Written by Mr. Mouseburger 25th Oct 2005
Kindly submitted by Pyro
This fight was more a prolonged chase than anything else. When Grievous and Obi-Wan square up to each other, Grievous unveils four arms, each one weilding a light sabre that he can rotate at over 1000 rpm. It looks like a complete mismatch, but after a few seconds duelling, Grievous has lost two arms and is looking much more vulnerable.
He realises this and decides to "leg it" on a bizarre motercycle of some kind. Obi-Wan pursues on a big CGI lizard.
When Obi-Wan catches up to him on a landing bay, the two fight a little longer. Obi-Wan continues to have the advantage till Grievous kicks him over the edge and approaches with a staff(as opposed to using lightsabres). Using the force to grab a blaster nearby, Obi-Wan takes it and shoots Grievous in the chest, killing him instantly.
So uncivilized....
Obi-Wan is the friggin' man, but this death is a little less than spectacular. I was hoping for full Lightsaber-fueled dismemberment.
Oh well, at least we got to see a sweet circular lightsaber saw beforehand.
I thought that, somehow, such a cheap yet vicious tactic deployed by weapons constructed by good guys who are now dead by the very hands that are now using them was a very perverse usage of a "civilized weapon." All the more fitting he should go down by a blaster bolt. ^_^
I almost cried when Grievous met his end. It was soooooooo pathetic and after seeing Clone Wars and even reading the comics, you can't help but feel both cheated and horribly disappointed.
This should have been an intense lightsabre duel, with Grievous showing the same precision and prowess he showed in the Clone Wars cartoons and actually giving Obi-Wan a run for his money. Then, as Grievous seems sure for victory as he overwhelms Obi-Wan, the Jedi takes a blaster with the Force to WOUND Grievous, THEN grabs his lightsabre again and slices him apart; first his arms, then in half, then finally, decapitating him. Had this been the case, Obi-Wan's victory over him would have been more impressive and Grievous would have recieved a demise far more deserving.
The death Lucas gave him(not to mention the "fight" itself) made Grievous look like a complete wuss, and made the fact that he single-handedly slaughtered numerous Jedi knights, and masters alike completely far-fetched.
Or, in an even better situation, Grievous would win again, kill Obi-Wan, then Anakin, then when he comes back, kill Vader, then kill yoda, then kill everyone else, grievous is the coolest character in all of Star Wars. Please don't let the major fanboys kill me.
This was actually made into an action figure by Hasbro, believe it or not:
General Grievous (Demise of Grievous)
I think that the text needs to be revised a little - during the fight, Obi-Wan bends open Grevious' chest pieces to expose his human (or whatever) organs. Then he later shoots him (repeatedly) to give the organs a good crisping. It makes sense, seeing as organs are delicate and not ment to be cooked by a blaster.
Screenshots of this are on their way - be warned, there are 24 in total. Not surprising as that write-up covers 15 minutes in 2 paragraphs. The sequence is so long, they cut to two other events!
I reckon Combustion should be added, as the blaster fire actually sets him on fire. That's not to mention Dismemberment, Chase, Swordplay and One On One.
You'd think Greivous' internal organs would deserve more armor...
Electrocuted could be added here, as Obi Wan does give him a few hits with the double-sided tazer things. (in particular, under the organ armour)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the blaster Obi Wan used to kill Grievous, the guy's own weapon? I seem to remember Grievous pulling it out, but losing and lossing it during the battle. So if its the case couldn't Own Weapon apply?
I agree that the fight with Grievous should have lasted longer, but I'm afraid I disagree with the idea of him being killed with a light sabre. There have already been so many light sabre deaths up until this point, and despite the fact that they're cool, it would become too repetitive if Grievous got killed this way too.
Someone even mentioned Grievous perhaps being decapitated but I say no, no, no, no, definitely not. Two villains have already been decapitated with light sabres, one of them at the start of this film, so doing it again in such a short space of time would be incredibly tedious and boring in my opinion. I actually really liked Grievous' death-by-blaster anyway - it made a nice change from the overly-used light sabre killings.