General Grievous (Legends)

The Star Wars Legends General Grievous, born as Qymaen jai Sheelal, is a secondary villain of the original Star Wars: Clone Wars series. He was voiced by John DiMaggio and Richard McGonagle in the animated series.
== History ==
===Backstory===
=== Star Wars: Clone Wars ===
In Star Wars: Clone Wars, General Grievous's first public appearance is when he attacked several Jedi on Hypori. After killing Daakman Barrek, Grievous surrounded Tarr Seirr, Sha'a Gi, Aayla Secura, K'Kruhk, Ki-Adi-Mundi and Shaak Ti. After stating he would grant the Jedi a "warrior's death", Grievous killed Gi, and Seirr then injured Secura, Ti, and K'kruhk. He managed to possess three lightsabers (one in each hand and the third using his left foot) to fight Mundi. As they fought lightsabers blazing, clone troopers arrived to save the surviving Jedi from Grievous, though they left K'kruhk thinking he was dead.
Sometime later, Grievous searched for Supreme Chancellor Palpatine on Coruscant and fought several Jedi that took Palpatine to a secret bunker aboard a maglev train. However, Grievous and his MagnaGuards reached the hardened bunker and made his way to Palpatine. As Grievous was about to escape, Mace Windu Force-crushed his chest plates which severely damaged his lungs which gave him terrible coughing and wheezing problems.
===Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Legends)===
==Personality==
Since the 2003 Grievous was a machine, he, like the 2005 General Grievous was nothing like the his heroic counterpart. 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.
== Gallery ==
==Trivia==
*When Genndy Tartakovsky was creating Clone Wars, George Lucas explained that Legends General Grievous was the main villain of Revenge of the Sith which led Genndy to creating Legends General Grievous in the series. In the series, Grievous was cold-machine that hunted Jedi by taking their lightsabers and later the Jedi were after him always in the Clone Wars series. His chest was force-crushed in the Clone Wars. After this, Lucas needed a new design for Legends Grievous in the Movie which led to the creation of ROTS General Grievous for his villainous appearance of coughing and wheezing in the Movie.
**After that, a new General Grievous was made but as a hero, and not a villain which is why Lucas kept Legends Grievous Non-Canon and separate from the new heroic Grievous. After Lucas sold Star Wars to Disney, TCW Grievous Hero became canon to Star Wars, completely removing the confusion of the two versions of Grievous in the same timeline despite Disney's own attempt to mess up Grievous Hero later with Non-Canon backstories.
*In the new Canon, General Grievous and Obi-Wan Kenobi are rivals despite not making sense with the movie. The 2003 Clone Wars however, didn't have 2003 Grievous and Obi-Wan Kenobi fight as they never met each other until Revenge of the Sith. The Clone Wars TV series General Grievous however, has fought the villainous Obi-Wan various times.
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