Only weeks after neighborhood complaints forced filmmaker George Lucas to abandon plans to convert a renovated Marin County ranch into a state-of-the-art film production studio, the cinematic auteur is now working with a local community group to develop the site for low-income housing.

Members of the association feared the venture would bring additional traffic into the well-heeled residential area and the years of construction required could harm the area’s natural environment. “The level of bitterness and anger expressed by the homeowners in Lucas Valley has convinced us that, even if we were to spend more time and acquire the necessary approvals, we would not be able to maintain a constructive relationship with our neighbors,” said Lucasfilm spokesperson Lynne Hale.

Lucas is now working with the Marin Community Foundation, an affordable housing advocate, to transform the property into residences for Marin’s low-income population.

(What’s worse than construction in a rich person’s backyard? Poor people! Yes!)