- "Wait…"Starfleet"? Did you just say "Starfleet"? Are Kirk and Spock going to show up next?"
"I don't even know what Kirk and Spock are!" - ―Two Whills discussing Kirk and Spock
Kirk was a being noted alongside Spock by the Whills, having been mentioned by a Whill in some relation to a "Starfleet." The other Whill responded that they did not know who Kirk and Spock were.[1]
Behind the scenes
Kirk (yellow shirt) in a panel of Dark Force Rising 3.
The character Kirk is a reference to Captain James T. Kirk. Captain Kirk was a male human who captained the USS Enterprise alongside first officer Spock.[2] Kirk had already appeared as easter egg in the Star Wars Legends comic Dark Force Rising 3, the third issue of the adaptation of the novel Dark Force Rising.[3]
Appearances
- "The Whills Strike Back" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (and audiobook) (First mentioned)