- "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
Pablo Hidalgo (born October 12, 1974) is a Chilean-Canadian[source?] executive and author at Lucasfilm, and is a member of the Lucasfilm Story Group. Pablo served in the role of Creative Executive at Lucasfilm[3] until he was promoted to the title of Star Wars Lore Advisor by the time of the release of Obi-Wan Kenobi.[1]
In addition to his Star Wars work, Hidalgo has written or co-authored reference guides for both the G.I. Joe and Transformer franchises.[4]
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
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.
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[6] still newly formed[7] 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. Hidalgo is currently a creative executive in story development at Lucasfilm, as well as one of the members of the Intellectual Property Development Group.[6] He is well known for writing the reference books that accompany the release of new movies.
Works
Sources
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2
Obi-Wan Kenobi – "Part I"
- ↑
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)
- ↑
The Book of Boba Fett – "Chapter 7: In the Name of Honor"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑
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)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Art of Star Wars: The Last Jedi
- ↑ ForceCast #273: The Galaxy is Reading. ForceCast.net. Archived from the original on April 12, 2020.
External links
- Fragments from the Mind's Eye, Pablo Hidalgo's StarWars.com Blog (content now obsolete; archived from the original)
- Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) on Twitter.
- Pablo Hidalgo on Wikipedia
- Pablo Hidalgo at the Internet Movie Database
