This may lead many to question why Jedi are burned as part of their funeral as opposed to buried. There are a few reasons for this that can be inferred from the wider Star Wars universe. Firstly, the Jedi Order, between the High Republic and the prequels, was very strict and forbade any attachments such as love. If Jedi were to be buried, this would go against these specific beliefs. Burials are used as a way to continue the memory of the deceased, with graves specially picked out and often regularly visited. Jedi, in their belief that attachments are a weakness, would have little reason to specially pick out a burial site and are even less likely to visit a grave as this signifies attachment. Instead, cremating fallen Jedi falls much more in line with the Jedi Order of that time, simply honoring their comrades in a very efficient way without the afterthought a burial site offers.

However, Star Wars: Rebels may have presented an actual reason beyond this. In one episode of that show, Kanan Jarrus, who is linked to Mace Windu and Ahsoka Tano, and his apprentice Ezra Bridger track down Luminara Unduli, with Kanan sensing her presence. Upon locating Luminara, it is revealed that she is already dead and Kanan was sensing an echo of her Force abilities. Through burning the Jedi after death, the possibility of the Force living on as an echo through the dead body is removed, meaning the Jedi in question are fully at peace. While Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi does not divulge any of this by showing Qui-Gon Jinn's funeral or what happens thereafter, other facets of the Star Wars universe certainly shed some light on the subject.