8 Movie Villains Created Out Of Spite

8. The Eborsisk (Willow)

The original idea for 1988's Willow came from the mind of Star Wars creator George Lucas, who envisioned all the movie's strange fantasy creatures, and thus had the responsibility of naming them.

One of the monsters he came up with was the Eborsisk, a slimy, two-headed beast that Willow accidentally creates towards the end of the film.

At face value, "Eborsisk" just seems like a totally made-up word with no real meaning behind it, but in reality, Lucas did have a specific intent in mind when he devised this monster - and this intent wasn't exactly pure.

Apparently, Lucas wasn't a fan of legendary film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, considering that they'd given some of his previous efforts a hard time. So, in response, Lucas combined their names and created the Eborsisk as a middle finger to the difficult-to-please duo (he also did the same with General Kael, another villain in the movie, who was named after film critic Pauline Kael).

Hilariously, Siskel and Ebert ended up giving Willow "two thumbs down" in a joint review, while Ebert himself gave it two-and-a-half-stars out of four. The Eborsisk probably didn't help!