Darth Vader zet zich in om de rebellie tegen Het Keizerrijk de kop in te drukken. De rebellen hebben een basis op de ijsplaneet Hoth. Wanneer keizerlijke troepen arriveren om de rebellen te vernietigen vluchten Han Solo en Princess Leia naar Cloud City, waar ze gevangen worden genomen door Vader.
Nee, helaas is Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Lawrence Kasdan | Screenplay |
| Production | George Lucas | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Leigh Brackett | Screenplay |
| Writing | George Lucas | Story |
| Sound | John Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Irvin Kershner | Director |
| Production | Gary Kurtz | Producer |
| Crew | Brian Johnson | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Robert Elswit | Visual Effects Lineup |
| Editing | Marcia Lucas | Editor |
| Crew | Bill Hargreaves | Propmaker |
| Crew | Deep Roy | Stand In |
| Crew | Jack Dearlove | Stand In |
| Crew | Liz Coke | Stand In |
| Crew | Stephen Calcutt | Stand In |
| Crew | Alan Harris | Stand In |
| Sound | Gary Summers | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Jim Dowdall | Stunts |
| Crew | Colin Skeaping | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Reg Harding | Stunts |
| Crew | Stuart Fell | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Tony Smart | Stunts |
| Crew | Richard Bonehill | Stunts |
| Crew | Terry Richards | Stunts |
| Crew | Doug Robinson | Stunts |
| Crew | Marc Boyle | Stunts |
| Crew | Richard Hammatt | Stunts |
| Art | Harry Lange | Art Direction |
| Art | Michael Ford | Set Decoration |
| Production | Jim Bloom | Associate Producer |
| Production | Bob Edmiston | Casting |
| Production | Irene Lamb | Casting |
| Art | Leslie Dilley | Art Direction |
| Editing | Paul Hirsch | Editor |
| Camera | Peter Suschitzky | Director of Photography |
| Art | Norman Reynolds | Production Design |
| Art | Alan Tomkins | Art Direction |
| Production | Robert Watts | Associate Producer |
| Production | Terry Liebling | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Mollo | Costume Design |
| Crew | Bob Anderson | Stunts |
| Sound | Herbert W. Spencer | Orchestrator |
| Production | Patricia Carr | Production Manager |
| Production | Bruce Sharman | Production Supervisor |
| Crew | Peter Diamond | Stunt Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nick Maley | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Terry Pritchard | Driver |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tiny Nicholls | Costume Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Ralph McQuarrie | Visual Effects |
| Production | Howard G. Kazanjian | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Richard Edlund | Visual Effects |
| Camera | Paul Huston | Camera Operator |
| Crew | David H. Watkins | Special Effects |
| Sound | Bonnie Koehler | Sound Editor |
| Visual Effects | Phil Tippett | Animation |
| Crew | Phil Tippett | Makeup Effects |
| Lighting | Laurie Shane | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eileen Sullivan | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Graham Churchyard | Costume Assistant |
| Crew | George Hull | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Sound | Peter Sutton | Sound |
| Camera | George Whitear | Still Photographer |
| Visual Effects | Selwyn Eddy | Visual Effects Camera |
| Sound | Ben Burtt | Sound Designer |
| Directing | David Tomblin | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Pamela Mann | Continuity |
| Art | Frank Bruton | Property Master |
| Directing | Kay Rawlings | Continuity |
| Directing | Steve Lanning | Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Ritchie | Hairdresser |
| Sound | Richard Burrow | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Gregg Landaker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stuart Freeborn | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Graham Freeborn | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kay Freeborn | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Reg Bream | Draughtsman |
| Production | Svend Johansen | Production Manager |
| Directing | Peter MacDonald | Second Unit Director |
| Production | Philip Kohler | Location Manager |
| Directing | Roy Button | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | John Barry | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Harley Cokeliss | Second Unit Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rick Baker | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | London Symphony Orchestra | Musician |
