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The Tom Veitch Files

Yale’s Beinecke Library 1016 photographs

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Dark Lords working notebook

[cropped: illegible] they have a pivotal meeting, then Kun goes [uncertain: on with?] his quest as Ulic continues his transformation into a warlord. Kun sees what Ulic is up to, but believes there is a greater power waiting to be tapped. When he finds it, focused on Yavin, he is able to join forces with Ulic as an equal (or greater) & take the war to a larger scale. ([uncertain: Ultimate?] he kills Ulic Qel-Droma?) [margin, red ink: What if Ulic kills Kun & becomes a Dark Lord of the Sith?] Ulic supplies the technology, Kun supplies the power. * Need to make this Galaxy-Spanning w/o duplicating the Star Wars saga. Need to not duplicate the extermination of the Jedi. * What if main story is Ulic, w/ Kun a mysterious figure? * Each of our Jedi gets a starring part -- a story within the whole. * On a quest, Kun would meet all kinds of aliens, bounty hunters, etc -- we could show lots of stuff. * What if the Massassi came from elsewhere -- Nomads -- Kun arrives on Yavin while following the trail of this legendary "dark grail" -- * Ancient Massassi (Sith) had a "cauldron" in which they concentrated the Force to "create monsters" -- Kun believes this object could be "a focal point of power". "Cauldron" actually a technological object, a kind of alchemical furnace -- the Force was brought to it by Sith priests -- When they died the Cauldron [struck: illegible] [uncertain: lost its?] effectiveness.

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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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