The Tom Veitch Files

[margin: [uncertain: 149?]] * At this point the uprising turns very nasty, the palace comes under siege, and Galia, Oron Kira and the Jedi are forced to retreat to Modon Kira's castle in the wilderness. Ulic calls for reinforcements from the Republic and from other Jedi. [margin: red brace beside preceding paragraph; circled C] * We cut to the Jedi planet Ossus, in the Adegan System. Master Thon and Nomi Sunrider have gone there so that Nomi can receive spiritual training from Master Ood, the Jedi whose race is descended from trees. While on Ossus Nomi builds her lightsaber. [margin: red angled mark] (They also meet Master Vodo-Siosk Baas, who will be major character in Dark Lords of the Sith.) 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 Coruscant, the central administrative world of the Republic. Satal Keto and his cousin Aleema, youthful heirs to the throne of the Empress Teta System, are wide-eyed tourists wandering the streets of this ancient multi-leveled city. [red underline beneath: multi-leveled city.] They are especially interested in the great Galactic Museum. In one section of the museum, ancient Dark Side artifacts are on display.