Why did they downgrade him again?
Why did they downgrade him again?
Joshua Foster
Ryan Reed
Did you stop to consider that maybe they didn't and that Obi Wan is simply that OP that he could've wiped the floor with Kiadin Mundi and those other jedi losers just as easily?
Matthew Brooks
Blasters in the hands of jedi are the most powerful weapons in the galaxy
Logan Barnes
This!
Jaxon Lopez
Lucas had a completely different idea for how he wanted Grievous, but it hadn't been finalized as of Genndy making the animated series. So the sudden jarring shift in his characterization was the result of it actually being two entirely different characters that just had the name and look shared between them. The Clone Wars Grievous ended up even weaker because you can't have a relentless killing machine occupy the same space as main characters too long without raising a bunch of questions about how he's never managed to kill any of them.
Jaxon Jenkins
That makes sense, they can predict their target’s movement to lead their shots, and I think at least in the expanded universe, when two blaster shits collide they combine and their vectors change.
Tyler Roberts
To Lucas, Grievous was a dick dastardedl moustache twirling villain who flees on sight of the Jedi and who was there just for Obi-Wan and Anakin to fight.
The Genndy shorts and the novel Labyrinth of Evil tried to make him more of a proto-Vader who became a cyborg through an accident ordered by Dooku/Palpatine and who was a strategist and warrior in his own right.
Nathan Long
>Did you stop to consider that maybe they didn't
We know explicitly that they did. This is not speculation or obscure information.
Luke Allen
The Clone Wars Grievous is a more proper character, but I think Genndy Grievous served a better purpose setting-wise, to make the clone wars less of a fucking curbstomp in favor of the jedi. Also, and more a matter of personal taste, I liked Genddy Grievous as an example of technology letting certain characters keep up with Force bullshit.
Grievous should have been a scary distant figure next to Dooku, while creating another recurring villain for the weekly adventures.
Anthony Allen
>The Clone Wars Grievous ended up even weaker because you can't have a relentless killing machine occupy the same space as main characters too long without raising a bunch of questions about how he's never managed to kill any of them.
could have had Grievous kill ahsoka.
Charles Fisher
Christian Cook
So now that Genndy Clone Wars isn't canon anymore, how did Grievous get his cough?
Brody King
Faulty bionics, apparently the cyborg-making since wasn't that well researched at the time despite being able to jump entire star systems and shit.
Lucas Lewis
Obi Wan was OP.
Dooku told Grievous that he should run if he couldn't surprise and overwhelm the Jedi he was fighting. Grievous' freaky robot body and enhanced brain could only make up for so much against a focused and strong jedi. This is shown when Obi Wan just cuts off his arms when he tried his neat spinning trick. In theory, Obi Wan was probably one of best guys they could've sent to deal with Grievous. Obi Wan wouldn't get too freaked out, and even if he did, he'd still just act like a smug bitch. Plus, he was specifically great at fighting defensively.
Brayden Thompson
Because he outshined Vader. Seriously, everything about was better than Vader. You can't do that to your main OT character.
Gabriel Fisher
2D is better than 3D. If 3D Grevious was as powerful as 2D that;d force Obi-Wan to do way more crazy moves in the movie to counter him.
Lincoln Thompson
Nah, it was Mace Windu who fuck him before Ken cowardly shoot him.
Blake Carter
Let's not go there, they have very different styles. Genndy's Grievous was a terminator figure for high adrenaline scenes and slight horror sequences, while Vader had all the sass and intimidation factor even when simply chatting.
Nicholas Jones
because writing threatening villains is too hard
Blake Reed
Lucas got butthurt that people loved Genndy's star wars so much.
He also vetoed the storyboard artists that wanted to make Grievous extra scary in ROTS.
Jose Reyes
Because Genndy is a better film maker/storytelling than Filoni and modern George.
Robert Morales
Supposedly (IIRC the novel mentioned it), Obi-Wan's style was focused on defense, and didn't leave openings for Grievous's aggressive style to exploit. The prequels put a lot of development into different lightsaber styles, and it's supposed to be a sort of rock-paper-scissors thing. Grievous could rampage over most Jedi, but Obi-Wan could just hold him off until there was an opening to lop off a hand or whatever.
Joshua Campbell
Lucas created him to lose to Obi-Wan.