WoW: The Burning Crusade Easter Eggs

Blizzplanet has compiled a list of easter eggs and pop culture references in Blizzard's World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade expansion pack. Here's #44:
Quest: The Kessel Run
Bloodmyst Isle

The NPC named Kessel offers a quest titled: The Kessel Run -- where you're given an Elekk and told to warn people of a Blood Elf attack.

Reference: Star Wars (film - 1977)

Han Solo described how he traversed the Kessel Run with the Millennium Falcon in "less than twelve parsecs." The Kessel Run is a dangerous pathway off Planet Kessel required to jump to light speed.