Why is it necessary to prevent Skynet from killing young John Connor?
We see in Terminator: Dark Fate that John is killed in the 1990s, some years after the events of Judgment Day. So if it has been done, who is the John in Terminator: Rise of the Machines, Salvation and Genisys?
If the death of the past John has no impact on future John and his Resistance, then why is it necessary to prevent Skynet from going to the past and kill him?
Why does Skynet itself send their machines to kill young John if they know it has no effect on the future John?
And also, the prevention of Skynet's creation in the past had no effect on the future Skynet at all!
Best Answer
Think of Terminator: Dark Fate as Terminator 3: Redux—it completely ignores all the Terminators after Terminator 2. The producers explained it by saying those movies took place in an alternative universe.
The rights to the Terminator franchise reverted back to James Cameron around 2018, and he didn’t want hemmed in by anything anyone had done since T2 so he ignored T3, Salvation, and Genisys.
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Why is John Connor so important in Terminator?
John Connor, the son of Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese, is the leader of the worldwide human Resistance, as well as the more specialised Tech-Com during the War Against the Machines.What did Skynet do to John Connor?
Skynet transforms Connor into a T-3000. It then sends John back to 2014 with the mission of ensuring Cyberdyne Systems' survival and initiating Judgment Day in October 2017.Did Skynet create John Connor?
Yes, Kyle Reese impregnated Sarah Connor and John was conceived, but the first Terminator killed also started the conception of Skynet's life as the Terminator's remains were acquired by Cyberdyne.Who sent the Terminator to protect John Connor?
Having failed to kill Sarah Connor, Skynet decides to send a terminator (the T-1000 model) back to kill John Connor as a child (Edward Furlong) while his mother is being held in the mental institution.Pops vs. John Connor Scene | Terminator Genisys
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