Praxium

The Tom Veitch Files

Yale’s Beinecke Library 1016 photographs

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Darksider, Ulic & The Jedi Chronicles

[margin, top edge: [illegible]] Nomi Sunrider is also at the meeting, and we learn of her mission and/or her approaching initiation as a Jedi Master. [inserted: This issue needs more action > See below -- Ulic escapes] * * * [struck: ISSUE #3] * Almost as soon as they arrive at the old Jedi’s world, Ulic escapes, with the help of his female cohort, and returns to his bounty hunter life. [Or, he gets involved in some other plot aspect, for instance he goes to Yavin IV to hide, and while there he discovers the cocoon of Naga Sadow.] [margin: action plotting If he goes to Yavin IV, then don't lose Ossus scene. Rather Ulic, condemned by the Jedi Council, escapes -- Goes to Yavin IV (why --? needs more reason Something he cannot [uncertain: say?] is there.] * Ulic is hunted by everyone -- the Republic, the Jedi, and by the old Jedi who is his new Master. Vima Sunrider plays an important role in Ulic’s recapture. The new Dark Lord also makes an appearance, and has confrontation with Ulic. {this could be expanded} [margin: Issue ends w/ confrontation between Vima & Ulic / [uncertain: the cracking?] of the cocoon of N.S. Issue #3 - Vima & Ulic battle -- Ulic is captured.] * Recaptured by the old Jedi, Ulic is simply shackled to a huge beast who acts as his guardian... and becomes his friend. Ulic is given a Holocron, to increase his knowledge. [margin: *] The Holocron teaches him the long history of the Jedi...stuff he has never known until now. Vima also befriends him. (Is she in charge of him? Does she bring him his food?) She sees a ray of good in him, and uses her own power to move him back towards the Light. [margin: He resents her.] [margin: [illegible]] [far right edge, cropped text: [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!