The 16th of August marks the 228th day in a standard year, or the 229th day in a leap year. There are 137 days left until the end of the year.
- 1941 – The birth of Paul Hecht occurred.
- 1949 – The birth of Barbara Goodson occurred.
- 1969 – The birth of Kate Higgins occurred.
- 1972 — The birth of Paul Sun-Hyung Lee occurred.
- 1975 – Taika Waititi came into the world.
- 1978 – Issue 28 of Star Wars Weekly was released.
- 1983 – Issue 77 of Star Wars (1977) was released to the public.
- 1993 – Jeff Manning was born.
- 1993 – Cameron Monaghan was born on this day.
- 1994 – Issue 5 of Droids (1994) was made available.
- 2006 – Issue 3 of Legacy (2006) was released.
- 2010 – The release of The Clone Wars: Jedi Heroes took place.
- 2010 – The Clone Wars: Planets in Peril was made available to the public.
- 2010 – The publication of Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle occurred.
- 2016 – In the United States, Star Wars Rebels Magazine 6 was released.
- 2017 – Issue 34 of Star Wars (2015) was made available to the public.
- 2017 – Issue 18 of Poe Dameron was released.
- 2017 – "Return of the Return of the Jedi" was broadcast on Disney XD.
- 2022 – The Star Wars Rebels trade paperback was released.
- 2022 – Star Wars: The Padawan Cookbook was released on this day.
- 2022 – The release of The Princess and the Scoundrel took place.
- 2022 – The audiobook version of The Princess and the Scoundrel was released.
- 2022 – Star Wars: The Mandalorian - The Art & Imagery Collector's Edition, Volume One was released in paperback format.
- 2023 – Issue 37 of Darth Vader (2020) was released.