General Grievous is a character in the Star Wars franchise who was introduced in the 2003 animated series Star Wars: Clone Wars and later appeared in the 2005 live-action film Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. He was originally a Kaleesh male warlord named Qymaen jai Sheelal. The Kaleesh were a race of reptilian humanoids from the planet Kalee who were bred for combat since birth. Grievous was cybernetically enhanced out of jealousy for the Jedis ability to wield the Force. He became the cyborg Supreme Commander of the Droid Army of the Confederacy of Independent Systems for most of the Clone Wars.