A&A Tom Veitch - 1942-2022

Rest In Peace Tom.



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Horrible news. At least he and his contributions will live on in memory, and be remembered far into the future.

Too many creators have been passing away lately. It makes me feel old realizing that Veitch was 80, and that Dark Empire began over 30 years ago now.

I also can't help but wonder what will be the fate of the unreleased Lightsider story now...

 

This is sad news. What a contribution he made to the GFFA.

 

Horrible news. RIP

 

He along with Zahn was one of the foundational creators of the EU. EU fans really owe him a lot. Anyways, let him rest in peace and I pray for his family's comfort.

 

Oh man. I keep thinking I should read the stuff he wrote, but haven't gotten around to it. Well, rest in peace.

 

Rest in peace, Tom. Thank you so much for helping grow the myth and magic of this science fantasy world and for introducing a new generation to the expanded universe of Star Wars books and comics. Your work will never be forgotten.

 

What? Oh, he was 80? Covid? Dammit.

Sad, sad news.

Edit - On further reflection, had I not stumbled on that UK SW mag in 1993 that was publishing both Dark Empire and Classic Star Wars, would I have ever returned to SW? Possibly not.

Sure, I found the Zahn books later, but it was DE that was the hook.

 

RIP to a great storyteller.

 

What a loss... so sad. May the Force be with him and his family now.

 

Not many things bring me back to this board these days.

This is absolutely one of them.

Tom was just as crucial to Star Wars as Zhan, and rarely was appreciated as such by many of the wider fandom/publishing world. He also collaborated with Lucas more than almost any other author was able to in the early EU days. Lucas helped him quite a bit with both Tales of the Jedi and even suggested the Emperor's return in Dark Empire. Look up the interviews. Tom was also the single focal starting point for the entire Old Republic era and all that's come from it (up to the latest SWTOR expansion which is the last bastion of the original EU even today).

Hell, you can go far enough to even call him the original Star Wars prequel writer, just as Zhan was known to be the most prolific sequel writer.

Star Wars just lost an absolute legend and one of the founding writers of the modern franchise. What a shame.

 

Oh no. Another great author has left us. He will be remembered fondly and the great works he wrote will stand as a legacy for him. I'll always remember Dark Empire as one of my favorite Star Wars works.

Rest in peace, Tom Veitch. You created some of the greatest works in Star Wars and we will not forget you.

 

I'm glad he was able to see his Palpatine return concept get adapted into a mainstream motion picture and lived to see. I remember him taking it in good stride.

 

Wow, awful news. Much love to his family.

TOTJ contains some of my favorite Star Wars stories. The era is my favorite era of all.

 

yeah this is truely sad. His work is great and under appreciated. TotJ is a great comic that started the longest era of star wars. Dark Empire is a great follow up to the movies.

 

Inspired by some of the comments in here I went to Amazon to grab the TPB of Tales of the Jedi but was staggered at the price. Is there any reason for this?

RIP to Veitch, I haven't delved into his work nearly enough.

 

Probably because it was last in print nearly 30 years ago.

 

I friggin' love Tales of the Jedi. The look, the characters, just how different it is from the 'modern' stuff. God, what he did for the EU. RIP and thank you.

 

Why's that the case? I would have thought those things would get reprinted. Heck I walked into a bookshop the other day and they had new copies of Splinter of the Mind's Eye, why not old TPBs?

 

Comic TPBs spend a very short time in print, unlike novel TPBs.

 

Man, this guy, the amount he added to Star Wars during it's dark times period was absolutely mindbending to me to read when I was like 12 or 13 where I read the (single issues!) of Dark Empire like a dozen times. Still sticks in my head this day.



"The walker falls."

 

Very sad news to hear, he contributed so much to Star Wars.

Its been reprinted since then but usually as part of other collections too (think I have some of the omnibuses in a closet somewhere). By now most of it is available in digital form too (if you don't mind that). Though doesn't help that it was Dark Horse back then and now Marvel has the license, so even moreso the actual physical copies are pretty rare.

 

RIP.
Love Dark Empire

 

May his spirit haunt his works, specifically Dark Empire.