Praxium

The Tom Veitch Files

Yale’s Beinecke Library 1016 photographs

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Darksider, Ulic & The Jedi Chronicles

[margin: 98 (circled)] * Through a combination of fortune and choice, Ulic and his cohort find themselves in convergence with the old Jedi Master, Vima Sunrider, and the [struck: high-tech] warriors who are chasing them. [Needs to be an interesting location. Perhaps the new Jedi planet.] [margin: Vima & Master <[uncertain: name?]> [uncertain: land?] -- for a meeting of Jedi Masters -- The warlord's top three men arrive shortly [uncertain: thereafter?] -- Ulic learns of the bounty from him.] Ulic saves the old Jedi and Vima. We think perhaps he has turned back to the Light. {same ideas as earlier} But then he takes the old Jedi and Vima prisoner, and says he is going to turn them in for the bounty. [margin: BIG FIGHT in [uncertain: Nerys VIII?] -- Could be the giant Jedi we see in Lightsider? No.] * But the old Jedi turns the tables on Ulic, and takes him prisoner. "I know who you are, Qel-Droma. You are wanted for justice by your family and by the Republic." * The old Jedi sends Ulic’s female cohort packing. Then he and Vima and another Jedi take Ulic to Alderaan, to the estate of Ulic’s father. [margin: the flight to Alderaan,] * 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. Ulic has been placed under a death sentence by his own family or by the ruling family of Alderaan. Ulic’s father will not go against the ruling: "You will die, my son. This must be." [Adjacent page, cropped right edge:] * [illegible] o[illegible] c[illegible] s[illegible] m[illegible] c[illegible] b[illegible] T[illegible] b[illegible] A[illegible] a[illegible] a[illegible] b[illegible] J[illegible] r[illegible] T[illegible] t[illegible] d[illegible] * [illegible] i[illegible] o[illegible] t[illegible] o[illegible] a[illegible] J[illegible] e[illegible] T[illegible] J[illegible] i[illegible] A[illegible] D[illegible] t[illegible] c[illegible] a[illegible] c[illegible] y[illegible] * [illegible] h[illegible] p[illegible] g[illegible] h[illegible]

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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!