Qui-Gon Jinn's body being burned in a cremation ceremony.
Burning a body to ashes, referred to as cremation, served as a funeral custom for the deceased. Qui-Gon Jinn, a Jedi Master, underwent cremation in the city of Theed after he was killed during the Invasion of Naboo. Cere Junda, Eno Cordova, and Bode Akuna were cremated on Tanalorr in 9 BBY by the surviving members of the Stinger Mantis crew. In 4 ABY, Luke Skywalker performed a cremation for the armored suit of his father, the late Anakin Skywalker.