In the days immediately after the Battle of Geonosis, which sparked the Clone Wars,
Darth Sidious and his apprentice Count Dooku wanted to put their three best warriors head
to head in a challenge to see who should lead the Separatist droid army against the
Republic Clone Troopers. To do this, Count Dooku unleashed the wild General Grievous
inside of a dark, labyrinth, before sending the other two candidates, Asajj Ventress and Durge
in to search for him, and whoever came out alive would be granted the rank of
Supreme Commander of the Droid Army. I’m going to breakdown how General
Grievous Kindapped Asajj Ventress and became the Separatist Army leader.
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So the story begins in a dark, creepy labyrinth somewhere in the outer rim,
where Count Dooku has sent two of his best warriors, Ventress and Durge
to search the entire area, after telling them he has sensed someone inside.
Once Ventress makes her way inside, she contacts her master through her commlink
and tells him that she still doesn’t sense anyone inside the area. As she continues looking around,
she says that perhaps the security sensors are malfunctioning, but as Dooku is monitoring her
progress from a series of security screens, he tells that she is wrong. Someone is aboard
the dark station, and she must continue her search until she uncovers the mysterious being.
Ventress follows Dooku’s order, and moves through the dark halls of the station,
until eventually arriving at the trophy room, where a variety of stuffed creatures and other
beings are being stored as prizes for victory in combat. Creepily, you can also see a collection
of lightsabers and even some Jedi robes. One of the robes is even coloured purple, so let
me know down below which Jedi you think that one might have belonged to. There was actually
a Jedi who wore purple during the time of the old republic, so I’d love to hear what you guys think.
Following this, she contacts Durge, who is the direct competition to Ventress and Grievous,
although she doesn’t know it. At this point, neither of them know who Grievous even is,
as he is as he a fresh recruit of Count Dooku and we’re at a very early point in the war.
Technically Grievous was actually at the battle of Geonosis, but he was
hidden deep in the dark catacombs below, and slaughtered every single jedi who saw him,
so his presence wasn’t discovered until later.
Durge quickly tells her that he just moved into the gallery room and is moving in her direction,
hoping to trap whoever is inside this creepy place between the two of them. Durge then goes on to say
that he still thinks this whole operation is a waste of time, but before he can even finish his
sentence, a jolt of pain surges through his body as he is shocked by an electro-staff,
seemingly out of nowhere. It is of course Grievous himself, who has been unleashed by Dooku.
Grievous simply calls Durge pathetic, before grabbing the bounty hunter by the neck and
snapping it. Going even further, grievous, Grabs durge and slams him into nearby artefacts,
glass objects, strange devices and even a vehicle, putting him in a world of hurt.
As ventress rushed on to the scene, she asks him who the figure is that they are hunting,
but Durge just can’t answer because he never got good look at the mysterious figure. Ventress
however, doesn’t let this stop her, before she rips off her robe and leaps through the air,
igniting her red lightsabers jumping up above the room. As she is inspecting the area to find the
creepy being, a dark figure appears behind her, before horrifically bashing her head, sending her
plummeting down to the floor of the room. Luckily for her, Durge is able to catch Ventress Mid air,
and even complements the mysterious creature’s speed, but they have once again lost him.
As the two recover from his attack, they agree that they need to stay close,
and Durge asks “Who do you think this is? A Renegade Jedi?”
Ventress then chillingly responds, No. Something more dangerous… As soon as she says this,
the crazed Grievous emerges from the shadows and faces the two head on.
Ventress ignites her lightsabers and Durge pulls out his magna bolas,
but grievous is prepared for absolutely any threat that comes his way.
Grievous then brutally slashes Ventress to the ground, with a single swing of his staff,
before Durge pulls out his blaster and begins firing on him...of course, failing horribly.
Grievous then slams Ventress into a nearby glass case,
before Durge hurls his magna bolas at him, tightly wrapping it around grievous’ neck
and sending a shock through his cyborg body. Grievous however is an absolutely beast,
simply shrugging off the electric shock before grabbing the bolas and removing it from himself.
As he does this, Ventress ferociously jumps onto his back and slices her crimson blades
right through his metallic plating, causing him to shriek out in pain.
Immediately following this, durge follows up the attack, this time by forcefully punching
grievous directly in his face, sending him absolutely flying through the room,
and into a statue of Count Dooku… Pretty hilarious to see Dooku’s head be taken off of the floor,
just like it was taken off of his shoulders by Anakin. As grievous is down and not in good
shape, the Ventress and Durge surge forward to finish the Kaleesh warrior off, but before they
are able to do anything to him, he ignites two blue lightsabers and stabs Durge right through the
chest. Grievous then harnesses his rage and fury, brutally chopping Durge’s head off with a single
swing of his blue blade… And if you know durge, this is going to be too much of a problem for him.
As Durge’s head bounces across the floor, Ventress directly engages grievous in a
fierce lightsaber battle, locking their blue and red blades together,
with Ventress finally demanding to know who this savage cyborg really is.
Grievous refuses to answer, but a rage sweeps over Ventress and she
continues swinging her curved blades at hill, demanding to know who he is.
Grievous is then pushed into a nearby tank, which sends him over the edge,
and leads him to angrily storm back at Ventress, Grabbing her by the neck and holding her high
above his head, exclaiming that he is the future. This absolutely terrifies Ventress,
but Grievous laughs at her tiny size, continuing to strangle her, taunting her over and over again,
until eventually she can no longer breathe and is dropped to the cold floor below.
Immediately following this, Grievous picks up Ventress and Durge bodies,
delivering them back to a very surprised Count Dooku.
Dooki didn’t initially think that Grievous would be able to take on two of his best warriors,
but much to his delight, the cyborg performed well above expectations.
As Dooku looks over at Grievous, the Kaleesh warriors confidently states
that Victory was never in doubt, before coldy asking Dooku if he can Jettison the
bodies of Ventress of Durge, leaving him as the final remaining follower of Dooku.
Dooku of course tells his fiendish cyborg not to jettison the body since both have
endured much worse over their short time serving Dooku, and they have shown their loyalty to him.
Because of this, Dooku Orders Grievous to place the bodies in bacta tanks
so that the two can recover in the near future, and get back into action.
Following this, General Grievous asks if he passed Dooku’s test, to which Dooku replies
that he did pass the test and is quite impressed with his skills. As a result of this triumph and
his ability to defeat the other 2 competitors in the challenge, Dooku then gives command of
the Ground Army to Grievous, officially giving him the title of General for the first time.
Dooku then reminds General Grievous that although he is giving him this very powerful role in the
separatist military, he is still under the command of Dooku and must not forget that.
And to end the story, Dooku tells Grievous that together,
they will bring the republic to their knees and end the rampant corruption of the Senate.
Obviously, Grievous loves hearing this as his people were badly betrayed by
the Jedi Order and the Republic during the Huk war, back on Kalee.
So that is how General Grievous became the leader of the Separatist army,
and gained the title of Supreme Commander of the Droid Forces. If you want to know more
about General Grievous fate after Revenge of the Sith, make sure you click the card on screen now
for an incredibly interesting video about what happened to his body. Thanks so much for watching,
really hope you enjoyed the video. Cheers guys hope to see you in the next one!