ladyofthesilent
Some time ago, I wrote an essay on Jack Sparrow's backstory which I think has been posted to this community as well. For everyone who hasn't read it, you can find it here:
http://ladyofthesilent.livejournal.com/4845.html#cutid1
Now, after further research and going through all the posts TnT have made on the subject at wordplayer, I came across some rather interesting things I want to share with you:
1. Bootstrap Bill
Apparently, the Bootstrap action figure says on its back that Bill served on the Black Pearl AND the Wicked Wench. So this opens up a lot of new possibilities. First of all, Bill told Will that he left England to go pirating while Will himself always thought that his father served on a merchant vessel. So maybe Bill actually did lie to his son, possibly to protect Jack whom he seems to look upon as a friend. If this theory proves to be true, Bill as well as Jack started out as merchant sailors and became pirates after Jack "failed to complete an assignment" for Beckett and was subsequently branded a pirate.
Now this would provide an interesting conflict for AWE; just imagine Will discovering that his father followed Jack into piracy. We know he and Jack are not on good terms since DMC, but this would definitely deepen Will's anger and hate.
(BTW, Terry said that in his opinion, Jack sent Will to the Dutchman to reunite father and son)
2. Jack's strange behaviour is obviously a role he decided to switch into at some point in his life. TnT said that he wants people to believe he went mad while he was left to die on the island for the first time.
3. Former love interests
While it's obvious Jack and Tia were lovers, we do not know of any close attachments male or female in his past. However, in one of the special features on the DVD, we learn that Jack is loathe to take off a ring he wears on the finger you normally wear your wedding ring on. He takes the ring off when he steals the ring in Tia's shack but doesn't seem to be happy with that and puts it back on.
According to the feature, he got the ring in Singapore; interestingly, TnT said that the place as far as possible from Elizabeth would be Singapore for Jack.
(I have also wondered about the dress Barbossa makes Elizabeth wear in CotBP; we never learn where he got it from, but do you think it's possible it belonged to someone attached to Jack rather than Barbossa? I never really considered this possibility, but now I wonder whether Jack was/is married.)
4. Tia's necklace
I think everyone here is familiar with the necklace we see in Tia's shack. Now this necklace also features in the online game you can play on the DMC website - you can find it hanging around Jack's neck. The game says the following about the necklace:
Antique (heart) Necklace -- "Rumor has it that it once belonged to a Spanish heiress. It certainly speaks of a mysterious bond, a long-lost love (or thievery, perhaps?).
All right, the "mysterious bond and the long lost love" probably refer to Davy and Calypso, but what about the Spanish heiress and thievery? I also wonder why in the game, Jack wears the necklace (Tia's shack was also in the game, so why didn't they put it there?). I'm rambling now, but do you think it's possible that the Spanish heiress is actually Jack's mother? Johnny Depp certainly doesn't look very British so I think it's possible they gave him Spanish origins on the side of his mother. Maybe his father, who obviously is a pirate, stole the necklace (hence "thievery"
and gave it to the Spanish heiress who gave it to her son (who gave it back to Tia?).
If Jack's mother was a Spanish heiress, this would also explain why he appears to be an educated man and started out as a merchant sailor rather than a pirate.
http://ladyofthesilent.livejournal.com/4845.html#cutid1
Now, after further research and going through all the posts TnT have made on the subject at wordplayer, I came across some rather interesting things I want to share with you:
1. Bootstrap Bill
Apparently, the Bootstrap action figure says on its back that Bill served on the Black Pearl AND the Wicked Wench. So this opens up a lot of new possibilities. First of all, Bill told Will that he left England to go pirating while Will himself always thought that his father served on a merchant vessel. So maybe Bill actually did lie to his son, possibly to protect Jack whom he seems to look upon as a friend. If this theory proves to be true, Bill as well as Jack started out as merchant sailors and became pirates after Jack "failed to complete an assignment" for Beckett and was subsequently branded a pirate.
Now this would provide an interesting conflict for AWE; just imagine Will discovering that his father followed Jack into piracy. We know he and Jack are not on good terms since DMC, but this would definitely deepen Will's anger and hate.
(BTW, Terry said that in his opinion, Jack sent Will to the Dutchman to reunite father and son)
2. Jack's strange behaviour is obviously a role he decided to switch into at some point in his life. TnT said that he wants people to believe he went mad while he was left to die on the island for the first time.
3. Former love interests
While it's obvious Jack and Tia were lovers, we do not know of any close attachments male or female in his past. However, in one of the special features on the DVD, we learn that Jack is loathe to take off a ring he wears on the finger you normally wear your wedding ring on. He takes the ring off when he steals the ring in Tia's shack but doesn't seem to be happy with that and puts it back on.
According to the feature, he got the ring in Singapore; interestingly, TnT said that the place as far as possible from Elizabeth would be Singapore for Jack.
(I have also wondered about the dress Barbossa makes Elizabeth wear in CotBP; we never learn where he got it from, but do you think it's possible it belonged to someone attached to Jack rather than Barbossa? I never really considered this possibility, but now I wonder whether Jack was/is married.)
4. Tia's necklace
I think everyone here is familiar with the necklace we see in Tia's shack. Now this necklace also features in the online game you can play on the DMC website - you can find it hanging around Jack's neck. The game says the following about the necklace:
Antique (heart) Necklace -- "Rumor has it that it once belonged to a Spanish heiress. It certainly speaks of a mysterious bond, a long-lost love (or thievery, perhaps?).
All right, the "mysterious bond and the long lost love" probably refer to Davy and Calypso, but what about the Spanish heiress and thievery? I also wonder why in the game, Jack wears the necklace (Tia's shack was also in the game, so why didn't they put it there?). I'm rambling now, but do you think it's possible that the Spanish heiress is actually Jack's mother? Johnny Depp certainly doesn't look very British so I think it's possible they gave him Spanish origins on the side of his mother. Maybe his father, who obviously is a pirate, stole the necklace (hence "thievery"
and gave it to the Spanish heiress who gave it to her son (who gave it back to Tia?). If Jack's mother was a Spanish heiress, this would also explain why he appears to be an educated man and started out as a merchant sailor rather than a pirate.
