Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back is a supplement to Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game written by Michael Stern, published by West End Games in 1989.

The guide features character profiles with game stats for main and some secondary characters from the film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back. This book created, for the first time, Expanded Universe backgrounds for many characters appearing in the film.

A revised and expanded Second Edition was released in 1996.

Here it is! A definitive collection of backgrounds, statistics, and information on the heroes and villains of the second Star Wars movie, The Empire Strikes Back. This comprehensive guide details the aliens, Imperials and Rebels that figured in those crucial weeks centered around the assault in the ice planet Hoth.

Explore the middle saga in the greatest space fantasy film of all time with this guide to the Star Wars galaxy! The Empire Strikes Back includes character histories and never-revealed-before information that makes this volume a must for movie fans and players of the Star Wars roleplaying game.