When Sarah Connor ( Linda Hamilton ) was thanklessly killed off in barely a single passing line in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines , it was a crushing blow to us fans of the series. And so it was for Terminator 5 director Justin Lin, who may be planning to bring her back. ''Sarah Connor is such a big part of the franchise, you know,'' Lin said in an interview with Moviehole . ''Yeah, I mean, I've always been surprised how in part 3 [Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines] she was just like ... It was like one line and she was gone.'' This is the rest of the exchange: Clint: She was dead, yeah, yeah. It was insulting, yeah. Lin: Yeah, like leukemia and ... But I think the great thing about this franchise is you have ... You can actually have different canons because you have the element of time travel. So, there's a way of kind of respecting all the works but also able to create a new time line. Clint: That's right. You can go back a...