General Grievous
General Grievous is a fictional character and a major antagonist in the "Star Wars" franchise created by George Lucas. He was introduced as a supporting villain in the 2003 animated series "Star Wars: Clone Wars", voiced by John DiMaggio in the second season and Richard McGonagle in the third season, before making his live-action debut in "Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith" (2005), where he was created using computer-generated imagery and voiced by Matthew Wood. Wood reprised his role in the 2008 canonical animated series "Star Wars: The Clone Wars", where Grievous is one of the main antagonists.

Grievous, a brilliant military strategist, served as the Supreme Commander of the Confederacy of Independent Systems' droid armies during the Clone Wars. While not Force-sensitive, he trained in all lightsaber combat forms under Count Dooku to rival the Jedi of the Galactic Republic. Throughout the Clone Wars, Grievous killed numerous Jedi and collected their lightsabers as trophies, earning a reputation as the most feared Jedi hunter in the galaxy of his era. He developed a rivalry with Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, with whom he clashed numerous times during the war, and who eventually killed Grievous after he assumed command of the Separatist Alliance following Dooku's death in "Revenge of the Sith".

Aside from the films and animated series, the character appears in various canon and non-canon "Star Wars" media, such as books, comics, and video games, many of which explore his backstory. Within "Star Wars Legends" material, Grievous was born Qymaen jai Sheelal and was a Kaleesh warlord who developed a personal vendetta against the Republic and the Jedi. After suffering near-fatal injuries in a ship crash, he was rescued by Count Dooku (who was secretly responsible for the crash) and rebuilt as a cyborg. The character's backstory was retconned in "The Clone Wars" animated series, in which it is implied that Grievous willingly replaced parts of his body with cybernetic augmentations, in an effort to "upgrade" himself. However, several elements of Grievous's backstory from "Legends" were later reintroduced in the current "Star Wars" canon through various books.

Since his introduction, Grievous has become a widely recognized figure in popular culture, and one of the most popular "Star Wars" characters of all time, gaining a cult status.
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