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The Tom Veitch Files

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Dark Lords working notebook

Star Wars Ideas (Aug '94) [circled: 41.] * A ship that crashes thru mountains + cities, demolishing as it goes — (either a weapon, or out of control ship) Maybe a ship that splits planets? An antique super-weapon? [margin, red ink: the tombs of Korriban destroyed] * Maybe the Galaxy Gun missiles hit + don't go off? ([uncertain: fires?] huge Concussion missiles) Mandalore kidnaps Aleema? Preying on the old-time Tetan [uncertain: warriors?] -- laser-fire criss-crossing -- have to use the Force to avoid getting zapped -- also [uncertain: he creates armor?] techno-vehicles -- dueling "Knights on horses" [uncertain: jousting game?] -- riding pre-historic speeder bikes? Battle-bikes -- {M says: opponents come up with new techno-twist giant pinball machine that releases hidden traps + laser fire -- Instead of shooting at each other directly, they are trying to outscore + increase bad consequences for their opponent. (i.e., weapons extrude + blast)

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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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