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"The job is mostly research into precedent and history. I'm not the one who says "how about a dog that plays basketball?" I'm one of a team that says "there's nothing in the rulebook that says a dog can't play basketball.""
―Pablo Hidalgo on his role as Lore Advisor[5]

Pablo Hidalgo is an author at Lucasfilm. He has been identified as a Senior Creative Executive Franchise Story figure[2] and member of the Lucasfilm Story Group.[6] He was often referred to as the Star Wars Lore Advisor by the time of the release of Obi-Wan Kenobi.[4]

In addition to his Star Wars work, Hidalgo has written or co-authored reference guides for both the G.I. Joe and Transformers franchises.[7]

Biography

"I'm just a Clippy that appears at the bottom of a script in progress. "It looks like you're trying to mention an Outer Rim planet... would you like some help?""
―Pablo Hidalgo on his role as Lore Advisor[8]

Pablo Hidalgo is known for his creation of material ranging from West End Games role-playing game (RPG) resources to content for StarWars.com, where he went under the screen name of Pabawan. He is also a founding member of the Star Wars Fanboy Association. He served as Internet Content Manager for Lucas Online until 2011, and also worked as a comics writer on StarWars.com. Until January 2000, Hidalgo wrote and managed the Star Wars Index at echostation.com, when he abandoned the project to work for Lucasfilm. The site included some of his original Star Wars artwork.[9]

He had a cameo playing Janu Godalhi (an anagram of Pablo's real-life father, Juan Hidalgo) in Revenge of the Sith and was also referenced with the character Palob Godalhi. After The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm, Hidalgo was assigned a job within the[10] still newly formed[11] Lucasfilm Story Group, a small group of Star Wars experts whose main purpose is to create and maintain one cohesive canon, thereby eliminating the previous hierarchical canon.[10] Hidalgo was also[3] a creative executive in story development at Lucasfilm, as well as one of the members of the Intellectual Property Development Group.[10] He is well known for writing the reference books that accompany the release of new movies.

Hidalgo served as the Star Wars lore advisor for the Obi-Wan Kenobi television series.[4] During the writing process, writer Joby Harold thought of having Obi-Wan Kenobi learn that Anakin Skywalker survived their duel on Mustafar to get the series to a place of intense drama for Kenobi. He first had to ask Hidalgo how much Kenobi knows during the show's time period, and Harold was given permission to use the scene.[12] Hidalgo provided many resources for propmaster Brad Elliott and his team.[13] Hidalgo and Elliott discussed the look of wupiupi coins and their proper conversion rate with truguts and credits. This allowed the two to figure out the cost of some common goods in Star Wars and a minimum wage for the whale-carving station that Obi-Wan Kenobi worked at. It was decided that a full shift paid one trugut and three wupiupi.[14]

Works

Bibliography

Title Format Date
The History of R-Series Astromech Droids Magazine article 1995
Galaxy Guide 12: Aliens — Enemies and Allies (with others) RPG book
The Kathol Rift (with others) 1996
Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back, Second Edition (Additions and updates to the first edition)
Spare PartsStar Wars Adventure Journal 11 Short story
Shape-shifters Magazine article 1997
Stock Ships (with Steve Miller, Timothy S. O'Brien, Paul Sudlow, and Eric S. Trautmann) RPG book
Secrets of the Sisar Run (with Craig Robert Carey and Shane Hensley)
The University of Sanbra Guide to Intelligent Life: The JawasStar Wars Gamer 3 Magazine article 2001
The Starhoppers of Aduba-3Star Wars Gamer 4
The Emperor's Pawns (with Abel G. Peña and Juan Schwartz)Star Wars Gamer 5
The University of Sanbra Guide to Intelligent Life: The ChissStar Wars Gamer 5
HoloNet News (with Paul Ens) In-universe news articles 2002
HoloNet NewsStar Wars Insider 20032005
A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale Webstrip (adaptation) 2004–2005
Part of the Coruscant Elite Web article 2004
Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels (with Stephen J. Sansweet) Reference book 2005
Rookies: Rendezvous Webstrip 2006
Rookies: No Turning Back
So You Want To Be A Criminal? An Underworld Primer Web article
Refresher ReadingStar Wars Insider 90 Magazine article
The Force Unleashed Webstrip Unpublished
Labor Pains (Artist) Short story 2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (webcomics) Webcomics 2008-2010
Rookies: Day Long Remembered Webstrip Unpublished
Era of Rebellion Sourcebook RPG book Canceled
First Empire (with Eric S. Trautmann)
Star Wars: Head-to-Head Young readers book 2010
Star Wars: Head-to-Head Tag Teams 2011
Star Wars The Clone Wars: Secrets Revealed in 3-D
The Essential Reader's Companion Reference guide 2012
Return of the Jedi: Creature History Web article 2013
100 and CountingStar Wars Insider 139 Magazine article 2013
Star Wars Rebels: Head to Head Young readers book 2014
Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary Reference guide 2015
Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy 2016
Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
"Verge of Greatness" — From a Certain Point of View Short story 2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary Reference guide
Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide 2018
Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious
Star Wars: Creatures vs. Aliens Young readers book 2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary Reference guide
The Star Wars Book 2020
Star Wars Complete Vehicles, New Edition
Star Wars: Fascinating Facts
Star Wars: The Mandalorian: The Ultimate Visual Guide Canceled
Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition 2021
Star Wars: Dawn of Rebellion: The Visual Guide 2023

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Notes and references

  1. Interview with Pablo Hidalgo on Datapad de Korpil (November 24, 2010) (content now obsolete; archived from the original on December 4, 2010)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
  3. 3.0 3.1 TwitterLogo Pablo Hidalgo (@pabl0hidalgo) on Twitter (August 1, 2024): "Hey @WookOfficial I am not currently a "creative executive," and the IPDG hasn't existed in years. :)" (backup link)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Obi-Wan Kenobi new series logo Obi-Wan Kenobi — "Part I"
  5. TwitterLogo Pablo Hidalgo (@pabl0hidalgo) on Twitter: "The job is mostly research into precedent and history. I'm not the one who says "how about a dog that plays basketball?" I'm one of a team that says "there's nothing in the rulebook that says a dog can't play basketball."" (backup link)
  6. The star wars show logo The Star Wars Show: Pablo Hidalgo Extended Interview on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
  7. Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
  8. TwitterLogo Pablo Hidalgo (@pabl0hidalgo) on Twitter: "I'm just a Clippy that appears at the bottom of a script in progress. "It looks like you're trying to mention an Outer Rim planet... would you like some help?"" (backup link)
  9. The Star Wars Index on index.echostation.com (content now obsolete; archived from the original on October 14, 2007)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 The Art of Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  11. ForceCast #273: The Galaxy is Reading on ForceCast.net (archived from the original on April 12, 2020)
  12. How 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' Writer Justified Obi-Wan Not Knowing Anakin Was Alive by Chitwood, Adam on The Wrap (June 2, 2022) (archived from the original on June 2, 2022)
  13. StarWars Inside the Lucasfilm Archive: Weapons of the Inquisitorius from the Obi-Wan Kenobi Limited Series on StarWars.com (backup link)
  14. StarWars Inside the Lucasfilm Archive: An Elegant Weapon and Other Jedi Artifacts from the Obi-Wan Kenobi Limited Series on StarWars.com (backup link)

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