Quote Originally Posted by yesdachi
It has been too long since I have seen the movies; I can’t remember half of the things I want to with any clarity. I have just decided that this weekend I will watch all 6 again! It is fathers day after all and I can do whatever I want (after I finish all the things my wife tells me to ).
Alright, Fathers day weekend has come and gone and I am only thru the first 3 (I, II & III) but I really only need to watch the last 5 minutes of the III in order to answer my question about if you need to be “prepared” before you die if you want to go on as a spirit. As Yoda and ob1 are planning to go into hiding, Yoda tells ob1 that he needs to do some additional training while on tat. And Yoda says “and old friend has learned a path to immortality” speaking of qui gon.

I’m not sure how long it took qui gon to figure it out but apparently by III he knows it and teaches it to Yoda who teaches it to ob1, who is apparently ready to jump to the sprit world when he lets vader kill him in IV. I seems the only “prepared” they need to know is the knowledge of the ability or they have to figure it out like qui gon.