What it's like to fight Jax during URF

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Darth Bane would like to have some words with you.

Yes and no; while I agree introducing a character that defeats the resident badasses solely to exemplify their superiority is a poor decision, doing so to remind audiences the heroes are not infallible is perfectly reasonable.

In relation to Grievous' introduction, the Jedi had already dealt with countless droids, survived a crash landing, and were still fighting off an overwhelming force. They were exhausted by the time Grievous arrived, and he manipulated their fatigue by shaping it into fear, disrupting them. The General had an incredible advantage before even setting foot near the group.

Later episodes depict him as competent, but more importantly, terrifyingly relentless. He was still a threat, but no where near unstoppable as his first appearance made him out to be. Grievous' victories over individual Jedi are, notably, after he has run them into the ground. By being a cybernetic organism, he has the advantage of stamina, capable of outlasting any organic adversary, and he abuses it.

That relentlessness fit his character. Even prior to becoming the General, he was an exceptional soldier. Having lost many loved ones, witnessed the suffering his people after being denied aid by the Republic, and finally, led to believe the Jedi were the source of all his problems, he became solely focussed on their destruction. He was remade to fulfill that purpose; everything about Grievous was built around eliminating Jedi, so it makes sense he is frighteningly effective against them.

He had one job: prove that the Jedi were not invincible, and, at least initially, he did.

We all know the hero wins at the end, that is what stories have led us to believe, and typically, that assumption holds true to this day. But when victory is assured and nothing is at risk, a story becomes boring, we lose any sort of connection to the hero because we can fail, we do lose.

To end my rambling, I like Grievous because he made me think, "maybe they can lose" and that strengthened the investment in learning what happened next. He put the story's outcome in question, and that made it all the more exciting.

Plus, cyborgs are awesome.

He then went into a 4v1 against Kit Fisto and lost.

Him being the four.

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The MVP arrives. Thanks man.