“You think they’re gonna hire Luke Skywalker to play the Joker?

The fans will lose their minds!”

And it turns out Hamill might never have voiced the the Dark Knight’s archenemy if not forMichael Keaton.

Mark Hamill and his animated alter ego, the Joker

Mark Hamill and his animated alter ego, the Joker.Kevin Winter/Getty; Warner Bros/Everett

“‘Oh he’s Mr.

Mom, he’s a comedy actor.’

I mean they hadn’t even seen him, and they didn’t realize how great he would become.

But there was great controversy.”

The fans will lose their minds!'

I was so sure that I couldn’t be cast, I was completely relaxed.

It’s just fun to play a character who creates chaos everywhere he goes."