No specific plot details have been revealed for Dark Fate yet, but considering that Cameron said back in 2017 that this latest Terminator movie is intended to be the start of a new trilogy that would “pass the baton,” I can’t help feeling like the reason Hamilton agreed to return to the franchise was because she was promised that Sarah could make a grand exit that actually does the character justice.
Which brings us to Terminator: Dark Fate, which is serving as a sequel to the first two Terminator movies and ignoring all the subsequent entries.
Clearly if Hamilton was willing to return for Dark Fate, she approved of the material James Cameron and Tim Miller pitched her much more than what she was given for Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.
In other words, Sarah’s dying of cancer is no longer canon in this continuity, and Linda Hamilton’s version of the character is still kicking.