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General Grievousmay not be a Sith Lord , but he ’s as legendary for bolt down Jedi as anyStar Warsvillain . And now , therealreason he was able to slaughter Jedi so well may have finally been bring out .
In hindsight , General Grievous may only be rivaled byDarth Maul as the bestStar Warsvillainto get only a few arcminute of silver screen time ( appearing only inStar Wars : Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith ) . But his report for kill Jedi , then using their lightsabers to vote out even more made a long-lasting impression . The same will likely be true of his new floor told inStar Wars : Age of Republic - General Grievous , a funny Koran exploring his unique connection to The Force .
While the flick andStar warfare : The Clone Warsshowed General Grievous to be a victim of his own emotions , there is no deny his talent for murdering Jedi Knights , regardless of their experience . Until now , that killer instinct was explained by beingtrained in lightsaber combat by Count Dooku , not to name the strength of facing down one lightsaber withsix . But there may be another reason …
In the Page ofStar Wars : Age of Republic - General Grievousby author Jody Houser and artist Luke Ross , the Supreme air force officer of the Droid Army allow his self-importance and arrogance to challenge even The Force itself . First slaughtering twonew Jedi Knights(leaving them in total shock as to how he vanquished them so swiftly ) General Grievous communes with The Force venue point they sought . He intends only to merge with it so that he may destroy it through brutish force – the type of battle his artificial , interchange consistence is designed for – but gets more than he bargained for .
SeeingGeneral Grievous ' original face revealedby the strange voices or inhabitants of The Force is a historic bit of its own . But as Grievous force out the restoration of his body , tout that he has ' upgraded ' his forcible form , the Force spokesperson offer an alternative perspective . In seeking unsubdivided , physical , contrived power , he has sacrificed something greater . By cutting away region of his living body , General Grievous has simultaneously"carved away"his connection to The Force .
The takeaway is n’t that General Grievous would have been a Force User , or even Force - sensitive had he remained in his natural , constitutive eubstance . The point is that in shrink his truthful body until only eyes , a spine , and some organ continue ( a ghost visual on its own ) Grievous has made himself almost non - existent to The Force . And THAT is what may in conclusion explain his fabled power to take even the most skilled and receive Jedi Knights by surprisal in hand - to - hand lightsaber combat .
The traditional knowledge surroundingthe kyber crystals that power lightsabershas been transfer in the newStar Warscanon , but most of the mythology remains the same : the gem are connect to The Force directly , transfer its energy , substantiate an vista of it , and even forge a sentient bond with both The Force and the Jedi whose lightsaber it calls home . In a lightsaber duel , it stands to reason that a Jedi or Sith senses both fighter and weapon through The Force . But with General Grievous essentiallyinvisibleto The Force , and using lightsabers as a tool that ca n’t partake or emit any of their telltale adhesiveness or energy whatsoever , he ’s the last opponent a Jedi Knight could ever prepare to struggle .
You ca n’t call it cheat , per se , but it ’s not exactly a fair competitiveness either . No matter what , even General Grievous does n’t grasp the cost of his tragic advantage , believe himself to simply be ' a good belligerent . ' Now theStar Warsfans know better .
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