Answer: prequel
AnswerCrossword Clue
PREQUEL"The Hobbit" trilogy, e.g.
PREQUEL"Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace," for one
PREQUELFilm that's out of order?
PREQUEL"X-Men: First Class," for one
PREQUELThe 2006 novel "Hannibal Rising," for one
PREQUEL"Wicked," e.g.
PREQUELEarly work?
PREQUEL"The Godfather, Part II," e.g.
PREQUEL"Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," e.g.
prequelliterary, dramatic, or filmic work that prefigures a later work, as by portraying the same characters at a younger age
prequela sequel which portrays prior events