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The Tom Veitch Files

Yale’s Beinecke Library 1016 photographs

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Automatic transcription · may contain errors

Early Sith questions & Freedon Nadd

[underlined: NEW SEQUEL NOTES] 113. * "We give the Dark Side it's power. We take the position of being at war with the Dark Side. This is exactly what it wants. As long as the Dark Side can keep us in the position (role) of an opponent, it has won." "I know, this seems deep + difficult to understand. But you have to understand it, if you are going to end this millennial war." "Don't you see -- it [underlined: never ends]. It just goes on + on. Doesn't that strike you as mysterious?" "[underlined: I'm] saying there is a way, a point of view, an attitude,... a place in the heart where you can stand and this war does not exist." "Stand in that place, in your Jedi meditation, and the Dark Side, '[uncertain: such as it is?],' becomes 'ineffectual.'" "Caught in the vision of this endless war, we each are made to feel there can be no other possibility, until the struggle plays itself out -- either in victory or defeat. "In fact, victory and defeat are not the true resolution of conflict. "Wars not make one great. "What makes one great is to risk everything to find a third way -- * "MUD PEOPLE" - Strange flesh, [uncertain: crumbly?], wet, dark * Molecular Armor - Absorbs laser energy "molecular shields"

Read alongside the photograph, especially for handwritten passages. Bracketed notes may mark uncertain or illegible text.

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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!