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Where did Obi's body go?


When he sacrificed himself he just disappeared when Vader struck him down, but when Vader eventually dies in ROTJ his body is there to be cremated?

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Obi Wan didn't actually sacrifice himself, he was Force Projecting from Tatoonie. This shocker will be confirmed when Kenobi Season 2 comes out and it's set after Star Wars Episode IV!

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Good theory.

Were Vader and Yoda also force projecting themselves on Endor at the end of ROTJ? They never miss a party.

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No, those two were probably both dead. However, when you are as powerful as those guys it really isn't much different Force Projecting vs. Force Ghost Projecting.

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So are we going to find out Ben never actually went with them after Mos Eisley spaceport?

Or maybe Ben was never on Tatooine at all?

Maybe he and Lando were drinkin Colt 45’s and he was like hold on I have to return this force projection. Get us another round pretty boy.

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They'll stick Ben in some existing Episode V scenes like Marty McFly in Back to the Future 2.

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Haha the best solution would be Luke waking up on Dagobah having just had a bad dream about Disney buying the franchise and ruining it.

Then he and Yoda would have a laugh and force projection on over to Cloud City to hang with Lando and Ben.

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I would watch that (and I bet Mark Hamill would film it)!

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He went to Hoth, as shown in episode 5

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So you are saying Ben stood there on the icy field for three! years waiting for Luke to appear? Crazy.

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Yes, thats exactly what he did

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When Obi Wan disappeared his clothing remained. It could have just been Vader's suit and prosthetics that were burned.

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Thats true could of been just his suit, ill have to check to see if you could see his body or not.

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I've watched it several times. It does not show his head. Just his helmet/mask.

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How you choose to exit the physical world as a Jedi can determine how you devolve, or in Ben's case vanish.

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“Hey Han, I just had a force projection, in the crapper” - Lando

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He went to Jedi heaven.

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He entered the force

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It became more powerful than you can possibly imagine.

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