27 wins & 20 nominations
1981 Nominee Oscar- Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
- 2012 Nominee Saturn Award
- Best DVD Collection
As part of the collection "Star Wars: The Complete Saga". - 1981 Winner Saturn Award
- Best Science Fiction Film
- 1981 Winner Grammy
- Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
1981 Winner Hugo- Best Dramatic Presentation
- Irvin Kershner (director)
- Leigh Brackett (screenplay)
- Lawrence Kasdan (screenplay)
- George Lucas (story)
- 2010 Winner National Film Registry
- National Film Preservation Board
- 1981 Winner People's Choice Award
- Favorite Motion Picture
- 2012 Nominee Golden Trailer
- Most Innovative Advertising for a Brand/Product
For Star Wars: The Complete Saga "Every Moment :30".
2005 Nominee DVDX Award- Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD)
For "The Empire Strikes Back" in the "Star Wars Trilogy"
- 2011 Winner IGN Award
- Best Movie Blu-Ray
For the "Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Episodes I - VI)" on Blu-Ray. - 2011 Winner IGN People's Choice Award
- Best Movie Blu-Ray
For the "Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Episodes I - VI)" on Blu-Ray.
- 1999 Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame
- Motion Picture
- 2015 Winner Guinness World Record
- Highest box-office gross for a screenwriter
Shared with: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope · Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi · Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace · Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones · Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith · Raiders of the Lost Ark · Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom · Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade · Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 1997 Winner Guinness World Record
- Biggest opening weekend ever for a re-released film
Shown in cinemas in 1997 as the first of Lucasfilm's 20th anniversary Special Editions of the original Star Wars trilogy, Episode IV: A New Hope (USA) grossed $35,906,661 (£21,903,063) in US cinemas on the weekend of 31 January-2 February 1997. A New Hope took $579,646,015 (£353,584,069) worldwide to June 1997 - the highest theatrical gross for a film re-release. - 1982 Winner Guinness World Record
- First Star Wars videogame
The inaugural Star Wars videogame, The Empire Strikes Back (Parker Brothers, 1982) was based on the second film in the series and made for the Atari 2600 and Intellivision.
- 2011 Nominee Golden Schmoes
- Best DVD/Blu-Ray of the Year
- 2004 Winner GoldSpirit Awards
- Best Composer
for 'Star Wars Trilogy (Sony)'. Tied with Elmer Bernstein for The Great Escape (1963) in third place
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