# Are there any good prequels that actually stand alone and don't need the original to make sense?

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**Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-good-prequels-that-actually-stand-alone-and-dont-need-the-original-to-make-sense/972657/53 "2022-10-05T02:46:49Z")

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> [@Odesio](#):
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> > [@Peter\_Morris](#):
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> > _Oedipus Rex_, a prequel to [Antigone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigone_(Sophocles_play)) which was written first.
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> Mother%#$%! I had no idea.

We all saw what you did there.

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