The War Against the Machines

T2 Future War — The Future War as seen in *Terminator 2: Judgment Day*

The War Against the Machines^[1] is the future war that takes place after Judgment Day. It involves the human Resistance led by John Connor against the Terminators made by Skynet.^[2] It is sometimes referred to as the War between Man and Machines,^[3] the War of the Machines^[4], the Future War^[5], Terminator War^[6], or simply the War.^[7] The war has changed throughout the timelines due to alternations to history mostly caused by time travel. However, in all timelines, a human victory is the presumed ultimate outcome.

Future War in various Timelines[]

Original Timeline[]

Main article: The War Against the Machines (Original Timeline)

This is the Future War in the original timeline. It was depicted in futures scenes in The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. There are several sub-versions of the Future War in the original timeline:

NOW Comics timeline
Dawn of Fate timeline
Resistance timeline
The Terminator RPG timeline

New Timelines[]

Various pre-Judgment Day missions have resulted in different alternate timelines, thus different versions of the Future War come into existence:

Cybernetic Dawn timeline
T2 Saga timeline
Jade's World timeline
Rise of the Machines timeline
The Sarah Conor Chronicles timeline^[8]
T2 Saga timeline
Salvation timeline^[9]
Genisys timeline
Dark Fate timeline

Notes[]

The War Against the Machines appears in one of Carl's, Intro, Outros, Fatality, and Victory in the video game Mortal Kombat 11.

References[]

↑ Scene 4, 215 in the script of the motion picture Terminator 2: Judgment Day
↑ At least in Jade's World, the Resistance is lead by people other than John Connor.
↑ Voice over by John Connor, at the beginning of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.
↑ As shown in the game - Terminator 3: War of the Machines.
↑ Most notably in S.M. Stirling's Novel of the same name - T2: The Future War.
↑ Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle issue 12
↑ Scene 30E, 89A, A123, 215 of the Terminator 2: Judgment Day script
↑ The version of the War in the Sarah Connor Chronicles timeline. It was depicted in future scenes in various episodes of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
↑ The version of the War in the Terminator Salvation timeline. It was depicted in Terminator Salvation after the Pre-Judgment Day Missions.

[1] Scene 4, 215 in the script of the motion picture Terminator 2: Judgment Day

[2] At least in Jade's World, the Resistance is lead by people other than John Connor.

[3] Voice over by John Connor, at the beginning of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.

[4] As shown in the game - Terminator 3: War of the Machines.

[5] Most notably in S.M. Stirling's Novel of the same name - T2: The Future War.

[6] Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle issue 12

[7] Scene 30E, 89A, A123, 215 of the Terminator 2: Judgment Day script

[8] The version of the War in the Sarah Connor Chronicles timeline. It was depicted in future scenes in various episodes of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

[9] The version of the War in the Terminator Salvation timeline. It was depicted in Terminator Salvation after the Pre-Judgment Day Missions.

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