General Grievous is a bit of an anomaly in the Star Wars universe. He’s a cyborg years before Darth Vader, yet his cybernetics outclass anything we see the Sith Lord equipped with (yes, I know that there are explanations for this). He’s also introduced very quickly in the final prequel trilogy film and dispatched with almost as much efficiency, as if he only existed to give Obi-Wan something to do. That’s a shame, because his design is just…cool, and side material like both the Clone Wars mini-series and the Clone Wars TV show have taken that as justification to retroactively create a character around it. Unfortunately, part of what gives Grievous his cool factor is the inhuman impossibility of his movement, meaning that he sits at a crossroads of being a very attractive character to cosplay, and a very difficult character to cosplay.
That is, until Wicked Armor stepped onto the scene. Established in 2008, Robert Rodgers’ cosplay shop has been making bespoke, high-quality Star Wars cosplay since, with an Etsy shop offering to-order costumes of characters like Kylo Ren, Darth Revan, and the Republic’s Clone Commandos. However, since February 2, a new star has taken the Wicked Armors cosplay spotlight, earning over 1,000,000 views so far on Facebook alone. That, of course, being the droid general himself.
Though Wicked Armors has made Grievous cosplay before, their latest version really captures Grievous’ unique movement, mainly by focusing on more accurately recreating his near-constant hunch and reverse ankle walk. The shop achieves this effect through clever trickery that actually hides the cosplayer in Grievous’ cape, and turns the outward-facing Grievous body into more of a puppet. Articulation points include the arms and the individual fingers, as well as the head, which turns in sync with a headband worn by the cosplayer.
It’s a neat effect, and this updated costume sells it well enough that it wouldn’t look out of place at Disneyland. Even when it’s not being worn, Wicked Armors suggests displaying it, since the Grievous puppet is all one piece. It’s no wonder, then, that the shop is now building a mailing list to start selling it…for a whopping $2,700.
Were the price a bit closer to their $375.00 Revan costume, I’d consider it. My partner is a big Grievous fan, and a model collector to boot. If you have that kind of money, or dedication to the…prequel era…to go for it, though, then be my guest.
Do note, though, that the costume only has two arms for now. However, the shop comments in the item’s listing that a version with four arms might be coming in the future.
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