General Grievous (Clone Wars) Lego Star Wars Minifigure

   

General Grievous, Supreme Commander Of The Droid Armies, savage merciless brute, tactical genius and trained in the art of lightsaber combat by Count Dooku himself.  What a fantastic Star Wars Villain?

Of course fans of the Star Wars films will only see Grievous in Episode III.  If you indulge in the Clone Wars TV Series you will see quite a bit more of Grievous and his back story is truly interesting...

Originally known as Qymaen jai Sheelal–a Kaleesh (Reptilian Humanoid race) from the planet Kalee, he is reconstructed as a cyborg (part metal, part flesh – sound familiar?) following a bomb plot that critically injured him.  Qymaen is reconstructed by Geonosian Scientists led by Poggle The Lesser using techniques that we will see perfected a little later on, on a critically injured Anakin.  Grievous is led to believe that the bomb plot was initiated by the Jedi.  A deep hatred of the Jedi ensues:   The four lightsabers that come with this minifigure being the trophies of Jedi Knights and Jedi Masters that he has killed.

You’ve got to love Grievous, this four–armed minifigure is pretty special.  Composed of unique lego parts in bluish grey and tan his mechanical 'duranium' body is beautifully recreated.  It is not your typical lego minifigure in appearance, but a great addition to your Lego Star Wars minifigure collection.

This minifgure variant was first released back in 2010 in the Lego Set:  8095 General Grievous Starfighter.   Up to this point minifigure variants of Grievous had been pretty disappointing (risk of understatement).  The first minifigure variant of Grievous dates back to 2005 in the set 7255 General Grievous Chase where he was albino appearance complemented with a reddish brown cape.  In this set he rides the wheel bike as seen in the chase scene in Episode III on the planet Utapau before his final showdown with Kenobi.

Grievous later appeared in the 2007 set: 7656 General Grievous Starfighter but followed the same “white theme” in appearance bearing little resemblance to the Grievous we see in Episode III and the Clone Wars.

So this minifigure variant is truly satisfying in appearance:  a huge step forward.  There is sufficient variation in poseability (find it in the Oxford English dictionary you won’t, know what I mean you do).  The angle of the arms and variation in lightsaber orientation keeping the young at heart content with playability (lightsaber duelling choreography as I like to think of it).

Could the minifigure have been better?  Not sure – it certainly exceeded my expectations.  Although it looks like we are going to get a new wheel bike set in 2014, let’s see what Lego can do next time!

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