Master Kenobi engages General Grievous

General Kenobi engages his arch-rival, General Grievous in a high-stakes thrilling duel to the death, and not the beautiful proposal Anakin Skywalker thought it was.
Unfortunately, Grievous has prosopagnosia.
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The screenshots were taken from Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, the text added and the video put together using ClipChamp.
The coughing sounds were taken from Pixabay pixabay.com/so...
Kenobi's voice is AI generated, General Grievous' voice was made by using clips from the Skywalker Sage, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: The Clone Wars, both were heavily edited by me to make them sound how I envision them.
The quick text is as follows:
00:06 Obi-Wan: Hello there! ™ is a registered trademark of Obi-Wan Kenobi. No claim is made to the exclusive right to use "Hello there!" except when leaping down from a high ledge to engage cyborg generals
00:23 Obi-Wan: but for a second there I thought you were going to ignore me like we aren't arch-nemeses!
00:26 Obi-Wan: Yes, I, your most celebrated rival, Eeth Koth who seemingly was killed in Genosis but was actually fine
01:23 Grievous: Dooku! I've been putting your training to good use!
01:39 Obi-Wan: [Invisible confusion]
02:37 Obi-Wan: The imminent danger!

[@sealsaregood5146]

I've changed the way the text looks a little to (hopefully) make things a little easier going forward and to allow for a little more creativity in animating the text, there'll probably be some teething issues while I find the exact style I think is best. This video is up because my younger brother keeps nagging me about having more Star Wars memes lol

[@Coolbeanskindaguy]

Seal

[@JeffBird766]

Well cheers to your younger brother then lol

[@alex-f8t8s]

Seal

[@crazybrowexists]

Anakin vs Kenobi when

[@sealsaregood5146]

​@@crazybrowexists I have a super old video that'll basically be the prototype of how that'll look, but I can promise that I'm going to try to make it the intense philosophical debate we all know George envisioned

[@WasThisMail]

The fact that this is happening at the same time Maul is on Mandalore, wanting nothing more than to have a witty standoff with Kenobi makes this even better.

[@King_Hehehe]

And instead of talking about the other rival he has who's utterly obsessed with him, he makes one up who doesn't exist. Yet.

[@mokithepepe2454]

that dude has a rivalry with 3 cyborg jedi hunters lol

[@Death2all546]

To be fair, I don’t think he knows Maul is still alive. People generally die and stay dead when you cut them in half and throw them down a pit.

[@alect525]

@@Death2all546 He definitely does, after all, he did see him murder the Duchess

[@professormetal4411]

​@@Death2all546bro hasn't seen The Clone Wars

[@nitelife1572]

I'll forever wonder if Grievous actually forgot Obi Wan or if he was just pretending to to throw him off

[@idatethefatkid]

It's whichever's funnier to you

[@joshuakim5240]

I like to imagine that the damage to his cybernetics also damaged his memory, resulting in Obi-Won greatly misinterpreting the situation.

[@JayMorayEel]

​@@joshuakim5240general dementia 😢

[@NotYourRealMom]

either of these theories is fantastic, but im leaning towards the former since dooku trained him to make jedi fear him and obi-wan fears all their meaningful interactions meant nothing to grievous

[@germanvisitor2]

I'd like to think that Grievous actually believed Obi-Wan was Eeth Koth all this time.

[@planetbob6703]

When you keep telling people about your "rival" but to him you're just ...some guy...

[@naamadossantossilva4736]

Duck Dodgers had an episode with this.Stealing their girl is the best comeback in such situations.

[@randomperson7435]

There is no girl to be stolen here. Kenobi was doomed from the start

[@fossilking444]

@@naamadossantossilva4736W reference

[@treckerxd7516]

​@@randomperson7435Maul already took care of her

[@timangar9771]

Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen be like

[@bigyoshi5170]

“We can only hope they make extremely passionate love after their wedding, I’m looking forward to being an uncle soon!” -Anakin Skywalker

[@Frikiman_H]

Absolutely love how the part at the end screen is technically 100% true.

[@mod5000]

Could you expand on that?

[@eagleofbrittany7231]

@@mod5000 "Went on to try and honor kill..." refers to him nearly killing Anakin. Not really true since it was him trying to stop the rise of a new Sith Lord, not an honor killing. "assumed a false identity..." changed his identity after he went into hiding and went to Tatooine, a famously scummy planet full of criminals. This part is technically true. "grooming into terror attacks" refers to Obi Wan becoming Luke's mentor and training him in the ways of the Jedi. "Grooming" and "terror attacks" are doing a lot of heavy lifting but from an Imperial POV it could kind of work. That being said, Luke fights the empire to free the galaxy not to kill for his Jedi religion. "countless veterans and civilians" technically when Luke blew up the death star he killed tons of imperial soldiers as well as civilian contractors. However, that's not really his fault that they were working on a planet destroying super-weapon. And after that, the "Star Wars" do continue lol.

[@Unspecifiedweeb]

​@@eagleofbrittany7231 "...fights the empire to free the galaxy, not to kill for his Jedi religion." Doesn't he also intend to bring "balance" to the force ? And doesn't that entail the elimination of the sith lords ? It kind of fits...

[@roguishpaladin]

Yeah, we're kinda overusing the term "grooming" now. I'd be skeptical when you see someone accused of it.

[@steellegionaire]

From a certain point of view.

[@privatename5788]

Just think, with Grievous having such memory issues, Anakin can tell him his thesis over and over, and it will be like the first time each time!

[@pufffincrazy5275]

Are you trying to invent a new torture method?

[@skywantsanacc]

2:50 Took me a second to realize Kenobi making up a nemesis was just his description of Vader

[@davidwuhrer6704]

If you think he made it up on the spot, that's your problem. He has nothing to prove to you.

[@qsfff5099]

And i was thinking about Maul at first, thinking about it Obi-wan has a lot of jedi hunter cyborgs as his rivals

[@JunkoEnoshima.]

Fun fact: In the universe of star wars GENERAL GRIEVOUS is the first person to say ''Hello there'' chronologically as he did against Obi wan in an early Clone wars episode just as he jumped down from high ground. So Obi wan's 'trademark Hello there is actually something he stole from Grievous :D

[@LordUrfael]

Grievous said it first, but Kenobi said it louder.

[@felixtoulgoat3185]

@@LordUrfael We all know that a trademark belongs to who speaks louder.

[@Caidoe_Esthov]

Also, did you know that Leia said, "It's a trap!" before Admiral Ackbar said it?

[@VestinVestin]

_"Your simple greeting will make a fine addition to my collection!"_ - General Kenobi

[@lowercaseh1]

man i hate all the retcons like this

[@DarknetDude]

Grievous was not a one-Jedi kind of guy. Obi Wan has attachment issues.

[@NotYourRealMom]

something something attachments lead to the dark side -yoda or some shit

[@cdos3884]

I think this engagement is going to have some issues everyone...

[@NotYourRealMom]

couples therapy is gonna be interesting if grievous remembers to go...

[@TheUncivilizedNation]

Well yeah the “Apostate” that Kenobi tried to “honor kill” was about to publish his Thesis on The Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise. And his that he’s been burnt to a crisp and assumed a new name he can’t take credit for his work

[@davidwuhrer6704]

​@@TheUncivilizedNationHe did eventually publish it under his new name, didn't he?

[@TheUncivilizedNation]

@@davidwuhrer6704 No, he didn’t. He can’t. Anakin’s thesis isn’t just a thesis. It’s also an autobiography and a prophecy. The autobiography section detailing how Mace Windu tells everyone the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis when they’re Younglings. And the prophecy section correctly predicting that Plagueis’ Apprentice would attempt to tell the tale of the Tragedy to his own potential apprentice. Using the story as leverage to convert them to the Dark Side And now Anakin is legally dead. Meanwhile Vader on record is just a guy that showed up one day. He can take credit for being the Sith Apprentice of prophecy but he can’t take credit for anything else in the book because of the link between the autobiography and the actual thesis

[@Katzenmlnze]

ayo, a derpfestor!

[@mr.sniffles7268]

I thought Kenobi and Grievous were getting engaged :(

[@sealsaregood5146]

I'm sorry you found out this way, Anakin

[@NyxSakura]

So... does that mean they are already getting divorced then? Man, Anakin was looking forward to congratulating Obi-Wan on the wedding. I bet he was even planning on inviting those two to a double date with him and Padmé.

[@cobra8888]

And boy imagine what is the topic of this double date will be about? Anakin’s Thesis.

[@CrayonWithdrawal]

Not the Imperial PSA lmao

[@davidwuhrer6704]

Not a PSA, an accurate epilogue.

[@v.jm.m8200]

A rebel scum! GET HIM BOIS!

[@EALS-pb5rs]

I mean Obi has another arch-nemesis who's a cyborg

[@EALS-pb5rs]

And is force sensitive and killed his master

[@sealsaregood5146]

Canonically (and ironically) Obi-Wan finds Maul super forgettable

[@EALS-pb5rs]

lol Grievous gave him a taste of the same then

[@mrvoice3436]

​@@sealsaregood5146 Really? You'd think the dude that killed his life long mentor would be a decently big deal

[@DrDoompenguin]

Two actually

[@sethcushman5454]

The part where he was making up the bit about a rivalry with another Jedi-hunting cyborg with breathing difficulties, but that one is force sensitive and is also actually his former apprentice, which would actually end up coming true later, cracked me up.

[@davidwuhrer6704]

What do you mean "later"? Dr Maul was there the whole time

[@lordvalen8133]

Maul isn't his former pupil.

[@StevenZissimos]

​@@lordvalen8133 Obi-Wan has a thing for cyborgs it seems 😂

[@molag-ballordofdomination2065]

The ending sentences are technically correct

[@belisauriusfish9406]

“From a certain point of view”

[@TiMoThY211991]

The best kind of correct!

[@davidwuhrer6704]

​@@belisauriusfish9406Objectively.

[@partyjams]

starting to see why Anakin thought this was wedding

[@NotYourRealMom]

and we're SURE obi-wan was spending time in philosophy classes?

[@davidwuhrer6704]

Well, he did say he was engaged.

[@johnanthony4961]

Poor grievous has dementia. He won’t even remember the wedding

[@CubemasterXD]

Dooku really went and built a guy with 4 light sabers huh... A man of his word, which means he is a bad politician

[@NotYourRealMom]

double the arms...

[@davidwuhrer6704]

No, the sabers were trophies from the duels Grievous had won. Not built in, he earned them.

[@CubemasterXD]

@@davidwuhrer6704 i was referncing an earlier starwars video from seals where Dooku mumbles "huh i should build a guy with 4 light sabers"

[@davidwuhrer6704]

@@CubemasterXD I must have missed that. Sorry.

[@rafaelmikoskirosa7510]

Talking to Anakin: You make dementia patients look like they've got hyperthymesia. Talking to Grievous: I THOUGHT WE HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL!!

[@Iamsomeone-real]

Obi wan is the only sane character next to mace windu in this universe

[@TheVoidIsCold]

Obi Wan was not. Mace Windu was one of only sane characters, maybe Padme and Palpatine as well

[@TheRedMage01]

​@@TheVoidIsColdPadma can't be sane, She was able to listen to Anakin's thesis and enjoy it

[@dreamerwav698]

did you forget his gaslighting arc

[@deeros100]

@@TheVoidIsCold Palpatine is the craziest person. He actually asked for Anakin's thesis.

[@ArcCaravan]

I doubt either's sanity, particularly after Windu justified enabling Yoda's drug addictions with, "We can change him."

[@raynmanshorts9275]

Clone Wars: *Puts in every effort to make sure Anakin and Grievous don't meet for the sake of preserving the canonicity of one exchange* Also Clone Wars: "Yeah, Obi-Wan and Grievous can fight all the time. I'm sure that doesn't mess with anything."

[@Dr.Despey]

Yeah… 😅 at least having the two of them fight all the time in CW kinda makes Obi Wan absolutely destroying him in the movie fight make a little bit more sense I guess… but that’s about it lol

[@sasir2013]

The funny thing is that he also says "You were always a bold one". They simply didn't planned whether they would fight before or not, so they just threw every kind of line there to support both cases XD

[@davidwuhrer6704]

They never fought in the 2003 Clone Wars.

[@carloflores7109]

obi-wan and grievous need some couples counseling

[@lelouchvibritannia7809]

I need an Avatar short where Azula tries to tell Iroh and Zuko about Anakin’s thesis and Iroh tells Zuko that she’s crazy and needs to go down

[@kirinkylangilin]

Actually, Azula’s quoting the poetry of Guru Laghima and analyzing the dichotomy of AirBenders and their attachments to the mortal world, with justifications for a cultural reset of the Air Bending Nation due to perceiebed corruption in the Air Nomad society.

[@Jan_Koopman]

​@@kirinkylangilin, OMG, yes!

[@geordineilson5476]

Considering the fact that Anakin's Thesis caused at least 2 Jedi Masters to throw themselves out of windows and deformed Palpatine, that sounds like Azula is trying to torture/kill Iroh and Zuko

[@fazbrogaming7776]

Anakin after reading the title of the video: I should be there with him.

[@Ash-Winchester]

We can only hope...they have a happy wedding.

[@ChouRaiyuki]

One of my biggest frustrations with TCW laid bare in comedic form thankyou

[@TheVoidIsCold]

In a Galaxy, far, far away, there is only war

[@jackdoyle7453]

Its the ending text that truly moves this into the level of genius!

[@AtheistPirate]

Meanwhile, Anakin is furiously scribbling notes for a new thesis on the dichotomy of love and heartbreak.

[@lucianoorciani9797]

in the grim darkness of a galaxy far far away, there is only star wars

[@georgehouliaras7239]

I can't believe that Obi Wan engaged General Grievous without his best man Anakin.

[@davidwuhrer6704]

He should be there with him

[@2001abassodyssey]

That text at the end hits hard lmfao

[@HoneycuttVideos]

Obi-Wan: “I feel bad for you.” Grievous: “I don’t think about you at all.”

[@azurefire-91]

You know this means now you have to meme-ify the comm call between Grevious and Sidious where the former repeatedly accuses the latter of being the Republic Chancellor who escaped his grasp.

[@SunGawdRa]

Well... That... You know... ... Huh. I really can't argue any of those points at the end.

[@GZilla311]

They’re all technically correct. The best kind of correct.

[@eowynsisterdaughter]

I love it when you call out the inconsistencies in established canon, and your wordplay with yhe mostly transparent "CLEARLY". The notion that Obi-Wan engineered Anakin's downfall and ensuing respiratory difficulties and cyborg status just to get back at Grievous was superbly petty.

[@Mephilles13]

So after that conversation kenobi went to mustafa to make sure he did not lie to general grievous about the other rivalry

[@davidwuhrer6704]

I was wondering when Maul had been his pupil…

[@clericofchaos1]

Well, that's kind of a relief. I was expecting him to actually propose marriage for a minute.

[@bigdoubleu117]

Well, most of this is canon now. This is one of the examples I bring up to explain continuity issues between The Clone Wars cartoon and the films. Because Kenobi is correct, the things Grevious says in Ep3 make no sense if they've fought so many times in the past.

[@davidwuhrer6704]

Which is why I regard only the 2003 CW as canon.

[@ArtilleryAffictionado1648]

the OG canon was the 2003 series, which was made before Episode III. There Grievous is introduced as a Jedi Hunter badass and in the series he does actually kill lots of Jedi. They build him up as a huge threat, and explain how he got his "cought", which severely nerfed him to the point he would loose to Obi Wan of all people. So yeah, that was the OG thing. Clone Wars 2008 messed up everything lore-wise, and i see it as a retcon.

[@tylerm6453]

@@ArtilleryAffictionado1648”lose to Obi-wan of all people” - hold up. Obi wan is not a bad fighter. It’s just that he practices form 3, which is a heavily defensive focused style and thus looks unimpressive. It is a perfect counter to Grievous’ style, which was likely form 2, but probably not as skilled as Dooku’s form 2. Combined with Obi wan’s knowledge of the force, it makes sense that he beat grievous, weakened or not

[@ArtilleryAffictionado1648]

@@tylerm6453 bro he would never beat the same grievous that destroyed Kiaad Mundi, Shaak Ti, Shaggy, Ayla Secura and that alien no name jedi WITH TWO ARMS ONLY (he fought the 5 of them AT THE SAME TIME) had Windu not crushed his chest when on the shuttle escaping coruscant. No way in hell.

[@Nathan-k7b1m]

This is legends grievous and it is confirmed in the novelisation that mace windu himself believed that kenobi was the only one who could defeat grievous in one on one combat and kenobi is not just a master of soresu but THE MASTER his defense was unbreakable to the point that even the greatest Jedi killer could not beat him

[@Mmmmmmmm19084]

3:58 Is anyone gonna talk about the text.

[@theCrazyJohn]

No

[@plzletmebefrank]

Ah yes... Asoka Tano. She was a hot piece of.... And a good friend.

[@georgeoldsterd8994]

@@plzletmebefrank dude, she wasn't even 18 yet!

[@plzletmebefrank]

@@georgeoldsterd8994 It's a crazy green text meme that's been around for years. And then someone edited audio of it into the scene where Obi-Wan tells Luke about his father.

[@Xavior12]

3:57 ..... WHAT

[@alduintheanti-dragonborn]

"Yeah don't mind me, just cough in the middle of my sentences." At the exact moment when I'm coughing.

[@timebrain3188]

I love that Grievous just has zero shits about who Obi-wan is and cares even less about his lightsaber. He's just goin 'I don't even know who you are.'

[@zachdrago8130]

2:03 aren't the two lightsabers on the left Kenobi's and Anakin's?

[@ProtoKun7]

Yes, they reused some designs for Grievous' sabers. The colours get swapped at some point too as I recall.

[@Master_Kessler]

FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE WHO NOTICED THIS

[@runeuchihawhatifsandgaming3783]

generous grievous has forced General Kenobi to surrender and retreat through pure mind games, incredible

[@Dario-uj6qo]

Obi Wan: Anakin there is no time to explain, I need you to slaughter some younglins, NOW Maul: am I a joke to you?

[@karizake]

You wouldn't know him he goes to a different artificial moon.

[@owengonzalez6819]

Grievous with dementia

[@drummerrck]

"You are a...one" 😂

[@christophervanoster]

I Hope Kenobis and grievous’s relationship lasts a long time. Surely one of them wouldn’t shoot the other while hanging off a ledge for trying to quote anakins thesis

[@WigglyJigs1]

Peak storytelling

[@GGBlaster]

“Does anybody else think George is terrified of asthmatics?” Me: looks at Vader “…Nah” 😂

[@whitehawk4099]

They got engaged? When's the wedding, and who are the guests?

[@owenkeller2748]

General Grievous: cyborg with breathing difficulty whose heart is shot by Kenobi Darth Maul: cyborg with breathing difficulty whose heart is stabbed by Kenobi Darth Vader: cyborg with breathing difficulty whose heart is broken by Kenobi

[@u.v.s.5583]

"You fool. I have been trained in your Jedi arts by Master Kenobi." (Darth Vader, fighting an unknown Jedi on Mustafar).

[@TristanTodd-kk9um]

General Grievous master of trolling. Leader of the troll army.

[@time_keeper643]

Grievous was fighting these wars so long he now has dementia

[@doctorcaptainalex]

General Kenobi: “All you jedi look the same to me”

[@brightlord-ov7cm]

Super-glad I found your channel.

[@queekheadtaker7327]

4.04 true from a certain point of view

[@davidwuhrer6704]

Darth Vader killed Anakin Skywalker from a certain point of view. And he was a good friend. Kenobi killing someone because he didn't like their religion, then assuming a false identity, and grooming a naive farm boy into becoming a terrorist who never gave peace a chance is exactly the story of A New Hope.

[@purplephantom2441]

Maybe Grievous is taking substances with Yoda and is destroying the last bits of his brain. The ending is dark. But true from a certain point of view.

[@davidwuhrer6704]

It's just true. "From a certain point of view" is Jedi code for "I lied."

[@SeizureBoy4]

“Your lightsaber will make an addition to my collection”…I mean he’s not wrong but he’s holding in in his top right hand as he says that 😂

[@Account.for.Comment]

Best part is the end. The Galaxy does not know peace. The "StarWars" continued. I remember those cheering about Disney saving and reigniting the franchise from George Lucas in 2015. Disney kickstart an industry of moaners and memers in that purchase.

[@sgtepic4659]

Alternative title: General Grevious has dimentia

[@AbadonXXX]

Obi wan making vader just to spite grievous makes me chuckle

[@Russian_engineer_bmstu]

Your videos help me get through the day

[@ST0AT]

Disney wishes they were this good at writing

[@PlebNC]

Those 2 pimples on Kenobi's forehead are impossible to ignore once you notice them.

[@georgeoldsterd8994]

They're not pimples, at least, the one in the center isn't, it's more of a mole or something. And yeah, I originally noticed the bigger one but didn't think much of it. Now I've noticed the second one.

[@PlebNC]

@@georgeoldsterd8994 They cannot be unseen. And now you can't look at any version of Kenobi without wondering where they are.

[@ClassifiedExperiment]

"I've been trained in your trolling arts by Count Dooku."

[@Banazir-uz9zt]

Of course that's not Eeth! It's... Section Ratio General!

[@GerardMenvussa]

Wow that ending was darth Err... dark.

[@zachdrago8130]

can you make another version of this in reverse where it's maul and obiwan doesn't recognize him lmao

[@VestinVestin]

A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... there was only war.

[@TheRedMage01]

Too bad Anakin couldn't be there.

[@CalledTurnAGundam]

Veteran-on-veteran violence always spikes during times of war and nobody ever asks the veterans how they feel. Someone think of the Veterans.

[@davidwuhrer6704]

Big Boss approves, and invites you to Outer Heaven

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

"Look at how many light sabers I've acquired." Should have used that meme gif where his arms keep multiplying until he's holding twenty.

[@valmid5069]

Star Wars Humor: *Hello There!!!!*

[@thesandreckener]

Now we just need that actual engagement to make it complete

[@CodyHomes]

Me: I'll handle this General KENOBI! I have a bad feeling about this.

[@xertris]

Obi-Wan lost the High ground in more ways than one.

[@kenanmeral8891]

2:28 the pause 💀

[@BeefyWaffles]

Obi wan: *has memories of clone wars* Grievious: I’ve never met this man before in my life

[@quart-knee-lee]

Without age of consent laws... i lost it there

[@qalnor]

very solid. my favorite part was the end text which had me laughing

[@fairyqueentitania5080]

I love that you write out what they’re going to say, even if they stutter or change their mind. Comedy gold

[@darkueki]

God, that backhand at Maul was masterful. I really thought he was going to mention him until you added the former pupil bit. Well, at least that's something he and Grievous have in common.

[@EmperorRadiationEmpire]

I can now confirm that Obi wan has Automatonophobia against Cyborgs.

[@lordkilljoy9652]

I love the dichotomy between obi wans passionate, but ultimately one sided rivalry, with General Grievous and him forgetting about his rivalry with Maul who holds an equivalent feeling for Obi-wan, it makes me want to write a thesis 🤔🤔

[@Predatornc1]

That ending. . .

[@joshuawilliams8252]

"Don't you mean a FINE addition?" "No."

[@kepper104]

well that escalated quickly

[@blaisecolbert8029]

Next we need Ahsoka giving therapy to Maul since Kenobi won't go to Mandalore

[@NotYourRealMom]

im goddamn wheezing

[@davidmalan3084]

I prefer the old text, as with everything being caps'd it still feels like classic Meme posts, where this smaller text, which isn't just written in capital like previous videos. Also its harder to read, especially on phone. Of course you Can go experiment as much as (the thing we promised never to talk about again), but I wanted to throw in my two cents because I really like all your videos.

[@Connor-jl9gq]

i love this more than one of my sons

[@565studios2]

.. So does this mean Grievous is just running around perfectly fine?

[@GeneraI_Motors]

JUST WHEN I NEEDED IT MOST HE RETURNS WITH A NEW INSTALLMENT (I just finished the rest of the playlist)

[@MatDurrant777]

God I nearly pissed myself laughing at this! So amazing!

[@xertris]

Obi-Wan is basically the Black Adder that doesn't die.