Kark Kark was a strong expletive used by many species throughout the galaxy . It was very fluid and could be used as a derogatory modifier or as a standalone word . History . The word " kark " originated at least some time before the Clone Wars and carried over from the Galactic Republic to the Galactic Empire . The Clone Wars ( 20 BBY ) . During the conflict between the Galactic Republic and a large Separatist movement known as the Clone Wars , the word " kark " was used frequently . It was used by Jos Vondar , the chief medical officer of Republic Mobile Surgical Unit 7 when there was explosion on the MedStar - class frigate , where Tolk le Trene , the woman he was in love with , was currently stationed . He also used it later when thinking of the planet Drongar . Den Dhur , a Sullustan journalist , used the word upon realizing grimly that " Teedle " , a waitress droid and a friend of his , had donated an essential component of hers to repair the shield generator around the base , saving the lives of all the inhabitants . The DS - 1 Orbital Battle Station ( 0 BBY — 0 ABY ) . It was used aboard imperial prisoner transport " GLTB - 3181 " by an unidentified Bakuran , expressing that he did not know " whatever the kark " the Empire was creating with very large orders of components he ' d heard about . Later , in the NCO cantina of the Star Destroyer " Steel Talon , " the term was used by Olzal Erne expressing incredulity when he was beaten by Tenn Graneet . In the burned out Soft Heart Cantina on the DS - 1 Orbital Battle Station , otherwise known as the Death Star , Memah Roothes used the term as a curse , realizing that her cantina had been the target of arson for an insurance payout . Kornell Divini used the term while thinking of the Clone Wars aboard the Death Star . Nova Stihl said it , meaning " forget it , " when he was wondering who could have escaped from Detention Block AA on Deck 5 . He concluded that he ' d know them when he saw them . Villian Dance , a former TIE Fighter pilot , thought " What the kark " when an order suddenly came down to stop their practice drills and set their ships ' guns to combat mode . His squadron , as well as others were sent to destroy the " Lucrehulk " - class battleship " Fortressa " , a part of the Alliance to Restore the Republic ' s fleet . Celot Ratua Dil , a smuggler , used this term when the Empire tested the Death Star ' s superlaser on his old home of Despayre . Stihl once again used the term when a group of prisoners escaped from Detention Block AA 23 . He , once again , had no idea who to look for or what to expect , so he resigned himself to the assumption that he ' d know them when he saw them . Just after the Death Star was destroyed by Luke Skywalker , Dance used the term again , after he defected to the Alliance following the Destruction of Alderaan , while trying to stabilize an ambulance that was caught in the shockwave of the battle station ' s explosion . Galactic Federation of Free Alliances ( 40 ABY ) . It was still in use during the time of the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances , a galactic government , and the Second Galactic Civil War . Jaina Solo used the term " karking " to describe the shields raised to keep starfighter squadrons restrained during the Battle of Tralus . During the same battle , her mother , Leia Organa Solo , used the same term telling Wedge Antilles that it would be a " karking shame " if his own daughter , Syal Antilles shot him down as they were fighting on opposite sides . Later that year , Alema Rar encountered Tiz , a member of the Galactic Alliance Guard , while she was having an intimate moment with her fellow trooper , the latter of which yelled this term at the Twi ' lek when the pair noticed her . In the following year , Han Solo , the father of Jaina , used the term suggesting to the people around him that they " get the kark " off Uroro Station before the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances " Super " - class Star Destroyer " Megador " destroyed it . After the Sith - Imperial War ( 130 ABY — 137 ABY ) . 130 years after the Death Star I was destroyed , the term was still in use . Cade Skywalker , a Human Padawan , used it to describe enemy Imperial pilots flying " Predator " - class fighters in the aftermath of the Massacre at Ossus . It was later used twice during the Skirmish on Vendaxa , first as a derogatory standalone word by Deliah Blue and second , again , by the same Skywalker , uttering the phrase " kark it " when Deliah urged him to cut their losses and flee the fight . Vax Potorr , during the Battle of Borosk , exclaimed " kark me " upon stepping on a mine while distracted by gun emplacements before it exploded , killing him . Cade , while having a vision in the Jedi Academy on the planet Ossus , said this phrase in defiance to his ancestor , Anakin Skywalker , appearing to him as his Sith Lord identity , Darth Vader , when the latter began lecturing him about his destiny . After his vision subsided , Skywalker then said " karking " to Jedi Master K ' Kruhk while the Whiphid , whom he assumed was a vision brought on by having just used death sticks , was healing him of a stab wound he received from his visionary duel with Vader as well as toxins from death sticks he had just taken . Two weeks later , he used the variation " karking " to describe the job of taking care of and defending Jedi artifact s at the temple as slavery . He then again used the term during a fight with his former Master , Wolf Sazen , saying that he sounded just like Kol Skywalker , his father , when the Zabrak told him that " we take what we are given , " something Kol told Cade just before he died in the Massacre at Ossus . A member of Skull Squadron used the term after they lost track of the " Mynock " , Cade Skywalker ' s ship , in the Undercity of Coruscant . Skywalker , in turn , later used the word while fighting Darth Talon in the Sith Temple , complaining to her that , after he faked his death at Ossus , he was outside of the struggle between the Sith and the scattered Jedi but everyone was trying to pull him back into it . Skywalker , after being captured and tortured in the temple after the duel , called Darth Krayt a " karking " sleemo " when he infected Blue and his other friend , Jariah Syn , with Yorik - Kul seeds in an attempt to force Cade to use his special healing Force abilities and save them . He succeeded and three days later , Syn described Skywalker to Blue as " the karking reason we almost died " as the Sith did not care about them as bounty hunters until it was revealed that Skywalker was a former Jedi . Weeks later , after Skywalker became Talon ' s Sith apprentice in exchange for his friends ' freedom that day , Krayt wanted him to kill Hosk Trey ' lis , a Bothan Jedi Master that Skywalker had given over to the Sith several weeks earlier . Skywalker declined and Krayt killed Trey ' lis himself , Cade then called the Dark Lord a " karking Sith murglak . " In the ensuing skrmish between Skywalker and Darth Krayt , who fought alongside his hands Darth Talon and Darth Nihl . Talon became the first casualty when Skywalker stabbed her through the abdomen , uttering the word " karkin ' " to her before she fell . Just afterwards , while fighting Nihl with Krayt egging Skywalker towards killing the Sith Lord who killed his father , he told Krayt to " kark that . "