How 'Return of the Jedi' Changed Hollywood's Portrayal of Villains
01 September 2026
Originally published as: The Space Movie That Made People Forgive Lindsay Clancy
By Joshua Tyler | Published 4 seconds ago Hollywood began in 1910, and for the first seventy years its films featured only one type of villain. Villains were bad people who did bad things, and their actions revealed who they really were.