10 Star Wars Moments Deeper Than You Think
7. General Grievous Coughs Before Calling Palpatine - Revenge Of The Sith
What do you think of when you first hear the name General Grievous (Matthew Wood)? After the fact he can quad-wield lightsabers, it's surely that he sports a hacking asthmatic cough, right?
And while Grievous' cough underlines the fact that he's a cyborg with some flesh-and-blood organs - namely his lungs - it also helps accentuate his vulnerability during one key scene.
When Grievous speaks with Palpatine's (Ian McDiarmid) hologram, we hear him loudly clear his throat before the call begins.
Considering that we never see Grievous do this in front of anyone else, it's fair to assume that he wants to keep his cough on the down-low from the guy upstairs, for fear of looking weak or unfit to him.
While it's well-known by this point how much fear Palpatine strikes into the hearts of basically everyone around him, the scene also cements that Grievous is self-conscious of his cough and doesn't want to lose favour with Palpatine by exposing it.