User blog comment:Mrcharlton/YJS books may not be canon/@comment-71.114.230.148-20110527061300/@comment-4898132-20110601003913

''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.''
 * Thankfully, it was semi answered thanks to said "deleted scene" and the new book "Price of Freedom". IMO any explanation from any official POTC-related material is better than "no explanation". Savvy? Besides...just because the scenes are deleted doesn't necessarily mean they're not canon(as Gibbs had some dialogue in DMC that Tia Dalma said later in AWE, concerning Davy Jones' Locker).

So given this point, I would kinda use the deleted scenes as information gather, as it were. As while some may be cut for a reason(as it is non-canon)...others are cut for no reason(like any important scenes, like Jack and Beckett's). But that's just my view on it...take it from what you will.

"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...