savvysparrow
Senior Member
Re: musings on Teague Sparrow...
Originally posted by katelovespirate
Johnny made a comment in an interview that his father Teague was the only person who could put Jack Sparrow in his place.This has got me thinking. what exactly is his father there to do?
Are they meeting at the pirate council, or somewhere else?
Is he there to tell Jack to leave Elizabeth alone?
Or to help Jack turn Tia back into Calypso?
Anyone have any thoughts on this? I'm getting very excited though, because the scenes will contain Jack, Liz and Teague, but no Will. SO at least that means a good portion of movie 3 will have liz/jack time. 🙂
GREAT QUESTION!
It's hard to fit all the rumors into a coherrent theory about who Teague Sparrow really is and why he's significant. Especially since Jack started his life as a respectable merchant trader for the East India company. As it's been stated, that particular position demanded something of an education, which means that his family was more than likely a wealthy one.
My friend and I developed a random theory today. On the DMC website, one of the trinkets you can collect is a necklace that's similar to Tia Dalma's that is worn by Jack in the game. In the explanation of the trinket it states the the necklace once belonged to a Spanish heiress, became a symbol of ownership and thievery. Our question was, why would Jack have the necklace that supposedly matches the necklace that Davy Jones has?
We've long surmised that it was possible that Teague Sparrow did not start off life as a pirate either. Like Governor Swann, he may have gone off searching for Jack, and became a pirate on the way.
The story that we wove around the necklace scenario involves Jack's mother, Teague and Tia Dalma. We surmised that it's possible that Jack's mother was of noble birth (hence the education), and that Teague was in fact a pirate. In order to woo Jack's mother, Teague stole the necklace from Tia Dalma to give to Jack's mother , the Spanish heiress. Jack inherrited the necklace, decided to return it to its rightful owner, and that is how it is that he and Tia Dalma met
We were trying to figure out why it was that Jack did not start life as a Pirate, and how it is that his father has essentially been absent from the rest of the series. If Jack's father is a member of the betheren (which are they all live members?) It's possible that he was lost at sea, and that his mother would have encouraged Jack not to become a pirate because of the dangers and the lack of morality.
It's all guess work and I'm sure there are spoilers out there to rip holes through our sails, but it explains an awful lot. So to answer one of your questions. It's possible that Teague is there to remind Jack of what happens when an aristocratic woman marries or loves a Pirate. You're right in assuming that he'll serve some purpose, besides the 'look it's Keith Richards' factor.