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The Tom Veitch Files

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Dark Lords working notebook

[circled: 46] * Emp goes out in disguise. -- why? * A rogue Imperial Commander — communications keep broken down between [inserted: high] command + the field... failure to send him money + supplies... Would he work for the Rebs or strike out on his own? (cf the civil war rogue in Good, Bad & Ugly.) Would this guy be addicted to spice? [inserted: is he "running contraband"?] Does he think D.V. is alive? [margin: This guy watches holos of Vader training recruits — ([uncertain: or scenes fm Marvel Comics?])] * The Emperor furious that the Rebs has escaped + continue to escape -- goes out on his own. * The Rebel "edge" — [uncertain: Brad's?] fighterforce is his technical invention. His "matter transmitter" a key. * The old chiefs of the Ysanna -- important characters * VIMA { She knows something... or she can read the JEDI book. * The unearthed lightsabers -- one is a kind of "Excalibur" -- a legendary sword. Rayf uses it. (+ dies using it) His people weep for him. * Kam Solusar -- what's his role? * Salla + Shug -- Off Camera? * What if Emperor walks in on the rogue Commander — PLANETS: OSSUS, KORRIBAN, TATOOINE, ONDERON, ARKANIA Empress Teta, [uncertain: Stenness?], Ambria [peripheral typed page, cropped at right:] DAR Emp * [struck: too] the fron Oper Empi [uncertain: "yea?] The succe only time over capi Empe As t the G Palpa abso * the learn Rebel Nespi prepa plane Galax Rebel all. * which many s Han an the restor Falcon didn't that w Dark happy

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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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