Originally posted by: Commander Courage
I don't think there is any real way to show the process Maul went through to become the cyborg Grievous of Episode III.
Agreed.
CC, I really like some of your ideas, but not this one. This is like comic-book exposition and as such weakens both Maul and Grievous. The most important factor in suspending the audience's disbelief is to have believable characters. This would pull me right out of the movie right away.
And we need to establish Grievous' objectives in Episode I. He is on Tatooine in search of Amidala for the Trade Federation. Perhaps he does notice Anakin as he flees to the ship an mentions this to Qui-Gon (I suggested some rough dialogue in an earlier post). After failing to capture the Queen, he goes to Naboo with the Trade Federation, waiting for the Queen and the Jedi to return? This is what makes it so hard without Sidious. It would indeed be cool to have Grievous after the vergence in the force, Anakin, but I just don't see how to convey that or even go anywhere with it with the material we have available to us.
I don't think there is any real way to show the process Maul went through to become the cyborg Grievous of Episode III.
Agreed.
The way I envisioned it was Grievous monologing to Obi-Wan at the start of their duel in III, explaining what all he had to go through because of him. Maybe a, "I had to stay in suspended animation for a decade before the technology was available to make me what I am now. This is not an existance worthy of a Sith, Kenobi. And it's all because of you."
CC, I really like some of your ideas, but not this one. This is like comic-book exposition and as such weakens both Maul and Grievous. The most important factor in suspending the audience's disbelief is to have believable characters. This would pull me right out of the movie right away.
And we need to establish Grievous' objectives in Episode I. He is on Tatooine in search of Amidala for the Trade Federation. Perhaps he does notice Anakin as he flees to the ship an mentions this to Qui-Gon (I suggested some rough dialogue in an earlier post). After failing to capture the Queen, he goes to Naboo with the Trade Federation, waiting for the Queen and the Jedi to return? This is what makes it so hard without Sidious. It would indeed be cool to have Grievous after the vergence in the force, Anakin, but I just don't see how to convey that or even go anywhere with it with the material we have available to us.
I'm thinking along these lines: the Neimoidians think Maul's working for them to get Amidala, but he has a secret mission from Sidious to get Anakin. Again, this doesn't need to be explicit, just suggested like MTH said earlier. Although it would be interesting if Maul somehow let slip about "the chosen one" in Qui-Gon's presence.