Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24534644-20170124093450/@comment-27082610-20170127043358

For example, look at Darth Vader, one of if not the greatest villains in all of cinema. His rise to greatness as a villain wasn't when he blew up Alderaan. It wasn't even when he was chasing Luke in the trench, although that was a nice touch. His true moment to shine as a villain was when he showed up on Bespin. He was a dark characer who consistently stood in the way of the protagonists in believeable (if unexpected) ways. What you really want to avoid making is a http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NinetiesAntiHero.