A luxurious futuristic mansion is set to be a force on the property market - because it looks like the Millennium Falcon.
The stunning four-bedroom Alkira in the Daintree rainforest, near Cape Tribulation, in Queensland, Australia, has attracted comparisons to the iconic Star Wars spaceship with the battleship grey colour and shape of the home bearing a stark resemblance Han Solo's legendary craft.
The space age home, which was built in 2009 after being drawn up by Melbourne designer Charles Wright in 2006, has been a star in the tropical forests in eastern Australia and has even scooped a 2014 Queensland architecture award.
Owner Rod Perry, 68, insists that the out-of-this-world design is the work of a 'genius' and it has inspired homes in equally humid climates in Asia.
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This futuristic mansion in the Daintree in north Queensland looks strikingly like the Millennium Falcon - a spaceship from the film Star Wars
The mansion - made from concrete, steel and glass - sits 11 metres above the water. It has been made to look like it's rising out of the lake
The $15 million home was built by retired postage stamp dealer Rod Perry who originally intended the luxury home to be a holiday home
The futuristic home owner says he lives 'more in the 18th century than the 21st' and the home also reflects his partner's interest in feng shui
The Millennium Falcon spacecraft from the Star Wars film franchise. The new improved version (above) is on display at a 2015 exhibit
Surrounded by forests on one side, 2,500ft mountains on the other and even 600 yards of personal beach, the house may not be able to escape the Empire at hyperspeed - but it makes for a dream home.
The Millennium Falcon will return to screens in December when Han Solo, played by Harrison Ford, takes it for a spin in hotly-anticipated film Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.
Retired postage stamp dealer Mr Perry said: 'I didn't realise the resemblance to a spaceship until I saw aerials of the project and then it hit me.
'My work was always in historic documents and I live more in the 18th century than the 21st but I've noticed the resemblance and other people have to - it's often called starship galactica and quite rightly so.
'We've been involved since the very first bit of concrete was poured and we initially asked for a veranda above the like.
'But, thankfully, the architect had more of an imagination than we did and what he has produced is nothing short of genius.
'It was originally supposed to be a weekender and we never dreamed that we'd actually live here as a home full-time but as soon as we saw it we fell in love with the place.'
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