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The Tom Veitch Files

Yale’s Beinecke Library 1016 photographs

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Early Sith questions & Freedon Nadd

[uncertain: (450:)?] See Oct '91 Astronomy -- article on creating universe. * Remember our Rebel underground in early versions of SW? agents infiltrating the Imperials -- How about an Imperial Admiral or commander? A long-time mole? [margin: red arrow] Or how about a undercover bounty hunter or even a Hutt working for the Alliance. * NOTE they can talk to Artoo through a com-link. * CHROME WAR DROIDS. * [circled in red] Remember Yoda said: "Once you start down that path, it will forever be your destiny ... consume you it will." DID LUKE "START DOWN THAT PATH"? * [circled in red] "Size Matters not." -- OK, how big can we go? As BBS [uncertain: group?] ask, can a Jedi move a planet? A star? * Could Luke move a Star Destroyer? Yeah, but he'd kill a lot of people. What [uncertain: if?] the Emperor uses the Force in this way ... against a big ship? * CYBORG WAR MACHINES - Humans implanted in a techno-electronic structure. * [circled in red] BYSS in Sequel -- More about what goes on there, the adepts, the beings who migrate there + become slaves. * More about [uncertain: IXll's?]. They chatter like droids, or can mock R2 speech (like mockingbirds) Chat w/ R5D4's. * Research MANDALORIAN WARRIORS Research vibro-axe. [margin: facing-page fragments, top to bottom: could c * * * * [circled in red] * * A C [illegible] [red asterisk] *]

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The Tom Veitch Files

On August 18, 2026, Praxis visited Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and photographed 1016 pages from the Tom Veitch papers. This collection brings those early drafts, unused stories, correspondence, and handwritten notes together for everyone to explore.

YCAL MSS 1368 · Boxes 3, 5, 42, 76, and 77

Box 3
Dark Empire and Tales of the Jedi correspondence, proposals, and annotated drafts.
Box 5
Lucasfilm approvals, contracts, Kevin J. Anderson correspondence, and audio adaptation material.
Box 42
Tales of the Jedi and Dark Lords of the Sith proposals, scripts, artwork, and proofs.
Box 76
Handwritten Star Wars drafts and the Log X notebook.
Box 77
Dark Empire, Dark Lords of the Sith, and Tales of the Jedi notebooks and plots.

The descriptions above follow Yale’s finding aid. These photographs are a selection from those boxes; individual images have not yet been assigned to exact boxes and folders. Image numbers follow photography order, with occasional gaps.

These are working papers: some ideas were approved, some changed, and some never reached publication. Most transcriptions are automatic; checked passages use the corrected text.

There’s plenty to explore. Have fun looking!

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