Jack Sparrow for audiences as Captain Jack Sparrow has." "Entertainment Weekly" put it on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "Part Keith Richards rift, part sozzled lounge lizard, Johnny Depp's swizzleshtick pirate was definitely one of the most dazzling characters of the decade." In June 2010, Sparrow was named one of "Entertainment Weekly" "100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years". Jack Sparrow also appears in video games and books spun off the "Pirates of the Caribbean" media franchise, among them "Kingdom Hearts II", where he is voiced by James Arnold Taylor. Jack will also appear in "Kingdom Hearts III". "Pirates of the
Jack Sparrow the Seven Seas. He can be treacherous and survives mostly by using wit and negotiation rather than by force, opting to flee most dangerous situations and to fight only when necessary. Sparrow is introduced seeking to regain his ship, the "Black Pearl", from his mutinous first mate, Hector Barbossa. Later he attempts to escape his blood debt to the legendary Davy Jones while fighting the East India Trading Company. The "Pirates of the Caribbean" series was inspired by the Disney theme park ride of the same name, and when the ride was revamped in 2006, the character of Captain Jack