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- "If this thing's a hoax, it's a kriffing good one. If you'll pardon the language, sir."
- ―Colonel Bas, to Admiral Gilad Pellaeon
Kriff was a vulgar expletive. Kriffing was a derogatory modifier based on the word Kriff.
Behind the scenes
Author Abel G. Peña believes that when Timothy Zahn created the word, he reversed the "f" and the "k" from the term "frick," which is a synonymous word for "fuck." [1]
The words kriff or kriffing were used a number of times in the Dark Nest Trilogy of novels. Even Luke Skywalker used the word kriffing to refer to slicers when R2-D2 refused to let him see the contents of a protected memory area, and had gone so far as to damage himself. Luke had forgotten that his young son Ben Skywalker was present, and when Ben asked Luke what kriffing meant, Luke remarked that Ben's mother would not be pleased that Ben overheard Luke using that word. Captain Lon Shevu of the Galactic Alliance Guard used the word often when on raids, as well as Han Solo. Kas'im also used this expletive on Drew Karpyshyn's Darth Bane: Path of Destruction, when he tried to argue with Qordis for restricting his student's actions inside the Korriban Academy and Republic soldiers frequently used this expletive when talking about the war on Ruusan against the Brotherhood of Darkness.
Appearances
- The Old Republic: Deceived
- The Old Republic: Revan
- Darth Bane: Path of Destruction
- Darth Bane: Rule of Two
- Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil
- Star Wars: Republic Commando
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars novel
- The Clone Wars: Wild Space
- Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel
- Deader than a Triton Moon
"Maze Run" — Star Wars Insider 131- Rookies: Rendezvous
- Vision of the Future (First appearance)
- Dark Nest I: The Joiner King
- Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen
- Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines
- Legacy of the Force: Tempest
- Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice
- Legacy of the Force: Fury
- Scoundrels
- Legacy of the Force: Invincible
- "A Fair Trade" — Star Wars Insider 129
- Crosscurrent
- Riptide
- Fate of the Jedi: Outcast
- Fate of the Jedi: Omen
- Fate of the Jedi: Abyss
- Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse
- Star Wars: Legacy: Broken
- Star Wars: Legacy 11: Ghosts, Part 1
- Star Wars: Legacy 14: Claws of the Dragon, Part 1
- Star Wars: Legacy 44: Monster, Part 2
See also
Notes and references
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The Official Abel G. Peña Thread (Halagad Approved) on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link (thread.jspa?threadID=243200&start=360) not verified!)