Prey Can Finally Answer A Predator Mystery 30 Years On

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Hulu's Prey is set 300 years before its predecessor, Predator, which means it has the chance to answer some itching questions left by previous installments. Since the franchise's birth in 1989, each film has left a series of unanswered questions which has led to various theories. The mystery surrounding the Predator at the end of director Stephen Hopkins' Predator 2, and how it originally received its flintlock pistol, may finally be answered in Prey.

The ending of Predator 2 shows Harrigan (Danny Glover) defeating a Predator, suitably nicknamed the City Hunter, on its spaceship after its murderous rampage in Los Angeles. Following the death of their comrade, a group of Predators—who have seemingly been absent the entire film—make themselves visible to Harrigan, with the Greyback Predator offering Harrigan the flintlock pistol as a prize. The pistol's handle is engraved with "Raphael Adolini 1715", revealing that the Predators have been hunting on Earth for generations. Six years later, Dark Horse Comics released Predator: 1917, which explained that the flintlock pistol's owner, Raphael Adolini, was a Pirate Captain whose crew came into contact with a Predator off the coast of Africa. However, while this comic provides a backstory to the pistol, it doesn't mean that Prey will keep it canon.

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Prey has the perfect opportunity to provide a better answer regarding the origins of the pistol. The film is set 300 years before the original Predator and is confirmed to take place in 1719, four years after the engraved date on the pistol. Prey will be set in the Great Plains of North America and will follow a young Comanche woman called Naru (Amber