When a story is universally beloved, it usually gets a prequel. This phenomenon happens more often than audiences may realize, in books, movies, and television, and it’s always a little weird, at least at first. A well-rounded story doesn’t necessarily need to go back in time and explain the origins of every character and plotline, and yet sometimes it’s exactly what audiences want. Did we really need three movies that explain where Darth Vader came from? (These days, many would argue yes.)

In recent years, we’ve entered a sort of prequel-mania, where almost every popular thing has its vague backstory detailed and dissected. Hell, just this year we’re getting prequel shows for both Outlander and the Alien franchise. It’s almost too much, and rarely ever called for by a story’s origi

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