Ah yes; quick and easy way to make your new Villain look badass and threatening? Have him come in and effortlessly pound a already existing villain into the dirt with precisely no effort.
Which, I gotta say, works for me. And its not like decapitation will keep him down. Despero has survived way worse.
And I have to say, I am liking Starro the Barbarian more and more. All he needs now is a voiceover from Mako and he'll be aces (and sadly, that shall never be *sad panda*).