'''При́квел'''<ref name=Silverblatt>{{cite book|last=Silverblatt|first=Artкнига|yearгод=2007|titleзаглавие=Genre Studies in Mass Media: A Handbook|publisherиздательство=[[{{Нп3|M. E. Sharpe]]}}|isbn=9780765616708|pageстраницы=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=R7ixUTC8EpwC&pg=PA211 211]|quoteref=Silverblatt|автор=Silverblatt, Art}}. — «Prequels focus on the action that took place ''before'' the original narrative. For instance, in ''Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith'' the audience learns about how Darth Vader originally became a villain. A prequel assumes that the audience is familiar with the original—the audience must rework the narrative so that they can understand how the prequel leads up to the beginning of the original.}}».</ref> ({{lang-en|prequel}}, [[контаминация]] приставки ''pre-'' («до») и ''sequel'') — произведение, хронологически описывающее события, предшествующие более раннему первоначальному произведению.
