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 film's soundtrack
• The Empire Strikes Back, a 1983 radio adaptation of the film
• 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

• The Empire Strikes Back: Race and Racism in 70s Britain, a 1982 book co-authored by Paul Gilroy
• The Empire Strikes Back (Country Teasers album), 2006
• "The Empire Strikes Back: A Posttranssexual Manifesto", a 1987 essay by American academic theorist Sandy Stone
• The Falklands War, as popularly dubbed by American media outlets