QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ May 22, 2005 -> 10:28 PM)
It also goes a long way to explaining why Obi Wan stops fighting and takes on a meditative posture right before vader strikes him down in Hope, as he probably had to get in the right mindset to direct his will/spirit to whatever existence it had to take on to be able to speak to Luke later.
And i only remember this cus i watched Phantom Menace yesterday but when Qui Gon is fighting Maul the red sheld thing comes up and Qui Gon kneels down and meditates for a few minutes while maul walks back and forth, then the thing opens and he starts fighting but dies. So that would go with the mindset thing.