An elegant method for Cutscene Skipping?

So there are some especially long cutscenes in RFI that the player might need to rewatch several times (like cutscenes before a particularly difficult boss battle, for example!).

I've mentioned the idea of having an optional 'Cutscene Skip' button in an event that automatically stops the current event/step.
The way I see it working would be like an alternate 'Start' step that is automatically used as soon as the Player decides to push the Skip button.
Example:
Let's say this is a chain of steps in a cutscene:
- Player enters a cutscene.
- Player speaks with NPC
- Player does some animations
- Player speaks some more with NPC
- Player does some animations.
- Player begins a boss fight.
====================
The Player presses the skip button here:
- Player enters a cutscene.
- Player speaks with NPC
- Player does some animations
- Player speaks some more with NPC <----------
- Player does some animations.
- Player begins a boss fight.
====================
Skip Button Start Steps:
- Close all Dialogue
- Fade Screen Out
- Move Player/NPCs/etc to appropriate places on screen.
- Whatever other setup needs to be done.
- Fade Screen In
- Player begins a boss fight.

Etc!
=============================


But without such a tool; what would be the best way to tackle a skippable cutscene with the tools we have now?

It would basically have to be able to cancel the current event being played, and then probably restart the same event with a different local variable set (SkipCutscene=TRUE, for example). Then at the beginning of the event, you check for that variable and if True, immediately fade and skip to the end of the event.

But is there a good method to check for the 'Skip' button input being pressed, and to have that input reset the current event with a local variable difference? If that makes sense? :D