'There's a reason why we do it': The Wheel of Time showrunner responds to
fans who are still upset over the Prime Video show's plot alterations

Date:
Wed, 12 Mar 2025 14:40:23 +0000

Description:
The Wheel of Time showrunner Rafe Judkins has addressed ongoing fan
complaints about the Prime Video show's creative changes.

FULL STORY

Rafe Judkins has defended the decision to keep making story- and character-based changes in The Wheel of Time 's ( TWoT ) TV adaptation.

Speaking to TechRadar ahead of The Wheel of Time season 3 's debut on March
13, Judkins said they were a necessary evil to help its audience to "emotionally understand" the characters that inhabit its world.

Ever since The Wheel of Time 's first season was released in April 2021, long-time fans of Robert Jordan's beloved fantasy book series have expressed frustration at what they deem to be superfluous changes. Those complaints continued with The Wheel of Time season 2 and, without wanting to spoil anything significant, I can confirm there are more deviations from the source material in the Amazon TV Original's third chapter.

Amid growing fan anger over the show's creative departures from Jordan's literary works, Judkins says he sympathizes with anyone who's still upset
about said alterations. Indeed, as a TWoT devotee himself, Judkins
understands why sections of its fanbase are vexed by said detours.

The Wheel of Time has tried to stick to the story told in its source material, but changes are sometimes necessary

Nevertheless, Judkins believes that these changes are vital to aid the
story's translation from page to screen. To that end, he even offered up an example of how Prime Video 's take on Jordan's literature actually expands on what's depicted in the books.

"I'm always focused on the emotional truth of the characters and trying to
get that across on screen," Judkins told me. "That's where television shines.

"If you're doing an adaptation for television, I think you really need to
focus your energies [on that] because that's what the art form of TV does
best it brings those characters across.

"In this season, for instance, we do a lot with the relationships that Rand
has with Lanfear and Egwene," Judkins continued, "And neither of those are really present in the books. A lot of what we have to do is condensing [stuff down from the novels], but sometimes we need to expand [on what's on the
page].

"Rand has really deep, complicated relationships with these women, but they don't have a lot of scenes together in this book [The Shadow Rising], so it felt like we really needed those in order to understand the depth of these relationships and how important they are to those characters.

"That's an [example of] where we're actually adding something that wasn't in the books. I'm sure it'll drive people crazy but there's a reason why we do
it, and that's because we want viewers to emotionally understand the relationship between these characters and how each one affects the other. It has a huge impact on the story as it moves forward."

======================================================================
Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/streaming/amazon-prime-video/theres-a-reason-why-we- do-it-the-wheel-of-time-showrunner-responds-to-fans-who-are-still-upset-over-t he-prime-video-shows-plot-alterations

$$

SEEN-BY: 1/108 17/1