General Grievous?????
Author: Stephen Gerding
February 20th, 2004
Ay yi yi. But then, as Andrew pointed out to me, “what do you expect out of a guy who name one of his villains fucking DOOKU….?”
“Continue, the Clone Wars Do …” on Cartoon Network: Epic Micro-Series Returns with 10 New Chapters Beginning Friday, March 26
Chapters 11-20 of Star Wars: Clone Wars to Air Weeknights from March 26-April 8
Major New Episode III Villain, General Grievous, Revealed in Chapter 20
Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mace Windu and Anakin Skywalker lead the Army of the Republic against a vast uprising as Star Wars: Clone Wars continues on Cartoon Network, beginning Friday, March 26. Cartoon Network aired chapters 1-10 of the Star Wars: Clone Wars “epic micro-series” in November 2003. Ten new episodes, chapters 11-20, are scheduled to air on Cartoon Network weekdays from Friday, March 26-Thursday, April 8.
Chapter 11 will premiere Friday, March 26, at 9:30 p.m. (ET, PT). Subsequent chapters will air weeknights at 8 p.m. (ET, PT) from Monday, March 29-Thursday, April 8. Star Wars: Clone Wars marathons will air Friday, April 9, and Saturday, April 10.
Star Wars: Clone Wars continues the saga where the live action feature film Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones left off - at the beginning of the Clone Wars, an epic civil war that pits the old Republic against a vast separatist movement led by the forces of evil.Chapters 11-20 advance the animated saga of the Clone Wars. Taking center stage is the battle between Anakin Skywalker and his would-be assassin, the Dark Jedi Asajj Ventress, prot?g? of the evil Sith lord Count Dooku. Meanwhile, on the desert planet of Dantooine, Mace Windu must single-handedly take on an army of Droid soldiers. And Yoda undertakes a mission to rescue two fellow Jedi, Barris Offee and Luminara Unduli, who are trapped on the icy planet Ilum. He is joined by Padme Amidala, C-3PO and R2-D2 on this dangerous mission.
A key development in the upcoming episodes of Star Wars: Clone Wars is the introduction of a new villain, General Grievous, who will play a large role in the upcoming feature Star Wars: Episode III. In Chapter 20 of Star Wars: Clone Wars, a group of Jedi Knights is being decimated by a seemingly indestructible new enemy. Only at the end of Chapter 20, as Star Wars: Clone Wars concludes, do viewers get a glimpse of this enormous villain with a fearsome fighting technique.
“In Attack of the Clones, we saw that former Jedi Count Dooku (Christopher Lee) was the political leader behind the Separatist movement and instigator of the Clone Wars,” says Star Wars producer Rick McCallum. “In Episode III, we’ll meet General Grievous, the military leader of all the Separatist armies. He’s part alien and part robot. Grievous is a master strategist and the greatest hand-to-hand Jedi killer the galaxy has ever known.”
“Introducing the new character of General Grievous is an awesome responsibility,” said Genndy Tartakovsky, the producer and director of Star Wars: Clone Wars. “Working with the great characters of the Star Wars universe was humbling to all of us on the crew of Star Wars: Clone Wars, but helping to create a new character that will enter the mythology has made us truly feel a the Star Wars family. The fact that he is a powerful villain made it even cooler.”
Star Wars: Clone Wars is being produced at Cartoon Network Studios by a team led by Genndy Tartakovsky, the creator of Samurai Jack and Dexter’s Laboratory. Each episodic short is approximately three minutes in length. Star Wars: Clone Wars is airing exclusively on Cartoon Network worldwide.
The premiere schedule for Star Wars: Clone Wars is as follows. All times are listed ET, PT.
* Friday, March 26, at 9:30 p.m.: Chapter 11 (preceded by Chapters 1-5 at 8 p.m. and Chapters 6-10 at 9 p.m.)
* Monday, March 29, at 8 p.m.: Chapter 12
* Tuesday, March 30, at 8 p.m.: Chapter 13
* Wednesday, March 31, at 8 p.m.: Chapter 14
* Thursday, April 1, at 8 p.m.: Chapter 15
* Friday. April 2, at 8 p.m.: Chapter 16
* Monday, April 5, at 8 p.m.: Chapter 17
* Tuesday, April 6, at 8 p.m.: Chapter 18
* Wednesday, April 7, at 8 p.m.: Chapter 19
* Thursday, April 8, at 8 p.m.: Chapter 20
* Friday, April 9: Chapters 11-15 at 8 p.m. followed by Chapters 16-20 at 9 p.m. (ET, PT)
* Saturday, April 10: Chapters 1-5 at 9 p.m., Chapters 6-10 at 10 p.m., Chapters 11-15 at 11 p.m. and Chapters 16-20 at 12 a.m. (All times ET, PT)
The first 10 chapters of Star Wars: Clone Wars aired in November 2003 to great critical acclaim and ratings success. Versus the same time period last year (Friday, 8-8:15 p.m.), Star Wars: Clone Wars helped propel Cartoon Network’s entire Fridays franchise (7 p.m.-12 a.m.) to #1 in its time period for delivery and ratings of all measured boy demos on ad-supported cable: boys 2-11 (872,000/4.3), boys 6-11 (673,000/5.5), tween boys 9-14 (638,000/5.0) and teen boys 12-17 (403,000/3.2). Additional highlights of the action-adventure program’s performance include the following:
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20 Responses to “General Grievous?????”
February 20th, 2004 at 12:55 pm
Good lord…and people thought Jar-Jar was stupid. Anybody seen these cartoons? I didn’t even know they existed. What a grievous mistake on my part…
February 20th, 2004 at 1:51 pm
Who’s writing this crap? This prequel stuff is running on fumes!! And to think that the original trilogy was been bastardized with the re-release shit. Thank God, I still have my Star Wars Laserdisc Box Set. One day, I’ll be able to sit with my son and show him the original Star Wars trilogy, not this really bad piece of crap that Lucas is currently throwing out there to the masses.
February 23rd, 2004 at 3:14 pm
Hey, “Bombastic”, you want to reign in the attitude a bit there. I’m all for busting balls in a fun way, but this sort of nastiness is only going to serve to get your posts deleted. Let’s play nice.
February 23rd, 2004 at 4:47 pm
Bombastic - no Cartoon Network in Canada. Steve, if this is becoming an “American-only” site, I’m out!
;-)
February 23rd, 2004 at 4:52 pm
Like I would not pester the Americans here. Though I was also genuinely surprised that Murray was not aware of the cartoons. It’s Gendy Tartakovsky, I have way more faith in him than George Lucas
April 10th, 2004 at 8:57 am
I think that General Grievous is a stupid idea, however you can definitely see where this is going… he is the prototype of the technology that Anakin is going to use to become Dart Vader. General Grievous is just a low-level version of the Bad Ass we know and love as Darth Vader. Personally I couldn’t care what other stuff gets pulled out the ass during a smoke out session in the writing room, so long as we get to see the fall of Anakin and the rise of Vader… and of course Vader laying some serious smack down on the Jedi!
April 10th, 2004 at 1:00 pm
I just started watching the cartoon network clone wars. At first(before i watched it) it looked lame. If they would make it a regular half an hour show, I think it might do good. i like the Samurai jack style. btw. Grievous was messing them up pretty bad. The way they made him, it looks like he would own Darth Vader anyday.
April 10th, 2004 at 1:50 pm
The villians from the cartoon network little snippets are not that bad if you compare them to the live action movies episodes I-II, the only good that came from them was in I we got Darth Maul ( 2 thumbs up to Ray Parks ) and then in episode II we get Count Dooku, kind of lame but I do like Christopher Lee and getting to see Anakin ( aka future Darth Vader ) bust out a twin light saber duel was cool but that is about all . So General Grievous is not that bad and the fight scene on the cartoon network that introduces hims is a great fight scene, he wups some Jedi ass!!
April 13th, 2004 at 5:20 am
Well, I started with the comics and the original movies and find myself more interested in how the story evolves. I liked the jar jar bit because he kept it light for the children. I didn’t see a need to go protest because of the ethnicity thing. The comedic relief by C-3PO was overshadowed by Binks role. That role has been limited in Episode II, ThE LOVE STORY! Even though we got to see more jedi fights, EP III is suppose to be the DARK Movie. The time when most jedi perish. If this Villain’s skills are anything like what they’ve shown in the cartoon, then I’m all for it.
April 26th, 2004 at 5:02 pm
All I have to say is whoever is saying that General Grievous was a bad idea, you’re wrong. Did you even see the cartoon clone wars show over the weeks? That gave a good perspective.
November 24th, 2004 at 12:17 am
Finally, i have worked things out. This will turn your pants brown. Anakin is Darth Vader!!!
December 10th, 2004 at 10:07 am
yoda is the one who kill Grievous, because he doesnt appear in the episode IV?
December 10th, 2004 at 10:08 am
But i am sure that bobba fett kill Mace Windu.
May 14th, 2005 at 11:02 pm
general grevious rules
May 14th, 2005 at 11:07 pm
people,people im pretty sure anakin kills mace windo(i was really hoping it would be boba but i dont think it is)and general grevious gets killed by obi won(cheap shot too)
May 21st, 2005 at 2:34 pm
u kno that mace windu gets killed by anakin and palpatine/darth sidius guys!!
May 22nd, 2005 at 6:55 pm
I agree with whoever kevin is. Grievous rocks.
May 23rd, 2005 at 3:33 pm
I agree too, Grievous delivers. I first saw him on Clone Wars and I was blown away. He has the coolest fighting style.
June 11th, 2005 at 2:17 am
Im not a big fan of vader, being a “fighting sequences” fan, griveous is much better, he is just beautiful to watch fighting.
October 21st, 2005 at 10:34 pm
GRIEVOUS FUCKING RULES!!!