As the Wheel Turns

I recently caught an article about how a certain online streaming service, which I refuse to name for various reasons, is thinking about adapting one of my favorite high fantasy book series. That series is Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time."  For those of you who are unfamiliar with it, Jordan's series is set in a world that was devastated by an unbelievable war and its fallout.  Now, hundreds, if not thousands of years later, the enemy is returning to finish the job.  Three young men from a small village are the subject to a prophecy that will save the world, or possibly destroy it if things go wrong.  Together, with a very large cast of supporting characters, they will try to save the world.  Jordan was only able to finish the first eleven books of the series, plus a prequel and other background information, before he died.  His widow and publisher chose Brandon Sanderson to finish the final book of the series, based on notes and some scenes he had written before he died.  That final book was so large, that it wound up being split into three books.  For comparison, think of it as a PG-13 version of Game of Thrones, with that show being a hard R or M.  There would be much less sex and nudity.  There's only three or four scenes in the entire series, and all of it is consensual.  There's is  a lot of warfare and death, but most of it is not too violent.  There is a lot more magic, as most of the main cast and the antagonists can use a from it.  There are creatures that 'look' like dragons, but they are called something else.  There are over two dozen main cast members, some of whom don't even appear until halfway through the series. Many of the villains show up in multiple guises, as the main enemy can reincarnate its soldiers on occasion.  I had been thinking that this would make a great show, although it would have to last at least ten years to get through all of the material.  The actual plot takes place a little over two years worth of actual time, although I might be misremembering it.  It has been a few years since I have read any of the books.  While Game of Thrones reduced the number of lead characters,  I don't see how anyone could easily do so here.  There's just too many of them, many whose importance isn't revealed for a two or more books in.  There's also the fact that a race of giants (around nine feet or so) and sentient wolves (at least in a dream realm) both have major parts to play.  I hope they do the series the justice it deserves, but I fear it might be too much of a job to take on.