History NightmareFuel / StarWarsCloneWars

** Oh, and another one of the general's weapons is a chainsaw (we don't see it, but in episode 23, a chainsaw noise, which the director added for horror purposes, can be heard from behind the door where Grievous is fighting a squad of clone troopers).
** Same scene, the short "montage" of Grievous killing the clone troopers[[note]]at one point, he kicks a clone trooper so hard that said-trooper's helmet ''cracks''[[/note]].

** On top of that, Anakin is able to hear a pained and horrified Padme screaming for him just before he snaps out of his vision.

** The scariest moment, however, has him as the ''victim''. Grievous prepares to face Mace Windu... Who simply uses the Force to ''crush his ribcage''. In a single instant, with a simple move that didn't even physically ''touch'' him, the unstoppable monster has been turned in someone who ''has'' to run against Jedi.

--> '''Shaak Ti:''' We have to go! NOW!

** That Grievous enters the scene by crushing a terrified padawan to death beneath him certainly aids the terror.

** The entire experience is quite terrifying for Shaak Ti, as she has already faced Grievous once-at Hypori, the battle where Grievous debuted in the series. She had Grievous wipe out her troops and beat her within an inch of her life... And now she has to fight him again.

* In spite of it being a KickTheSonOfABitch moment, the sequence where Anakin falls into an UnstoppableRage and slaughters the Skakoan scientists after witnessing the [[BodyHorror cruel experiments]] on the Nelvaanian males. The [[DeathGlare look on his face]] when he is about to kill them is pure hatred. The reaction of the Nelvaanian's towards the slaughter speaks volumes. The [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath death of the lead scientist]] deserves special mention. According to both canon and other ''Legends'' stories, Skakoans come from a planet with a high-pressure atmosphere. If their pressure suits were to get breached, they would [[ExplosiveDecompression explosively decompress]]. While the scientist doesn't explode, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/d/da/ThatsASpicyMeatball-CW25.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110505024410 the sight of his neck and pressure suit getting crushed while releasing gas is more visually unsettling than what usually happens to Anakin/Darth Vader's other Force Choke victims]].

** During the final assault on the Muunilinst command center, Durge is revealed to not only be hard to kill and capable of regenerating and pulling himself back together, his body is made almost entirely out of nerve and muscle. He tries to defeat Obi-Wan by "consuming" him with his entire body, only to be defeated by Obi-Wan using the Force to make him gruesomely explode from inside. And he apparently survived that too, as what's left of him can be seen crawling away. (In fact, it was originally planned for Durge to be the climax villain of Chapter 20 until Creator/GeorgeLucas decided to use it as General Grievous' debut.)

** Same scene, the short "Montage" of Grievous killing the clone troopers.

** Just as [[TheCavalry the clone troopers arrive]], Grievous knocks away Ki-Adi Mundi's lightsaber and is about to deliver the final blow. [[FridgeHorror If the troopers had arrived even a second later, Ki-Adi would be dead.]]

* Very subtle, but when Anakin enters the temple on Yavin IV the dripping of water sounds suspiciously similar to the [[Foreshadowing sustained breathing of his future self]].

** the aftermath of it all is quite horrifying too. Ki-Adi Mundi, usually a calm and collected Jedi Master is absolutely hysterical, with wounds all over his body, clearly in shock after his entire crew, him included almost got killed by a nigh-unstoppable killing machine.

* Grievous gives some more NightmareFuel during the Battle of Coruscant; heralding his appearance by stomping across the roof of Palpatine's office. Shaak Ti clearly realizes what is happening and urges Palpatine to come with her. Then the footsteps stop...and just as Palpatine claims that it was nothing, Grievous' head pops into view. It's slightly comical, yet also utterly terrifying.

*** Making this scarier is that Grievous had been ''warned'' about this: earlier, Dooku had told him that "If you are to succeed in combat against the best of the Jedi, you must have fear, surprise, and intimidation on your side. But if any element is lacking, it would be best for you to retreat", and Mace Windu demonstrated why-''graphically''.

** To put it in perspective, the exact moment that Vader - or at least, what will ''become'' Vader - takes over is when Anakin catches the would-be CoupDeGrace from Ventress with his bare hands. ''Duel Of The Fates'' kicks in, Anakin's face - with the distinctive scar that will become a hallmark of the character in Film/RevengeOfTheSith - is framed in an eerie red light, and with little effort, he squeezes Ventress' arm so hard she drops one of her sabers and pushes her to the edge of the temple they've been fighting on. There's a single, lingering shot of Anakin picking up the discarded blade with the Force, then he ''snaps''. He roars in anger, charges straight at her, breaks through her defenses and literally beats her into the ground, with the horrified spectres of Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon and Yoda appearing between every strike, and then and only then does the ground give way and Ventress fall to her (temporary) doom. Anakin might be years off from properly becoming Vader, but in that moment, the spirit of the Sith Lord that would terrorize a galaxy firmly took root in Anakin's soul.

** the aftermath of it all is quite horrifying to. Ki-Adi Mundi, usually a calm and collected Jedi Master is absolutely hysterical, with wounds all over his body, clearly in shock after his entire crew, him included almost got killed by a nigh-unstoppable killing machine.

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* The very fact that the Battle of Coruscant is basically one giant smokescreen to allow Palpatine to get into position to enact the final stages of his master plan. He orchestrated an untold - but no doubt numerous - number of deaths solely to set in motion the chain of events that would lead to the fall of the Republic and Anakin becoming Darth Vader.

* Admit it, [[HeroKiller General Grievous']] [[EstablishingCharacterMoment intro]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown fight]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIj7gIDFDe4 scared you]]. The [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath deaths]] of some of the Jedi that Grievous fought were very unsettling. The music playing throughout the fight doesn't help things either. The whole episode was treated like a horror movie, the way Grievous kept vanishing only to pop out and tear someone to bits, the tense music, the way the young Jedi freaks out. It's like watching an animated version of ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' with lightsabers.

*** Making this scarier is that Grievous had been ''warned'' about this: earlier, Dooku had told him that "If you are to succeed in combat against the best of the Jedi, you must have fear, surprise, and intimidation on your side" and would have to retreat if any of them missed, and Mace Windu demonstrated why-''graphically''.

* In spite of it being a KickTheSonOfABitch moment, the sequence where Anakin falls into an UnstoppableRage and slaughters the Skakoan scientists after witnessing the [[BodyHorror cruel experiments]] on the Nelvaanian males. The [[DeathGlare look on his face]] when he is about to kill them is pure hatred. The reaction of the Nelvaanian's towards the slaughter speaks volumes. The [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath death of the lead scientist]] deserves special mention. According to both canon and other ''Legends'' stories, Skakoans come from a planet with a high-pressure atmosphere. If their pressure suits were to get breached, they would [[ExplosiveDecompression explosively decompress]]. While the scientist doesn't explode, [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/e/e5/Techno_union_engineer_boss.JPG/revision/latest?cb=20110505024410 what happens to him is more visually unsettling than what usually happens to Anakin/Darth Vader's other Force Choke victims]].

* The separatists are said to have used their droid army as propaganda. After all, they value sentient life, and would never waste so much in war. The nightmare fuel? The other part of their propaganda crosses over into fringe horror: The Grand Army of the Republic, with their Jedi generals, their shiny, white armor and outwardly egalitarian ethics? [[WhatTheHellHero They're practically slaves.]] Clones were raised from "birth" to fight, had no choice in the matter, and has a mandatory service time of decades. If they were lucky, they might retire, but... Why? They have no family to spend their remaining (short) days, they have no civilian identity to fall back on. Retirement would just be endless boredom. Do they even get paid?

*** Making this scarier is that Grievous had been ''warned'' about this: earlier, Dooku had told him that if he ever faced a Jedi head-on, without the advantage of surprise and fear, they may just use the Force to swat him away, and Mace Windu did just that.

** Hell, the aftermath of it all is quite horrifying to. Ki-Adi Mundi, usually a calm and collected Jedi Master is absolutely hysterical, with wounds all over his body, clearly in shock after his entire crew, him included almost got killed by a nigh-unstoppable killing machine.

* During the assault in the Muunilinst capital we're treated to the big reveal that Durge is more than some healing limb factored armored cladded goliath... Durge's reveal of tendrils of [[LightningBruiser muscle and speed]] are frightening and the music accompaning the scene sounds appropriately straight out of a [[PsychoStrings horror movie]]. His form of attack on Obi-Wan Kenobi is grotesque to say the least [[spoiler: He [[BodyHorror uses his body]] and "consumes" him]]. Fortunately, though Obi-Wan manages to escape from within Durge. Albeit, in a brief squicktastic moment.

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