In the Star Wars prequels, there is a somewhat-important character introduced named "General Grievous". Being lord of a large droid army and having some number of sophisticated manufacturing plants at his disposal, I immediately assumed he was a droid himself, albeit a sophisticated one with odd idiosyncrasies (such as coughing).
However it becomes clear that he has at least some biological components, which are focused on in the movie, and don't seem to do him any good at all. Why does he have these biological components? What is he, actually?
Answer
From "The New Essential Guide to Droids":
"I am Grievous, warlord of the Kaleesh and Supreme Commander of the armies of the Confederacy. And I am not a droid!"
The details of what Grievous is and how he came to be:
From http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Grievous:
Grievous, born as Qymaen jai Sheelal, was the cyborg Supreme Commander of the Droid Army of the Confederacy of Independent Systems for most of the Clone Wars. Grievous was originally a reptilian Kaleesh from the planet Kalee, where he lived his early life.
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After consulting with his ally, Confederate Head of State Count Dooku, IGBC Chairman San Hill arranged for a bomb to be placed on Grievous's shuttle, Martyr. The Kaleesh was critically injured, but lived, and Hill arranged for the final stage of his plan. Grievous was reconstructed as a cyborg and was presented to Dooku as a potential weapon to be used in the upcoming war that the count had planned against the Republic.
Somewhat less on-topic, Wookiepedia adds (sourced from "Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees"):
At some point after Grievous's death, his body was used to create the droid warrior N-K Necrosis, who considered himself to be the reincarnation of Grievous.
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