In an interview with Mark Hamill and IGN, Mark Hamill discusses his retirement from voicing our favorite clown prince of crime, the Joker. It's safe to say that Batman: The Animated Series spawned a definitive generation of Batman, towing fans of all kind to praise the breakthrough performance Bruce Timm, Paul Dini and Andrea Romano crafted, including the fantastic voice talent of Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill. It's not uncommon to hear Batman fans using BTAS as the standard to all other visions of Batman. It's sad to hear Hamill will be retiring his Joker voice, but it's exciting to know he'll be going out with a bang for the second video game installment of Batman: Arkham Asylum. The storyline was compelling enough to keep Hamill onboard, considering he wanted to retire the Joker with the first game.
"Mark Hamill, known as both Luke Skywalker and one of the most revered voices of the Joker, says he'll be hanging up his acid-squirting flower after completing Batman: Arkham Asylum 2. In an IGN interview, the veteran actor says he was reluctant to return to the role for the original Arkham, and even more so for its sequel. "This will be my last, there's no question about that," he said. "But it's the last hurrah."
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