@MellieMD wrote:
Well the sword did say “Jack” on it, so it’d be hard not to pick out that particular corpse. I think there’s a chance that maybe he had some involvement, but I think he’s more likely familiar because he is one of the humans who stole beans from the giants before they stopped making them. Which is why he would have had a bean for Smee to find on the ship.
Yes, I don’t think that Hook was a veteran of any Giant wars, he just knew about them because of how famous Jack was.
I do have a theory though as to why Jorge Garcia might pop back up. Since in the original story, the Giant had a wife, but in this story he didn't have anyone, I think that Team Princess will find another giant probably the only other one in existence, who will also happen to be a female, and the Giant will owe Emma another favor which will be giving her a magic bean since I think there are beans left. Just a feeling because Team Princess will need to find some way back to Storybrooke if the impostor theory is true, and I think that either there's more beans or the one around the Giant's neck might actually still be able to work.