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The Tom Veitch Files

Yale’s Beinecke Library 1016 photographs

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Darksider, Ulic & The Jedi Chronicles

[page number, circled: 67] Taking one of the invader’s ships, they escape the planet, under fire and attack from the beast-riders and the city guns. [margin: pursued by the [uncertain: invading?] warriors —] * The remaining brother(s) of the warlord are enraged. As they loot the treasure rooms of IzIz they declare a great bounty on the head of the old Jedi and the woman Jedi Knight. [margin: Some of the warlord’s best warriors go after [uncertain: Vim +?] the old Jedi.] * * * * * We cut to Ulic and his female cohort, some time later. They [struck: are after] [inserted: have heard of] the huge bounty on the old Jedi and his apprentice. [margin: Ulic must speak bitterly of the Jedi -- he is crazed, pathological. the woman has a strong bond to him -- she is what holds him together,] They track the old Jedi to his base on the planet (name). [This needs to be an interesting location.] [margin: Or they accidentally meet + know about the bounty, [struck: so go after him.]] [margin: [uncertain: from these guys?]] [margin: [What if Ulic saves the old Jedi... we think he’s turned. But then he reveals he’s taking them in for the $$$]] There is a [struck: battle] with the other [struck: apprentices] of the old Jedi. But the old Jedi turns the tables and captures Ulic. "I know who you are[inserted: ,] Qel-Droma. You are wanted for justice by your family and by the Republic." [margin: ISSUE #3] * The old Jedi send Ulic’s cohort packing. Then he and Vima and another Jedi take Ulic to Alderaan, to the estate of Ulic’s father. * A tremendous scene between Ulic and his father. Ulic’s father cannot forgive him for the death of Cay...and for Ulic’s terrible crimes against the Jedi.

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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!