I just realized, General Greivous is basically Vader! (no spoilers please)

[JediTricks]

Pardon me if this has been discussed here before, I'm actually spoiler-free and haven't been reading this section myself. (Also, if you could minimize spoilers on this thread, that'd be great.)

Earlier today I realized that the concept of General Greivous, that of a Jedi-killing, lightsaber-wielding cyborg, is basically the same concept as Darth Vader. I don't know much about the guy except the cartoons and the basic buzz, but he does read a bit like a Vader rip-off to me - granted, not a "Death Star II" level of rip-off, more like an "Outlanders Club" level. So anyway, am I slow to the party, or way off base, or actually on to something?

[Beast]

Han: "I think you hit it pretty close to the mark, kid." (Paraphrased, of course)

I wouldn't say he's a massive rip off of Vader, but he does fit a purpose to the overall story that I don't want to go too much into. I think he's in the movie to more or less establish the tech of taking what ammounts to a corpse and having it used as the basis of a cyborg type of being. Plus to also give Obi-Wan something to occupy him while Anakin's arc is playing out. I think his design and story are pretty unique, and can't wait to see him on the big screen. He's a million times more intresting than that wanker Durge from Clone Wars, that's for sure. :)

MTFBWY and HH!!

Jar Jar Binks

[JediTricks]

That's like the 3rd time we've agreed on something in the last 2 days, I'm scared! :eek:

...I wouldn't say he's a massive rip off of Vader...
Yeah, I'm not saying he's a total rip (the thread title is a bit misleading), that's why I made the "DS 2"/"Outlanders Club" reference.


I don't think I dig his design, but it's way better than the BTS photo on the official site.

[Beast]

Hey, we don't always agree but we have the same general ideas in most respects. And at least when we don't agree, you respect my opinion, and I respect yours. So nothing to be scared about. Lucas is right, there is a diverse fanbase and they all have different ideas. What pleases one, will tick off another. :)

MTFBWY and HH!!

Jar Jar Binks

[JediTricks]

One man's meat is another man's bantha? ;)

[El Chuxter]

No, no, no, no! Vader is a fallen Jedi. Grievous is a Trandoshan former fast food employee from Dantooine who was severely crippled in a speeder accident. His longtime love, Lurlene, was killed in this accident, and Grievous became a holonet scam artist so that he could earn the money to purchase a cybernetic body with which to defeat the Jedi Knights, as Kit Fisto was directing traffic that day and Grievous mistook his mighty grin for a signal to go through a red light.

Oh, sorry, you said no spoilers! D'oh!

[JediTricks]

Thanks chux, that explains it all. ;)

[tgr3328]

Grevious is part of a reoccurring theme in the movies; men who act like machines, machines that act like men, men mass-produced like machines, men that are part machine, machines that are part man, etc.