Robert Jordan's epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time, has proven to be an enormous undertaking in terms of adaptations, evidenced by the recent cancellation of Amazon Prime Video's television series after just three seasons. Spanning 14 novels and a prequel, the books tell an absolutely sprawling tale that has captured the imaginations of millions of readers since The Eye of the World first released 36 years ago in 1990.
While it was a valiant effort, it isn't all that surprising that Prime Video wasn't able to fully condense the story into a digestible on-screen package, and at least part of its failure was due to cutting important details out of necessity, either because they weren't suited for the medium or were simply too complicated to deliver on in a satisfying way. Simply put, it's unclear if we'll ever get a successful adaptation of Jordan's Wheel of Time universe that tells the original story from top to bottom faithfully.
However, the franchise's long-awaited return has taken that task to a completely different medium that arguably may be more suited to deliver on the epic's promises, and it's already a smash hit.
The Wheel of Time may have struggled...
