The first panel in the massive Hall H at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con was suitably huge, bringing the stars and creators of highly anticipated sequel-slash-reboot Terminator: Dark Fate to the stage.

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And there were some certified icons in the house, including Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger, reunited for the first time since 1991’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

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Also in attendance: director Tim Miller and co-stars Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Diego Boneta, and Gabriel Luna.

Not in San Diego: James Cameron, though he did introduce the panel via a livestreamed message from the Avatar set—and drop the news that Judgment Day’s Edward Furlong will be in Dark Fate, reprising the role of John Connor.

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Furlong previously played the role in Terminator 2: Judgement Day, but sat out every subsequent sequel where the role was filled by Nick Stahl, Christian Bale, and Jason Clarke.

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Dark Fate will be the sixth installment in the Terminator franchise and the first since Terminator 2: Judgment Day  to have franchise creator James Cameron involved. Cameron considers the film a direct sequel to his films The Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, with Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Terminator Salvation (2009) and Terminator Genisys (2015) being described as occurring in alternate timelines.

27 years after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, a new, modified liquid metal Terminator (Gabriel Luna) is sent from the future by Skynet in order to terminate Dani Ramos (Natalia Reyes), a hybrid cyborg human (Mackenzie Davis), and her friends. Sarah Connor comes to their aid, as well as the original Terminator, for a fight for the future.

Terminator: Dark Fate hits theaters on November 1.