Sequel

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Other types of Sequels

The story that comes between two previously published works is called an interquel. This latter variation is less used than the other two. A story that is neither a sequel nor a prequel nor an interquel, but which describes previously-undescribed events taking place during the chronology of the original story, is known as a midquel.

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Interquel - Midquel

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Sequels (along with prequels, interquels, and the like) are most often produced in the same medium as the previous work (i.e., a film sequel is usually a sequel to another film), but this is not always the case. Author K. W. Jeter has published several novels that serve as sequels to the film Blade Runner. The film ' is a sequel to the video game Final Fantasy VII. The novels in the Star Wars Expanded Universe are sequels, prequels, and interquels to the films.

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K. W. Jeter - Blade Runner - Video game - Final Fantasy VII - Star Wars - Expanded Universe

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Whether these alternate-medium sequels are considered canonical varies. Advent Children was produced by the same company responsible for Final Fantasy VII and is therefore canonical, but other sequel or prequel films based on video games, such as Resident Evil, are not. The novels in the Star Wars Expanded Universe are considered canonical by Lucasfilm, the films' production company, though this is often debated amongst fans. Likewise, the Blade Runner sequel novels are authorized and officially considered canonical, but the issue is also a topic of debate amongst fans.

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Canonical - Resident Evil - Lucasfilm

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Sometimes sequels are produced without the consent of the author or studio of the original creation. These are often dubbed informal sequels, unauthorized sequels, or illegimate sequels. An example would be the film Return to Oz, which was designed to be a sequel to the MGM film The Wizard of Oz despite being produced with no connection to MGM studios.

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Informal sequel - Return to Oz - MGM - The Wizard of Oz

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