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The Tom Veitch Files

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Dark Lords working notebook

16. [circled: Lords of the Sith] * to meld story of Ulic with this Kun dude -- would have to show the entire "Krath" drama first -- Better [uncertain: is?] another Jedi becomes Krath # 2 -- (then later we can have Ulic become a Lord of the Sith) * What if Kun is a rebel from the beginning. Baas detected "greatness" in him -- tremendous sensitivity to the Force, tremendous intelligence -- but Kun lacks something ... "There's something missing in you ... like a part of you hidden even from yourself... it is unseen because no light escapes from that region..." * Situations at end of TOJ 1st Series: * Nomi Sunrider beginning apprenticeship w/ Thon. * Oss Wilum gone off with Tott Doneeta to fight some war. * Ulic, Cay, Tott on Onderon. Master Arca arrives + Finds the remains of Freedon Nadd a Jedi who was seduced by the Dark Side 400 years before. * What if Freedon Nadd was a Sith -- a people who succumbed to the Dark Side? * What if Kun goes on a Quest (for a "reverse grail" -- a dark power object) -- His quest takes him from system to system where he meets the other Jedi characters we have created. He himself has Sith blood. He [struck: [uncertain: to?]] visits Master Arca, looking for Ulic -- but Ulic has gone off to "conquer the Dark Side" by joining the Krath. This would [uncertain: fascinate?] Kun + he would try to find Ulic

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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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