October 17 is the 290th (291st in leap years) day of the year. There are 75 days remaining.
- 1960 – Guy Henry is born.
- 1979 – Nathan Butler is born.
- 1979 – Star Wars Weekly 86 released.
- 1983 – Felicity Jones is born.
- 1995 – Dark Empire: The Collector's Edition released.
- 1995 – Tales of the Jedi – The Sith War 3 published.
- 1998 – Erin Kellyman is born.
- 2005 – Star Wars: Complete Locations published.
- 2007 – Dark Times 6 released.
- 2008 – "Destroy Malevolence" airs on Cartoon Network.
- 2012 – Agent of the Empire – Hard Targets 1 published.
- 2013 – Drawing from the Imagination: Mythological Creatures in Star Wars Part 1 published.
- 2013 – Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic UK 6.52 published.
- 2018 – Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader's Castle 3 published.
- 2018 – Darth Vader (2017) 22 published.
- 2023 – Star Wars: The High Republic Phase I – Light of the Jedi Omnibus published.
- 2023 – Tales from the Death Star published.
- 2023 – Meet the Galactic Heroes published.
