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  • Of course, Lucas simply pushed off the unexplained Evil Villainy onto the Emperor, a figure who remains simply evil and villainous because HE'S EVIL AND VILLAINOUS, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!, but Lucas 'tale of Anakin-into-Darth allows us to imagine that some similar backstory might be told of Palpatine and his own youth.

    MIND MELD: Bad Guys We Love to Hate: The Best Film Villains in SF/F/H (with Various Videos of Villainy) 2009

  • When you have a Jedi who all-but murdered the now-Dark Lord of the Sith hanging out in suburban Hive of Scum and Villainy City, there is a fair chance some bounty hunter or extra-sharp Tusken would catch a sniff of his existence.

    Not-so-smart Alec 2009

  • Villainy, in art, can touch the conscience, but not wound the body.

    Discord and democracy: What we can learn about Cairo from Puccini's 'Tosca' Philip Kennicott 2011

  • John Adams (Letter to his wife): Blasphemy, Cruelty and Villainy have prevailed and may again.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Real Torture Debate 2010

  • Thrill once again to the malevolent exploits of TsarKhan The Terrble Tomorrow Android and his compatriots in the 19th issue Tales of Villainy Comics brought to you by Magnificomics!

    Archive 2010-02-01 Thomas Perkins 2010

  • Thrill once again to the malevolent exploits of TsarKhan The Terrble Tomorrow Android and his compatriots in the 19th issue Tales of Villainy Comics brought to you by Magnificomics!

    Magnificomics Presents: Tales of Villainy No. 19... Thomas Perkins 2010

  • “It is well I came down on this business, for I have the Documents to prove in the fullest & most satisfactory manner the Villainy & Folly of his attempts to plunder me, in which he has not the smallest chance of succeeding.”

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • “It is well I came down on this business, for I have the Documents to prove in the fullest & most satisfactory manner the Villainy & Folly of his attempts to plunder me, in which he has not the smallest chance of succeeding.”

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • He says: First take a wicked Earl; then an innocent village maiden; next some irate parents, a background of soldiers and sailors, a family solicitor and an elopement scene; a church door; snow falling, detectives, and finally Villainy defeated and Virtue triumphant.

    Charles Garvice Steve 2010

  • Blasphemy, Cruelty and Villainy have prevailed and may again.

    Selling Our Nation’s Soul at a Bargain 2009

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