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Kanye West Reportedly Creating ‘Star Wars’-Themed Low-Income Housing Units In California

<div>Kanye West and his eclectic ideas never cease to amaze us&period; His most recent project is something we certainly have never seen before&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>In a interview with Forbes&comma; Kanye gives a first look at his low-income housing project&period; Ye is reportedly creating housing units to resemble what Luke Skywalker lived in on Star Wars&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Forbes&&num;8217&semi; Zack O&&num;8217&semi;Malley Greenburg takes a trip with Kanye to the California woods&comma; where models of the units are being designed and constructed&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&&num;8220&semi;Inspired by Luke Skywalker&&num;8217&semi;s childhood home&comma; West has been working with a team to design prefabricated structures that sport the same austere aesthetic&comma; with the goal of deploying them as low income housing units&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Greenburg writes&period; &&num;8220&semi;He tells me they could be used as living spaces for the homesless&comma; perhaps sunk into the ground with light filtering through the top&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Greenburg says Kanye also has an upcoming with with potential investors in San Francisco&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Kanye has long had an obsession with &&num;8216&semi;Star Wars&&num;8217&semi;&period; He makes various references to the movie in his lyrics&comma; and has appeared with Kylo Ren on an episode of SNL&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Kanye incorporates Star Wars into his marriage as well&period; In 2004&comma; Kanye created a Star Wars-themed skit for Comedy Central and insisted Kim K star as princess Leia&period; And the rest is history&excl;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&&num;8220&semi;I told Kanye that it was a bad idea&comma; but I did it as diplomatically as I could&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Daniel Kellison&comma; who directed the skit&period; &&num;8220&semi;You&&num;8217&semi;re the star of the pilot&period; We can put Kim Kardashian in episode 3 or 4&comma; but let&&num;8217&semi;s focus on you&period; But he resisted&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Kim K has openly attributed Star Wars to her meeting and ultimately falling in love with Kanye&excl;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>In a tweet&comma; Kim says&semi; &&num;8220&semi;Star Wars kinda brought me to Kanye&period;&&num;8221&semi; Now&comma; Star Wars will bring affordable housing to California&excl;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>We wish Ye good luck with this endeavor&excl;<&sol;div>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; 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