grievous' species and stuff on sifo-dias

i took this from a guy from mf.com

*General Grievous*
Years ago, a war broke out between Grievous' species, the Kaleesh, and their planetary neighbors, the insectile Huk. Grievous became infamous during the course of this war. The Huk, whose world was rich in ore and other minerals, were in good with the Republic, whom they called on for intervention. What followed were "agressive negotiations" from fifty Jedi Knights and Masters, and sanctions placed on the planet. The Kaleesh fled the Republic into the waiting arms of the Intergalactic Banking Clan, who came to their rescue, reinstating trade and assiting with funds. Grievous, however, had caught the eye of Sidious. The Sith Master saw in Grievous great potential, but Grievous refused to work with the Sith. After his refusal, Grievous was involved in a shuttle crash, organized by Sidious...(more to come, I've got to review that part)

*Sifo-Dyas and the ordering of the Clones*
At this point, it has not been 100% stated who ordered the clones from the Kaminoans, but here's what's been established so far...
-Dooku did not order the clones. He did, however, erase Kamino from the archives. He also murdered Sifo-Dyas.
-Yoda confirms that there was a record of an initail contact between the Kaminoans and Sifo-Dyas.

*Additional Tidbits*
-The book begins during a battle on the planet of Cato Nemoidia. Also mentioned are the planets Mygeeto, Salucemi(or whatever, I butchered that one), Felucia, and Utapau.
-C-3P0 is told by another droid that, if he is ever offered a memory wipe, he should take it.

its from the labyrinith of evil

That's all I've got so far. If anything else big comes along during my reading, I'll let you know!!!

omg dooku killed sifo-dyas

hmmm...

Woah baby, got a link please?

nevermind I found it

http://www.millenniumfalcon.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=2594&highlight=labyrinith+evil

This stuff was posted on TFN earlier this afternoon by a guy who had an advance copy of the new novel Labyrinth of Evil

Sounds interesting to me.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

quite interesting indeed

Not to hijack this thread, but I have a question.

Is the Clone Wars cartoon EU?

If not then Dooku did order the clones. In one scene the senator refers to Dooku as Tyranus. The water-people in EII, whatever they're called, said Tyranus ordered them.

But very interesting about Grevious' history, I just hope he doesn't go frog crazy with 3 lightsabers in the actual movie. Though it was cool in toon-world.

^ Everything that isn't Episodes 1-6 or comments from GL = EU

More info on Sifo Dyas from Labyrinth of Evil:

During his time with the Jedi Order, Dooku had sensed the dark side approaching. His confidant had been Master Sifo-Dyas, who was also disturbed by what was coming, though he lacked the courage to do anything about it. After leaving the Jedi, Dooku was approached by Sidious, who taught him the ways of the Sith...

"But he needed to gauge the depth of Dooku's commitment. One of your former confidants at the Jedi Temple has perceived the coming change, Sidious had told him. This one has contacted a group of cloners, regarding the creation of an army for the Republic. The order for the army can stand, for we will be able to make use of that army someday. But Master Sifo-Dyas cannot stand, for the Jedi cannot learn about the army until we are prepared for them to learn of it."

So the murder of Sifo-Dyas was Dooku's "Sith Trials" of sorts.

cool. i hope they mention that in ep3

S'cuse me - but what happened to:

"The person who ordered the Clones was seen onscreen in AOTC" - Pablo

Seems to me that:

One of your former confidants at the Jedi Temple has perceived the coming change, Sidious had told him. This one has contacted a group of cloners, regarding the creation of an army for the Republic.

Means Palpatine himself ordered the clones.

??? please explain?

maybe 'the person who ordered the clones was seen onscreen' could not actually mean physically onscreen as a character, but maybe there was a bust of him in the jedi library where dooku's bust was. do we even know what sifo dyas looks like?

Originally posted by Mist
??? please explain?

Palpatine orders the Clones.
Tells Dooku that Sifo did it.
He didn't.

i get what your saying now, but before ot didnt make sense to me. how would sifo dyas have contaced the cloners about an army, if dooku was the one who chose jango to be the prime clone?

Originally posted by Mist
i get what your saying now, but before ot didnt make sense to me. how would sifo dyas have contaced the cloners about an army, if dooku was the one who chose jango to be the prime clone?

I thought I just explained?

Sifo never contacted the Cloners.
Sidious did.
He let Dooku believe it was Sifo to test Dooku's loyalty - to see if he would kill a fellow (or former fellow) Jedi.
Then Dooku erased Kamino and followed up the order, contacting Jango.

is this your theory or actual facts?

im just gonna slow down a bit here.....so....
sidious placed an order for the clones, knowing they would be useful in the future. he then tells dooku that sifo dyas placed the order, and tells dooku that sifo dyas must be killed off.
but, sifo dyas had no idea about the clones? sidious just wanted to see if dooku could kill another jedi as a loyalty promise type thing?