• SCB@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    For further clarity for people unfamiliar - in medias res is not starting in the middle of the story exactly, but rather not beginning at the beginning of everything. Star Wars begins in medias res without a prequel or sequel trilogy at all - famously beginning with a Rebel ship being fired upon.

    Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark starts in media res as well, as a related example.

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      1 year ago

      In medias res literally translates as “in the middle of things”