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Since the release of "Prometheus" in 2012 , the "Alien" franchise has been lingering on the prequel side of the story, with the aforementioned film as well as "Alien: Covenant" and "Alien: Romulus" taking place before or just after the original "Alien." Yet this doesn't mean that the films have been content with merely rehashing concepts seen in the earlier movies, nor have they spent any time setting up characters and/or plot points to be developed in the stories that are set in their future. Instead, these prequels have continued the unspoken creative mandate established by the original four films by further exploring the possibilities inherent in a universe that contains Xenomorphs and synthetic beings while

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