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The Tom Veitch Files

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Early Sith questions & Freedon Nadd

DARK EMPIRE III NOTE- WATCH THE FILMS AGAIN!!! ([uncertain: esp.?] for extended Version) 149. * We can bring in the SITH [margin: remnants of their culture -- "Lost World of the Sith"] [margin: Final Faceoff w/ Emp.] * We can bring in Ulic (or others) as DARK LORDS [inserted: Also -- YAVIN, except K.A. is doing that.] [margin: Valley of the Dark Lords -- place of great tombs] * If Vader was a Dark Lord, we can create a new Dark Lord? [margin: ASK.] * We can visit - Onderon as it is today - Teta [margin: the Onderon City... in ruins? covered by Jungle?] * We can show the effects of Spice Addiction. [margin: On the Emperor?] [inserted: [uncertain: His people, such as Uncle Luke ... on the Dark Side.?]] * A major Hutt character [margin: This is important] * Some major pre-figuring of Kevin's novels. * Emperor lays waste to those around him. FURIOUS at their incompetence. * The new Super-weapon unleashed. [margin: How can it be stopped? it is absolutely invincible.] * Leia gives birth to young Anakin [margin: (at end of II)] * Luke's Jedi: Kam Solusar Vima Da Boda The disabled Jedi [inserted: {Name} BRAND] [inserted: RAYF (Jem is dead)] [margin: Who survives?] * The new matter transmitter [margin: it becomes an edge for the Rebels. (a key to taking out the Galaxy Gun) Does Luke [uncertain: play?] w/ Emp?] * LIGHTSIDER < a game.

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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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