October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in leap years). There are 87 days remaining.
- 1946 – Vic Armstrong is born.
- 1973 – Pop Mhan is born.
- 1975 – Chris Wyatt is born.
- 1983 – Noah Segan is born.
- 1983 – Return of the Jedi Weekly 16 published.
- 1985 – "The Lost Prince" of Star Wars: Droids and "The Travelling Jindas" of Ewoks air on ABC.
- 1985 – Return of the Jedi Weekly 120 published.
- 1999 – The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime, the first book in The New Jedi Order, published.
- 2004 – Star Wars Insider 78 published.
- 2009 – The Clone Wars - Force Jump Training released on StarWars.com.
- 2010 – The Force Unleashed II published.
- 2021 – Queen's Peril published in paperback.
- 2021 – The High Republic: Showdown at the Fair published.
- 2021 – Star Wars Adventures: Smuggler's Run trade paperback published.
- 2021 – A Vader Family Sithmas published.
- 2022 – 5-Minute Star Wars Stories 2 released in German.
- 2022 – The Mandalorian (2022) 4 published.
- 2022 – "The Axe Forgets" of Andor released on Disney+.
