(Terrible Toybox / Devolver Digital / Lucasfilm Games) “Return to Monkey Island” re-introduces players to characters from one of the most beloved and influential franchises ever made - the optimistic, would-be plunderer Threepwood, the revenge-seeking ghost pirate harasser LeChuck and the quick-witted swordmaster Elaine Marley, generally the only reliably intelligent one of the lot.
The “Monkey Island” franchise, with original creator Ron Gilbert at the helm, is resurrected this week with the release of “Return to Monkey Island” for PC and the Nintendo Switch. Today, Sparrow and Threepwood are properties of the Walt Disney Co., but as the Johnny Depp-associated Sparrow lies dormant - aside from his robotic presence at Disney’s theme parks - in 2022, Threepwood has unexpectedly risen from intellectual property limbo. And both too are original creations influenced by Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean.īut only one was just as handy with a rubber chicken as a sword.
Neither is a stereotypical pirate, each has had decent luck in the romance department, and the two have shared an appreciation of comic timing.
There’s an alternate, game-driven reality where the most famous pop-culture pirate of the 21st century isn’t Jack Sparrow but is instead Guybrush Threepwood.īoth are good-natured and bumbling, and both have had to battle supernatural foes.
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