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The Tom Veitch Files

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Early Sith questions & Freedon Nadd

SWDE 3: [uncertain: Principle?] Ideas + Plot Points SWDE III 157. - Open w/ Emp's new Super weapon blowing up a world [inserted: this is a major turning point —] - Cut to Emp. His Dark Jedi inform him systems are starting to submit ... The weapon is working, the Alliance is breaking up. [margin: describe] - As Emp turns, D.J. is startled to see how much he has aged, in just a few months. Emp says ... "Yes, I'll need to take a new clone body soon... [struck: Unfortunately there are no more clones. My trusted Adepts destroyed the last of them. But I'll find another way --"] - Cut to Leia, giving birth to * Anakin Solo. A joyous time, the little family together. [inserted: Luke needs a new hand!] - Cut to Luke & his new Jedis. ([uncertain: Playing lightsaber?]) [inserted: (Maybe at big excavation on Ossus ... new [uncertain: disaster?])] The terrible news of the Super weapon -- [margin: what if Luke [illegible] [uncertain: Tython?]] [margin: Luke's greatest find] Ossus Jedi says we can stop it w/my [uncertain: nifty transmitter?]. What if we neutralize the "Galaxy Gun" fairly quickly, since it's not the main focus -- Hope renewed for the Rebels -- - The united Jedi should go on a mission against the Dark Jedi - - Luke is learning Jedi Battle Meditation - (from Holocron?) ... or what if Ben left a secret diary (or Holocron) in his cave on Tatooine? - Emperor enraged. Bring out the "waste, fraud, & mismanagement" of the Imperials ... now very evident -- He starts punishing right & left — & [uncertain: cursing?] his D.J's [uncertain: failures?] against the Jedi.... [margin: Facing-page fragments, top to bottom: [uncertain: Red?] [illegible] -- [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]" [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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