Why everyone is watching this XXX-rated version of Star Wars

Star Wars XXX: A Porn Parody has seen a SURGE in sales following the release of Episode VII

 

STAR WARS fans have already smashed Box Office records thanks to the hype surrounding Episode VII: The Force Awakens, but it appears the Disney blockbuster has had an unexpected effect on the PORN industry, too.

 

Star Wars: The Force Awakens hit cinemas across the UK today.

Fans have flocked to buy tickets for the must-see Christmas blockbuster – breaking Box Office records across the globe.

And Star Wars aficionados have also triggered a spike in the sales of a pornographic blockbuster spoof of the George Lucas classic, according to GameLink.

Sales of Star Wars XXX on DVD have increased by a staggering 500 per cent since the beginning of December.

The porn film – which parodies the events of the 1977 space opera – was filmed in 2012 for what its creators believed was  "the highest budget ever" for a porn movie.

 

The pornographic movie parodies the events of the first blockbuster

 

The filmmakers behind Star Wars XXX claim it had 'the highest budget ever' of a porn film

DVD sales have spiked 500 per cent since the beginning of December

However the total cost of the explicit inter-galactic romp is still believed to be substantially less than the $11 million budget of the film it parodies.

The filmmakers behind Star Wars XXX have stayed tight-lipped about the exact dollar figure for their increasingly-popular film.

GameLink executive Jeff Dillon told Mashable: "The spike in sales for the parody is representative of a much larger trend of brand-specific merchandise for Star Wars, which shows the strong bond fans have with the movies.

 

"We began noticing a gradual increase in sales of the title at the beginning of November, but it wasn’t until the past two weeks that purchases of Star Wars XXX really skyrocketed."

If you are wondering why Star Wars XXX refers to itself as a "parody" – it's because this status grants the film legal protection from Lucasfilm and Disney.

Star Wars creator, writer and director George Lucas has always been against the existence of porn variations on his Academy Award winning franchise.

 

During the 1980s, his firm filed a slew of cease-and-desist letters to Star Wars fan magazines that published pornographic fiction.

But it was a losing battle – thanks to the right to Free Speech, outlined in the First Amendment to the US Constitution.

Over the years a number of pornographic films about the Galaxy Far, Far Away have appeared, including Sex Wars, Porn Wars and Star Whores.