User blog comment:Mrcharlton/YJS books may not be canon/@comment-71.114.230.148-20110527061300/@comment-15328-20110601001750

"Well, since there has been no dialogue whatsoever in all the films suggesting that Jack has not worked with the EITC...what other saying it there? So unless if you can magically make it to where 'Jack Sparrow was always a pirate' is canon, things stay the way they are. Like it or not, Jack was a pirate as a child, but became part of the EITC in his twenties until the 'Wicked Wench' incident."

I think you may be misunderstanding my point. I'm not trying to argue that Jack was always a pirate--his history with the EITC is well documented, as you've pointed out. All I'm saying is that it's a shame the dialogue explaining his history with the company was cut from AWE. As it is, Jack's past involvement with Beckett is unexplained in the film, which leaves the viewer with a host of unanswered questions: why did Jack want the Pearl raised, what "mark" did he leave on Beckett, etc. I know the information is there, but it would have been nice to have it in the film.

"I was thinking of more of...Jack/Jones dialogue. But thanks for that, it could be something worth looking into...though if it's just this dialogue present, it is possible that Jack's telling the truth by 'lying'."

I suppose it's possible, but it's difficult to see what motivation Jack would have had for doing so...