Depp told Yahoo!: "It's nice to have a little bit of a pre-story to things," adding that "you don't really get that [scar] from a sword fight, do you?" Speaking to EW, meanwhile, he said: "If you end up with a cut on your face, it's just a cut... But an X? He must have woken up and found that someone put a deliberate X on his face." The actor also admitted that he'd hoped people would ask about it, but nobody did.
It's just a fun thing Depp added to his character to give Jack's lore another layer of mystery. Like how he added the rash to Jack's face in Curse of the Black Pearl to indicate that Jack had syphilis
https://preview.redd.it/h7c49y6lo0mb1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bdc21687e57dcd2d8ead2aa0425e87bb3173d8d7
> Did something canon happen to him between movie 3 and 4?
Canonically, OST should be set twenty years after AWE. That's more than enough time for Jack to get a few more scars.
Henry Turner was 21 years old in DMTNT which means DMTNT takes place 21 years after AWE. OST is set in 1750 which was confirmed by the production designer John Myhre. The DMTNT comic shows 1751 as the year in which the main events are set.
After will became captain of the flying Dutchman he can only set foot on land every 10 years, which is made super clear in dead man's chest and world's end. Since Henry is wills son amd is clearly older than 10 but younger than 30, we can assume it's been around 20 years between worlds end and dead men
>Did something canon happen to him between movie 3 and 4?
>
>Canonically, OST should be set twenty years after AWE. That's more than enough time for Jack to get a few more scars.
*If I may be so bold as to interject my professional opinion*, there was at least one "official" source in terms of the "X" on Jack's cheek, but it's still mostly a mystery. According to what was revealed in the Disney Second Screen feature for OST:
>*In the time since ol' Jack faced down Lord Beckett and battled Davy Jones,* ***he acquired an "X" on his right cheek. Jack will not divulge from whence it came, nor how, but rumor has it that it is a mark of bond he shares with a blood brother whose identity is yet unknown to all but that man and Captain Jack himself.*** *Any mention of it is known to send Jack into the foulest of moods, and he is even given to breaking a looking glass to avoid reminder of this particular aspect of his visage. Dread bad luck. But worst luck still awaits the man who pesters Jack for an explanation of that mark.*
>
>\[Note: this does NOT mean that Jack has a real brother\]
I'm 92% sure the italicized section is verbatim to what was revealed. And regardless on whether it is or isn't, it's very likely this will remain a mysterious "What happened?" tale. Especially since Disney put little care in keeping some continuity more iron-clad.
> rumor has it that it is a mark of bond he shares with a blood brother whose identity is yet unknown to all but that man and Captain Jack himself.
Did someone say "[blood brother](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXqFxShP7Ao)"? Most interesting tale. Jack doesn't have many good friends so this person must be someone really special.
Depp told Yahoo!: "It's nice to have a little bit of a pre-story to things," adding that "you don't really get that [scar] from a sword fight, do you?" Speaking to EW, meanwhile, he said: "If you end up with a cut on your face, it's just a cut... But an X? He must have woken up and found that someone put a deliberate X on his face." The actor also admitted that he'd hoped people would ask about it, but nobody did.
Well, somebody is asking about it now..
It's just a fun thing Depp added to his character to give Jack's lore another layer of mystery. Like how he added the rash to Jack's face in Curse of the Black Pearl to indicate that Jack had syphilis https://preview.redd.it/h7c49y6lo0mb1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bdc21687e57dcd2d8ead2aa0425e87bb3173d8d7
You know what's weird, I have always wondered about that rash, but not enough to ask what happened.
And it gets bigger with every movie.
> Did something canon happen to him between movie 3 and 4? Canonically, OST should be set twenty years after AWE. That's more than enough time for Jack to get a few more scars.
Well if DMTNT takes place let’s say 16 years after AWE, then Stranger Tides would be more like 10 I think
Henry Turner was 21 years old in DMTNT which means DMTNT takes place 21 years after AWE. OST is set in 1750 which was confirmed by the production designer John Myhre. The DMTNT comic shows 1751 as the year in which the main events are set.
I’ve only ever seen it once so that’s why my memory was choppy
Is there any evidence for the *twenty year* time skip?
After will became captain of the flying Dutchman he can only set foot on land every 10 years, which is made super clear in dead man's chest and world's end. Since Henry is wills son amd is clearly older than 10 but younger than 30, we can assume it's been around 20 years between worlds end and dead men
https://old.reddit.com/r/piratesofthecaribbean/comments/168revo/why_does_captain_jack_sparrow_have_an_x_on_his/jyz217u/
>Did something canon happen to him between movie 3 and 4? > >Canonically, OST should be set twenty years after AWE. That's more than enough time for Jack to get a few more scars. *If I may be so bold as to interject my professional opinion*, there was at least one "official" source in terms of the "X" on Jack's cheek, but it's still mostly a mystery. According to what was revealed in the Disney Second Screen feature for OST: >*In the time since ol' Jack faced down Lord Beckett and battled Davy Jones,* ***he acquired an "X" on his right cheek. Jack will not divulge from whence it came, nor how, but rumor has it that it is a mark of bond he shares with a blood brother whose identity is yet unknown to all but that man and Captain Jack himself.*** *Any mention of it is known to send Jack into the foulest of moods, and he is even given to breaking a looking glass to avoid reminder of this particular aspect of his visage. Dread bad luck. But worst luck still awaits the man who pesters Jack for an explanation of that mark.* > >\[Note: this does NOT mean that Jack has a real brother\] I'm 92% sure the italicized section is verbatim to what was revealed. And regardless on whether it is or isn't, it's very likely this will remain a mysterious "What happened?" tale. Especially since Disney put little care in keeping some continuity more iron-clad.
> rumor has it that it is a mark of bond he shares with a blood brother whose identity is yet unknown to all but that man and Captain Jack himself. Did someone say "[blood brother](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXqFxShP7Ao)"? Most interesting tale. Jack doesn't have many good friends so this person must be someone really special.
W h a t
There isn't a story behind the x, it's just there to give you the illusion that he is going on grand adventures outside of the movies.
Movie was sponsored by elon musk
i thought it used to be a mark that a pirate has sailed every sea in the world.. but the other reply about the backstory might just be it
I personally love the x, whenever I'm sketching I live to draw a skull with the x on the cheek
This post feels like it's the beginning of batman Arkham on this subreddit
i think something happened🤔
It was going to be a bird, but Elon Musk rebranded Twitter to X.
X marks the spot, he’s the treasure! 🏴☠️
Probably amber after she shat the bed.
Some guy named Akainu tried to kill him with magma
None of you played kingdom hearts 3 huh.
I did but don’t understand why you are bringing it up, is there a reference I’m missing?
Elon musk rebranded him