Star Warsin isä George Lucas pohti eräänkin kerran sitä mahdollisuutta, että General Grievous olisikin oikeasti Darth Maul. Näin meni paljastamaan The Clone Warsin käsikirjoittaja Henry Gilroy Slash Filmille.
Lopulta moiset aikeet eivät toteutuneet.
"George was considering that Grievous was Maul behind the armor plate. It made sense. He's cut in half, and he's in this robot body or whatever. I'm glad that Grievous is his own thing anyway, but I thought it was interesting that the concept guys almost talked George into that."
