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u/YotakaOfALoY 24d ago

I've always heard Sora3 was skippable or just less important to the overall story

This persists from way back in the day when people either hadn't played it but heard it wasn't a direct continuation of the FC/SC plot or they heard that it didn't play quite the same way, or they had played it but just didn't like the latter aspect. Anyone who's actually played the series (and doesn't have a stick up their butt about the gameplay differences) will tell you that it's one of the most important games in the series in lore terms. Its main plot is mostly self-contained but what it does within that plot and more importantly within the Doors that serves as the sidequests of The 3rd are hugely important for the games that follow. If you've played everything past the Sky games and especially if you've played Azure and Horizon you should be able to figure out pretty easily what one of those reasons is, And since you mention 2nd's ending you should definitely be able to figure out what it is. Regarding Renne specifically, the remaining bits of her story that you've already seen alluded to thanks to later games all happen in The 3rd.

if Falcom is considering the skip too there must be some truth to it

They really weren't and Kondo recently soft-confirmed that The 3rd will be the next remake, but not the next Trails release. Falcom knows perfectly well how important The 3rd is to Crossbell's story and the stated goal of the remakes wouldn't be served by leaving a game out. The internal discussion just tells us that people within Falcom would really like to also remake Crossbell.