Pablo Hidalgo

This article is about the real-world author. You may be looking for Palob Godalhi or the Rodian Pablo.

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.

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	1995
The Kathol Rift (with others)		1996
Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back, Second Edition (Additions and updates to the first edition)
Spare Parts — Star 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)	RPG book
The University of Sanbra Guide to Intelligent Life: The Jawas — Star Wars Gamer 3	Magazine article	2001
The Starhoppers of Aduba-3 — Star 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 Chiss — Star Wars Gamer 5
HoloNet News (with Paul Ens)	In-universe news articles	2002
HoloNet News — Star Wars Insider	In-universe news articles	2003–2005
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	Webstrip
So You Want To Be A Criminal? An Underworld Primer	Web article
Refresher Reading — Star 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)	RPG book	Canceled
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		2011
The Essential Reader's Companion	Reference guide	2012
Return of the Jedi: Creature History	Web article	2013
100 and Counting — Star 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		2016
"Verge of Greatness" — From a Certain Point of View	Short story	2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary	Reference guide	2017
Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide		2018
Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious		2018
Star Wars: Creatures vs. Aliens	Young readers book	2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary	Reference guide	2019
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