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The Tom Veitch Files

Yale’s Beinecke Library 1016 photographs

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Early Sith questions & Freedon Nadd

SWDE III 159. Leia + Han [uncertain: trace?] Emperor to "[uncertain: LWOTSiK?]" Han is nearly killed ... Falcon nearly destroyed. Valley of the Dark Lords - [margin: massive ruins w/ statues carved out of mountains.] How to bring in Hutts, mercenaries, spies, etc. The Emp should be close to moving into young Anakin when Leia gets to him - Who kills the Emp - "Strike me down, etc..." ? [margin: does he say that to Leia?] [inserted: How? How hurt by Emp?] Anakin is saved ... but do we leave a question in the reader's mind about whether the Emp is in him? ~ Luke's love - [struck: interest] - - {seems to be an arbitrary idea w/o much plot effect. How can we intensify it? What if the Emp kills her? [inserted: (or one of the D.J.'s)] What if many Jedi face-off w/ Emp + he kills a number of them. [margin: Boy Jedi Kam Solusar Vima Disabled Jedi] Indeed, it is part of his plan to draw them to this place of Dark Side power [inserted: that only he] knows about -- A place where he draws nourishment -- ~ Blow up Byss with Super Weapon? -- change its co-ordinates w/ matter transmitter? [margin: [illegible]] [margin: [uncertain: F?]]

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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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