The War Against the Machines 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. ... However, in all timelines, a human victory is the presumed ultimate outcome.

Do the humans ever beat Skynet?

However, though Sarah and John prevented judgment day from occurring in 1997, the military still builds the Skynet technology. It goes online in 2004 instead, kickstarting the apocalypse. John Connor defeats Skynet in 2029, but he sends Kyle back to 1984 again to protect and impregnate his mother.

Do the machines win in Terminator?

Dark Fate Proves The Machines Can NEVER Win

But Terminator: Dark Fate goes further than that; it subtly suggests that the machines can never win. In both timelines, the human resistance movements put up enough of a fight that the AIs were forced to try to rewrite history.