A list of events in the 1940s related to Star Wars.
Births
1940
- January 7 – Paul Weston.
- January 8 – Sidney Ganis.
- February 28 – Jim Baikie.
- April 26 – Harry Fielder.
- May 5 – Lance Henriksen.
- May 7 – Wayne Grace.
- June 28 – Richard Chew.
- July 28 – Phil Proctor.
- August 26 – Don LaFontaine.
- August 31 – Jack Thompson.
- September 11 – Brian De Palma.
- September 23 – Johnny Weissmuller Jr.
- November 11 – Roy Conrad.
- November 22 – Roy Thomas.
- November 30 – Graeme Campbell.
- December 6 – Richard Edlund.
- ? – Hal Barwood.
1941
- January 12 – Long John Baldry.
- February 8 – Nick Nolte.
- March 17 – Paul Kantner.
- May 2 – Paul Darrow.
- May 5 – Jon Foster.
- June 1 – Richard Donat.
- June 15 – Neal Adams.
- June 28 – Michael W. Royer.
- July 10 – Robert Pine.
- July 29 – David Warner.
- August 4 – Martin Jarvis.
- August 6 – Dianne Crittenden.
- August 16 – Paul Hecht.
- August 25 – Dan Hennessey.
- September 26 – Tom Veitch.
- November 11 – Russell Horton.
- December 10 – Fionnula Flanagan.
- December 10 – Peter Michael Goetz.
1942
- January 29 – Peter Sumner.
- January 30 – Marty Balin.
- February 12 – Terry Bisson.
- February 13 – Tom Jung.
- March 27 – Michael York.
- April 14 – Robert Dalva.
- May 11 – Terence McGovern.
- June 18 – Nick Tate.
- July 13 – Harrison Ford.
- July 13 – Tom Palmer.
- September 5 – Werner Herzog.
- September 19 – Victor Brandt.
- November 1 – Michael Fleisher.
- December 6 – Richard Miller.
- December 26 – Maria De Aragon.
1943
- March 27 – Grant McCune.
- May 10 – David Clennon.
- June 7 – Michael Pennington.
- June 13 – Malcolm McDowell.
- June 26 – John Beasley.
- July 12 – Walter Murch.
- August 11 – Christine Hewett.
- August 14 – John Costanza.
- November 10 – William Hoyland.
- November 11 – Dave Cockrum.
- November 16 – Juan Giménez.
- December 26 – Aggie Guerard Rodgers.
1944
- January 8 – Terry Brooks.
- January 13 – Mike Edmonds.
- January 28 – Andrew Jack.
- February 3 – Trisha Noble.
- February 19 – Donald F. Glut.
- February 25 – Roger Christian.
- May 12 – Sara Kestelman.
- May 14 – George Lucas.
- May 19 – Peter Mayhew.
- May 25 – Frank Oz.
- June 18 – Colin Skeaping.
- June 24 – Julian Holloway.
- July 14 – Alex Tavoularis.
- August 11 – Ian McDiarmid.
- August 25 – Anthony Heald.
- September 7 – Andy Bradford.
- October 2 – Larry Ward.
- November 22 – Paul Brooke.
- November 26 – Michael Gregory.
- ? – David Acomba.
1945
- January 4 – Pauline Rennie.
- February 16 – Jeremy Bulloch.
- March 31 – Edwin Catmull.
- April 1 – John Barbata.
- April 2 – Linda Hunt.
- April 12 – Laura Esterman.
- May 22 – Carlos Garzón.
- June 6 – David Dukes.
- June 14 – Stephen J. Sansweet.
- July 20 – Harrison Ellenshaw.
- August 7 – Graeme Blundell.
- September 8 – Willard Huyck.
- September 17 – Bruce Spence.
- October 4 – Marcia Lucas.
- October 8 – Bill E. Martin.
- October 19 – John Lithgow.
- November 14 – Paul Hirsch.
- November 26 – Daniel Davis.
- ? – William C. Dietz.
- ? – Robin Scobey.
1946
- February 14 – Toby Philpott.
- February 21 – Anthony Daniels.
- February 25 – Rick Geary.
- March 12 – Frank Welker.
- April 7 – Stan Winston.
- April 19 – Tim Curry.
- May 12 – L. Neil Smith.
- May 23 – Anthony May.
- July 16 – Richard LeParmentier.
- August 2 – James Howe.
- August 19 – Christopher Malcolm.
- September 2 – Walter Simonson.
- September 26 – Louise Simonson.
- September 26 – Togo Igawa.
- October 5 – Vic Armstrong.
- October 22 – Richard McGonagle.
- November 1 – Dennis Muren.
- November 18 – Alan Dean Foster.
- December 16 – Charles Dennis.
- December 18 – Steven Spielberg.
- ? – Ernie Fosselius.
- ? – Carol Titelman.
- ? – Ian Gibson.
1947
- January 10 – George Alec Effinger.
- January 27 – Peter Burroughs.
- February 1 – Tony Baxter.
- March 19 – Dermot Crowley.
- March 22 – Tony Pope.
- March 26 – John Morton.
- April 3 – Pat Proft.
- April 6 – John Ratzenberger.
- April 11 – Meshach Taylor.
- May 2 – David Ankrum.
- June 29 – Michael Carter.
- July 23 – John Dicks.
- August 13 – John Stocker.
- August 22 – Mark Siegel.
- August 31 – Steve Perry.
- September 4 – Jeffery Kissoon.
- September 6 – Keone Young.
- September 12 – Christopher Neame.
- September 20 – Steve Gerber.
- September 22 – David Jones.
- September 27 – Denis Lawson.
- October 16 – Guy Siner.
- October 27 – Angus MacInnes.
- November 6 – Carolyn Seymour.
- November 6 – Vivienne Chandler.
- November 12 – Carlos Ezquerra.
- November 17 – James Warwick.
- December 22 – Brian Daley.
- December 30 – James Kahn.
- ? – James Luceno.
1948
- January 7 – Jarion Monroe.
- January 14 – Carl Weathers.
- January 23 – Ann Sachs.
- March 16 – Margaret Weis.
- April 30 – Perry King.
- May 3 – Larry Brandenburg.
- May 6 – David Michelinie.
- May 27 – Pete Sears.
- June 12 – Len Wein.
- July 5 – William Hootkins.
- July 12 – Ben Burtt.
- July 25 – David Esch.
- July 30 – Carel Struycken.
- August 4 – Ian Liston.
- August 19 – Ian McElhinney.
- August 28 – Vonda N. McIntyre.
- November 23 – Bruce Vilanch.
- November 24 – John Alvin.
- December 9 – Robert Blalack.
- December 21 – Samuel L. Jackson.
- ? – James Sherman.
1949
- January 7 – George Buza.
- January 14 – Lawrence Kasdan.
- January 18 – Jamie Alcroft.
- February 2 – Brent Spiner.
- February 17 – Don Scardino.
- February 18 – Pat Fraley.
- April 8 – John Madden.
- April 20 – John Ostrander.
- April 24 – Peter Friedman.
- June 7 – Larry Hama.
- June 11 – Sherman Howard.
- June 11 – Steve Moore.
- June 16 – Kale Browne.
- June 18 – Keith Swaden.
- June 29 – Greg Burson.
- July 10 – Winston Rekert.
- July 18 – John Wagner.
- July 25 – Alex Wald.
- August 16 – Barbara Goodson.
- August 24 – Charles Rocket.
- September 16 – Ed Begley, Jr.
- September 28 – Jim Henshaw.
- October 30 – Paul Engelen.
- November 7 – Bennet Guillory.
- November 22 – Anthony Smee.
- December 28 – Hilton McRae.
- ? – Pat Mills.
Events
- May 13, 1943 – ABC is founded.
- 1944 – Pocket Jeunesse is founded.
- 1946 – Sony is founded.
- 1947 – Kenner Products is founded.
- 1948 – Toys "R" Us is founded.