0 a film, book, or play that develops the story of an earlier film, etc. by telling you what happened before the events in the first film, etc.:
1 a book or film that tells about events that happened before the events in a book or film that was previously published or made:
Woodfield's book thus serves as a 'prequel' to the larger, more expansive work.
Much of the movie consists of flashbacks from the three prequels, aimed to enhance the story and promote the earlier movies.
This was followed by a prequel theatrical anime movie in 1995.
The special edition edit also included a specially filmed prequel before the opening titles.
It was published in 2004, 10 years after its prequel.
It is the first prequel trilogy vehicle to use a letter to identify its class.
A series of prequel comics followed the completion of the novels.
In the prequel film she's the sixth-born sister and is a humorous genius who likes jokes and gossiping.
