# The Empire Strikes Back (disambiguation)

The Empire Strikes Back is a 1980 film in the Star Wars saga. It may also refer to:

## Star Wars media

* The Empire Strikes Back (novel), the 1980 novelization of the film, written by Donald F. Glut
* The Empire Strikes Back (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the film
* The Empire Strikes Back (comic), the comic adaptation of the film, first published in Marvel Comics Super Special #16 (Spring 1980)
* The Empire Strikes Back, a 1983 radio adaptation of the film
* Choose Your Own Star Wars Adventure: The Empire Strikes Back, a 1998 gamebook by Christopher Golden
* Star Wars Manga: The Empire Strikes Back, a 1998 manga adaptation of the film, illustrated by Toshiki Kudo and published by MediaWorks
* Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back, a 2003 four-part story arc in the Star Wars Infinities comic book limited series
* Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, a 2004 junior novelization of the film by Ryder Windham
* William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back: Star Wars Part the Fifth, a 2014 non-canon book by Ian Doescher

## Video games

* Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1982 video game), an Atari 2600 game
* Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1985 video game), an arcade game
* Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1992 video game), a 1992 side-scrolling action game for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy
* Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, a 1993 side-scrolling action game for the Super NES
* The Empire Strikes Back (pinball), a pinball machine released in 1980 by Hankin

## Other media
### General

* SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back, a 1980 television documentary
* The Empire Strikes Back: The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, a 1980 album published by RSO Records, presenting an abridged version of the film, adapted from the soundtrack and narrated by Malachi Throne
* The Empire Strikes Back (Country Teasers album), 2006
* The Falklands War, as popularly dubbed by American media outlets

### Music

* Music from The Empire Strikes Back, a 1980 album by Boris Midney
* Meco Plays Music from The Empire Strikes Back, a 1980 album by Meco
* The Empire Strikes Back: Symphonic Suite from the Original Motion Picture Score, a 1980 Varèse Sarabande soundtrack album featuring music by John Williams, conducted by Charles Gerhardt with the National Philharmonic Orchestra

### Literature

* Once Upon a Galaxy: The Journal of the Making of The Empire Strikes Back, a 1980 book by Alan Arnold
* The Art of The Empire Strikes Back, a 1980 book edited by Deborah Call with text by Vic Bulluck and Valerie Hoffman
* The Empire Strikes Back: Race and Racism in 70s Britain, a 1982 book co-authored by Paul Gilroy
* "The Empire Strikes Back: A Posttranssexual Manifesto", a 1987 essay by American academic theorist Sandy Stone
* The Making of The Empire Strikes Back, a 2010 book by J. W. Rinzler relating the production of the film

### Television episodes

* "And the Empire Strikes Back", Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 23, episode 1 (2021)
* "The Empire Strikes Back", Cunk on Britain episode 2 (2018)
* "The Empire Strikes Back", My Big Fat Greek Life episode 2 (2003)
* "The Empire Strikes Back", The Lost Pirate Kingdom episode 4 (2021)
* "The Empire Strikes Back", Treasures of Ancient Rome episode 3 (2012)
* "The Empires Strike Back", Bering Sea Gold season 15, episode 1 (2022)