This dissappearing/burning issue is one I have come across on plenty of other forums. Nobody has managed to explain why Qui Gon didn't dissappear when he died (you clearly see him on the pyre). Some believed back in 1999 that Qui Gon was actually a secret dark sider and that dark Jedi don't dissappear (as in the case of Anakin in ROTJ). Unfortunately this hasn't been explained in AOTC and no spy reports make any mention of it for ROTS. Perhaps the answer is simple... it could be a complete oversight by Mr Lucas and co.
This dissappearing/burning issue is one I have come across on plenty of other forums. Nobody has managed to explain why Qui Gon didn't dissappear when he died (you clearly see him on the pyre). Some believed back in 1999 that Qui Gon was actually a secret dark sider and that dark Jedi don't dissappear (as in the case of Anakin in ROTJ). Unfortunately this hasn't been explained in AOTC and no spy reports make any mention of it for ROTS. Perhaps the answer is simple... it could be a complete oversight by Mr Lucas and co.