First and original

Not one and the same

Star Wars Episode IV is the original.

Star Wars Episode I is the first.

Weird Al’s ‘Eat it’ is what I heard first, thinking nothing more of it.

Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat it’ — however — is the original.

God of War (2019) is what some gamers may experience first.

God of War — released in 2005 (?) — is the original.

Entertainment seems to reboot itself every 25+/- 5 years — for this generation and the last.

Be weary of identifying what you see, hear or play as original, as it may in fact be the latest of many iterations that you’re experiencing.