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The Tom Veitch Files

Yale’s Beinecke Library 1016 photographs

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Darksider, Ulic & The Jedi Chronicles

[circled: 76] * A river, that runs through the city, carries bodies downstream from a great battle, into the wilderness domain of the Kira clan... Modon Kira and his wife Galia fly over the river, away from the city, towards the protection of the fortress of his forefathers. [margin: Beast-riders of Onderon attack [uncertain: warlord invaders?]] * With Queen Galia safe, Kira and his beast-riders go into the skies over Onderon, to attack the low-flying ships of the invaders. This could be a neat scene, with beast-riders blasting gunners on open decks and/or landing their beasts on the hulls of sealed ships, the beasts tear their way through the hulls with tooth and claw. * Cut to Vima Sunrider and her old Master, [struck: who were in IzIz before the invasion began and] [inserted: [uncertain: Tracked?] by the dark Jedi, they] are [struck: now] trapped in the midst of the carnage. As Jedi, they battle bravely and with force powers. But they are captured and dragged before one of the brother warlords. The warlord takes a fancy to young Vima, he wants to kill the old man and make her one of his concubines. But Vima demonstrates what she has become -- she saves her Master and is instrumental in the death of the warlord. [margin: Vima & her old master are trapped in the midst of the battle, Captured & dragged before the warlord — Warlord wants to make Vima one of his concubines. But Vima saves her master & kills the warlord]

Read alongside the photograph, especially for handwritten passages. Bracketed notes may mark uncertain or illegible text.

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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!