August 24 is the 236th day of the year (237th in leap years). There are 129 days remaining.
- 1932 – William Morgan Sheppard is born.
- 1934 – Kenny Baker is born.
- 1938 – David Freiberg is born.
- 1949 – Charles Rocket is born.
- 1951 – Tony Amendola is born.
- 1973 – Grey Griffin is born.
- 1976 – Rebecca Soler is born.
- 1983 – Return of the Jedi Weekly 10 published.
- 1985 – Return of the Jedi Weekly 114 published.
- 2011 – Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago.... Volume 4 published.
- 2011 – Jedi—The Dark Side 4 published.
- 2012 – The premiere episode of The Clone Wars: Season Five, "Revival," receives a special screening at Celebration VI prior to its premiere on Cartoon Network.
- 2016 – Star Wars (2015) 22 published.
- 2016 – The Force Awakens Adaptation 3 published.
- 2018 – Walter Velez dies.
- 2022 – Darth Vader (2020) 26 published.
- 2022 – Doctor Aphra (2020) 23 published.
- 2022 – Hyperspace Stories 1 published.
