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The Tom Veitch Files

Yale’s Beinecke Library 1016 photographs

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Early Sith questions & Freedon Nadd

[margin, upper right: SWDE III 157.] * Ask again for pseudo-Vader — "Vader's mask" [inserted, red: Ask to use Vader's mask.] * The revival of the Jedi is the greatest threat. According to the Emperor, it also "contains the seeds of its own destruction." [inserted, red: (How?] * Creatures that live in magma. * More of life on Byss — { spawning monstrosities * [uncertain: Nespis VIII?] ... * Ossus -- the old wizards became Jedi { A HUGE EXCAVATION. * LUKE'S LOVE INTEREST. { gone * Bring back World Devastators — "the [uncertain: momma?]" one. it builds itself -- or builds other W.D. * The World Tree planet - * What does the Holocron reveal ?? [boxed: Bridge → GSA from Zahn to D.E. [inserted, red: {would have to read Zahn books}]] [margin, cropped adjoining page: [illegible] [illegible] [uncertain: Side?] [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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