Clone Wars Rewatch: 2.09: "Grievous Intrigue"
Cookie: “For everything you gain, you lose something else.” We’ll come back to this one.
Grievous’ return was a long time coming. We hadn’t seen him since “Lair of Grievous” in season one.
Yep, Eeth Koth is alive. Guess who doesn’t care? This guy! Hammer! (PS, I'm not nicknaming myself The Hammer. That's what the Clone Cast calls the show overriding the EU) (PPS, the Expanded Universe, not the European Union)
I liked the increasing order of difficulty we get from the boarding droids. First SBDs, then commando droids, then Magna Guards, and finally Grievous himself. Well, Grievous attacks last, anyway.
That music cue when Grievous walks in, which gets repeated for various scenes throughout the series, is one of my favorite in the show.
Timing “Jedi filth” with his lightsaber ignitions is kind of cool.
Would Grievous have a chance against the Koth without his Magnas? Maybe. Hard to say, but he clearly wins because of them.
Barriss in the background! And Ahsoka. And some younglings. And, of course, future guest star Tera Sinube.
Commander Wolffe is back, with his new silver eye.
Adi Gallia makes her animated debut here.
Saleucami is famous to EU fans for the Siege of Saleucami arc in the Republic comics title. I believe they went to a volcanic part of the planet in the comic story. Obi-Wan also mentions it in ROTS.
Nice showcasing of Anakin’s piloting in that dropping out of Hyperspace.
I have no idea how gravity in that shuttle is working. Is the planet’s gravity stronger than the shuttle’s? I just don’t know. You’d think they’d be in free fall without their artificial gravity working.
Grievous tries the cutting a circle in the bulkhead and launching it at your enemies maneuver twice.
Kenobi vs. Grievous, Part II!
Anakin prefers commando droids over destroyer droids. I don’t blame him.
Obi-Wan’s words to Grievous reflect some ideas in the fortune cookie. Grievous has lost a lot to gain the power he has, and he’s still Dooku’s lackey.
Tactical droids should never laugh. Whenever they do, something bad happens to them.
Anakin actually sends Adi after Grievous and chooses to take Eeth back to the shuttle. I know Anakin can’t meet Grievous until ROTS, but that just seems out of character for always on the front lines Anakin.
Cody actually punches Grievous in the face. It doesn’t work, but it’s still kind of cool.
Adi vs. Grievous! The first time I saw this, thought he might actually kill her. Though that would have been kind of a waste of a character wouldn’t it?
I’m kind of wondering what the entire point of Grievous’ lure was. Did he just want to fight and possibly kill some Jedi? It simply becomes an escape attempt for him after they get Eeth Koth back. Seems like a lot of resources simply to kill a few Jedi, capable as they may be.
Next: Rex gets some hard questions in “The Deserter”!