Parents Guide for
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) More at IMDbPro »

Very mild.

There are some romantic scenes between Han and Leia. Only kissing and nothing further.

There is a brief but passionate kiss between two people.

PG, borderline PG-13 violence is constant, though it is mostly mild and will certainly not upset children.

There is a large battle scene near the beginning of the film, where several characters are killed on-screen, or are implied to have been killed.

Han Solo is frozen in carbonite. Not violent but intense.

Darth Vader chokes two men to death using the Force.

A projection of Vader is decapitated by Luke Skywalker. We do not see any blood or wounds, but the lightsabre clearly cuts the head off and it hits the floor.

Luke is attacked and held captive by a wild animal. He is seen in the cave, hanging upside down with a bit of blood on his face. The creature is very briefly seen eating the gory remains of another dead creature. The creature then comes over to Luke to kill him, and he visibly cuts off his arm with his lightsabre. We very briefly see the creature crying out, and a bloody stump where is was injured.

Han is later tortured by Vader off-screen, though the very first bits of the treatment (him being placed face-first into a sparking electric device) are depicted.

Vader cuts off Luke's hand in an intense, prolonged duel, in which they are both generally battered and injured.

Some Stormtroopers are briefly shot with lasers. There is also a scene where Chewbacca knocks a few stormtroopers of a ledge.

One famous use of mild language; Han yells "then I'll see you in hell!" before he goes out to rescue Luke.

Very Mild.

Some implied alcohol use in the Cloud City sequences.

Some scenes can be intense or scary for younger kids.

Several scenes on Yoda's planet (Dagobah) may be somewhat scary for younger kids. Some sort of creature lurks under the water and grabs R2-D2.

In another scene, Luke goes into a dark cave where strange animal sounds are heard. He then has a slow motion light saber encounter with Darth Vader where he chops off Vader's head and then sees his own face in the helmet, symbolizing his danger of being corrupted by the Dark Side of the Force.

Han Solo is frozen in carbonite which may be scary for very young viewers.

The scene where Luke chooses to fall to his apparent death rather than be corrupted by his father is frightening, but circumstances allow him to survive and be rescued.