I think Whelan made it match Sweet's style on purpose. I can't put my finger on exactly how, but it fits well in with the old Sweet covers in a way I would not have expected from Whelan.
I saw this as well and think it's spectacular. I also like that Rand is looking straight at us. Without having the other covers handy, I seem to recall that most of them (US at least) don't have the protagonists looking at the reader.
As for the comment about wishing Callandor could look the same as on the cover or TDR, I do have that book handy and although the sword is glowing, the guard looks similar, and removing the glow from it would give a standard slender sword like in the Whelan cover. Love it!
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I saw this as well and think it's spectacular. I also like that Rand is looking straight at us. Without having the other covers handy, I seem to recall that most of them (US at least) don't have the protagonists looking at the reader.
As for the comment about wishing Callandor could look the same as on the cover or TDR, I do have that book handy and although the sword is glowing, the guard looks similar, and removing the glow from it would give a standard slender sword like in the Whelan cover. Love it!