He's been really cagey about what Stormlight Era 2 really means though, and says he'll talk a lot more about it after Stormlight 5. He's named the main flashback character for each book for the Era 2 books already which are all characters we have now, but it's still possible Era 2 actually does have a significant time lapse.
The batman villians all seem to be one big joke that batman refuses to laugh at - SantaRPG