August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years). There are 142 days remaining.
- 1930 – Morgan Upton is born.
- 1943 – Christine Hewett is born.
- 1944 – Ian McDiarmid is born.
- 1975 – Roger Craig Smith is born.
- 1976 – Jesse Harlin is born.
- 1980 – Planet of Kadril serial begins at the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
- 1994 – Peter Cushing dies.
- 1997 – The Hutt Gambit published.
- 1999 – The Bounty Hunters: Aurra Sing published.
- 1999 – Luke Skywalker's Walkabout published.
- 2014 – Star Wars Rebels short "The Machine in the Ghost" first airs on Disney XD.
- 2015 – Obsessed With Star Wars reissued in paperback.
- 2020 – Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren trade paperback published.
- 2021 – The High Republic (2021) 8 published.
- 2021 – The High Republic Adventures — The Monster of Temple Peak 1 published.
- 2021 – Star Wars Insider 204 published.
