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“I try to look for the Wars galaxy. Notably, he appeared
empathy in the character
that way, and perform
him as a lesson as to what
you don’t want to be.”
a successful leader because the
cyborg looked at the big picture;
the general executed high-handed
plans like using hidden listening
posts to ambush Republic fl eets
and attempting to invade Kamino
to stop clone production. As Wood
said, he was always trying to make
a name for himself and his every
appearance during The Clone Wars
certainly emphasizes that.
The Allure of Grievous
General Grievous has also gone
on to appear elsewhere in the Star
that keeps Wood coming back
in Dark Horse Comics’ Darth Maul:
Son of Dathomir (in which he killed
Mother Talzin), and two Marvel
Comics series, Jedi of the Republic:
Mace Windu and Kanan. Most
recently, Wood voiced the villain
again in downloadable content
for the video game Star Wars:
Battlefront II. He had to break his
recording sessions up over multiple
days so that he didn’t destroy his
voice. “You can’t really be subtle.
Grievous having a fireside chat with
somebody is not something we’ve
seen before or are likely to,” Wood
jokes. “Most of his lines have to be
super-projected. In order to hit the
plug-in processor that I use, the way
that I want it to, the voice definitely
has to be pushed.”
In performing a character
that presents such physical and
technical obstacles, what is it
to the role? “I like his struggle,”
he answers. “It’s nice to have a
character as a juxtaposition to
the heroes. Grievous is somebody
in whom you can see all his bad
points. He’s cowardly, and he
doesn’t really have many friends—
in The Clone Wars we went to his
lair, and there’s a droid that’s his
bickering friend, but it’s pretty stark.
He lives alone, he’s always boastful
about all the things he’s going to
do to you or how he’s going to rule
you, and it’s obvious his ego gets
the best of him. So, I try to look for
the empathy in the character that
way, and perform him as a lesson as
to what you don’t want to be. That’s
how it is for me, showcasing that
you can’t have light without dark;
my performance in this dark world
exists to give the light something
to shine on.”
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