Hector Barbossa

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Hector Barbossa
First Mate
Privateer
FamilyCarina Smyth (daughter)
NationalityEnglish

Pirate Lords in At World's End (2007), a privateer in service to King George II and the British Navy while also seeking revenge against Blackbeard in On Stranger Tides (2011), as well as a rich rogue and influential leader of a prosperous pirate empire and fleet in Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017). Throughout the series, Barbossa has been conceptualized as a "dark trickster" and the evil counterpart of Captain Jack Sparrow.[1]

Background and development

Originally, Rush was second choice for the role behind

G 20 summit of pirate lords", and in the fourth film has turned legitimate and works for the king.[7] As for the fifth installment, Rush has referred to Barbossa as a "corporate pirate" who has amassed immense influence and wealth for his fleet and brags of his showcased riches, although it is revealed in the fifth film that part of the reason Barbossa turned to piracy was the difficult feelings he had to live with after giving up his daughter for adoption.[8] Also, he commented on the selfless sacrifice Barbossa makes to save his daughter, referring to it as a nice and final conclusion to the character's journey of redemption. Due to this, Rush stated that he cannot see himself portraying the character in a potential sequel again, with the exception of a short cameo as a ghost "annoying Jack Sparrow with his wisdom."[9] Barbossa's name is based on Ottoman admiral, Hayreddin Barbarossa.[10]

Fictional character biography

Before the films

Information concerning Barbossa's childhood and youth stem from actor

merchant marine, but seeing the grandeur of the captains' cabins on the ships on which he served, he realized that a man from his station could never afford a lifestyle like that whilst remaining an honest sailor, choosing a life of piracy instead.[12]

Nothing is known about his early exploits as a pirate prior to The Price of Freedom. In the novel, Barbossa, in his early 40s, is the captain of the pirate

Captain Teague's hunting party and has his Piece of Eight carved into a wooden eye for his crew mate Ragetti.[14]

At some point, after Jack Sparrow attains the

first mate. The original backstory was that Jack recruited Barbossa and his cronies, including Pintel and Ragetti, prior to the voyage to Isla de Muerta.[1] However, Hector Barbossa was first mate in the quest for the Shadow Gold in the Legends of the Brethren Court book series, where Tia Dalma tasks them with securing seven vials of shadow gold to stop the evil Shadow Lord from gaining total control over the seas by destroying the Brethren Court with his Shadow Army. Over the course of the novels, they are able to collect all vials shattered across the world by allying with or fighting against the other Pirate Lords. They are able to defeat the Shadow Lord with the combined efforts of all Pirate Lords, after which Jack wants to sail for Tortuga to recruit a new crew. Barbossa offers him to handle that in his stead, implying that he recruited men with the intent to mutiny against his captain.[15]

Ten years before the events of

Pintel and Ragetti. Sparrow told Barbossa and the rest of the crew about the curse, though nobody believed this ghost story. Captain and crew agreed to equal shares of the treasure, but devious first mate Barbossa persuaded Jack that equal shares included knowing the treasure's location. Jack complied, and soon after Barbossa led a mutiny and marooned Jack on an island with nothing but a pistol containing one shot. Jack hates Barbossa for having violated the code. Barbossa's crew finds the treasure, take every bit of the gold, including Barbossa's monkey Jack, though at that point had no name. Then as they go out partying, carousing, they discover that they were cursed. Barbossa's crew learned how to undo the curse, most likely by going back to read the Aztec writing on the chest, by learning that they needed to put all the gold back. Bootstrap Bill had been feeling guilty because of what they did to Jack and sent one piece of the gold to Will in England, he never wanted the pirates to be able to lift the curse. Barbossa got ticked off and strapped Bootstrap Bill to a cannon, and dropped him into the crushing depths of Davy Jones' Locker. However, they find out that all the pirates had to get all the gold back and add their blood to the chest.[1]

Films

The Curse of the Black Pearl

Main article: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Captain Hector Barbossa, now only known as Barbossa, first appears in The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003).

Ten years before the events of

Bootstrap Bill Turner thrown overboard, attaching a cannon to his foot. The crew spend the next years retrieving the Aztec gold and amassing treasure, unable to find the last piece of gold, as Bootstrap Bill had sent it to his son Will Turner. Eight years prior to the events of the film, Barbossa sailed the Black Pearl at the crossing of England, where Will met Elizabeth Swann, who took Will's medallion.[1]

When

Elizabeth Swann falls into the sea wearing Will's medallion, it alerts the cursed pirates to its location. Barbossa has Port Royal attacked and Elizabeth captured, who poses as "Elizabeth Turner". Mistaking her for Bootstrap Bill's child, he takes her to the Isla de Muerta to use her blood in a ritual to break the curse, which fails. Will reveals himself as Bootstrap's son and offers Barbossa his blood in exchange for Elizabeth's safety. Barbossa has Elizabeth and Jack marooned on exactly the same uncharted island where he marooned Jack years earlier. Before Barbossa can perform the ritual, Jack Sparrow arrives to the island on board a Royal Navy ship and confronts Barbossa. A fight ensues between Barbossa and Jack. As Will breaks the curse, Barbossa is shot to death by his old captain.[16]

Dead Man's Chest and At World's End

Main articles: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

In

Kraken
.

At World's End begins with Barbossa joining forces with Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and the Black Pearl crew in their attempt to rescue Jack from the Locker and rally the nine Pirate Lords of the Brethren Court against Lord Cutler Beckett of the East India Trading Company. As Barbossa negotiates with Pirate Lord Sao Feng, who possesses the navigational charts that serve as a map to the Locker, they are interrupted by an ambush by the EITC soldiers. Having acquired Sao Feng's map, as well as a ship and crew, Barbossa helps the crew find Jack, who first calls him "Hector" upon their reunion. After a series of betrayals and alliances, they reach Shipwreck Cove, where Barbossa convenes the meeting of the Pirate Lords. Barbossa proposes to free Calypso, which leads to a fight between the parties, and Elizabeth Swann is elected the new Pirate King. As negotiations fail and war is declared, Barbossa frees Calypso with the nine Pieces of Eight. The wrathful sea goddess creates a maelstrom, in which the Black Pearl battles the Flying Dutchman, and Barbossa officiated the marriage of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann in the fight as captain. Barbossa witnessed Will becoming the new captain of the Dutchman upon Davy Jones's death and East India Trading Company's defeat and retreat from the Brethren Court's victory in battle. Later, Hector Barbossa steals the Black Pearl from Jack Sparrow once again and sails away, planning to use Sao Feng's map to find the Fountain of Youth. However, Jack has stolen the map from him in anticipation.[18]

In between films

Sometime after these events Hector Barbossa fathers

ship in a bottle
along with a collection of conquered ships.

On Stranger Tides

Main article: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

In

Ponce de Leon in search for the two chalices required for the ritual, where he meets Jack Sparrow. The two decide to team up to retrieve the missing chalices from the Spanish camp, where they get captured, and later escape with the chalices. Before retrieving the chalices, Barbossa reveals to Sparrow his true agenda: revenge against Blackbeard for the attack on the Black Pearl, which Barbossa truly believes to be sunk.[a] Reaching the Fountain, Barbossa uses a sword poisoned using the innards of "poisonous toads and engages Blackbeard in a duel, eventually mortally wounding the latter with his poisoned blade. Hector Barbossa claims Blackbeard's ship, crew, and sword as payment for his lost leg and returns to a life of piracy. The crew look on in wonder as Barbossa used Blackbeard's sword to unfurl the sails and fill them with wind, causing the Queen Anne's Revenge to sail forward at full speed and ordered to make way for Tortuga.[21]

Dead Men Tell No Tales

Main article: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

One year later, during

Armando Salazar, whom Jack Sparrow had unintentionally unleashed, Barbossa confronts Salazar and offers to lead him to Jack Sparrow. When Jack escapes to an island, the ghosts discover they cannot step on land, leading an enraged Salazar starts slaughtering Barbossa's crew. Although Barbossa was able to persuade Salazar to send him to fetch Sparrow, he truly intended to double-cross Salazar and enters another uneasy alliance with Sparrow to find the Trident of Poseidon. By this point, Barbossa knows of the current state of the Black Pearl as a ship in a bottle. Barbossa releases the Black Pearl from its imprisonment, restoring the ship to its former glory, before taking over as captain and attempt to use it to outrun Salazar. Upon seeing Carina's diary, Hector realizes she is his daughter. However, Hector chooses not to tell Carina of her true parentage in order to allow her to keep her idealized picture of her father, whom she imagines to be an astronomer. When they reach the island where the Trident of Poseidon is located, a fight between the Black Pearl and the Silent Mary ensues, which later continues on the bottom of the ocean. Barbossa has himself lowered down with the ship's anchor to rescue Jack, Henry, and Carina. When Carina falls, Barbossa catches her, revealing a tattoo of the star constellation Carina, after which Carina realizes he is her father. Barbossa sacrifices his life to protect Carina from an approaching Salazar. Following these events, Carina takes up the last name Barbossa.[22]

According to actor, Geoffrey Rush, he may not appear in any future Pirates of the Caribbean movies.[23] However, other interviews imply otherwise, as producer Jerry Bruckheimer said they can bring characters back, and Rush himself didn't seem completely opposed to returning to the series because he said, "[Barbossa] could come back like Hamlet's father, as a ghost. Just to annoy Jack."[24]

Other appearances

Video games

Notes

  1. ^ Screenwriter Terry Rossio released his unproduced screenplay for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017), which includes additional information in extensive footnotes.[20] Pertaining to On Stranger Tides, Rossio notes that Jack and Barbossa were each conning the other, while not knowing they were at the same time being conned. Barbossa does not know that the Black Pearl in a bottle, and Jack does not know the importance of Blackbeard's sword.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie, Jay Wolpert (2003). Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Audio Commentary (DVD). Buena Vista.
  2. ^ B 105 FM interview with Robert De Niro on 20 September 2007
  3. ^ Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl DVD featurette "Becoming Barbossa"
  4. ^ Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl DVD audio commentary with Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp
  5. ^ Wordplayer.com: WORDPLAY/Archives/"Ends of the Earth" By Terry Rossio
  6. ^ Holleran, Scott (31 May 2007). "Interview: Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio on 'At World's End'". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  7. ^ Radish, Christina (9 September 2012). "Geoffrey Rush Talks THE EYE OF THE STORM, THE BEST OFFER, and the Development of PIRATES 5". Collider. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  8. ^ Eisenberg, Eric (1 June 2017). "The Secret Behind Barbossa's New Look in Pirates of the Caribbean". Cinema Blend. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  9. ^ Radish, Christina (29 May 2017). "Geoffrey Rush on That 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales' Twist". Collider. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  10. ^ Kaplan, Arie (2015). Swashbuckling Scoundrels: Pirates in Fact and Fiction, p. 55. Twenty-First Century Books.
  11. ^ Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom Chapter 2 "Captain Barbossa"
  12. ^ Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl DVD featurette "Becoming Barbossa"
  13. ^ Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom Chapter 2 "Captain Barbossa"
  14. ^ Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom Chapter 10 "Revelations"
  15. Pirates of the Caribbean: Legends of the Brethren Court: Day of the Shadow
     "Epilogue"
  16. ^ Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  17. ^ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
  18. ^ Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  19. ^ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
  20. ^ PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES by Terry Rossio - Wordplayer.com
  21. ^ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
  22. ^ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
  23. KCBY
    . Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  24. ^ What's next for the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean 6’ and beyond? (Major spoilers!) at Hypable
  25. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  26. ^ "Compare Neca Pirates of the Caribbean Cursed Sparrow Vs. Cursed Barbossa Box Prices - Shop for Toys at mySimon". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2007.
  27. ^ "Update 22: Pirates of the Caribbean Part 2, Peter Pan Part 2 | Livestream". YouTube. 5 July 2018.
  28. ^ "Update 1.1.1 Patch Notes". Disney Heroes: Battle Mode. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2024.

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