General Grievous is the one character in the prequels I actually liked. Any better nerds than myself know what he was before he got all mechanical?

He was a Huk.

If the "true" Grievous had this much win, he would have been able to kill off ALL the Jedi.

Somehow I feel embarrassed watching this. I think it has something to do with him getting into character and doing the point/clutched fists thing around 1:38.

But, yeah, still a cool costume.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Huk_War

>> ^ponceleon:

Any better nerds than myself know what he was before he got all mechanical?

So wait, he's not a Huk, he's a Kaleesh?

The anti-Jar Jar Binks of the prequels. An elegant villain for the more fanboyish nerd.

Hang on a sec... um... where the fudge where his other two arms? I watched this with the expectation of some cool realisation of his four arms... Jibbed.

Otherwise it's pretty nice and all... but grrr... I want a four arm costume dangit.

It's times like this that I question my nerdom. I haven't the foggiest notion who this character is.

Then again I wouldn't shut my whore mouth throughout the entirety of episode 2 because, wow, what a piece of shit that was. Not surprised I don't remember a thing from them.

Didn't even see the third one because I was so offended someone thought I might actually want to see watch the first two. You would have thought they would have given us something palatable after episode 1 was hacked apart my critics and audiences alike. </rant>

Grievous in the movies was a huge disappointment after seeing him take on around six Jedi and a squad of clone troopers in the animated Clone Wars series, by artist of Samurai Jack fame, Genndy Tartakovsky. Supposedly he was greatly weakened by a Force Crush from Mace Windu before appearing in Revenge of the Sith, hence the constant coughing and wheezing, his hunched over sickly look and toned-down fighting style and the apparent ease with which Obi-wan Kenobi took him out (with a fucking blaster of all things! UGGH). He really deserved better. But that movie was a crapfest in general so I don't know how much having an at full-strength Grievous would improve that whole situation. Dirge would've been nice to see too but Kenobi had already had his way with him by then.

Actually, now that I think about it, the Clone Wars was the best thing to happen to Star Wars since the original trilogy by far.

That and those amazing 6-parter movie reviews by that one geek whose name I forgot.
>> ^AnimalsForCrackers:

Actually, now that I think about it, the Clone Wars was the best
thing to happen to Star Wars since the original trilogy by far.

>> ^harry:

That and those amazing 6-parter movie reviews by that one geek whose name I forgot.


Here it is:
http://videosift.com/video/Star-Wars-The-Phantom-Menace-Review

Seeing the whole super spinning lightsaber battle thing with Grievous is pretty crushing. Like the redlettermedia guy says in his reviews, the force use and lightsaber fights in the original trilogy weren't all about spectacle. Yoda never even trained Luke to fight...yet in the prequels lightsabers and crazy effects fill the screen at every turn. So, when I see something that appears to have been created simply for spectacle I just sigh.

Regardless of my hatred of all things prequel, this costume is pretty friggin' well done.