July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year, with 168 days remaining.
- 1946 – Richard LeParmentier is born.
- 1952 – Stewart Copeland is born.
- 1976 – Filming for A New Hope finishes.
- 1980 – The Empire Strikes Back Weekly 125 published.
- 1985 – Star Wars (1977) 100 published.
- 2003 – Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 7: Far, Far Away published.
- 2009 – The Clone Wars: Hunting the Hunters (Part II) published on StarWars.com.
- 2014 – Star Wars: Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir 3 published.
- 2014 – The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 28 published.
- 2015 – Alan Kupperberg dies.
- 2017 – "Ewok Escape" airs on Disney Channel.
- 2017 – "The Padawan Path" airs on Disney Channel.
- 2018 – Madison Lloyd dies.
- 2019 – Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Newspaper Strips Vol. 2 published.
- 2019 – Star Wars: Who's Who in the Galaxy: Character Storybook published.
- 2021 – "Rescue on Ryloth" airs on Disney+.
- 2024 – "The Acolyte" aired on Disney+.
- 2024 – Star Wars Legends: The Thrawn Trilogy published.
- 2025 – Hyperspace Stories—Tides of Terror 1 to be published.
- 2025 – Star Wars (2025) 3 to be published.
- 2025 – The High Republic Adventures (2023) 20 to be published.
