Perhaps it was voluntary or something? Somebody has to pack them up and ship them back, and if the studio isn’t picking up the tab, a store might just blow it off?
I doubt the studio cared about used copies. I got Star Wars at FYE and Empire and a local place. Jedi I found new, but that was the week the blu rays came out so maybe. I can imagine the employees not giving a crap.
I have to get this off my chest, I wasn’t an OOT purist until 2011 and the Jedi Noooo bs. I had all the movies on DVD (SE of the OT), I even bought season one of the Clone Wars! I am so ashamed.