August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years). There are 141 days remaining.
- 1939 – Oliver Ford Davies is born.
- 1957 – Elaine Cunningham is born.
- 1971 – Yvette Nicole Brown is born.
- 1973 – Jennifer Seiden Schoonover is born.
- 1980 – Han Solo and the Lost Legacy published.
- 1980 – Once Upon a Galaxy: A Journal of the Making of The Empire Strikes Back published.
- 2005 – What's The Story? Round 1 published in the Databank.
- 2008 – Star Wars: The Clone Wars soundtrack released.
- 2009 – The Clone Wars 8 published.
- 2010 – Celebration V begins.
- 2010 – Legacy (2006) 50 published.
- 2014 – Star Wars: The Jedi Path and Book of Sith Deluxe Box Set published.
- 2015 – Lando 2 published.
- 2015 – Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back hardcover collection published.
- 2015 – Star Wars Rebels Magazine 8 published in the United Kingdom.
- 2020 – Darth Vader (2020) 4 published.
