3. Obi Wan Vs. General Grievous - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
The Star Wars prequels are filled with problems and missed opportunities, especially when it comes to the use of antagonists. Darth Maul was one of the franchise's most memorable characters, and yet was killed off in Episode I. Count Dooku was an okay bad guy, but Lucas failed to do anything interesting with his character. Then came General Grievous, a four-armed cyborg general trained by Dooku in lightsaber combat. He's the Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies, and known for taking the lightsabers of fallen Jedi as trophies (which he later uses against his foes). He's cool, badass, and ultimately, kind of a waste.
The Scene: Obi Wan tracks Grievous to the planet Utapau, and challenges the General in combat. Grievous laughs, shrugs off his cloak, and reveals that his two arms actually separate into four. He then lights four lightsabers and begins to spin them in front of himself like a deadly propeller.
Why It's Terrible: Within seconds, Obi Wan cuts off Grievous' hands, effectively disarming him and turning what could have been a unique, epic fight sequence and turning it into a drawn-out, overly computer generated chase through Utapau. Take a second and look at the picture of Grievous shown above and tell me that the fight that could have ensued between him and Obi Wan wouldn't have been
awesome. Lucas was obviously holding off on big lightsaber battles until the end of the film, but it's a shame that they would introduce such an iconic, unique villain and then
not use the coolest thing about him. Note: I highly recommend viewing the original, hand-drawn Clone Wars TV series. Grievous hunts a few Jedi Knights stranded within a broken down starship, in a brilliantly executed, horror-esque sequence.