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Villain in film shoot, female, interrupted by very short commercial (5,5)

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darth vader

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'villain in film' is the definition.
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'shoot female interrupted by very short commercial' is the wordplay.
'shoot' becomes 'd'art' (synonyms).
'female' becomes 'her' (I've seen this before).
'interrupted by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'very short' becomes 'v' (abbreviation; 'short' suggests an abbreviation).
'commercial' becomes 'ad' (abbreviation for advertisement).
'v'+'ad'='vad'
'her' enclosing 'vad' is 'hvader'.
'dart'+'hvader'='DARTH VADER'

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(Other definitions for darth vader that I've seen before include "Father of Luke and Leia" , "Star Wars baddie" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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