Praxium

The Tom Veitch Files

Yale’s Beinecke Library 1016 photographs

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Darksider, Ulic & The Jedi Chronicles

[margin, red: Show the [uncertain: valiant's?] pg 3 [uncertain: plan in action?]] * What does Onderon have that they want? Perhaps they are nomads who seek a great fortress city for their headquarters. They also might be after Sith artifacts, Freedon Nadd’s body, [margin, red: probably not? See Below] or they might [struck: want to] [inserted, red: also] capture the flying warbeasts for use in [struck: battle.] [margin, red: their own army.] [struck: Or] perhaps [inserted, red: also] Onderon has unexploited natural resources. [struck: Or, better yet,] [inserted, red: But in actuality] the invasion might be in the service of the new Dark Lord of the Sith, who has replaced Exar Kun. [struck: (Perhaps] they [inserted, red: and we] don’t know he is the new Dark Lord, and the Dark Lord is incognito at the moment, because of the attention on the DLOTS caused by the Sith War. Also...he is keeping his identity secret until he can find and kill Ulic Qel-Droma... So why not have him do a walk- on in the beginning?) [margin, red: Could be a deal -- the dark Jedi provides Technology left over from the war -- he’s an “arms dealer” as far as we know at first] [margin, red: part of his [uncertain: ulterior motive?] on conquering Onderon is that it was a [uncertain: planet ruled?] by Freedon Nadd + the Sith [uncertain: teachings for 4 centuries.?]] [margin, red: [We reveal who he is (or give a clue) when he lands on the Dxun moon & exhumes the body of Nadd.]] [inserted, red, above “Vima”: (NAME)] * Vima Sunrider and Vima’s Master are in Iziz following this man. He should be a Jedi, one of the ones who swore allegiance to Exar Kun. He supposedly disavowed Exar Kun, but he has been acting strange since the war, gathering Sith artifacts. [margin, red, arrow from “this man.”: Name him.] [margin, red, bracket and arrow: move to here] (If Vima’s old Master is not a character from earlier stories, then make him Master Arca’s Master. Otherwise, it is someone totally new.) Vima Sunrider is a young woman Jedi, about age twenty, daughter of Nomi Sunrider. [margin, pencil: a new Dark lord has [uncertain: arisen?] - keeping himself secret until he can find & kill Ulic-Qel Droma] [margin, pencil: Vima Sunrider -- a young woman Jedi -- is traveling [uncertain: thru?] DLOS w/ her master]

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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!