August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years). There are 137 days remaining.
- 1941 – Paul Hecht is born.
- 1949 – Barbara Goodson is born.
- 1969 – Kate Higgins is born.
- 1972 — Paul Sun-Hyung Lee is born.
- 1975 – Taika Waititi is born.
- 1978 – Star Wars Weekly 28 published.
- 1983 – Star Wars (1977) 77 published.
- 1993 – Jeff Manning is born.
- 1993 – Cameron Monaghan is born.
- 1994 – Droids (1994) 5 published.
- 2006 – Legacy (2006) 3 published.
- 2010 – The Clone Wars: Jedi Heroes published.
- 2010 – The Clone Wars: Planets in Peril published.
- 2010 – Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle published.
- 2016 – Star Wars Rebels Magazine 6 published in the United States.
- 2017 – Star Wars (2015) 34 published.
- 2017 – Poe Dameron 18 published.
- 2017 – "Return of the Return of the Jedi" airs on Disney XD.
- 2022 – Star Wars Rebels trade paperback published.
- 2022 – Star Wars: The Padawan Cookbook published.
- 2022 – The Princess and the Scoundrel published.
- 2022 – The Princess and the Scoundrel audiobook released.
- 2022 – Star Wars: The Mandalorian - The Art & Imagery Collector's Edition, Volume One published in paperback.
- 2023 – Darth Vader (2020) 37 published.
