedi and the Republic had sided with his enemiesRise of the Separatists and left hundreds of thousands of his people to starve to death, Grievous began working as an enforcer for the InterGalactic Banking Clan.
Over time, Grievous introduced profound modifications to his cybernetic body to increase his combat skills,Ultimate Star Wars with strength and speed to rival even Jedi Master making him an even more threatening and fearsome warrior.Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
==History==
At some point, Count Dooku and San Hill conspired to assassinate Grievous. Dooku arranged a sabotage to Grievous' shuttle and he was nearly killed as a result. Nearly all thatStar Wars: Alien Archive remained of Grievous's body after his work at replacing his body with cybernetics was destroyed in the crash.
==Aftermath==
===Reconstruction===
After the horrific shuttle crash almost ended his life, the Kaleesh warrior accepted the offer by Count Dooku to undergo a life-saving surgery, as the Sith were interested in experimenting with technologically advanced beings.Star Wars: The Dark Side Under Dooku's direction, Separatist cybernetic experts and Geonosian biotechs, with assistance from medical droids, including the FX-9 surgical assistant FX-6, nearly reconstructed Grievous to save his life.Star Wars 100 Objects Initially Dooku falsely told Grievous into believing that a Jedi was responsible for the sabotage, instilling in the General a deep and violent hatred for the Jedi. In addition, Dooku instructed him in the Jedi art of lightsaber combat, with one military expert instructing another.
In time, the ancient Kaleesh warrior joined the Separatist MovementStar Wars Made Easy and allied himself with other members of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. He was bestowed upon the title of Supreme Martial Commander of the Separatist Droid Armies, which he gladly accepted,Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded becoming a key Separatist leaderStar Wars: Galactic Atlas and the absolute leader of the galaxy's largest Separatist Droid Army.
===Historical perspective===
Historical work doubted the accuracy of the shuttle crash story. While it was speculated at one time that Grievous was turned into a cyborg against his will, with rumors spreading that Dooku ordered the crash and was, in turn, ordered by Sidious to save Grievous's life with a reconstructive surgery carried out by medical droids, Grievous had wanted to become a cyborg already.Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Character Encyclopedia - Join the Battle! By the time of the crash, if it happened at all, Grievous had accepted mechanical upgrades over a period of time.Star Wars Made Easy Indeed, a major source to Grievous's history—the statues he maintained in his personal fortress on the moon Vassek 3—indicated as such, depicting a slow descent into a mechanical form. In the end, one account concluded there was no evidence Grievous was the victim of someone's secret designs when it came to how he got his cybernetic body.
==Behind the scenes==
In Star Wars canon, the shuttle crash was first mentioned in the hardcover reference book Star Wars: A Galaxy at War published by Dorling Kindersley.Star Wars: A Galaxy at War In Stars Wars Legends, the shuttle crash first appeared in The Eyes of Revolution, a comic story written and illustrated by Warren Fu, published in the Dark Horse Comics anthology Star Wars: Visionaries, released on April 2, 2005.
A San Hill card from Star Wars: Card Trader stated that San Hill, Poggle the Lesser, and Dooku worked together as part of a conspiracy to transform Grievous into their cyborg servant. Pablo Hidalgo stated that this was an outdated reference to Grievous's Legends backstory, but subsequent canon sources have brought in similar details.
===Non-canon appearances===
*LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga 
==Sources==
*Star Wars: A Galaxy at War 
*Ultimate Star Wars
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*Star Wars Annual 2019 
*Star Wars Day-at-a-Time Calendar 2019
*Star Wars: Alien Archive
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*Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
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*Star Wars Day-at-a-Time Calendar 2023
*Star Wars 100 Objects
*Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy 
==Notes and references==
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