It would be too hard to simply pick up where the last show left off. You would need all the same actors etc. I think someone would have to start over from the beginning.

You have to remember with streaming it's about how many new members did they add, if WOT wasn't really boosting subscriptions then it doesn't matter. It's great if current members are watching it, but they need new people to join.

They might not have known but my guess is they at least suspected it was coming. The person at Amazon responsible for signing WOT was fired, so that's never a good sign. Not to mention the longer the delay is agreeing to a new season the more worry there should be. Finally, Amazon was already talking about cutting expenses.

I honestly don't see someone picking it up. Is it worth the cost? Look at how much 3 seasons of this cost. I don't think season 3 costs have been released. But the production costs for the first two was something like $260 million. Season three had to be at least $130 million. Not to mention if someone else picks it up, do they start where this left off or at the beginning? How many seasons would be needed to finish this? Supposedly the rights have gone to /WOT Production Limited, and they do not have a very good history with things.

It was RJ, Brandon might have put his own spin on it but it was RJ's idea. It also couldn't take place until Mat was ready. Which would've rushed his story. She couldn't show up too quickly or would've ruined much of why Rand needed Casudane. Rand would have immediately gone back to Moiraine and pretty much made Cas pointless.

Since certain things need to happen like last battle, DO prison being opened, people forget DO exists etc. But nothing saying the same thing has to cause it, As @bringbackthomsmoustachestates it doesn't have to be identical events. Maybe the Seanchan cull the ability by capturing too many women who channel, imean they capture the women and men who will channel regardless. If all they leave are the people who need to be taught, then would stand to reason in time channeling would be rare. Or maybe it's a sickness etc. So many men are suddenly about becuase before no one was crazy enough to go about testing to find men who had the ability to channel. As described in the books Taim would basically go town to town and gather up anyone who even showed an interest in his offer.

I also remember Verin talking about the whites were discussing if gentling the men was the reason the Aes Sedai were finding fewer and fewer women. Something about someone recommended if the Whites were so concerned maybe they should breed with the men. It was mentioned how the Aiel find almost all the women who can channel, I'm guessing the Sea FOlk do also. So there are still channeling women out there that are having babies. The Aes sedai also don't allow those too weak or too old.

The last episode had its good moments, but the confusing Lanfear/Moiraine fight sort of ruined it.

Seanchan capture any woman who will channel, the women controlling them are ones who could channel if ever taught. If they are never taught and the women who can channel die out, then you will only have women who might channel if taught but they would never know it. Randland would have wise ones, kin, wind finders etc women who can channel and still have relationships. If the Seanchan ever took Randland then these women would also be forced to stop having children. The ability to channel would never die it would just become women who are clueless they could channel. The interesting thing is Shara uses their male channelers as breeding stock, and channelers were only allow to sexual relationships with other channelers.

There is also a difference between the 3rd oath and the collar. We have seen how the Aes Sedai defines things. It varied when an Aes Sedai felt threatened. Holding a knife to her throat would make her feel in danger but could she blast away at innocent people becuase of it or is she forced to try and kill the person who is actually putting her life in danger? I think a lot comes down to how an Aes Sedai views and interprets things. Egwene couldn't pick up the pitcher because it was viewed as a weapon to be used against the Suldam, I would think any insane channeler would be quickly killed by the Seanchan. They don't needlessly toss away Damane. So, I don't think they are common enough to waste a 100 on experiments. If I remember correctly they were in shock how many women there were that could channel in Randland. Someone once speculated the Seanchan chaining women at such early ages if it was actually breeding out the ability to channel in Seanchan.

I always felt part of the problem was RJ was going through his treatment yet felt he owed it to the fans to give them something. So those books always seemed like set up books for later books.

I just think if it was true that RJ would've left it in some notes, Time runs different, but you can't be living in the dream world and walking about in the real world at the same time.

It would be impossible for Cain to be Olver. Regardless of time running different in the dream world, Cain's soul can't be in the dream world as his body is walking about in the real world for years. Just like Elayne's kids will be born too late to be Cain. Even in the Companion there is no mention of Olver/Cain being the same.

People also forget Dem was partially insane by this point, Moghi mentioned how he had changed since being around the Sharans. He had been using the True Power a lot and one of the side effects is insanity. He couldn't use the male half around them, so he had to rely on the True Power. Suffering from partial insanity would explain some of his behavior at the end.

Just not sure if WOT can ever be adapted properly to the screen. To me it suffers from what a lot of books suffer from when someone tries to make a movie or series from it. Books can go into so much more detail that a series can't. I think there is simply too much explaining that needs to be done that there isn't time to do on the screen. The dream world, Aiel war, the Horn, heroes of the Horn, Aiel, AOL, the Dragon, wolf dreams, Forsaken, one power, male half, female half etc. Even Perin is a lot of internal dialogue which doesn't work well on the screen. Game of Thrones was made in mind with it finally going to a series on TV. WOT wasn't. I'm just not sure with the time constraints of TV series that is could ever be done properly.