Sarah Connor carved “No fate” on the wooden table outside Enrique Salceda‘s house with a combat knife before she went to assassinate Miles Dyson. John Connor told the T-800, “The whole thing goes: The future’s not set. There’s no fate but what we make for ourselves.”
Sarah Connor, her son John, and the T-800 attempted to prevent Judgment Day by destroying the Skynet headquarters, leading to an alternate future where Sarah becomes a grandmother—evidence that the timeline had been altered. However, director James Cameron ultimately opted for a more ambiguous ending in the theatrical release. He explained his reasoning in an interview: “But there was a sense that, why tie it up with a bow? If the future is changeable, then the battle is something that has to be fought continuously. And you can’t do it with a single stroke. That it’s the dualism, the dynamic between good and evil that’s eternal.”
Linda Hamilton
Sarah Jeanette Connor is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Terminator franchise. She is the mother of John Connor, who will one day become the leader of the human resistance. Sarah Connor is portrayed by Linda Hamilton in The Terminator (1984), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), and Terminator: Dark Fate (2019). She is also one of the protagonists of Terminator Genisys (2015) and the television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008–2009).
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