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The Tom Veitch Files

Yale’s Beinecke Library 1016 photographs

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Dark Lords working notebook

15. * "Size matters not" -- * An atmosphere so thick you swim in ([uncertain: without getting wet?]) * Culture shock: meeting of primitive & advanced civilization. * Dark matter (see Vol 1, page 64) -- [uncertain: 90%?] of the universe. * What if Yavin 4 has remained isolated for 1000's of years -- there was a [uncertain: mission?] here long ago. * King of [uncertain: Necrosse?] Cargo cult -- claims he's a God -- hands over his rule to Kam. * Kam "big, [uncertain: smart?], knows a lot". * - recall plot of first Ulic yarn: Jedi ships crashed on Onderon -- dark Jedi took over. * Dark Side music -- the [uncertain: Necrosse?] play instruments that induce susceptibility to the Dark Side. [margin, red ink: Connect to [uncertain: Kevin?] beat-battle] [circled in red: *] - The "yeti plot" -- the music also holds something in Captivity -- some dark side monster * How Kam deals with Ulic -- See description Log 5/p45 -- "I know you inside & out -- I know your weakness." * Show robot gestures. * Thugs who live by their wits & waylay travellers (Highway men). [boxed, with arrow from above: "She was a flawed genius who recognized the vulnerability of others. Unerringly, she fixed on weakness & burrowed & twisted until something or someone broke."]

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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!