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The Tom Veitch Files

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Dark Lords working notebook

14. Ideas for Lords of the Sith * Can we visit some of the "Worlds of S.W." besides Yavin? * Were the Massassi ancestral people colonists from somewhere else -- (leave mysterious + open) * "The Spawning of Monstrosities" - this is referred to in WEG + in Dark Empire as a Dark Side power. * Dark Side as dangerous in the sense of [uncertain: angry violence?] psychotic rage → self-destructive * Lucy would want strong female Jedi involved -- let's have Nomi Sunrider be a Joan of Arc warrior. * The Jedi Game - * Bandits / pirates / mercenaries / bounty hunters / warlocks * "Force Sleep" * Night planet. * Hutts * Space [uncertain: grungers?] * Can we use Wookiees at all? * What if Kun means well to begin with -- but falls under the power of the D.S.? What if Bodo Baas is partly responsible? * Great natural disasters * What if the Massassi are insane? (or inbred) * Creature cleaved by light saber becomes 2 creatures. * What technology would the Sith have? (they are mainly force users) [margin: [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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