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The Tom Veitch Files

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Early Sith questions & Freedon Nadd

102 [struck: [illegible]] In the sequel to "Dark Empire", being painted by Cam Kennedy, Luke will visit an ancient center of Jedi activity, on the planet Ossus in the Adega System. And in Tales of the Jedi, we will be able to show what Ossus was like, 4000 years ago -- and all the events that led to its mysterious downfall. [margin: red asterisk] The Sith (per Lucas) * no Light Lords * one Sith Lord at a time * Sith a Secret Society -- "a people" * Lord of Sith connected to the Jedi (sort of Dark Jedi) IDEAS [red-circled asterisk] A BLIND (OR EYELESS) JEDI [red-circled asterisk] A "ROGUE WARRIOR" -- a heavily armored/armed Imperial elite soldier who strikes out on his own -- a "one man army" against the Rebels [red-circled asterisk] Slaves of the Empire -- Rebels release prisoners from Empire detention world -- Turns out they are not political prisoners, but dangerous thugs ... or even [uncertain: Darksiders?] the Emp is afraid of. [peripheral typed text: could [illegible] them? [uncertain: D?]] [peripheral handwriting: [uncertain: KE?][illegible] [illegible]]

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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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