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The Tom Veitch Files

Yale’s Beinecke Library 1016 photographs

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Dark Lords working notebook

[tab: SWDE III] SW:DE III - Ideas: 31. * This will be the end of the Emperor. A final confrontation w/Luke (+ other Jedi). * Leia's child-bearing -- the new boy Jedi. * Emperor a threat -- he wants [uncertain: 3rd child?] & all her other children. [inserted, red ink: he captures all 3 children] * Darksiders still a force -- [uncertain: more of them seen?]. * Noble deaths of some of Luke's new Jedis. * Han near death? * A figure close to the children ("Winter") turns out to be posessed by the Dark Side? * Han's "dirty dozen/Guns of Navarone" * Luke uses powers of Dark Side of Force * Ossus excavation * Bring in Dark Lords of the Sith - (stuff from [uncertain: series?]) * An "OKINAWA" group -- (actually, KA uses that idea in his 1st novel) At least, Rebel cadres operating out of contact with the Alliance - * Character of the young Emperor -- his obsessive controlling [Left edge, adjacent page, cropped: [illegible] [uncertain: Vinci, 261?]] [Left edge, adjacent page, cropped: [illegible]sual effects.] [Left edge, adjacent page, cropped: [illegible] of] [Left edge, adjacent page, cropped: [illegible] [uncertain: lesson?]]

Read alongside the photograph, especially for handwritten passages. Bracketed notes may mark uncertain or illegible text.

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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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