A prequel is a book, film, or show that tells what happened before a story you already know. The old story came first for the audience; the prequel was made later, but its events sit earlier in the world of the tale.

A prequel is Prequel是 a book, film, or show that tells what happened before a story you already know一本書、一部電影或一部影集講的是你已經知道的故事之前發生的事。The old story came first for the audience舊的故事對觀眾來說是先出現的; the prequel was made laterprequel是之後才拍出來的, but its events sit earlier in the world of the tale但它的事件在故事的世界裡發生得更早。

Star Wars did this a lot, and now games and TV do it too: if a story sold well, someone often goes back and fills in the years before.

Star WarsStar Wars（星際大戰） did this a lot常常這樣做, and now games and TV do it too現在遊戲和電視也是: if a story sold well如果一個故事賣得好, someone often goes back and fills in the years before常常會有人回頭去補上之前那幾年發生的事。

It is a story word, a bit playful, not a school word.

It is a story word這是個講故事時用的字, a bit playful帶點玩心, not a school word不是教科書用字。

Though actually a prequel is not the same as a flashback inside the first story, and it is not an origin myth unless the new work really is one. People also stretch it: a “spiritual prequel” may only feel like the earlier chapter, with no shared plot.

Though actually不過, a prequel is not the same as a flashback inside the first storyprequel跟原本故事裡的倒敘（flashback）不一樣, and it is not an origin myth unless the new work really is one除非新作品真的是起源故事否則它也不是起源神話。People also stretch it大家也會把這個字用得更寬鬆: a "spiritual prequel" may only feel like the earlier chapter, with no shared plot「spiritual prequel」可能只是感覺像是前一章卻沒有共同的劇情。

The pair in English is sequel (what comes after) and prequel (what comes before).

The pair in English is英文裡這一對詞是 sequel (what comes after)sequel（之後發生的續集） and prequel (what comes before)和prequel（之前發生的前傳）。