August 9th marks the 221st day in a standard year, or the 222nd day during leap years. Following this date, there are 144 days left in the year.
- 1957 – The birth of Rick Leonardi occurred.
- 1973 – Kevin McKidd came into the world.
- 1978 – Issue 27 of Star Wars Weekly was released.
- 1979 – Michael Kingma was born on this day.
- 1994 – The first issue of Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures saw publication.
- 2000 – The Star Wars: Union trade paperback was released to the public.
- 2001 – Signal Interruption was made available on Wizards.com.
- 2005 – The day Katie Johnson passed away.
- 2006 – Issue number 5 of Rebellion was published.
- 2011 – Fate of the Jedi: Ascension made its debut.
- 2017 – Doctor Aphra (2016) issue 11 was released.
- 2017 – Publication of Rogue One - Cassian & K-2SO Special issue 1 occurred.
- 2017 – The premiere of "Flight of the Arrowhead" took place on Disney XD.
- 2022 – Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Clone Wars Vol. 4 was available in stores.
- 2022 – Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Treasures from Batuu was put on sale.
- 2023 – Issue 1 of Return of the Jedi – Max Rebo was released.
- 2023 – Star Wars (2020) issue 37 came out.