a jedi never dies...

The disappearance thing is definately something new in ANH. OB1's line "I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine" and Vader's surprise at his disappearance says it all.

And bigsef, your idea of a link with the dark side is very close to being ridiculous, IMHO OC.

that isn't totally correct queeq, OB1 and Yoda might have got it when Anakin was away, killing someone

the idea of the sith being connected to the dissapearing is only rediculous from a certain point of view. it might not be a "dark side trick" but it is tied in with the resurgence of the sith in one way or another.

Maybe it's the first step in defeating the Sith forever. It may not be directly linked.

And yes, a certain point of view. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGH

If you go to the official site right now, there is a picture of Qui-Gon on the front page and the way it's done he looks like a Jedi ghost I think. He's glowing round the edges.

But I'm sure it's just the way the picture looks.

I so that one also, but I'm not sure about the intention

It doesn't look like a TPM pic though. He's standing on a ship.

I have to see that pic again to decide

The picture is definately from TPM, and it is either from the scene with Boss Nass at the beginning of the movie, or a scene in with the Jedi council. Qui-gon is not glowing, but they simply couldnt cut the background out of the pic exactly around his body. The purplish glow and the uncomfortable look on qui-gons face makes me think it is from the Boss Nass scene, but I wouldnt put money on it. :-)

From my memory it's a pic of him on Tatooine ...

where does the purplish hue come from? the jedi council room and the underwater city could both account for that

no, it's added

no, its not added. loock carefully. its not just a hue around his body. in some places it extends a bit. you can see blurred details in the background. its the scene from the gungan city and the camera is focused on qui-gon so you cant make out the details in the background.

Is this on the first page of Starwars.com? I went not long after this was announced and I haven't seen the pic. Can you guys send a link to this pic?

go to starwars.com and hit refresh until the pic changes to the one with quigon

we'll see 🙄

the one with OB1; Anakin and Vader: you clearly see that OB1 has the same thing going on, but not as bright as QG, and also note that behind Anakin, there is someone standing there

same thing with Yoda

youre imagining things yers.... i didnt forget the 'r' this time!! 🙂

althoug I'm not sure about the proper abriviation of my name, is it yerss; yers...???

and, just check! it's true!

(and as a proof: the person thing behind Anakin: check it out!)

no, i beleive there is a person behind anakin, because its taken from a scene in the movie. they blur the background. just like the background is blurred in the qui-gon pic. i just dont think it was something "added" to make him look like a ghost. it simply beleive it is the background of the gungan city