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The Tom Veitch Files

Yale’s Beinecke Library 1016 photographs

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Darksider, Ulic & The Jedi Chronicles

[circled: 85] NEW IDEAS (10/8/95) "Slot Canyon" world -- rock-crusted world laced with cracks... Water has eroded massive caverns beneath the surface, in which cities are built. (or in which primitive people live) (It never rains here, but when it does, the canyons are flooded, once every 100 years or so) (Earthquakes cause the canyon walls to collapse periodically) * * * Rapid geological change: Surface of planet collapses inward, creating magma seas which harden, "catastrophic environments" Floating islands of crust * * * - Jedi sculptors and image-makers (who carved the reliefs on Ossus?) - dark magical powers that destroy enemies - "wrathful form" of a Jedi Master [margin: ☆] (base on Yoda's "you will" speech) "my Terrifying Face" - School of fierce mask-wearing Jedi who [margin: ☆] wear "Mongolian terror-masks" (if not Jedi, then some other kind of warriors)

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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!

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