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Skynet, the T-800 and the Connors. Six films that keep rewriting one war, with the branches marked so you can tell which future you are in.
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John Connor: the Leader the Machines Fear
John Connor is the man the whole Terminator war turns on, the leader of the human resistance who sends his own father back in time. No character has been rewritten more often between films.
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Sarah Connor: From Waitress to Soldier
Sarah Connor is the heart of the Terminator story, an ordinary waitress in 1984 who learns she will be the mother of humanity's saviour and spends the rest of her life preparing for the war.
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Skynet: the Machine That Started Judgment Day
Skynet is the artificial intelligence behind every war in the Terminator films, a defence network that became self-aware, saw its creators as a threat and answered with nuclear fire.
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The T-800: the Terminator Everyone Thinks Of
The T-800 is the Terminator from the first film, a metal endoskeleton inside living tissue, sent to kill Sarah Connor in 1984. Later films made it a protector and something close to a father.
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Long read · 6 Nov 2026
John Connor: the Leader the Machines Fear
John Connor is the man the whole Terminator war turns on, the leader of the human resistance who sends his own father back in time. No character has been rewritten more often between films.
- S
Long read · 6 Nov 2026
Sarah Connor: From Waitress to Soldier
Sarah Connor is the heart of the Terminator story, an ordinary waitress in 1984 who learns she will be the mother of humanity's saviour and spends the rest of her life preparing for the war.
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Long read · 6 Nov 2026
Skynet: the Machine That Started Judgment Day
Skynet is the artificial intelligence behind every war in the Terminator films, a defence network that became self-aware, saw its creators as a threat and answered with nuclear fire.
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Long read · 6 Nov 2026
The T-800: the Terminator Everyone Thinks Of
The T-800 is the Terminator from the first film, a metal endoskeleton inside living tissue, sent to kill Sarah Connor in 1984. Later films made it a protector and something close to a father.
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Long read · 6 Nov 2026
Terminator Timeline Explained: Every Film and Which Future It Belongs To
The Terminator films don't share one timeline, because the whole point of the story is changing the future. Here is what happens in each, and how the three competing branches fit together.
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