Thread:Bennybop/@comment-996391-20181002142127/@comment-996391-20181015160819

Bennybop wrote: Not the point. The point is that Jack Sparrow’s age is never actually stated.

Wrong. It was stated several times. Jerry Bruckheimer stated that Jack was 18 when he trapped Armando Salazar in the Devil's Triangle. Look here. The Price of Freedom revealed that Jack was 25 when Beckett gave him captaincy of the Wicked Wench (or at least at the beginning of the book as you can see here) and 26 when Beckett torched the ship (Chapter 18 reveals the burning occurred a year after the events at the beginning of the novel).

Bennybop wrote:We never see something that says he’s born in 1690, 1700, or any year. He never says in a movie “Oh, and btw, I’m 38”. It’s all up to what the viewer sees. A viewer can see Sparrow as 50 in OST, 60 in OST, or any other possible age. Honestly, I think that the “born” catagory should be empty, because no one knows when he was born. It’s all speculation. The viewer decides what age they think fit. And to you blocking me from editing Jack Sparrow, I think that isn’t cool. You’re blocking another person from stating what they think it is because you want it your way and only your way. You think that Jack Sparrow was however old, and you don’t want anyone else to contradict you, even though it’s nothing more than your single opinion. Do you understand what I’m saying?

The viewers can decide to see whatever they want, but the editors of this Wiki (and that includes you) have to follow and respect the official info. And the official info says this:

1) The Price of Freedom - Jack was 26 when Beckett burned the Wicked Wench. If you don't trust me, you can read the book. Or you can ask your brother who, as you claim, "knows everything about POTC".

2) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Jack captained the resurrected Wicked Wench/Black Pearl for two years before Barbossa raised a mutiny. "Technically, I was only captain for two years, then I was viciously mutinied upon." That means Jack was 28 when Barbossa marooned him on Rumrunner's Isle.

3) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - Jack killed Barbossa on Isla de Muerta ten years after the mutiny. "Ten years you carry that pistol, and now you waste your shot." That means Jack was 38 when he killed Barbossa.

4) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Davy Jones came to collect Jack's soul thirteen years after Jones raised Jack's ship from the bottom of the sea. "You've been captain of the Black Pearl for thirteen years. That was our agreement!" Ergo, Jack was 39 in DMC.

5) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - As revealed in the AWE novelization the events of the film are set a few months after the events of DMC. Therefore, in AWE Jack can't be much older than he was in DMC. If you don't have the book you can see the info in a reading sample on Amazon.

6) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - The main story is set 21 years and a few months after the Battle of Calypso's maelstrom. How do we know that? Simple. Lewis McGowan, who played Henry Turner in the opening scene was officially credited as "Henry Turner (12 yrs old)". The DMTNT novelization also confirms that Henry was twelve in that scene. The main story is set nine years later. How do we know that? Here's a screencap which reveals that. The comic book also reveals that Henry was searching for Jack for nine years before he found himself aboard the Monarch. That means Henry was 21 in the film. Ergo, if Jack was 39 in AWE, twenty-one years later he would have to be 60. If we assume Henry was born nine months after the battle of Calypso's maelstrom, and if we add to all that a few months between the events of DMC, we'll have one more year which makes Jack 61 in DMTNT. The comic book sets the film in 1751, and if Jack was 61 in the film he had to be born in 1690.

As for "blocking you", I'm not blocking you from anything. You are free to state your opinion wherever you want. I'm simply preventing an edit war. You say it's all speculation. Let's see the definition of "speculate" - to take to be true on the basis of insufficient evidence. I have evidence to support my claims. You have your theories which are not supported by any POTC material. If you think the Born section should be empty why didn't you simply remove the year in the first place instead of putting "1700" in the article? You even put "We know this because it is said that Jack Sparrow is 50 during On Stranger Tides" in the article? Who said (and where) that Jack was 50 in OST? Please, enlighten me.