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

There are some romantic scenes between Han and Leia.

There is a brief but passionate kiss between two people who are revealed to be siblings later in the series.

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. The character "Darth Vader" chokes two men to death using the Force. A mannequin of Vader is decapitated by the character "Luke Skywalker." Early in the film, Luke is captured by a wild animal, mauled and kept for food. Luke escapes cutting the creature's arm off. He is rescued by the character "Han Solo" who cuts the belly of a dying mount open to keep Luke warm. 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 and generally batters Luke during a prolonged combat.

Han Solo at one point shouts "then I'll see you in Hell"

Some implied alcohol use in the Cloud City sequences.

Several scenes on Yoda's planet may be somewhat scary for younger kids. Some sort of creature lurks under the water and grabs R2D2. 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 Vaders head and then sees his own face in the helmet.Han Solo is also frozen in carbonite which may be scary for very young viewers