October 12 marks the 285th day in a standard year, and the 286th day in a leap year. There are exactly 80 days remaining until the end of the year.
- 1979 – The book Han Solo's Revenge sees its release.
- 1982 – The book The Jedi Master's Quizbook is made available.
- 1983 – The publication of Return of the Jedi Weekly issue number 17 occurs.
- 1985 – The Star Wars Droids episode titled "The New King" is broadcast on ABC.
- 1985 – The Ewoks episode titled "The Tree of Light" is broadcast on ABC.
- 1985 – Issue 121 of Return of the Jedi Weekly is released to the public.
- 2000 – The book titled Shadow Star is released.
- 2004 – Abridged cassette versions of Heir to the Empire, The Last Command, The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime, The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide I: Onslaught, and The New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory I: Conquest are re-released.
- 2005 – Issue number 36 of Empire gets published.
- 2010 – The book The Making of The Empire Strikes Back is made available for purchase.
- 2010 – A demo for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II is launched.
- 2011 – The book The Clone Wars: Strange Allies is published.
- 2011 – Invasion: Revelations issue 4 is released.
- 2011 – The Old Republic—The Lost Suns issue 5 is published.
- 2016 – Issue 25 of Darth Vader (2015) is published.
- 2016 – Han Solo issue 4 is released.
- 2016 – The Force Awakens Adaptation issue 5 is published.
- 2018 – The Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Manga is published.
- 2021 – The book Star Wars: These Are the Droids You're Looking For is released.
- 2021 – The novel Ronin: A Visions Novel is published.
- 2021 – The audiobook version of Ronin: A Visions Novel is released.
- 2021 – Star Wars: The Secrets of the Sith is released to the public.
- 2022 – Star Wars (2020) issue 28 is published.
- 2022 – The release of Visions issue 1 occurs.
- 2022 – The release of The High Republic (2022) issue 1 occurs.
- 2022 – "The Eye" becomes available for viewing on Disney+.