>>53662969(OP) Good point anon. Aether definitely made-up for it. And to boot, the fact that Lusamine was exploiting Skull/Guzma gave a reason (narratively) for Skull to be as they were.
Seems like Yell tried that (ala Piers) but utterly failed. Star was appreciable on their own, but not as the standard villain team - once you set up such a long-standing precedent, it's just not enough. (also the Yell grunts were disgusting)