October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years). There are 88 days remaining.
- 1945 – Marcia Lucas is born.
- 1950 – Alan Rosenberg is born.
- 1950 – Tom Spackman is born.
- 1978 – Star Wars Weekly 35 published.
- 1979 – Rachael Leigh Cook is born.
- 1982 – Iceworld serial begins at the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
- 1986 – "The Totem Master" and "A Gift for Shodu" air on ABC.
- 2000 – Darth Maul (2000) 2 published.
- 2004 – A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale (webstrip) begins release on Hyperspace.
- 2016 – The Amazing Book of Star Wars published.
- 2016 – Star Wars Complete Locations 2016 edition published.
- 2017 – Star Wars Battlefront II Beta early access period begins.
- 2017 – Captain Phasma 3 published.
- 2017 – Darth Vader (2017) 6 published.
- 2017 – Star Wars (2015) 37 published.
- 2017 – "The Starfighter Stunt" airs on YouTube.
- 2018 – Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z published.
- 2018 – Star Wars: Alien Archive published in the UK.
- 2019 – Spark of the Resistance published.
- 2019 – Triple Force Friday held.
- 2019 – Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition published.
- 2019 – Force Collector published in the UK.
- 2019 – Diahann Carroll dies.
- 2022 – The High Republic: Path of Deceit published.
- 2022 – The High Republic: Path of Deceit audiobook released.
- 2022 – Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The New Republic Vol. 6 published.
- 2023 – Bounty Hunters 39 published.
- 2023 – Darth Vader (2020) 39 published.
- 2023 – The High Republic: Shadows of Starlight 1 published.
- 2023 – Shawna Trpcic dies.