I wanted to continue this whole week of Indiana Jones, but we've already given you movies reminiscent of the classic adventure series, and we've already given you retro reviews for each of the three films. So, I started to think about what I like about Jones and my favorite of the three, Raiders of the Lost Ark. One of the best gems of that film is Marion Ravenwood.

So, in celebration of how much Ravenwood rules, I wanted to celebrate women who are more than just damsels in distress. The might find themselves captured. They might get beaten down. But they don't wallow -- they fight back. And even better -- they're both old-school. One comes from the '90s, and the other first kicked butt on the big screen 31 years ago. I give you: Linda Hamilton's Sarah Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Carrie Fisher's Princess Leia in Star Wars.

Well it's not like there have been a shortage of rumors surrounding the return of everyone's favorite cyborg. But it's a nice change to finally get some concrete information. Variety reports that Warner Bros. have purchased the distribution rights to the latest installment in the Terminator franchise. Now for the big news: we've finally gotten a title -- drum roll please -- Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. Not bad, and it definitely gives me the impression that WB is in this for the long haul. According to Variety, WB are planning to, "reinvent the cyborg saga with a storyline to be told over a three-pic span". Executive producer Moritz Bowman told The Guardian UK, "The third film was really the conclusion of what happened in the 'now.' You will find the most-loved characters, but the intention here is to present a fresh new world and have this be the first of a trilogy". The project has been struggling through legal battles with MGM over distribution rights. But all of that is behind them, and WB is anxious to get the project moving.

More importantly, this means that the film has been kicked into high-gear and now has a start date set for 2008. John Brancato and Michael Ferris (the writers behind Terminator 3) have already handed in a completed script, but there has still been no official announcement regarding a director (the bad news is that McG seems to be the front runner for the job). Already WB is promising one heck of a spectacle for the film, with what was described as "an event-size" budget. Hopefully, they will be able to keep it under T3's $200 million price tag. Now if they can only figure out who will be playing The Terminator, we might have something. Sure, there was that wacky story about Vin Diesel taking over but nothing has been made official. Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins is scheduled for release in the summer of 2009.

To be honest, the last time I truly enjoyed the Terminator franchise, acid wash was still a viable fashion choice. So I've watched the The Sarah Connor Chronicles TV project with only a mild curiosity as to how the story would translate on the small screen. But an interview on IGN with Serenity's Summer Glau is a tasty piece of gossip for any Terminator fan. Glau spoke guardedly about finishing up work on an unnamed Fox pilot, saying, "Well, I'm not supposed to say yet. It's supposed to be a surprise. But it's killing me, because they've announced some of the other characters." Immediately, the rumor mill went into overdrive and the word spread that the "unnamed pilot" was Chronicles.

Variety has since confirmed that Glau will be joining the cast of Chronicles this fall. The only mystery left is what her role is going to be. The producers have already announced that Lena Headey will be playing Sarah Connor. So the question is, whom does Glau play? So far, the money is on her playing a Terminator in the story, but at this point it's all just speculation. Fans of Glau's work in Serenity and Firefly are already offering up her experience in the action story as proof that she is suited to the role. Until Fox makes their official announcement though, speculation is all we've got.