10 Things Everyone Gets Wrong About Darth Vader
4. His Corpse Shouldn't Have Disappeared
Another thing often brought up as a plot hole is Anakin's death - namely, why doesn't his body disappear when he passes away?
After all, we saw the bodies of Obi-Wan (Alec Guinness), Yoda (Frank Oz), and later Luke Skywalker vanish into the ether upon their deaths, so why not Anakin?
Moreover, why does his corpse remain in situ for Luke to burn?
The prequels actually explain this well enough, given that we see numerous Jedi die throughout the prequel trilogy whose bodies remain in place without disappearing - most notably, Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson).
The vanishing act isn't just something that all Jedi automatically know - Obi-Wan and Yoda specifically learned to become one with the Force from Qui-Gon.
That said, in the Legends continuity it's nevertheless stated that Anakin's body did eventually disappear, and that Luke ended up burning his empty armour on Endor.
But even accepting that despite its dubious canonicity, it isn't a given that those at one with the Force must immediately vanish the moment they die.