The Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-ray (see “Star Wars BDs”) became the #1 Blu-ray title in history last week, after selling over 1 million copies worldwide in its first week, according to Variety. It generated over $84 million from worldwide sales. Around 515,000 copies were sold in North America.
Director George Lucas’ decision to make changes to the films for the Blu-ray release, and to not release the original versions, brought protests and the threat of a boycott from fans (see “Fans Seek Boycott of Star Wars Blu-rays”), apparently to little effect.