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The Tom Veitch Files

Yale’s Beinecke Library 1016 photographs

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Dark Lords working notebook

DARK LORDS of the SITH - NOTES 35. (for #6 and beyond) * Full Circle: [inserted: “]Lord Sadow[inserted: ”] + the last remnants of the Sith Brotherhood - What if they went to Yavin? [margin: could be a magician [uncertain: who created the F.N?]] * “The order of the universe belongs to the Sith” They can destroy a star with their power. * the Royal Keto's felt a certain antagonism to the Carbonite Barons -- “they were forced to share power” (but they became a “tightly knit group”?) * The dark side magic of the Sith has taken over Satal + Aleema -- [struck: [uncertain: part of?]] autonomous functioning Sorcery / mystical power / magic * Nomi + Aleema “force meld” in #2 * the Jedi track the focus of Sith re-emergence in the Teta System. * Ulic's wound does not heal -- [margin: [uncertain: when did it heal?]] * Thon knows about Vodo's student leaving him (Arca tells him in #3)

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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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