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The Tom Veitch Files

Yale’s Beinecke Library 1016 photographs

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Darksider, Ulic & The Jedi Chronicles

[circled: [uncertain: 44?]] * The bounty hunter [name] and his girlfriend enter and sit by themselves. There is a confrontation, or a duel with a vicious bounty hunter [struck: (such as Gorm the Dissolver)], who tries to steal a Sith bauble the woman [name] has around her neck. [name] takes the would-be robber out with a lightsaber. [inserted: ([uncertain: whom he rescues for the 1st time?]).] [margin: After the Sith War Ulic became a freelance bounty hunter] * The other hunters whisper about [name] -- "they say he used to be a Jedi..." [inserted: --] [struck: (]In fact, he is Ulic Qel-Droma, fifteen years after his defeat in The Sith War.[struck: )] * * * * Elsewhere in the Galaxy, several warlords have run amok, invading other systems, pillaging unprotected worlds of their treasure. We cut to an invasion, in progress, of the planet Onderon. A great battle as powerful brother warlords and their space fleet attack the great walled city. [margin: medieval [uncertain: lawlessness?] -- warlords are pillaging planets [circled: + space pirates]] These warlords [struck: would be high- tech,] us[struck: ing] some unique antique technology. (DaVinci period? Jules Verne?) [margin: + [uncertain: interesting?]] [Adjacent page, cropped at right:] * th al fo he TH ar or [struck: th] [struck: ba] [struck: or] un [struck: or] mi ne ha th Da in be DE Al id fi So or * Ma th or al su bu si ar (I Ch th Ma so Vi Je da

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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!