Did anyone else feel like the whole Time Devourer/Schala plot in Chrono Cross really felt like it was just layered on at the last minute to give more of a connection to CT and make Kid more important in the grand scheme of things?

I though the game was getting interesting with the whole FATE/Dinopolis no absolute morality theme. Then they just kind of added a 'oh by the way there is a pure evil bad guy that you have to destroy' at the end and cheapened all the themes of the game. I can't really see what it adds to the game at all.