July 16

July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year, with 168 days remaining.</noinclude> 1946 – Richard LeParmentier is born.<noinclude></noinclude> 1952 – Stewart Copeland is born.<noinclude></noinclude> 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: The Bad Batch: Ghost Agents 5 published. 2025 – Star Wars (2025) 3 published. 2025 – The High Republic Adventures (2023) 20 published.

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