a aa yee LSmo § Ar. WARS... GENERAL GRIEVOUS “BURN™ The Clone War rages! The Jedi Order leads the armies of the Republic In battle against the endless Separatist droid legions. The Jedi may have finally met their match in the fearsome and merciless General Grievous! Countless Jedi have fallen to Grievous’ blades but no matter how many Jedi he slaughters. nothing can sate the cyborg’s appetite for destruction. JODY HOUSER LUKE ROSS JAVA TARTAGLIA VC's TRAVIS LANHAM PAOLO RIVERA MIKE McKONE & GURU-eFX; PEPE LARRAZ & GURU-eFX WARREN FU ANTHONY GAMBINO MARK PANICCIA TOM GRONEMAN CB. CEBULSKI JOE QUESADA DAN BUCKLEY FOR LucaseiLm ROBERT SIMPSON MICHAEL SIGLAIN JAMES WAUGH, LELAND CHEE & MATT MARTIN. ‘STAR WARS and relsted text and illustrations are trademarks and/or copyrights, in the United States and other countries, of Lucasfilm Ltd. and/or its affiliates. © & TM Lucasfilm Ltd. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/. ‘or institutions in this magazine with those of any living oF dead person or institution iz intended, and any such similarity which may exist Is purely sntal. Marvel and its logos are TM Marvel Characters, Inc. WWW.MARVEL.COM= ry P/E rmA He in E Toda (iis 2 aiast si icons ieFESTRAGTION. ae a re a a ae ieSarr AAT IN 3 Cama ta art es a agit tie { — é a ear PyeAGE OF REPUBLIC AGE OF REPUBLIC General Grievous: The Infamous Drofd General General Grievous ‘whole lot af screen time during the prequel trilogy of the Star Wars faga. He waz intreduced in the opening crawl of Revenge of the Sith and we were left to wander where this mysterious dei general came from. Ultimately n't matter that he was a Kaleesh ‘worlord-turned perfect warrior and Jedi k and going sbaut his dark work. And Hf he was daring enough to kidnap ‘Chancellor Palpatine an Coruscant, he was a dangerous enough ‘challenge fer our heroes with no mare information needed The lichind-the-scenes facts of the character are_almost as. fascinating and fan az the character himsolf For instance, did you know that his ‘wheezing hacks and coughs came straight from George Lucas? During recording sessions, Lucas had a hacking case of bronchitis and the ‘sound editors incorparated those into ‘the performance of the droid general. THE VOICE ‘As Revenge of the Sith developed, George Lucas had problems filling the role of General Grievous. Lucas knew ‘what he was looking for, But as he went through audition tapes, he stil couldn't find exactly what he wanted, In the meantime, Cartoon Network was By Bryan Young hhard at work on the second season of Genndy Tartskavely’s 2D animated iteration of Star Wars: Clone Ware. Those animated shorts introduced the world ta ‘he lethality of General Grievous and gameone had te bring life te the rele, ‘even though the part till remained uncast for Revenge af the Sith veteran voice actor John jaggia. Yau'd recognize him ac the voice af Bender on Furlurama or lake fon Adventure Time. He came in and gave the character Rig unique spin, ot knowing what the final version ‘wauld sound like, DiMaggio’s Grievous was 2 fittle the film, and even he wos replaced in the third season by the animation and video ‘Same voice actor Richard McGonagle. In an intervicw with LAM Caline, Matthew Wood, sound cditor at Stywalker Sound and the final voice ‘of General Grievous, recalls what Lucas was searching for. “George sa he wanted something very vampiric, kind of Bela Lugoci—liko, and that'c kind of where that went.” Wood had dabbled in voice acting and had just been on vacation in Eastern Europe and thought he cauld da exactly what Lucas was looking for. He put in an audition tape blindly and was shocked ‘when he was informed that he had gotten the part ‘The rest was history. THE CLONE WARS Wood didn’t just voice Grievous for Revenge of the Sith. The drald general became an important component of The Cone Wars. If one wants to knew about Grievous and what motivates him, one needs to Took ne further than the first season episode “Lair of Grlevous.” Grievous has built a secret monument to himself, a cold and dark lalr dedicated to keeping himself as upgraded and lethal as possible. Another episode that highlights the best of Griewous is “Shadaw Warrior” when the general faces off against the Gungan Grand Army and comes up short. In every Iteration, Wood brings a delicious lilt to the character's voice. Henry Gilroy, a writer and producer of The Clone Wars, reminds us in an Interview with TheForce.Net that Grievous, although he's last so much al his body, is not a tragic character. “He's a cold-blooded mass murderer, & classicold-schoal vl from Vader—in. tha any redeeming characteristics. What kind of vain egomaniac has statues of himself in his house? Maybe ene whe ia trying to convince himself he did the Fight thing.” Sources: TheForce.Net and LRMOniine.a = = AGE OF REBELLION