The Tom Veitch Files

[top margin, handwritten: [uncertain: “149.”?]] [top margin: [illegible faint red text]] * At this point the uprising turns very nasty, the palace comes under siege, and Galia, [underlined: Oron Kira] and the Jedi are forced to retreat to [underlined: Modon Kira's] castle in the wilderness. Ulic calls for reinforcements from the Republic and from other Jedi. [margin, red: brace spanning preceding paragraph and circled “C”] * We cut to the Jedi planet [underlined: Ossus], in the Adegan System. [underlined: Master] [underlined: Thon] and [underlined: Nomi Sunrider] have gone there so that Nomi can receive spiritual training from [underlined: Master Ood], the Jedi whose race is descended from trees. While on Ossus Nomi builds her lightsaber. (They also meet [underlined: Master Vodo-Siosk] [underlined: Baas], who will be a major character in [underlined: Dark Lords of the Sith].) [margin, red: arrow pointing toward the preceding parenthetical paragraph] Word comes that Jedi are needed on Onderon. A number of Jedi get ready to leave, including a black Jedi Master and his apprentice, an eyeless alien Jedi who "sees" only in the Force. Master Thon tells Nomi her special mental powers are needed for the fight. She agrees to leave her child on Ossus, in the care of other Jedis...and joins the group that heads across the Galaxy to Onderon. (Issue #7:) * Open on [underlined: Coruscant], the central administrative world of the Republic. [underlined: Satal Keto] and his cousin [underlined: Aleema], youthful heirs to the throne of the [underlined: Empress Teta] [underlined: System], are wide-eyed tourists wandering the streets of this ancient [underlined in red: multi-leveled city]. They are especially interested in the great [underlined: Galactic Museum]. In one section of the museum, ancient Dark Side artifacts are on display.