Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir

Nice, we have a new feat for Maul in those images you posted, Galan. He Force Repulses a couple dozen droids, there.

We have Grievous dodging blaster fire here

And Maul loosing to Grievious here

I hope Grievous tears him to shreds.

He'll probably just beaten up and sorta/kinda stalemate him and then run away with some diversion.

Originally posted by Tzeentch
I hope Grievous tears him to shreds.

He'll probably just beaten up and sorta/kinda stalemate him and then run away with some diversion.

Holy mega-scans! Christ, I already posted links on the last page... Did you really need to post annoyingly large images, too? srsly

Anyway, I was also happy that Maul didn't just tool Grievous with ease--'bout time the good General was given some respect by his writer. 👆

Also interesting to note that Grievous was likely holding back. Dooku explicitly tells him NOT to kill Maul. Also interesting that Dooku thinks Grievous is more than capable of bringing him down.

I doubt Grievous was holding back against such a powerful adversary.

Still, I think it's cool that they're trying to bring back the times when Grievous was an insurmountable badass.

You can tell in both his lines and the way he's drawn that he's back to being the highly sophisticated military general rather than his clumsier interpretations in recent media.

Mandalorians suck that much? They seemed a lot cooler in TCW episodes, if the mandalorians where the Neo-crusaders in this they would win

Very good issue. Probably could have stood to double the length of the story, though. You can tell this was made for a 20 minute episode.

Originally posted by NewGuy01
I doubt Grievous was holding back against such a powerful adversary.

Still, I think it's cool that they're trying to bring back the times when Grievous was an insurmountable badass.

You can tell in both his lines and the way he's drawn that he's back to being the highly sophisticated military general rather than his clumsier interpretations in recent media.

Hmmm, I dunno. Dooku's specific orders not to kill him probably did affect him. And hell yes, I like that they are doing this as well, and I enjoy Dooku finally being pleased with his performance. I wish we could have gotten badass Grievous moments like the destruction of Humbarine and his victory at Duros though.

Grievous can't take Maul in a "fair" one-on-one; not only does it defy everything Lucas and Filoni have to say about the general, Maul lampshades it, and Grievous orders his MagnaGuards to "soften him up" before he himself enters the fray. Maul's retreat owes more to the utter decimation of his forces than to inferiority to Grievous. The general can hold his own in a strict duel, but once the Force enters the equation, Maul will win every single time.

Badass!Grievous is more of a brilliant and overwhelming commander than a Jedi killing thug. Glad we got to see that aspect of the character emphasized.

Hopefully it'll stay that way. RotS and TCW completely removed his balls and made him in to a coughing Dr. Claw. "I'll get you next time, Jedi! Next time!"

No voice in a comic so we don't have to hear his stupid accent. Wish they would put him back to more of a silent antagonist akin to his old animated self.

Originally posted by PTforthewin
Mandalorians suck that much? They seemed a lot cooler in TCW episodes, if the mandalorians where the Neo-crusaders in this they would win

I did not see one regular battle droid (the incompetent sad sacks of shit). Their army in that battle was entirely Super Battle Droids, Droidekas, Commando Droids, and Magnaguards.

Originally posted by Lord Lucien
Hopefully it'll stay that way. RotS and TCW completely removed his balls and made him in to a coughing Dr. Claw. "I'll get you next time, Jedi! Next time!"

No voice in a comic so we don't have to hear his stupid accent. Wish they would put him back to more of a silent antagonist akin to his old animated self.

Stover's Grievous was far and away the best Grievous, better than ROTS!Grievous, TCW!Grievous, and yes, even CW!Grievous.

I haven't read any of the books with him in it. Did he fit more in line with the CW version?

Yeah. Stover's Grievous was in the ROTS novel. And was also apparently more in line with earlier scripted versions of Grievous. The Star Wars: Storyboards book for the prequels intimated that Grievous was originally much more badass. To the extent that he was outright impervious to lightsabers, necessitating Obi-Wan's defeat of him via a precision blaster bolt as in the movie.

That would make sense for a supreme commander who fights against lightsabers. I have to read the novelization again, I remember thoroughly enjoying it.

Originally posted by Lord Lucien
That would make sense for a supreme commander who fights against lightsabers. I have to read the novelization again, I remember thoroughly enjoying it.

It's great.

In the original storyboard, Obi-Wan tries to stab Grievous in the face on the bridge of his destroyer and Grievous catches it barehanded. Cue Obi-Wan's Oh Crap look and Grievous boots him across the room, sans lightsaber.

But, as I said, my issue with Grievous is ultimately that TCW did little to portray him as anything other than a thug. Given that his primary use to the Separatists, Dooku, and Sidious is as a military commander, it's more important that we see him kick ass from his chair than in the field.

Would have made a great contrast to his appearance. You'd look at him and only think of him as a weapon, but then he'd bust out this amazing strategy or tactical maneuver and blow everyone's minds. And then drop down on the battlefield and beat up a few Jedi. That's an actual villain.

Originally posted by Lord Lucien
Would have made a great contrast to his appearance. You'd look at him and only think of him as a weapon, but then he'd bust out this amazing strategy or tactical maneuver and blow everyone's minds. And then drop down on the battlefield and beat up a few Jedi. That's an actual villain.