Soon after returning to Coruscant, Obi-Wan is called away to Utapau to confront General Grievous.

Palpatine insists to the Jedi that the war, and thus his emergency powers, will continue until Separatist leader General Grievous is killed.

The work is filled with quotes of other pieces by Shostakovich: the first movement quotes his Symphony No. 1 and Symphony No. 5 ; the second movement uses a Jewish theme first used by Shostakovich in his Piano Trio No. 2 ; the third movement quotes the Cello Concerto No. 1 ; and the fourth movement quotes the 19th century revolutionary song " Tormented by Grievous Bondage " and the aria " Seryozha, my love " from Shostakovich's opera, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.

General Grievous is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, an antagonist who first appeared in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

Grievous is portrayed as the Supreme Commander of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, a political faction of planetary systems waging war on the Galactic Republic.

Now the Republic's top priority, Grievous takes refuge on the sinkhole planet Utapau, where the Separatist Council is based.

Grievous then reports to Dooku, who informs Grievous that there is room for improvement.

At that moment, General Tarpals of the Gungan Grand Army intervenes and engages Grievous in a duel, ending when he is mortally wounded at Grievous ' hands.

In the first episode of the Season 4 Finale, Grievous is sent to the planet Dathomir under orders from Count Dooku to exterminate the Nightsisters, including Ventress.

Grievous will appear in the fifth season of the series, and after the events of Massacre, he is promised to be portrayed as a much more dangerous character.

In the third volume of Clone Wars Adventures, it is revealed that General Grievous attains his rank of Supreme Commander by dueling Asajj Ventress and Durge simultaneously.

Ventress jumps onto a chandoleer and attempts to search for Grievous but is instead knocked off by the Cyborg, who is caught by Durge.

Grievous is able to knock Ventress away, though Durge sent the general flying across the room into a wall with a powerful punch to the face.

In the wake of the battle, Grievous is made the Supreme Commander of the Confederacy's military.

Grievous makes his last appearance in the comics in Star Wars: Obsession issue number 4, in which he is on the world of Boz Pity where he kills two Jedi, Master Soon Bayts and Jedi Council member Adi Gallia.

Though Grievous is subdued by Mace Windu, Count Dooku is able to save him so he may fight another day.

Though Gunray resorts to lies, Grievous deduces that the Neimoidian is lying and threatens to kill him.

Though Grievous wins the fight, Dooku points out several flaws in the general's technique, while realizing he is partly to blame for the general's inadequacies.

General Grievous is completely computer-generated imagery in the movie.

In the Clone Wars, Grievous is depicted as having 4 fingers per arm, whereas in the original Star Wars: Clone Wars cartoon, the general is depicted as having 5.

Grievous makes his next appearance in Lego Star Wars and Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, featured as a boss and an unlockable, playable character in free play mode.

Another music video was also aired on MTV2 on the program Video Mods that featured Darth Maul, Boba Fett, Darth Vader, and General Grievous in the place of the real band members.

General Grievous was developed for Episode III as a powerful new villain on the side of the Separatists.

General Grievous appears as a playable character in Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lightsaber Duels, released for the Nintendo Wii on November 11, 2008.

In the series ' final episode, he orchestrates an attack on the planet Coruscant in which Grievous kidnaps Palpatine, setting the stage for Revenge of the Sith.

In the first episode of the series, " Ambush ", Dooku tries to broker a treaty with Toydaria, and during the Malevolence episodes (" Rising Malevolence ", " Shadow of Malevolence " and " Destroy Malevolence "), he commands Grievous in surprise attacks by the Star Destroyer Malevolence.

In Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, in addition to a brief appearance as Orn Free Taa, Wood plays the voice-role of General Grievous, a role originated by voice-actors John DiMaggio and Richard McGonagle in the series Star Wars: Clone Wars, in the movie, he dubbed the voice of stunt-man Kyle Rowling who played General Grievous utilizing motion capture.

He reprised his role as General Grievous and the battle droids in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars movie and TV series.

* Star Wars: The Clone Wars ( TV series )-General Grievous, Wat Tambor, Senate Guards, BX-series droid commando, Poggle the Lesser, battle droids, HELIOS-3D

Jar Jar Binks ( posing as Gungan Boss Lyonie ) distracts Grievous in a series of negotiations long enough for the Gungan Army to shut down Grievous ' invasion force.

Wood also plays Grievous in the animated series The Clone Wars as well as for all of Grievous ' video game appearances.

After graduation, Holmes's first foray into BBC radio comedy was for BBC Radio 4 with his debut comedy series Grievous Bodily Radio in 1997.

During the Clone Wars he trains General Grievous, leader of the Droid Armies, and Asajj Ventress, his personal assassin.

* Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes-General Grievous ( Nintendo version ), voices of Battle droids

* Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels-General Grievous, voices of Battle droids

According to character Obi-Wan Kenobi, these powers increase as the Clone Wars extend into a search for General Grievous, who replaces Count Dooku as Separatist leader.

General Grievous statues from the Clone Wars episode 10 " Lair of Grievous "

During the course of the Clone Wars, Grievous also clashes with Kenobi aboard the Malevolence for the first time, when he chases Kenobi aboard the warship's railway system.

In Grievous ' personal castle on the third moon of Vassek, the Jedi, along with a squad of Clone Troopers, ambush Grievous and cut off his limbs.

Grievous again makes an appearance in Season 2 of The Clone Wars.

Over the course of the Clone Wars, Grievous clashes numerous times with Kenobi.

Whereas the General Grievous of Star Wars: Clone Wars was fast, acrobatic, and powerful, the current General Grievous is depicted as slow, dim, and incompetent.

The constant ' retconning ' of expanded universe and original content at the hands of Star Wars: The Clone Wars has sparked outrage among the fan base, for example the fact that Grievous has not won a single battle of any type Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Grievous had previously appeared in Clone Wars before many of his personality traits had been finalized.