oh_riginal said:Bingowings said:oh_riginal said:fishmanlee said:but luke took off vaders suit
I don't think that would make any difference at all. Obi Wan's robes were left on the Death Star, and likely was destroyed in the explosion. So by this logic, should Obi Wan not have access to his robes as a ghost?
This is sounding sillier and sillier to me suddenly... the whole debate on what a ghost gets to wear or not wear I mean! Or how old they appear, or how much hair they have... it gets to be a bit much.
But I have a question anyway: If Qui Gon is the original Jedi Force Ghost (OG: Original Ghost!), and thus taught Yoda and Obi Wan how to also become force ghosts, then why is Vader able to do the same, since he never learned this technique?
Related question: Why isn't Qui Gon not there with Anakin/Yoda/Obi Wan? Yeah, he doesn't know Luke, and Luke would only be confused if he saw a strange Jedi standing there, but he is still the only other Jedi (non-EU) to be able to do this.
Reminds me of this old mock up that has been on youtube for quite some time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aIZZyIgpco
(I did not make it)
Looking at this mock up, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch, since in the edit, Luke looks away before Qui Gon appears... perhaps it could be interpreted that he appeared to observe what he so strongly believed in: Seeing Anakin's success in balancing the force.
Ah, early morning ramblings... I get carried away, sorry folks!
Maybe the boy got it right in the first place:
Anakin : "No one can kill a Jedi."
Qui-Gon : "I wish that were so".
Perhaps in his raw untrained state he was more atuned to the true nature of the Force than he ever was as a Jedi or a Sith.
He is described in the prequels a some sort of mechansism for resetting the balance of the Force (thousands of Jedi and two Sith, two Sith and two Jedi, when one takes on an apprentice another Jedi is killed to correct the balance, when another dies he kills a Sith his roles seem to match even the rank of the Jedi/Sith involved Master for Master, Apprentice for Apprentice).
Where that leaves his children is wide open question but with his job done he can now take his place in Jedi Valhalla and turn up now and then for social calls.
I know this belongs more on the Radical Redux thread but with Qui-Gon being a bit of a herald of the chosen one in the linear TPM plan I dropped in over there it might make sense to have Qui-Gon gain the knowledge of Force Haunting from the same source of inspiration as where he got his intuitions about Anakin from.
Still, I think it would be cool to see Qui Gon make one final appearance in the final moments of ROTJ. It would be like he was really observing the entire saga all along, since he was killed.
That would indeed be quite a bookend to the saga :)
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this but maybe Ady may be able to find a victorious version of the Jedi/Force Theme and replace the one that was in the Special Edition and 2004 DVD (for the end victory celebration scene). It's probably wishful thinking though. I actually liked the revised music for that scene but something is lacking....
Btw - I have a new Music Video up - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce07wUVsBHU