“No body, no crime” is a common phrase in law and Taylor Swift's lyrics. But when it comes to movies and TV shows, the rule is “no body, no death.” Unless we see a character’s corpse, they could still make a return (and in some cases, even if we see a body, a resurrection is still on the table).
Samuel L. Jackson has been demonstrating this for decades by claiming his Star Wars character Mace Windu is still out there, despite having his arm cut off before being pushed out a tall window by Emperor Palpatine in Revenge of the Sith. Now the actor is claiming another character he played survived losing an arm — Ray Arnold from Jurassic Park — despite the fact Arnold probably didn’t have any Jedi powers.
