The Prequel trilogy (often PT) is a term often used to descibe the first three films of the Star Warssaga. These films are: For the missile defense program, see Strategic Defense Initiative. ... SaGa is a popular series of RPG video games from SquareSoft, now Square Enix. ...
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This film is both sequel and prequel, since it intercuts the further story of the Corleone mafia family under the leadership of Michael Corleone with the story of his father Vito Corleone in his youth.
Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia is The Magician's Nephew, a prequel to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe which was written first.
However, in the Prequeltrilogy there are not many scenes which take place in space or have it anywhere near, most the films take place on planets.
For in the Prequel era, things are not as oppressive as they become in the OT era.
To tell the story he needed--and wanted--to tell with the prequels, he had to establish quickly (which with film the best way to do that is visually without explaining it through dialogue) the different time period, a time where the oppression did not exist.