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Given his indisputable genre credibility as the voice of the Joker in the 90s TV show, Batman: The Animated Series, getting Mark Hamill into Batman: Arkham Asylum was a big deal for Rocksteady. And of course, he's already signed onto the sequel. But Hamill's also announced this will be his last role as the psychotic clown.

"This will be my last, there's no question about that," Hamill says in a recent interview with IGN. "But it's the last hurrah."

He adds that, "When they said, 'We want you to come back [to the role of The Joker] and do Arkham,' I said the same; 'I left on a high note, I don't think we could ever top that.' But they said, 'We got Paul Dini,' who was my favourite ever Joker writer, 'and Kevin Conroy,' who I love. This was a real reunion and a very pleasant experience. So of course I relented, but I had no idea it would have the impact it did."

This could spell the end of the road for the enigmatic Joker in the Batman: Arkham Asylum series. Then again, if Hamill has been lured back into the role before, it could happen again.