to be altered, suits you better." Appearances Film Revenge of the Sith (2005) During the Battle of Coruscant, General Grievous holds the kidnapped Supreme Chancellor Palpatine aboard his flagship, the Invisible Hand. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker infiltrate Grievous' vessel to rescue Palpatine. After Anakin kills Count Dooku, Grievous traps the Jedi on the battle-torn ship and departs in an escape pod. Grievous succeeds Dooku as the Head of State of the Separatists and has his battle droids take the planet Utapau hostage. At Darth Sidious' request, he relocates the Separatist Council to the volcanic world of Mustafar. Grievous is tracked to Utapau by Obi-Wan and the two engage in lightsaber combat while the Republic's clone troopers battle the droid armies. Before Grievous can kill him, Obi-Wan uses the Force to summon a blaster and shoots the organs housed within Grievous' chestplate, killing the cyborg general. Television The Clone Wars (2008–2014; 2020) In season one, General Grievous uses the ion cannons of his flagship, the Malevolence, to attack the Republic fleet. He encounters Obi-Wan Kenobi for the first time but is forced to abandon ship when Anakin Skywalker sabotages the Malevolence and sends it crashing into a nearby moon. Grievous' next plot to launch a surprise attack on Kamino is thwarted when his battle droids fail to secure a Republic outpost on the Rishi Moon. Grievous later uses a listening post to discover the Republic's military secrets. He engages Ahsoka Tano and her squad of clone troopers while his spy station is destroyed by Anakin. In light of Grievous' recent defeats, Count Dooku arranges for Kit Fisto, Nahdar Vebb and a group of clones to infiltrate Grievous' hidden fortress on Vassek to test him. Grievous kills Vebb and the clones but Fisto manages to escape. In season two, Grievous forcibly boards a Republic cruiser and captures Eeth Koth. Obi-Wan, Anakin and Adi Gallia embark on a mission to rescue Koth and apprehend Grievous. Obi-Wan duels Grievous to a stalemate and pursues him to Saleucami. Although Anakin and Gallia succeed in freeing Koth, Grievous escapes once again. In season three, Grievous and Asajj Ventress lead an attack on the Republic's cloning facilities on Kamino. Grievous defeats Obi-Wan but Anakin and the clones prevent Ventress from securing the DNA sample of the clones' template, forcing the Separatists to retreat. Grievous later dispatches a group of infiltrator droids to stage a bombing on