Kriff/Legends

"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
"Kriff" would probably best be translated into the real world expletive "fuck." 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."

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.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Old Republic: Deceived
 * 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
 * Rookies: Rendezvous
 * Vision of the Future
 * Dark Nest I: The Joiner King
 * Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen
 * Bloodlines
 * Tempest
 * Sacrifice
 * Fury
 * Invincible
 * Crosscurrent
 * Riptide
 * Outcast
 * Omen
 * Abyss
 * 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
 * Star Wars: Legacy 14: Claws of the Dragon, Part 1
 * Star Wars: Legacy 44: Monster, Part 2