Terminator Genisys: 10 Questions It Failed To Answer

6. Does This Totally Retcon The Events Of T3?

In Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines, Sarah Connor is dead in the time of the film, having died of leukaemia, and her tomb was used for weapons storage. Meanwhile, it showed that Judgement Day did not take place in 1997, but was happening in 2004.

In this film, Judgement Day is referenced as happening both then and in 1997. So are the events of T3 just placed in an alternate timeline, or total wiped out altogether (not that anyone would really mind if they were)?

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