It’s kind of like the on-again, off-again saga that’s Star Wars.
Sometimes the imperialist Galactic Empire wins. Sometimes The Resistance wins. But when it comes to the Darth Vader House, it looks like the rebels have prevailed for now.
The Darth Vader House is back on the market.
The 7,040-square-foot Houston house is listed for $3.7 million. According to Zillow, the house has been on the market since July 9 with the price listed on Sept. 24. Texas Monthly did an in-depth tour of the place.
Dr. Jean Cukier, a plastic surgeon, had the house at 3201 University Boulevard built in 1992. As plastic surgeons do, he decided to enhance the aesthetics of the house. He requested that architect Lynn Swisher Spears design the house to resemble a stealth fighter jet.
The structure’s design turned out to be a roof that’s slightly angled and flat on top with short stone walls and clerestory windows. Instead of a jet fighter, it looked like Vader’s headgear with the lights on.
The house is in stark contrast to the other traditional homes in the oak-tree-lined West University Place neighborhood. In fact, the house is blurred out on Google Maps.
Darth’s house went on the market in May 2021 and reportedly closed in November with the last asking price of $3.095 million, down from the original listing price of $4.3 million.
The house itself has more character than the Death Star. According to photos, Darth’s pad has a sunken living room, LED strip lights throughout, floor-to-ceiling windows, and not a Wookiee hairball in sight. It has four attached garage spaces big enough for at least three TIE fighters. 📽️ Take a 360-degree view. (Check out Darth’s first-floor toilet)
Of course, if you own a light star freighter, like the Millennium Falcon, you’ll have to power down from parsecs speed, way, way down to 25 mph, in this quiet neighborhood. And because a light freighter is typically 114 feet long — too big for the garage, you’ll have to park in the street.
No one said it was easy to live in Darth Vader’s headgear.
