"There's a Reason We Do It": ‘The Wheel of Time' Showrunner Rafe Judkins Defends Plot Changes

The third season of The Wheel of Time has premiered on Prime Video with its first three episodes. The epic television series is adapted from the best-selling fantasy novels penned by Robert Jordan. Since the show's premiere in 2021, viewers with a keen eye, who are well-versed in Jordan's written works, will have noticed some variation in the on-screen plot. It is a change that does not exactly sit well with some fans of the franchise, who had hoped for the television series to follow the trajectory of the novels. Showrunner Rafe Judkins has since defended the decision to keep making story and character-based changes in Prime Video's TV adaptation.