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[citation needed], the Future War[citation needed], Terminator War[4], or simply the War.[5] 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[]
- See also: Timeline
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
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
- 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.
- T2 Saga timeline
- Salvation timeline
- The version of the War in the Terminator Salvation timeline. It was depicted in Terminator Salvation after the Pre-Judgment Day Missions.
- 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.
- ↑ Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle issue 12
- ↑ Scene 30E, 89A, A123, 215 of the Terminator 2: Judgment Day script
