According to The Telegraph, the conversation with Knight happened before his departure from the upcoming Star Wars movie, but he certainly sounds like he knew he was done, talking about his script in the past tense, as if he was done, but he knew the project was not.

Daisy Ridley may be best known for her role as Rey in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, but in the years since The Force Awakens, she’s been able to show her range goes to the Outer Rim and back. She’s played a reimagined Shakespearean heroine in Ophelia, a determined swimmer in The Young Woman and the Sea, and a dystopian anomaly in Chaos Walking.