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flametitan
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Why Didn't Qui Gon Gin's Body Disappear Like Obiwan's and Yoda's?
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29-Apr-2017, 2:15 PM

Possessed said:

Also anakin comes back as a ghost but Vader doesn’t disappear when he dies.

It’s not relevant to the films themselves, but the common explanation I’ve heard (and it is the Occam’s Razor explanation in-universe, maybe less outside of it) is that Vader’s disappearance happens off-screen, between when his death scene occurs and when his armour is burned. His body was never cremated, just his armour.

The EU explanation for Qui-Gon was that he didn’t complete his Force Ghost training before he died, meaning he can only either manifest as a voice or in locations where the Force is strong.