- "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 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
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.[12] Hidalgo has stated he does not work in the production side of Lucasfilm. There are only minor exceptions to that rule, including minor parts of Star Wars Rebels that can be credited to Hidalgo and other minor exceptions[13] like background details.[14]
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.[15] Hidalgo provided many resources for propmaster Brad Elliott and his team.[16] 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.[17] Hidalgo pointed to information originally established by Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game for use in Star Wars: Andor[18] to pay tribute to a game series that helped generate his love for the Star Wars universe.[19]
Works
Bibliography
Sources
Notes and references
- ↑
Interview with Pablo Hidalgo on Datapad de Korpil (November 24, 2010) (original page now obsolete)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
- ↑ 3.0 3.1
Pablo Hidalgo (@pabl0hidalgo) on Twitter (post on August 1, 2024): "Hey @WookOfficial I am not currently a "creative executive," and the IPDG hasn't existed in years. :)" (original link is obsolete)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi — "Part I"
- ↑
Pablo Hidalgo (@pabl0hidalgo) on Twitter (post): "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."" (original link is obsolete)
- ↑ The Star Wars Show: Pablo Hidalgo Extended Interview on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ Pablo Hidalgo (@pabl0hidalgo) on Twitter (post): "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?"" (original link is obsolete)
- ↑ The Star Wars Index on Echo Station (original page now obsolete)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 The Art of Star Wars: The Last Jedi
- ↑ ForceCast #273: The Galaxy is Reading on The ForceCast (backup link archived on April 12, 2020)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ Pablo Hidalgo (@infinata.bsky.social) on Bluesky (post on April 3, 2025): "Saw this come up as a response to a different post, but aside from some minor elements in Rebels, there's very little that I do that ends up on screen. I do not work in production. 🙏" (backup link)
- ↑ Pablo Hidalgo (@infinata.bsky.social) on Bluesky (post on April 3, 2025): "(Unless you consider gack written on a screen significant, which I suppose I recognize an online group might think so)" (backup link)
- ↑ How 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' Writer Justified Obi-Wan Not Knowing Anakin Was Alive by Adam Chitwood on The Wrap (June 2, 2022) (backup link archived on June 2, 2022)
- ↑ Inside the Lucasfilm Archive: Weapons of the Inquisitorius from the Obi-Wan Kenobi Limited Series on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Inside the Lucasfilm Archive: An Elegant Weapon and Other Jedi Artifacts from the Obi-Wan Kenobi Limited Series on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Pablo Hidalgo (@infinata.bsky.social) on Bluesky (post on March 26, 2025): "* whistles innocently * oh what's this? Sounds interesting. Who would cause such a thing to happen?" (backup link)
- ↑ Pablo Hidalgo (@infinata.bsky.social) on Bluesky (post on March 26, 2025): "The WEG game hit me at the perfect age and let me make my own Star Wars universe. Always happy to bring some of that material forward when I can." (backup link)
External links
- Pablo Hidalgo on Fragments From the Mind's Eye — Pablo Hidalgo's StarWars.com Blog (original site is defunct)
- Pablo Hidalgo (@infinata.bsky.social) on Bluesky (backup link)
- Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) on Twitter (backup link)
- Pablo Hidalgo on Wikipedia
- Pablo Hidalgo at the Internet Movie Database
- Interview with Pablo Hidalgo on Datapad de Korpil (original page now obsolete)
- The Star Wars Index on Echo Station (original page now obsolete)
