Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Hector Barbossa died at the end ofPirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearl , but was later revived via supernatural means . Portrayed by Geoffrey Rush , Barbossa is one of the few eccentric to appear in all fivePirates of the Caribbeanfilms loose so far . Cunning and gleefully wicked , Barbossa served as the scoundrel in the first movie , The Curse of the Black Pearl , having previously led a mutiny against the eponymous ship ’s original master , Jack Sparrow , before taking over himself . However , Sparrow ’s treacherous first mate got his comeuppance not long after when he and his work party discover the treasure of Cortés , only to wind up cursed and transubstantiate into the undead .
By the end ofThe Curse of the Black Pearl , Will Turner ( the Word of Sparrow and Barbossa ’s former crew - partner , William " Bootstrap Bill " Turner ) was able to cabbage the swearword before Barbossa could realize what ’d happened , giving Sparrow the opportunity to ultimately shoot and vote out him . The character was thusly presumed to be gone for salutary when the secondPirates of the Caribbeanmovie , Dead Man ’s Chest , picked up a twelvemonth later on in the series ' timeline . As such , it come in as no humble surprisal when Barbossa popped up in the sequel ’s final picture , happily chomping on an apple - something he ’d been unable to enjoy doing when he was cursed - and postulate what had happened to his ship .
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The interrogative of how and why Barbossa was back from the grave would n’t be answered until a class later , whenPirates of the Caribbean : At World ’s Endhit the scene . As the picture explain , Barbossa was resurrected by Tia Dalma , a Caribbean mystic who , unbeknownst to all those around her , was really the sea goddess Calypso bulbosa , having been trapped in human shape years ago by the pirates of the Brethren Court . Being a member of the court himself , Barbossa was force to help Calypso in her seeking to unblock herself from this piece , lest she snuff the biography out of him once again .
Resurrecting Barbossa is easily one of the best creative option thePirates of the Caribbeanfranchise has made . The character was a great antagonist inThe whammy of the Black Pearland an equally perfect foil to the difficulty - make Sparrow , both in terminal figure of personality and style . He only continued to develop in his previous appearances , beginning with his translation into the heroes ' unlikely ally inAt World ’s End(having been abase by , well , die ) . Barbossa even found himself working on the side of the law in the fourthPirates of the Caribbeanfilm , On Stranger Tides , where he serve as a privateer to King George II . Death eventually caught up to him ( again ) in the follow-up , deadened Men Tell No Tales , but not before Barbossa finished his redemption arc andsaved the life of his daughter , Carina Smyth .
It ’s probably just as well Barbossa ’s been bolt down off for honest ( maybe ) . Disney ’s presently in the process of rebooting thePirates of the Caribbeanfilms after the dissatisfactory response toDead Men Tell No Tales , withtwo different reading ofPirates of the Caribbean 6 in active growth ( and only one of them might - emphasis on might - feature Sparrow or any other returning fictional character in a supporting content ) . Barbossa became such an important part of the previous films that it could be difficult to continue the same history without him … and yet , to do so would also risk undo the already - fulfill payoff to his personal journey . In that regard , starting from scratch and permit Hector residual at last seems like the smartest move forPirates of the Caribbeanat this stage .
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